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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
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Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Board of Trustees votes on fiscal 2023 budget

Sara Marshall and Allison Cohen December 2, 2021

On Nov. 12, 2021, President Kathy Murray and Board of Trustees Chair Joe Davis sent an email to the Whitman community outlining the proposals voted on by the Board of Trustees for the 2023 fiscal budget. In...

OP-ED: Kathy’s vandalism email: A political-economic explanation

October 24, 2019

Yesterday, I was sitting and chatting with some friends when the word “milquetoast” was used in conversation. Two of my friends hadn’t heard the word before, so I explained that it meant "timid,...

Differences between the Sept. 22 and updated Nov. 28 mission statement drafts shared by President Murray.

Draft for New Mission Statement Revised

Martina Pansze, Editor-In-Chief November 29, 2017

On Tuesday, Nov. 28, President Kathleen Murray sent an updated draft of the college’s proposed mission statement to student listservs. According to the email, the newest draft is based on “extensive...

Contributed by John Lee.

Blues Baseball Shines at Safeco

Mitchell Smith, Editor in Chief March 9, 2017

The pitcher’s mound at Safeco Field in Seattle contains a six inch by two feet slab of white rubber placed exactly 60 feet, six inches from home plate. In the 18 years of Safeco’s existence as the...

Student groups, working group to look at “Missionary” Mascot

Sara Platnick December 8, 2015

President Kathy Murray, the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) and the Indigenous People’s Education and Culture Club (IPECC) are creating initiatives to look into potentially changing the...

Dr. Murray was on campus filming parts of the video series. Photo contributed by Michelle Ma from Whitman Communications.

#AskKathy video series offers opportunity to meet incoming president

Allie Donahue April 23, 2015
This week the Whitman Office of Communications began releasing the first videos in a series titled #AskKathy. Murray culled through about 10 pages of 12-point font to choose 25 questions to answer during a filming session on Monday, April 13.
Photo by Annabelle Marcovici.

14th President Murray will lead college into next phase

Emily Lin-Jones November 20, 2014
Last Thursday the Presidential Search Committee named Kathleen Murray, currently provost and dean of faculty at Macalester College, as Whitman’s 14th president.
New president Kathleen Murray shakes hand with the Chair of the Board of Trustees Brad McMurchie at her announcement earlier today. Photo by Marcovici

New President Kathleen Murray Sits Down With The Pioneer

Aleida Fernandez November 13, 2014
Earlier today, Dr. Kathleen Murray was announced as Whitman College’ s 14th president. Murray is currently the Provost and Dean of Faculty at Macalaster College in Minnesota. Murray will begin her presidency in July 2015, but first, she sat down with The Pioneer for a first interview.
Photo by Marcovici

Kathleen Murray Named Whitman’s New President

Aleida Fernandez November 13, 2014
Dr. Kathleen Murray has been named Whitman College’s 14th president. Murray is the former Provost and Dean of Faculty at Macalaster College in Minnesota. Murray was selected from a nationwide search of about 100 candidates.
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