Friday, Nov. 8th -- Whitman Students for Justice in Palestine (WSJP) held a protest in response to yesterday's statement by the college threatening police action against student protestors. For three hours,...
As art historians invested in questions of social justice, we teach Whitman students to be attentive to the use of terms to describe interventions on objects of cultural patrimony. We seek to understand...
George Groebner, spokesman for the untimely
• April 18, 2024
If buildings could make wishes, the Memorial Building would probably wish that ducks could read analog clock faces. Beyond that, however, it’s difficult to think of anything this glorious edifice...
Eric S. Johnson, MD, Class of 1972 Colonel, USAF (retired)
• November 7, 2019
A small plaque honoring Whitman alumni killed in action during World War II hangs on a wall on the first floor of the Memorial Building. On that plaque are the names of 29 young patriots whose lives...
The Hall of Science and Memorial Hall's heating and cooling system, as well as Whitman’s irrigation infrastructure, are undergoing renovations this semester in order to comply with national environmental standards.
Students returning to campus were greeted with multiple office changes. Many administrative offices were renovated, or moved buildings, in efforts to improve efficiency.
The Memorial Building hosted the first senate meeting of the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) on Sunday, Sept. 30. Senate meetings this year will be held in Memorial, the physical and symbolic center of campus, rather than their traditional location in the basement of Reid Campus Center.
While Whitman is by no means a large campus, the local lingo and affectionate campus aficionados can be a lot to take in during the first few days, and locations are often critical during the bustle of orientation.
