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The lists below are representative only; they do not refelect all press notices or media advisories released by Whittier College. For more infomation on these press releases and related events and activities of Whittier College, please contact the Communications staff at 562.907.4912 or mediarelations@whittier.edu.

Academic Year 2008- 200

• 2010 Amigos Celebrates Latino Culture at Whittier College
• American Novelist Tim O'Brien to Keynote Whittier College's 107th Commencement Ceremony
  
• Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Luc Montagnier to Speak at Whittier College
• Whittier College 73rd Annual Johann Sebastian Bach Festival
• Whittier President Joins CIC Board of Directors
  
• Whittier Names 152 To Fall 2009 Dean's List
• 2010 Feinberg Lecture: Performance Artist Claudia stevens Presents and Evening With Madame F
• Whittier College Receives Grant from W.M. Keck Foundation
• Professors Danilo Lozano and David Muller Present Wind Ef Fusions
• Talk With Author Of Enrique's Journey, Sonia Nazario
• 38th Annual Tardeada Celebrates Latino Culture
• Woodrow Wilson Fellow Richard Halloran to Speak on the Rising of China
• Iphigenia And Other Daughters Staged At Whittier College
• Whittier College Receives Grant from HHS
• 2009 Whittier College Writers Festival
• Whittier College President Sharon Herzberger Honored by Los Angeles Sparks
• Acoustic Voices at the Ruth B. Shannon Center for Performing Arts
• The 16th Annual Aloha Series of Hawai’ian Music Kicks Off

Academic Year 2008- 2009

• Whittier College Receives Grant From Edison International
• Whittier College Celebrates Latino Graduates—Adrienne Cisneros Selekman '81 to Keynote
• Chinese Military Expert Dennis J. Blasko to Speak at Whittier College
• Founder of the Children's Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman To Keynote Whittier College's 106th Commencement Ceremony
  
• Whittier College Announces Appointment of New Vice President of Academic Affairs
• 72nd Annual Whittier College Johann Sebastian Bach Festival
• Meet The Director: A Conversation With Juliette Carrillo, Director Of The Play Lydia
  
• Los Angeles Times Foreign Correspondent To Speak About U.S. And Latin American Relations
• Whittier College Announces Appointment of New Dean for the Law School
• Judea Pearl to Give Feinberg Lecture at Whittier College
• Whittier College Nixon Fellows Head to Washington
• Inside Latin Jazz Series Continues
• James L. Dunkelman Named Vice President of Finance and Administration at Whittier College
• Whittier College Presents Lorca in a Green Dress
• Whittier College Lends a Helping Hand to Community
• Whittier College Theatre Department Brings Pride and Prejudice to the Stage
• Whittier College Receiving $1.1 Million from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• 2008 Whittier College Writers Festival
• Hispanic College Quiz Show to Air in Los Angeles
• Whittier College Stages Production of Lorca in a Green Dress

Academic Year 2007- 2008

• Whittier College Partners With B&D Consulting
• The 15th Annual Aloha Series of Hawai'ian Music Kicks Off
• Founder of Skeptics Society Dr. Michael Shermer to Keynote Whittier College 105th Commencement Ceremony
• Whittier College Celebrates Latino Graduates
  
• Whittier College Celebrates Dedication to Service
• Whittier College Nixon Fellows Tackle U.S. Politics
  
• Whittier College Children's Literature Conference
• Justice Richard J. Goldstone To Speak at Whittier College
• 71st Annual Whittier College Johann Sebastian Bach Festival
• Meet the Authors and Book Faire at the Shannon Center
• City Council Candidates Debate at Whittier College
• Theatre Department Presents Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
• Activists and Monks to Speak About the Struggles for Freedom in Burma
• Jazz Cabaret Concert Series The Music of Stephen Schwartz
• Whittier Professor-Composer Teresa Levelle to Premiere Original Works at Carnegie Hall
• Isabel Allende and William C. Gordon Awarded Honorary Degrees from Whittier College
• Jennifer Leitham Trio Kicks Off “Jazz Cabaret” Concert Series
• Woven Harmony Concert to Feature Mix of Visual Art and Music
• Third Annual Eat Local Challenge Kicks Off
• Live, International Video Teleconference to Explore US-China Business Relations
• Whittier College Receives Significant Public Art Loan

Academic Year 2006 -2007

• Third Annual RealNewMusic Festival Celebrates Original Works
• The 14th Annual Aloha Series of Hawaiian Music Kicks Off
• Annual Art Exhibit Showcases Student Works
• Grammy Nominated Duo to Perform in Aloha Series
• Sixth Annual Latino Graduation Honors Students
• Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Deliver Commencement Address at Whittier College
• Student Production of "Stop Kiss" Premieres
• Author Gary Soto to Speak at Children's Literature Conference
• Dance Company’s "Electric Blue" to Entertain and Enlighten
• 70th Annual Whittier College Bach Festival Gets Underway
• Concert to Highlight Cultural Diversity and the Arts
• Diversity in Education Conference Promotes Social Justice
• Historian Wins Prestigious National Research Grant
• Professor Wins Poetry Award
• Literature Professor Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
• Aloha Series of Hawaiian Music Continues with HAPA
• David Paddy Wins Professor of the Year Award
• Family Series to Feature Children's Plays and Lazer Show
• College Hosts Renaissance Music Festival
• Second "Eat Local Challenge" Comes to Campus
• Maxine Hong Kingston, Christopher Buckley Headline Writers Festival
• Aloha Hawaiian Music Series Continues
• Navidad En Whittier
• Grupo de Teatro SINERGIA Brings Spanish Language Comedy to the Stage
• Aunty Genoa Keawe to Perform in Aloha Series

Academic Year 2005 -2006

• Prestigious Foreign Affairs Fellowship Awarded to Whittier College Student
• Whittier College Baseball Pitcher Chosen in Major League Draft
• Whittier Names New Athletics Director
• Global Scenes Color “Moments and Meetings” Photography Exhibit
• Musician & Activist Peter Yarrow to Lecture, Perform in Four-Day Residency at Whittier
• Library Offers Manzanar, Book Arts Exhibit
  
• Seven Named “Outstanding Educator” by Whittier College
• Dr. Jeanne Ortiz Appointed Dean of Students for Whittier College
• Bon Appetit at Whittier College Takes on the "Eat Local Challenge"
• Whittier College Event to Benefit Victims of Hurricane Katrina
• Author to Discuss "Healing the Wounds of Racism and Fear” at the Ruth B. Shannon Center
• Club Cabaret Returns for Second Season
• Whittier College Community Mourns Loss of Theatre Professor Jack
  De Vries
• Prestigious Foreign Affairs Fellowship Awarded to Whittier College Student
• Entrepreneur and “Genius Grant" Recipient Ruben Martinez to Speak at Whittier
  College Commencement
• Feminist Icon Mary Daly “Recalls the Courage to Sin Big”
• New “Art of Fugue” Work Premieres
• 5th Annual Bookfaire Delivers L.A. Authors
• World Premiere of “Boxes” Set for March 9
• Rev. Al Sharpton to Keynote “Diverse Identities Week”
• Herzberger Named President of Whittier College
• Feinberg Lecturer Greenspoon Investigates Ties Between “Religion and Popular
  Culture ”
• “Ali Smith: She Fell and Missed the Ground” Exhibit Opens at Local Gallery
• Whittier College Contest  “Dares to Dream”
• Blazar Jets Push Closer to Cosmic Speed Limit
• Exploring the Art of "Turning Pages"
• Blacklight and Acrobatics Combine For Magical Show
• HAPA Returns to Whittier For Sold-Out Shows
• It’s a "S’ Wonderful Life" at Whittier College
• Broadoaks Auction Will "Reach for the Stars"
• “Super Size” Guy Demystifies the Road to American Obesity
• “Cabaret” Set To Kick-off College Theater Season
• When Gustave Met George: Correspondence Between Flaubert and Sand Presented at Whittier College
• Conservatism and the 2004 Election: What You Need to Know
• Whittier College Selected as WMD Awareness Training Site
• Whittier College’s Broadoaks School Receives Hearts at Work Award
• Openings Available at Broadoaks Children’s School at Whittier College
• Whittier College’s Broadoaks Hosts Volunteer Workday
• Whittier College to Host WMD Awareness Course (07-22-04)

Academic Year 2003-2004

• Poll Shows Supermarkets Facing Trouble After Strike: Frequent Shoppers Plunge (06-11-04)

• Pastor of L.A.’s First AME Church is Keynote Commencement Speaker at Whittier College (05-14-04)

• Helping Hands Reach from Whittier College to the Community (04-24-04)

• Garrison Keillor to Speak at Whittier College (04-19-04)

• Whittier College Closes $60 Million Bond Issue (04-15-04)

• History Professor David Myers is Whittier College’s Feinberg Lecturer (04-15-04)

• Whittier College and Rio Hondo College Collaborate on Children’s Literature Conference (04-13-04)

• Maguire Properties Executive to Speak at Whittier College (04-07-04)

• Our Town Onstage at Whittier College (02-26-04)

• New Vice President for Enrollment Named at Whittier College (02-20-04)

• Human Rights Heroes Celebrated at Whittier College (02-06-04)

• Unique Sculpture on Display at Whittier College (01-26-04)

• Hansel and Gretel Go to College (01-22-04)

• Maybe That’s Why They Call It a Hail Mary Pass? (01-16-04)

• Whittier College Contest Asks “Are We Really Living the Dream?” (01-15-04)

• Whittier President Accepts Presidency of Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg College (01-05-04)

• Author Christina Garcia on Campus (11-25-03)

• In the Mood (11-25-03)

• Bridging Cultures (11-25-03)

• Broadoaks Schedules Annual Auction Fund-Raiser (11-11-03)

• Brecht on Brecht Onstage at Whittier College (11-10-03)

• Rocky Mountain Menagerie (11-07-03)

• Folklorico Competition at Whittier College (11-06-03)

• Student Negotiators to Meet on Whittier College Campus (11-04-03)

• Whittier College Hosts PCCLAS Annual Conference (11-04-03)

• Grupo Troteateatro performs “Habia una vez” in Spanish (10-31-03)

• Quetzal in Concert (10-31-03)

• The Tale of Rumplestiltskin Spins on the Whittier College Stage (10-28-03)

• Danza Floricanto/USA Celebrates Dia de los Muertos (10-28-03)

• Na Palapalai Graces Shannon Center Stage (10-24-03)

• Scenes from Moliere Staged at Whittier College (10-24-03)

• Whittier College Dean Honored by Former Institution (10-22-03)

• Turtles in the Groove (10-21-03)

• “Frida” Comes Alive on Stage at Whittier College (10-17-03)

• Travesties Onstage at Whittier College (10-13-03)

• Current Exhibit Features Work by Mark Housley (10-02-03)

• Outstanding Alumni Honored at Whittier Weekend (10-01-03)

• A Long Way from Jerusalem Ceramic Work by Ohan Balian (09-18-03)

• Black and White Photography Explores L.A.’s Urban Landscape (09-15-03)

• Arianna Huffington to Speak at Whittier College (09-17-03)

• HAPA Returns to the Shannon Center (09-12-03)

• Whittier Graduate Brings ReelGrace to the Shannon Center (09-03-03)

• Shannon Center Aloha Series Opens Aug. 23 (08-15-03)

• Whittier College Names New Dean of Students (07-25-03)

• Poet Laureate to Read from his Work at Whittier College (07-25-03)

• Fund-Raising Luau and Concert to Benefit Whittier College’s Shannon Center (07-23-03)

• Whittier College Receives $350,000 Diversity Grant (07-16-03)

• Broadoaks hosts “Family Night at the Academies” at Whittier College (07-02-03

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