News Releases

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2007

# 70 Isabel Allende and William C. Gordon Awarded Honorary Degrees from Whittier College 

# 69 Jennifer Leitham Trio Kicks Off “Jazz Cabaret” Concert Series

# 68 Woven Harmony Concert to Feature Mix of Visual Art and Music 

# 67 Third Annual Eat Local Challenge Kicks Off 

# 66 Live, International Video Teleconference to Explore US-China Business Relations 

# 65 Whittier College Receives Significant Public Art Loan

# 64 New Season of “JazzCabaret” Concerts Kicks Off 

# 63 Third Annual RealNewMusic Festival Celebrates Original Works 

# 62 The 14^th Annual Aloha Series of Hawaiian Music Kicks Off

# 61 Annual Art Exhibit Showcases Student Works 

# 60 Grammy Nominated Duo to Perform in Aloha Series

# 59 Sixth Annual Latino Graduation Honors Students 

# 58 Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Deliver Commencement Address at Whittier College 

# 57 Student Production of Stop Kiss Comes to Campus

# 56 Author Gary Soto to Speak at Children's Literature Conference 

# 55 Dance Company’s Electric Blue to Entertain and Enlighten

# 54 Hawaiian Guitarists Ledward Ka’apana and Mike Ka’awa to Perform

# 53 70th Annual Whittier College Bach Festival Gets Underway 

# 52 Concert to Highlight Cultural Diversity and the Arts

# 51 Diversity in Education Conference Promotes Social Justice 

# 50 Historian Wins Prestigious National Research Grant


2005-2006

# 49 Professor Wins Poetry Award

# 48 Literature Professor Awarded Prestigious Fellowship

# 47 Aloha series of Hawaiian Music Continues with Hapa 

# 46 Family Series to Feature Children's Plays and Lazer Show 

# 45 College Hosts Renaissance Music Festival  

# 44 Second Eat Local Challenge Comes to Campus

# 43 Second Annual Writers Festival Comes to Campus 

# 43 Aloha - Hawaiian Music Series Continues 

# 42 Navidad En Whittier

# 41 Second Annual Whittier College Writers Festival  

# 40 Grupo de Teatro SINERGIA Brings Spanish Language Comedy to the Stage 

# 39 Aloha - Hawaiian Music Series Continues 

# 38 Aunty Genoa Keawe to Perform in Aloha Series

# 37 Whittier Names New Athletics Director

# 36 Global Scenes Color “Moments and Meetings” Photography Exhibit
 
# 35 Musician & Activist Peter Yarrow to Lecture, Perform in Four-Day-Residency at Whittier 

# 34 Library Offers Manzanar, Book Arts Exhibit 

# 33 Seven Named “Outstanding Educator” by Whittier College

# 32 Dr. Jeanne Ortiz Appointed Dean of Students for Whittier College

# 31 Bon Appetit at Whittier College Takes on the "Eat Local Challenge" (09-22-05)

# 30 Whittier College Event to Benefit Victims of Hurricane Katrina (09-05-05)

# 29 Author to Discuss "Healing the Wounds of Racism and Fear” at the Ruth B. Shannon Center  (09-02-05)

# 28 Club Cabaret Returns for Second Season (07-22-05) 

# 27 Whittier College Community Mourns Loss of Theatre Professor Jack
        De Vries (06-15-05)
# 26  Prestigious Foreign Affairs Fellowship Awarded to Whittier College Student (06-15-05)

# 25 Entrepreneur and “Genius Grant" Recipient Ruben Martinez to Speak at Whittier
       College Commencement (04-21-05)

# 24 Feminist Icon Mary Daly “Recalls the Courage to Sin Big” (03-24-05)

# 23 New “Art of Fugue” Work Premieres (03-08-05)

# 22 5th Annual Bookfaire Delivers L.A. Authors (03-16-05)

# 21  World Premiere of “Boxes” Set for March 9 (03-04-05)

# 20  Rev. Al Sharpton to Keynote “Diverse Identities Week” (03-04-05)

# 19  Herzberger Named President of Whittier College (02-11-05)

# 18  Feinberg Lecturer Greenspoon Investigates Ties Between “Religion and Popular
        Culture” (02-08-05)

# 17   “Ali Smith: She Fell and Missed the Ground” Exhibit Opens at Local Gallery 

# 16   Whittier College Contest  “Dares to Dream”

# 15   Blazar Jets Push Closer to Cosmic Speed Limit (01-12-05)

# 14   Exploring the Art of "Turning Pages" (01-10-05)

# 13   Blacklight and Acrobatics Combine For Magical Show ( 01-04-05)

# 12   HAPA Returns TO Whittier For Sold-Out Shows (11-30-04)

# 11   It’s A S’ Wonderful Life at Whittier College (11-23-04)

# 10   Broadoaks Auction Will "Reach for the Stars" (11-05-04)

# 9     “Super Size” Guy Demystifies the Road to American Obesity (11-05-04)

# 8    “Cabaret” Set To Kick-off College Theater Season (11-05-04)

# 7   When Gustave Met George: Correspondence Between Flaubert and Sand
        Presented at Whittier College (10-06-04) 

# 6   Conservatism and the 2004 Election: What You Need to Know (10-06-04)

# 5   Whittier College Selected as WMD Awareness Training Site (10-05-04)

# 4   Whittier College’s Broadoaks School Receives Hearts at Work Award (08-09-04)

# 3   Openings Available at Broadoaks Children’s School at Whittier College (08-09-04)

# 2   Whittier College’s Broadoaks Hosts Volunteer Workday (08-06-04)

# 1   Whittier College to Host WMD Awareness Course (07-22-04)

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)

• Former Ambassador to Ghana to Discuss African Politics 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)

• Super Band Returns to Whittier College (01-05-04)

• Hawaii’s Makaha Sons in Concert at Whittier College (01-02-04)

• 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)

• Rubio String Quartet Brings The Juliet Letters to Whittier College (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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