Press Releases
Academic Year 2022-2023
- Whittier College Partners with the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
- Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Study of Brown Identities at Whittier College
- The Fletcher Jones Foundation Supports Quantitative Success Center at Whittier College
- Whittier College receives HHMI Inclusive Excellence Initiative Grant
- Whittier College Makes Changes to Poet Athletics
- Whittier College Ranked Among the "Top Performers on Social Mobility"
- Whittier Welcomes New Students
- 2022 Endowed Chairs Announced
- UniHealth Peer Health Educators Announced
- WSCUC Reaffirms Whittier College's Accreditation
Academic Year 2021-2022
- President Oubrés' Giving Supports Innovation At Whittier
- Whittier College Celebrates Class Of 2022
- Student Commencement Speaker Announced
- Whittier College Announces New Film Major
- 2022 All-Sports Awards Night Celebrates Student-Athlete Achievement
- Whittier College Leading Innovation in Higher Ed
- Prof. Shannon Stanton Agbotse Awarded the 2022 Nerhood Teaching Award
- CABE Ceo Jan Gustafson-Corea Announced As Whittier College’s 2022 Commencement Speaker
- Board Of Trustees Announces President’s Contract Extended
- Professor Christina Scott Selected As Fulbright Scholar
- Whittier College Introduces Lux – A New Catalog Of Diverse Enrichment Course
- Whittier College Announces New Leadership Appointments
- Statement In Support Of Transgender Students, Staff, And Faculty At Whittier College
- New $600,000 Grant From Unihealth Foundation Will Promote Student Health And Wellness
- 2021 Poet Award Honorees Announced
- Whittier College Joins The IceCube Collaboration
- Whittier College Wins Gold Seal in 2021 All In Campus Democracy Challenge
- Whittier College Is Named 2021 HSI Leader By Fulbright Program
- Scott Grant Transforming Lives At Whittier College
- Whitter College Celebrates Classes Of 2020 And 2021
- Whittier College Welcomes New Students To Campus
Academic Year 2020-2021
- Whittier Grants Nearly $1m in Additional Student Aid
- Whittier College Receives Transformative Gift From Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott
- Whittier College to Participate in Racial Equity Leadership Alliance
- Whittier College Launches California Community College Advantage Program
- Whittier College Supporting Innovation
- Whittier College Ranked for Student and Community Impact
- Whittier College Waives Application Fee
- Whittier College Named a Top U.S. College
- Whittier College Releases Racial Justice and Equity Action Plan
- Sustainable Coffee Orchard Gets Financial Boost From Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Academic Year 2019-2020
- Whittier College Receives Carnegie Foundation's Community Engagement Classification
- Dr. Jacob Eisenbach Announced as 2020 Feinberg Lecturer
- The Fletcher Jones Foundation Supports STEM Studies at Whittier College
- Three New College Trustees Announced
- Annenberg Foundation Grant to Create Scholarships for Black Students
- 2019 Poet Awards Celebrate Exceptional Whittier College Alumni
- Whittier College Innovation Challenge Winners Announced
- Whittier Recognized as a Top College
- Falone Serna Appointed Vice President for Enrollment Management at Whittier College
- Whittier College Honored as a College of Distinction
- Whittier College Announces New Vice President and Dean of Students
- Whittier Featured in Princeton Review's Best 385 College Guide
Academic Year 2018-2019
- Grant Enhances Digital Technology in the Arts at Whittier
- Cultural Graduation Ceremonies Celebrate Diverse Student Identities
- Los Angeles Business Leader Maria Salinas Announced as Whittier College 2019 Commencement Speaker
- Distinguished Chinese Artist Visits Whittier College for Opening of Art Installation
- TOBGLAD Hosts LGBTQ+ Mixer
- Whittier College Presents the 82nd Annual Bach Festival
- Carter Appointed Director of Poet Athletics
- Anderson Appointed Whittier College Vice President
- College Receives Sculpture Donation from Famous Chinese Artist
- Jam for Puerto Rico/Descarga Para Puerto Rico Benefit Concert
- Inauguration of Whittier College President Linda Oubré
- Fall 2018 Dean's List
- Daryl Davis Announced as 2019 Feinberg Lecturer
- Whittier College Announces New Leadership Appointments
- 'Wonderful Life' Returns to Whittier
- Whittier Ranked for Social Mobility of Graduates
- Whittier Noted as a Top College
- Whittier College Expands Access for Transfer Students
- Rock Carter to Lead Poet Athletics
- Whittier Featured in 2019 Fiske Guide
- Whittier Named Among the Top Colleges in the Nation
- Whittier Featured in National Geographic
- Whittier Welcomes Class of 2019
Academic Year 2017-2018
- Whittier College Will Celebrate Latino Graduates
- Whittier Backs Undocumented Students
- Music Professor Launches CD With Concert
- Perfect Pitch - The National Anthem for the National Pastime
- Linda Oubré Named President of Whittier College
- The Whittier College Theatre Department Presents Hamlet
- President Herzberger Names New Faculty Chairs
- Fall 2017 Dean's List
- Joanna Mendelson Announced as 2018 Whittier College Feinberg Lecturer
- Professor Wallis Appointed New Associate Dean
- Whittier College and AICCU Recognize Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon as Champion of Students
- Broadoaks invites all to annual fundraising auction; proceeds to benefit children's services
- Poets Welcomed for Whittier Weekend 2017
- 2017 Poet Awards Celebrate Exceptional Whittier College Alumni
- Major Funding from the Luce Foundation Launches a Three-Year Project
- Whittier College Welcomes Class of 2018
Academic Year 2016-2017
- Sol Trujillo Announced as Whittier College 2017 Commencement Speaker
- U.S. Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco Will Visit Whittier College
- Whittier College Supports DACA Students
- Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Enhance Whittier College's Organizational Leadership Program
- Women's Baseball Collection Added to the Institute for Baseball Studies
- Whittier College Included in 2017 Fiske Guide to Colleges
- Coming Fall 2016: The New and Improved Ettinger Student Lounge
- Jake Carbine Will Bring Global Vision to Garrett House
Academic Year 2015-2016
- Whittier College Graduate Receives Fulbright Award
- Two Longtime Professors Retire
- Spring 2016 Dean's List Announced
- Whittier College Appoints Kieron Miller as Vice President for Enrollment
- Donnelly Awarded 2016 O. Henry Prize
- Alumnus Miguel Santana to Speak at Whittier College's Latino Graduates Celebration
- Whittier College and SPA 7 Child Abuse Council to Host "Reality Party" for More Than 100 Community Parents
- Maria Contreras-Sweet Announced as Whittier College's Commencement Speaker
- Whittier College Adopts Test-Optional Admission Policy
- Feinberg Lecture 2016: Rock the Casbah - The Future of the Middle East
- 79th Annual Bach Festival to Delight with New Harpsichord
- Family Literary Collection Finds New Home at Whittier
- Fall 2015 Dean's List Announced
- Playwright and Author of Real Women Have Curves to Give Master Class on Chicana Leadership
- Martin Luther King Day Celebration to Include "Dr. King's Voice"
- Baseball Great James "Mudcat" Grant to Receive Honorary Degree from Whittier College
- The Ruth B. Shannon Center Celebrates 25th Anniversary Season
- Whittier to Host Events About China and the Environment
- Enceladus Theatre Company and Whittier College Present: It's a Wonderful Life
- The Department of Education Awards $2.6M Title V Grant to the College
- 44th Annual Tardeada Will Celebrate Latino Culture on October 25
- 2015 Poet Awards Commend Exceptional Whittier College Alumni
- Whittier College to Welcome Alumni and Local Community to Whittier Weekend
- New Faculty Members Join Whittier College
- Whittier College Featured in Princeton Review's Best Colleges Guide
Academic Year 2014-2015
- Whittier College Appoints New Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
- The Henry Luce Foundation Awards Whittier College $400,000 Implementation Grant
- Center for Engagement with Communities is Awarded $423,524 Grant from the BCM Foundation
- Whittier College Professor Awarded $120,000 Grant from the California Community Foundation
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Named Commencement Speaker
- Whittier College Appoints Steve Delgado as Vice President for Advancement
- Dr. Freeman Hrabowski Named 2015 CEC Distinguished Fellow
- 2015 Feinberg Lecture Speaker Announced
- President Herzberger Promotes Benefits of Collegiate Play at NCAA Convention
- Whittier College Included in President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
- New Vice President and Dean of Students Announced
- Whittier College Announces Commitment to Expand College Access at White House Event
- Professor Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Science and Learning Center Moves Forward
- Whittier Weekend 2014
- Biology Professor Receives Department of Homeland Funding to Detect Dangerous Agents in Food
- Baseball Reliquary and Whittier College Establish Institute for Baseball Studies
- Poets Participate in 20th Annual Helping Hands Day
- Broadoaks Children Celebrate Peace Day
Academic Year 2013-2014
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina to Receive Honorary Degree
- Theater Department Stages Hairspray the Musical
- Poet High Achievers Named to Fall 2013 Dean's List
- Whittier College Library Receives Rare Quaker Book Collection
- Whittier College President Participates in White House College Summit
- Whittier Opens State-Of-The-Art Music Studio
- Whittier College Hosts Southern California Conferences For Undergraduate Research
- Mellon Foundation Grants Whittier $750,000 to Advance Digital Liberal Arts Curriculum
- Theatre Department Stages The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
- 42nd Annual Tardeada Celebrates Latino Culture
- 2013 Whittier College New Student Convocation
- Aloha Concert Series Breezes into the Shannon Center
Academic Year 2012 - 2013
- Cisneros Foundation Awards Grant to Whittier College
- Whittier College Awarded $112,372 Grant from the United States Institute Of Peace
- Whittier College Awarded Grant from the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment
- 2013 Honors Convocation
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario Will be the 2013 Whittier College Commencement Speaker
- The Glass Menagerie to Come to Life at Whittier College
- Steve Martin Play to be Staged at Whittier College
- Feinberg Lecture 2013: Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
- 2013 Whittier College Writers Festival
- Whittier College Nixon Fellows to Attend Presidential Inauguration
- Richard M. Nixon's '34 100th Birthday Celebrated
- Philanthropist David Bohnett to Speak At Whittier College
- Whittier College Dedicates Poets Wall
- 41st Annual Tardeada Celebrates Latino Culture
- Dr. Richard Solomon to Speak to First-Year Students'
- President Obama Proclaims National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week 2012
- Whittier College Named to the 2012-13 Colleges of Distinction Guidebook
- Whittier College Awarded $800,000 Grant to Promote Science and Math Education
- Whittier College Partners with Chinese Institutions to Promote Language and Culture
- Whittier College to Celebrate 109th Commencement Ceremony
Academic Year 2011 - 2012
- Whittier College Receives National Recognition for Community Service
- Public Invited to Poetry Reading and Lecture with Award-Winning Dramatist Nilo Cruz
- Whittier College to Commemorate Five-Year Anniversary of Virginia Tech Massacre in Nationwide Movement
- Whittier College to Stage Classic Comedy: "She Stoops to Conquer" by Oliver Goldsmith
- Top Environmental Scientists James Galloway '66 to Receive Poet Award for Alumni Achievement
- Athletics Celebrate Academic Achievement for Fall Semester
- Inside Latin Jazz Continues with Grammy Nominated Mongorama
- Whittier College Presents its 75th Annual Johann Sebastian Bach Festival
- Dr. Richard Solomon to Speak at Whittier College: "Enabling the Dragon: President Nixon and The Week That Changed the World"
- Former U.S. Deputy Secretary Of State, Richard Armitage Will Speak At Whittier College: "Lessons from the Gridiron for a Career in Public Service"
- 2012 Feinberg Lecture: Senator George Mitchell, The Implications of the Arab Spring for Peace in the Middle East
- Liberal Arts College Graduates Feel Better Prepared for Life's Challenges
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen to be Staged in the Studio Theater of the Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
- 40th Annual Whittier College Tardeada Celebrates Latino Culture
- General Pete Dawkins to Speak at the First Annual Leadership Forum: Leadership defined In—and Defining—the 21st Century
- 2011 Poet Awards Celebrate Outstanding Whittier Alumni
- Whittier College Theater Department Opens Fall Season With Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
- Aloha Series 2011-2012
- Linda Biehl '65: 2011 New Student Convocation Keynote Speaker
- Whittier College Featured in 2012 Edition of the The Princeton Review's "The Best 376 Colleges"
- Whittier College Lauded by Fiske College Guide
Academic Year 2010 - 2011
- Whittier College Hosts Students from Kede College of Beijing
- Award Winning Journalist Delivers 2011 Commencement Speech
- Three Whittier College Students Chosen for Fulbright Awards
- Whittier College Theater Department Presents Scapin By Moliere
- Whittier Students, Faculty, and Alumni Perform at Grammy Museum
- Whittier College Professor Joseph Price to Sing Anthem at Minor League Baseball Stadiums Across The United States
- 74th Annual Whittier College Johann Sebastien Bach Festival Will Celebrate Bach and the Flute
- Public Television Producers Bill Moyers and Judith Davidson Moyers Will Deliver Keynote at Whittier College's 108th Commencement Ceremony
- Whittier College Helping Hands Day 2011
- Whittier College Presents Rent-The Musical
- Whittier College 2011 Feinberg Lecture: Former U.S. Ambassador To Israel And Egypt Daniel C. Kurtzer
- Legendary Percussionist "Mr. Bongo" Jack Costanzo Joins Inside Latin Jazz With Danilo Lozano
- Respected American Environmentalist Bill Mckibben Will Speak at Whittier College
- Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts Celebrates 20th Anniversary
- Whittier College Part of Building Blocks to 2020 Website
- 2010 Writers Festival
- 2010 Acoustic Voices Series
- Aloha Festival Returns to Whittier College
Academic Year 2009 - 2010
- Whittier College Will Celebrate 9th Annual Latino Graduate Celebration
- Cuban-American Playwright Nilo Cruz To Become Honorary Poet
- Whittier College Receives Grant From Fletcher Jones Foundation
- 2010 Whittier College Children's Literature Conference
- 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 President Joins CIC Board of Directors
- 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
- 38th Annual Tardeada Celebrates Latino Culture
- Woodrow Wilson Fellow Richard Halloran to Speak on the Rising of China
- 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