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College Affairs
Mashi: The Story of Masanori Murakami
Witty, engaging, and incredibly entertaining, Masanori "Mashi" Murakami shared with the Whittier community his…
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College Affairs
2014-2015 Student Organization Award Winners Announced!
Please join us in congratulating our Student Organization Award recipients for the 2014-2015 academic year! All…
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College Affairs
Japan's First Major League Player to Speak at Whittier College
​Masanori "Mashi" Murakami, the first player from Japan to play Major League Baseball will be visiting Whittier College…
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College Affairs
Defining the Digital Humanities at Whittier College
What are the Digital Humanities or Digital Liberal Arts? And how can our Whittier community benefit from them? Whittier…
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College Affairs
Science and Learning Center Project Remains on Schedule
President Sharon Herzberger and Whittier College officials donned hard hats and toured the Science and Learning Center…
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College Affairs
Whittier Celebrates Groundbreaking for the Renovation of its Science and Learning Center
On May 14, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on the College’s upper quad lawn to mark the start of construction of…
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Graduates
College Affairs
Mayor Garcetti Challenges the Class of 2015 to Cross Borders and Take Down Boundaries
The rain and soggy weather did not dampen the festive atmosphere of Whittier College’s 112th Commencement ceremony held…
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College Affairs
Charge to the Class of 2015
CHARGE TO THE WHITTIER COLLEGE CLASS OF 2015 May 15, 2015 President Sharon Herzberger Congratulations, Poets!  I can’t…
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College Affairs
Whittier College Celebrates First Lavender Graduation
Whittier College held for the first time in its history a Lavender Graduate Celebration to recognize lesbian, gay,…
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College Affairs
Flukes Arrives at Whittier College
Whittier College is the new home of Flukes, a cast bronze sculpture by Gordon Lund L.H.D. ’93 depicting the graceful…
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College Affairs
2015 CEC Distinguished Fellow
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) was presented as the newest…
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College Affairs
G.O.L.D. Alumni United for a Giving Tuesday Challenge on December 2
​For the first time ever, Whittier College is participating in Giving Tuesday – a national day of giving back…
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College Affairs
Whittier Hosts Annual MMUF Conference
Fellows and coordinators from Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship's (MMUF) seven west coast member institutions…
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College Affairs
Alumni, Family, Friends Descend on Campus for 2014 Whittier Weekend
More than 1,000 Poets including alumni, families, and friends, participated in this year's Whittier Weekend…
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College Affairs, Faculty and Staff
Baseball Reliquary and Whittier College Establish Institute for Baseball Studies
Whittier College is now home of the Institute for Baseball Studies, the first humanities-based research center of its…
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