College Affairs
2014-2015 Student Organization Award Winners Announced
The LEAP Office is proud to announce the winners of the 2014-2015 Student Organization Awards, a new iteration of its …
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College Affairs
Inaugural Conference Welcomes 145 Educators
The inaugural conference hosted by Whittier College's Institute for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching…
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College Affairs
Whittier College Institute to Host Conference for Educators on August 22
Access and academic language used to teach English Language Learners are topics  of great interest to educators,…
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College Affairs
Fall 2015 Welcome Week Events
Wednesday, September 9 Karaoke Night at 7:00 p.m. “The Cellar,” Wanberg Basement Start off the new school year by…
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College Affairs
The Institute for Baseball Studies Receives Major Donation
Whittier College's Institute for Baseball Studies received a major donation of memorabilia from the Negro Leagues.  The…
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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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