Richard Blanco sitting in a desk talking to students in a classroom
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2017 Writers Festival Brings Global Perspective
A slate of talented and notable U.S. and international poets and authors were on campus for the annual Whittier College…
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Kayla Kosaki, Elena Macias and Jennifer Guerra standing together
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Training Sessions in Place to Help Serve Whittier Students
The Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) hosted an undocumented students ally training session where faculty and staff…
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Ila Borders pitching
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Women in Baseball
Equal to the Game: Women and Baseball is a new exhibit at Whittier College celebrating the contributions of women to…
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Straight Outta College Week at Whittier
The Weingart Center for Career and Professional Development hosted Straight Outta College, a week-long program to…
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Poets Lobby for Cal Grants
Poets Sammantha Vega ’17, a political science major, and Manuel Herrera ’20, a biology major, traveled to Sacramento…
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Board Issues Statement in Support of Immigrant Students
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Board Issues Statement in Support of Immigrant Students
The Whittier College Board of Trustees has issued an official statement directing the administration to adopt the Poet…
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The 2017 Feinberg Lecture
Professor Kenneth W. Stein of Emory University delivered the 2017 Feinberg Lecture, Arab-Israeli Negotiations: Why they…
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Diversity at Whittier
Professor Daryl G. Smith, an expert in diversity in higher education, recently spoke to a full house in AJ Villalobos…
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Poets Explore Broadway’s Zoot Suit
More than 100 Poets boarded three buses from campus to the Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles to see the Broadway…
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Therapy Dogs Visit Whittier
As the spring semester begins, the Counseling Center partnered with Residence Life and brought therapy dogs to meet…
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Whittfest 2017 Artist Announced
Two-time Grammy award winning artist, T-Pain, has been announced as the headliner for Whittfest 2017, the College’s…
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Kenneth Stein
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Professor Kenneth W. Stein Announced As 2017 Feinberg Lecturer
WHITTIER, Calif. (January 27, 2017) –  Expert on Israeli affairs Professor Kenneth W. Stein, will deliver the 2017…
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Whittier College Supports DACA Students
Concerns have been raised throughout the nation regarding changes in immigration policy and the possible impact on the…
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Whittier Scholars Program Appoints New Leadership
Professor of English Andrea Rehn has been appointed associate dean and director of the Whittier Scholars Program (WSP…
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Shakespeare's 'Complete Works' Are Irreverently Abridged in Shannon Center Play
Seeing all 37 of William Shakespeare's plays would likely take the better part of a week. Instead, the bard's comedies…
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