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Alumni
Alumna Leaves a Legacy at the Huntington
Sara “Sue” Hodson ’71 retired from her position as curator of literary colleges at the Huntington Library in San Marino…
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Faculty and Staff
Major funding from the Luce Foundation Launches a Three-Year Project
For immediate release 11 August 2017   Whittier College Faculty play key role in the Global Environmental Justice…
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Athletics
Memorial Stadium Renovation Complete
After three months of work on renovations to Wallace “Chief” Newman Field and the Aubrey-Bonham Track in Memorial…
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Students
Summer of Learning
With the goal of becoming a high school music teacher, Jacklyn Waight ’18 spent her summer diving into the world of the…
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College Affairs
Whittier College Supports DACA
Dear Whittier College Community: Last week, Whittier College joined more than 40 Quaker-founded schools and colleges in…
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Leadership
President Herzberger Addresses the Class of 2021
Whittier College President’s Convocation Address by Sharon Herzberger September 3, 2017 My husband David and I were…
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Class of 2017 Arrives at Whittier College
They're here.  The Class of 2017 descended on the Poet campus Sunday, marking the start of their undergraduate stay at…
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College Affairs
Whittier College Welcomes New Poets
On a bright, sunny September day, Whittier College welcomed its largest first-year class with a total of 542 first-year…
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College Affairs
Whittier College Hosts Conference to Help Bilingual Educators
The Institute for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching at Whittier held its third annual conference where…
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Arika Skoog Finds Her Calling in the Boxing Ring
As a Whittier College music business major, Arika Skoog ’15 didn’t plan for a career as a boxer, but that is where she…
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Students
Whittier Students Prepare to Help Communities in East Africa
Malory Henry ’18 and Madeline McMurray ’18 have been named the inaugural recipients of The Brethren Community…
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Introducing Whittier's Class of 2017
Hailing from 21 states across the U.S. and 19 countries around the globe, the 450 newest members of the Poet Family…
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Alumni
Dedicating Career to Public Service
As field representative for U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, Brent Robinson MA’14 has the opportunity to put his passion…
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Students
Natalie Fenaroli: Racing to the Top
When Natalie Fenaroli ’18 isn’t spending her time in Hoover Hall studying business administration, she’s busy at the…
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Imani Williford, India Ferguson, Rosalba Ponce, Caitlyn Keeve, and Jake Martin use a model of the Kluge-Ruhe galleries to plan their exhibition Songs of a Secret Country during the 2017 Summer Curatorial Research Project at the University of Virginia.
Students
Summer of Art
Rosalba Ponce ’18 is spending her summer in Virginia along with four other undergraduate students from across the…
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