Featured Events
Commencement Cap, Gown and Tassel available to... 3/3
The ordering web site for Commencement cap, gown and tassel is OPEN. Go to www.herffjones.com/college/whitman to order.
"Artifacts" and "The Hand and... 3/3 12:00 pm
The Hand and The Machine this is part of a year-long series of events done in collaboration with the Sheehan Gallery and Whitman’s Studio Art and Art History/Visual Culture departments. The series will bring over seven visiting artists to campus to lecture, provide workshops, and exhibit their works in a variety of spaces on campus throughout the 2014-2015 academic calendar. In the fall of 2013, the Whitman Studio Art Department successfully...
The Children of Chabannes-A magical World War... 3/3 7:00 pm
Film Maker Lisa Gossels brings her amazing film to Whitman. The Children of Chabannes reveals the untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children. A celebration of human kindness, The Children of Chabannes delivers a profound message of tolerance and the remarkable efforts made by the citizens of Chabannes, who risked their lives to protect...
Spring Studio Series: Residuo 3/3 7:30 pm
The second performance in the Spring Studio Series is titled Residuo. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Nibia Pastrana-Santiago graduated with a BA in Dance and Women’s Studies from the University of Puerto Rico where she was a member of the dance company Hincapié directed by Cuban choreographer Petra Bravo. From 2012 to 2013 Nibia lived in Brussels, BE, where she developed her research project, Residue: Dance Making through Destruction at A.PASS.
My So-Called Enemy-A film by Lisa Gossels 3/4 7:00 pm
Spanning seven years, My So-Called Enemy follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding after participating in a women’s leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. This heart and mind-opening film from Emmy Award-winning director Lisa Gossels documents how the young women’s transformative experience of knowing their “enemies” as human beings in the United States meets with the...
Bierman Spring Lecture 3/5 7:00 pm
The Bierman Spring Lecture features Elliott West, Alumni Distinguished Professor from University of Arkansas. The West Before Lewis and Clark: Three Lives will trace what the lives of one man and two women tell us about interaction of the Native and European cultures across the Great Plains in the tumultuous century and a half that preceded the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-06. Their stories bring us to a murder in Texas, deadly...
Off-Campus Studies - Study Break 3/5 8:00 pm
Be Here to Study There....discuss STUDY ABROAD options with alums. Learn about one of the most REWARDING experiences during your college career.
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom... 3/5 8:00 pm
Hilarious and terrifying, Stoppard's absurdist comedy turns Shakespeare's Hamlet on its head by following the misadventures of two minor characters as they struggle to understand their role in the great tragedy unfolding around them.
Moonlight Snowshoe 3/6
Snowshoe by the light of the full moon at Horseshoe Prairie. No experience necessary! Sign up at the OP Rental Shop.
Walla Walla's Best Dance Crew 3/7 7:00 pm
Walla Walla's Best Dance Crew is an annual fundraiser presented by Kappa Alpha Theta at Whitman College to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates. Dance crews from Whitman and the Walla Walla Community will compete for the titles of People's Choice, Judge's Choice, and Walla Walla's Best Dance Crew! The event will start at 7:00pm and doors will open at 6:30. Come early to enter to win fabulous raffle prizes and get a good seat! Tickets are...
Public Events Public Events Students Faculty/Staff
"Artifacts" and "The Hand and... 3/3 12:00 pm
Exhibit / Sheehan Gallery, Academic, Humanities & Arts, Art
The Hand and The Machine this is part of a year-long series of events done in collaboration with the Sheehan Gallery and Whitman’s Studio Art and Art...
Olin Hall, Sheehan Gallery
The Children of Chabannes-A magical World War... 3/3 7:00 pm
Film Screening / Intercultural Center, Religious and Spiritual Life
Film Maker Lisa Gossels brings her amazing film to Whitman. The Children of Chabannes reveals the untold story of how the people in a tiny village in...
Olin Hall, OLIN*130 Auditorium
Spring Studio Series: Residuo 3/3 7:30 pm
Dance / Academic, Humanities & Arts, Theatre & Dance
The second performance in the Spring Studio Series is titled Residuo. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Nibia Pastrana-Santiago graduated with a BA in Dance and...
Whtiman College Dance Studio
My So-Called Enemy-A film by Lisa Gossels 3/4 7:00 pm
Film Screening / Intercultural Center, Religious and Spiritual Life
Spanning seven years, My So-Called Enemy follows six Palestinian and Israeli teenage girls committed to justice and mutual understanding after participating...
Hunter Conservatory, HNTR*212 Kimball Auditorium
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr. Greg Petsko 3/5 4:00 pm
Speaker / Academic, Sciences & Mathematics
Dr. Greg Petsko, Mahon Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, will be giving a talk on “The Coming Epidemic of...
Hall of Science, 151
Bierman Spring Lecture 3/5 7:00 pm
Speaker / Academic, Social Sciences, History
The Bierman Spring Lecture features Elliott West, Alumni Distinguished Professor from University of Arkansas. The West Before Lewis and Clark: Three Lives...
Olin Hall, OLIN*130 Auditorium
Visiting Writers Reading Series-Sharma Shields 3/5 7:00 pm
Speaker / Academic, Humanities & Arts, English
Sharma Shields, author of "The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac: A Novel" will be speaking as part of the Visiting Writer's Reading Series. The series brings...
Hunter Conservatory, HNTR*212 Kimball Auditorium
Lecture by Visiting artist/educator, Peter... 3/5 7:30 pm
Speaker / Academic, Humanities & Arts, Art
Lecture by Visiting artist/educator, Peter Christian-Johnson, whose work is in The Hand and the Machine exhibit in the Sheehan Gallery.
Fouts Center for Visual Arts, 201
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom... 3/5 8:00 pm
Theatre / Academic, Humanities & Arts, Theatre & Dance
Hilarious and terrifying, Stoppard's absurdist comedy turns Shakespeare's Hamlet on its head by following the misadventures of two minor characters as they...
Harper Joy Theatre, Alexander Stage
345 Boyer Ave.