Whitman College will celebrate its 140th Commencement ceremony with the Class of 2026 on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11 a.m. (the processional started at 10:50 a.m.). The ceremony will be held on the south lawn of the Memorial Building. 

The commencement speaker will be Gwendolyn Trice, Founder and Executive Director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center (MHIC) in Enterprise, Oregon, which celebrates the rich history of African American, Indigenous and immigrant loggers in the Pacific Northwest.

For more information, visit the Commencement website.