Read about the new effort to increase access and affordability!

A newsletter for alumni & friends • April 2024

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Greetings from Whitman and Walla Walla in this beautiful spring season.

I’m delighted to share news from campus, including a bold new initiative to expand access and affordability. Through the Upward Together campaign, the College is now matching major gifts to build merit and need-based scholarship endowments to ensure that all talented students can obtain a life-changing Whitman education. More information follows below.

We also continue to invest in a vibrant campus community, including with the planned groundbreaking of our new junior-senior residential village on May 2. This past weekend, we dedicated the Edwards-Moore Clubhouse at Borleske Stadium. Made possible by the generosity of alumni and families, the baseball clubhouse named in honor of emeritus trustees and baseball alumni Jock Edwards ’66 and Jim Moore ’66 provides a new home for the Blues and Walla Walla Sweets.

Everything we do at Whitman is in service of current and future generations of students. This past Saturday, we welcomed 327 prospective students and family members for a Spring into Whitman open house. We are so grateful to alumni for recommending many of these talented students to become members of the Whitman family.

Thank you for all that you continue to do for Whitman students in preparing them to be the leaders and thinkers our communities and the world need.

Sarah R. Bolton
President

In a major step toward the Upward Together campaign’s goal of meeting the full financial need of every student, Whitman will provide a 1:1 match of college funds to scholarship-designated gifts of $50,000 or more.

The Edwards-Moore Clubhouse at Borleske Stadium opened to the Whitman College Blues and Walla Walla Sweets over the weekend. Director of Athletics Kim Chandler called the clubhouse, "...a game changer for our student-athletes and for our baseball program,” in her welcoming comments at the dedication ceremony.

Two Whitman College juniors accepted into the Public Policy & International Affairs Program. They will spend the summer studying at top graduate schools. Kate Moe '25 is headed to Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and Meron Semere ’25 will attend Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.

Visit the Whitman Newsroom to read more stories featuring fellow alums, current events on Boyer Ave. and more.

Aisha "Adyiam" Kimbrough ’19 found her place working in policy and global studies while at Whitman. Now, at YouthPrise and Minnesota Seeds of Justice, she advocates for others daily in her work. See her path.

Inspired by the loss of her son, Kimberly Starr gives back to Whitman through the advancement of mental health and suicide prevention resources. Read more.

Calling all graduates of classes ’14, ’05, ’04, ’03, ’99, ’84, ’79, ’69, ’64 and ’59! Have you marked your calendar for Sept. 26-29, 2024? It's not too late to let us know you're coming. Visit the 2024 Reunion Weekend page and add your name to the list of attendees. After adding your name you will receive an email with a link to confirm your plan to attend. Make sure you do this so we know to expect you!

Additional reunion information.

Uncover Europe’s best-kept secret, Slovenia, a spectacular country on the Adriatic coast. Join Peter '84 and Kristen Bogen Harvey '87 for a unique exploration centered in Portorož, an Adriatic coastal delight, and Ljubljana, Slovenia’s charming capital. See the Alumni Travel page for the full itinerary, pricing and reservation form. When: August 21—28, 2024. Registration closes on April 23, 2024.