Whitman Stories
Bill Neff 鈥�67 & Rita Neff 鈥�69 Provide Challenge Gift for Endowment To Expand Immersive Learning
With their lead gift, Trustee Emeritus Bill Neff 鈥�67 and Rita Neff 鈥�69 have taken significant steps toward funding the Employer Engagement and Immersive Learning Opportunities Endowment to help provide all Whitman College students with research and internship opportunities in preparation for a strong graduate launch.
February 11, 2026
Whitman Grads Go Global With New Fellowship
Thanks to a generous bequest from Mary Grace Bassett 鈥�47, the new Bassett Traveling Fellowship will provide support for graduating seniors to pursue international research projects. Allegria Iteka 鈥�25 and Terence Mahlatini 鈥�25 are the first recipients.
June 23, 2025
Finn Leahy 鈥�25 Selected for U.S. Teaching Assistantship in Austria
German Studies-Politics double major and recent Whitman College graduate Finn Leahy 鈥�25 has been awarded a U.S. Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Austrian secondary schools.
June 12, 2025
Sunita Nepali 鈥�27 & Sol Tran 鈥�27 Receive Projects for Peace Grant
Two Whitman College students have been awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to increase computer access and literacy for students at a school in Nepal.
April 14, 2025
Whitman Students Selected for Mayo Clinic Summer Fellowship
As recipients of the Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Whitman College students Shahin Hamzeh 鈥�27 and MinhThu Tran 鈥�26 will conduct cutting-edge biomedical research at a Mayo Clinic site in Jacksonville, Florida, this summer.
April 09, 2025
Whitman College Senior Kenzie Bay 鈥�25 Named 2025 Watson Fellow
Pre-health student Kenzie Bay 鈥�25 has secured a fully funded, yearlong research fellowship that will take her around the world to explore how patients in underserved communities access emergency medical care. She credits her supportive Whitman community for helping her land this rare and highly honored opportunity.
April 04, 2025
Meet the Intern: Growing as a Teacher & Inspiring Young Eaters
Through a summer internship with the Walla Walla Valley Farm to School program, Anna Gustafson 鈥�25 turned gardens into classrooms, where kids discovered the joy of growing food, caring for the environment and building community.
March 24, 2025
Whitman Student-Faculty Team Stages 鈥業lluminating鈥� Play in Peru
In the summer of 2024, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Carlos Vargas-Salgado and two student researchers staged the theater production 鈥淐amasca鈥� in the heart of Peru鈥檚 most Indigenous region, interviewing cast, crew and audience members about its political impact on the Hispanic world.
March 19, 2025
Inspiring the Next Generation of Watson Fellows
Annie Means 鈥�22, Katie Jose 鈥�23, and Cameron Connor 鈥�20 returned to campus in March to talk with current students about the life-changing experience of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
March 14, 2025