A newsletter for alumni & friends • September 2025
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In this issue: Whitman's guarantee to meet full demonstrated financial need for students; a new endowment to fund scholars in the humanities; professor honored for scientific contributions; and an exciting start to the fall athletics season.
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Davis Family Endows Scholarship To Support the Study of Humanities
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A scholarship endowed by Whitman College Board of Trustees Chair Joe Davis ’80, spouse Sarah (Nordholm) Davis ’80, son Andrew Davis ’18 and daughter-in-law Katie (Duncan) Davis ’23, reflects their belief in the value of the humanities in today’s changing workforce.
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Largest-Ever Cohort Awarded Šináata Scholarships to Whitman College
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Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Fish Named in Honor of Whitman Professor
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This Ambitious Whittie Takes on Athletic, Environmental & Philosophical Challenges
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Whitman College Will Meet Full Demonstrated Financial Need for All Students
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This transformative commitment removes financial barriers so all students have the opportunity to find lives of meaning and purpose through a Whitman education. Read more about this historic milestone.
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Upward Pathway: Katie Jose ’23: Merging Tradition With Modern Medicine
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Whitman College empowered Katie Jose ’23 to pursue her dream of a career in medicine—with impactful experiences like designing her own Global Health major, interning at a nonprofit health clinic, and pursuing a Watson Fellowship to study traditional and Indigenous medicine around the world. See her path.
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Fifty under 50: Andrew Davis ’18
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Since his first gift to the senior fund, Andrew Davis is a steady supporter of Upward Together— contributing to the Davis Family Humanities Endowed Scholarship, scholarship and aid through The Whitman Fund and boosting internships. Read more.
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Fall Athletics are in Full Swing!
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Seattle, Whitman will be in your area!
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Virtual Event: Protecting Firefighters, Protecting Public Health
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- Join a virtual lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025 at 4 p.m. with Associate Professor of Sociology Alissa Cordner as she shares findings from her research with wildland firefighters.
- Since 2015, Dr. Cordner has worked with firefighters to understand how they experience and understand the risks of their job—increased by aggressive fire suppression, growing developments in the wildland-urban interface, and a hotter and drier climate.
- RSVP to receive a Zoom link to the program.
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Class Notes Deadline: November 15, 2025
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- Class notes for the Spring 2026 edition of the Whitman Magazine are due on November 15, 2025.
- Submit a note to announce an accomplishment, promotion, engagement or marriage, new family additions and so much more!
- Fill out the class note form or email your submission to alumni@whitman.edu. Pictures are appreciated!
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Whitman College Move-In Day 2025
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Watch first-year Whitties move into their new dorms at Whitman College, meet classmates on Ankeny Field, and take part in welcome activities before saying goodbye to their families.
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More than 400 new students and their families gathered this week to prep for the start of the fall semester—and the next four years of learning, adventure and life-changing experiences. Check out highlights from Opening Day 2025!
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