Whitman students are remarkably talented and engaged. We also have a thriving tae kwon do program. Different student groups produced four CDs this year. Half the student body does regular community service work. With all this activity you might assume that Whitman is a competitive place.
Many people call it a family atmosphere of nurturing and sharing and collegiality.
I think our location has a lot to do with our campus culture. We are about halfway between Seattle and Boise, halfway between Portland and Missoula, and halfway between the towering Cascade Mountains and the vast Rocky Mountains. The town itself is a small, friendly college town, sprinkled with art galleries, coffee houses and local businesses. We have a main street we even call Main Street. We don't have rush hours here and rarely even a rush minute.