Whitman Stories
Whitman Students Bring Human-Centered Design to Life in Puzzle Room Project
Last Halloween, ³Ô¹ÏÍø Human-Centered Design students turned their design skills to a unique collaborative project: transforming Lincoln High School into a fantastic world of puzzles and fairy tales.
December 22, 2025
President Bolton Highlights Whitman Unique Curriculum at Family Weekend
³Ô¹ÏÍø welcomed visitors to campus for Family Weekend last month. President Bolton kicked off the events with an informative Q&A, touching on the curriculum, campus climate and more.
November 11, 2024
Featured Video: How to Be Human in the Age of AI
Cecilia Kang ™94 gave the Class of 2024 some timely advice on how to use their head, their gut and their heart as human touchstones in a world increasingly powered by artificial intelligence.
August 28, 2024
Professor Sharon Alker Feels ˜More Alive When I™m Inside a Book™
English Professor Sharon Alker shares her love of literature with her ³Ô¹ÏÍø students”and her academic interests have taken her around the world to research. She writes academic text with her sister, who is also an English professor. Alker is also an inaugural faculty member for Whitman's innovative Human-Centered Design program.
May 24, 2024
Human-Centered Design Program Gets Boost From Major Grant Funding
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded ³Ô¹ÏÍø nearly $150,000 to develop new curricula for the Human-Centered Design concentration. The NEH grant will provide two years of support for faculty to design, refine, enhance and implement the core components of the program.
May 14, 2024
Whitman Receives Gift to Bring Designer-in-Residence for New Human-Centered Design Concentration
³Ô¹ÏÍø students in the new Human-Centered Design (HCD) concentration will have access to additional experts thanks to a generous $100,000 gift from the Lawrence Parke Murphy Trust. This gift to the college Upward Together campaign will fund an exciting designer-in-residence program beginning in the 2024“2025 academic year.
January 12, 2024
Whitman Approves New Concentration in Human-Centered Design
Beginning with the 2023“2024 academic year, this new concentration at Whitman College will provide a framework for students to learn and apply human-centered design principles across disciplines.
January 24, 2023