Whittier College News

Whitworth President Beck A. Taylor announced that Greg Orwig, '91, has been named the school's vice president for admissions and financial aid.

Whittier College has been selected to receive a four-year, $800,000 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support the college's efforts to promote new, innovative strategies for improving science and math education in grades kindergarten through 12.

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Frank Hill, center, former State Assemblyman and senator performs the West Coast Swing during the Whittier Community Foundation presentation of "Dancing with the Whittier Stars." at the Whittier Community Theater in Whittier, Calif., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

College graduation is typically a time to tally accomplishments and to look ahead.

We are a nation that loves to celebrate firsts: the first man on the moon, the first black president, the first American Idol winner.

Hispanic Outreach Taskforce scholarship recipients, from left, Vanessa Ocariz, Rafael Medina, Allyse Gomez, Alejandro Fabian, Kevin Dorado, Jairo Pinedo, Jessica Reyes, and Andres Garcia, gather during HOT's reception Thursday at Whittier College.

Ed Nixon, left, is pictured with his brother, President Richard Nixon, during the 1970s in San Clemente.

Undergraduate and graduate students receive their diplomas during the 109th Commencement at Whittier College in Whittier on Friday May 11, 2012.

The 109th Commencement at Whittier College was held Friday May 11, 2012. Nobel Prize-winning chemist Mario Molina, feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Reuther, and noted educator Chauncey Veatch received honorary degrees and spoke to the 400 graduates.

Whittier College began as a gleam in the eyes of a few Quaker settlers from the midwest, and became an independent four-year college emphasizing undergraduate liberal arts education.

The First Friends Church was built in 1887 by the Pickering Land & Water Company.

An investment group spearheaded by a Newport Beach family has become the second buyer in the past 18 months agreeing to buy the Balboa Bay Club on the shores of Newport Bay, the buyers' representatives announced Tuesday.

You want me to get on the mic and blather about the antics of my cat and how much lint I found in my navel? Probably neither is as interesting as I think.