Generosity in Service Legacy Is Going Strong In the 1920s, new graduates, diplomas in hand, would leave what is now Village Hall to march across College Avenue, climb up the stairs and walk through the newly completed Gateway to Service, which represented their entrance into a lifetime of se... Read more
Excellence in Thought WWU Students Learn With the World's Best Scholars Since 1994, Walla Walla University has been connected with one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world: Oxford University. Every year, up to four students are accepted to spend a summer, a semester or entire year learning wit... Read more
More WWU News Ears Ringing on Campus? Here's Why!Summer Students Baptized in Bible LandsThe WWU — Shakespeare Connection Read more
A Slice of Heaven WWU's Marine Lab is Unforgettable Since 1954, Walla Walla University has enjoyed ownership of the Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory near Anacortes, Wash. WWU's biology majors spend a summer studying marine biology at Rosario and all of them look forward to their turn with anticipati... Read more
A Life of Learning WWU's Oldest Student Turns 99 Most people count down the days to graduation from college with excitement and impatience. Desires to get out into the "real world" and experience life as an adult with a degree—getting a job, starting a family—overshadow everything else.For Effie... Read more
WWU Students Volunteer for Hands-on Learning in Zimbabwe What's the best way to learn how to manage a business? Hands-on experience does it every time. Rebecca Parshall, Walla Walla University junior humanities major, and Ryan Eggers, 2007 engineering graduate, understand this more than some.Parshall an... Read more
A Journey of Joy and Belonging One Grad Shares Her Story I wrote a poem on graduation day called "Execution."Most of my black-capped friends were giddy with anticipation that sweltering afternoon, but I struggled with a profound sorrow. My time at Walla Walla University was finished. I knew that meant b... Read more
Forgiving Isn't Easy Professors Conclude Forgiveness Research Jesus told us we are to forgive 70 times seven—in other words, a whole lot! But is it really that simple?Pastoral and counseling experiences with people who have trouble forgiving others indicate knowing what Jesus said about our need to forgive d... Read more
WWU Students Make a Difference In Their Backyard Walla Walla University's School of Theology requires all theology majors to spend one year with a pastor mentor within the Walla Walla Valley.Joseph Radelfinger, senior theology and mass communications major, was assigned to the Northside Church i... Read more
