In the ongoing search for a new president for Walla Walla University, the school is working in tandem with the North Pacific Union Conference and FaithSearch Partners to find someone to fill the position. 

Every four years, February has an extra day – why? I had the same question, so I’ve researched and found some silly little things about leap year for you.   The normal calendar year has 365 days, but the amount of time the earth spends spinning around the sun includes about five hours more than 365 […]

Does the word “pinging” mean anything to you? How about “half-tree?” Maybe you’ve heard of the steam tunnels that run underground across campus. Everyone seems to know someone who is involved in many of the secrets of Walla Walla University, but few of us witness the mysteries of the school first hand.  

Today is Leap Day and I want to encourage you to do something out of the ordinary on this un-ordinarily extra day in February. Take this opportunity to do something you wouldn’t normally do like run a mile, call a friend you haven’t talked to in a while, watch the sunset, or do something fun with […]

Walla Walla University Drama’s production of “Bad Auditions by Bad Actors” pokes fun at the inner workings of what goes into casting a play, featuring stellar performances from actors Elizabeth Blackwelder, freshman double major in math and secondary education, and Jaden Melashenko, a freshman psychology and pre-med major, in the lead roles of Carol and […]

Shirley set the newly acquired lighter on her desk, perfectly in line with the other six she acquired over the past six weeks. The clap of thunder outside signaled a storm heading towards Hamview, something that would’ve scared Shirley if she were still a child. Hercules, Parvath, and Aimi sat at the dining table, perusing […]

This past Saturday night, Battle of the Bands took place at the WEC, where students got to watch performances and have a blast with friends, bands got to put on their best performances competing for first place, and those involved in production got to make one of the most anticipated events all year round happen. 

At the end of sophomore year, nursing students seem to suddenly vanish. However, they aren’t going to another school or giving up on their studies but are simply off to complete their junior and senior years at the Portland Nursing Campus. 

Maddie Hoffer is a senior business administration major with a minor in psychology who loves the outdoors. If you know her at all, you know she can probably be found mountain biking with her friends on the weekends or whizzing past you on her runs around College Place. To celebrate Earth Day and get outside, […]

The Collegian’s Earth Day issue has always been my favorite issue to plan for and read and this year’s issue is no different! We have articles on bird watching, eclipses, the WWU observatory, student outdoor adventures, and the history of the environmental movement.  

If a bird chirps in a tree and no one is around to hear it, does it even make a sound? The answer to this long-asked philosophical question will never be known because in the Walla Walla Valley, whenever a bird chirps, there is a birder around to hear it.  

Two weeks ago, on April 8, people got their glasses out and got to witness a total solar eclipse that passed through Mexico, Canada and the United States. What’s the science of predicting these events? What’s the history of eclipses? What was their importance in the past?  

The Walla Walla University observatory has been an integral part of the physics department for more than twenty years. It is located on the roof of Kretschmar Hall and is currently equipped with a 16″ Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.