Whitworth University News

Brandon Martin became a three-time First Team All-Northwest Conference honoree in football, leading a group of seven Whitworth University players named to the 2009 All-NWC Football Team.

International Education Week also to include student poster presentations, faculty-led roundtable discussions with students from Japan and Whitworth In anticipation of International Education Week Nov.

Gonzaga University started giving out its H1N1 vaccines Tuesday. Gonzaga only had 50 doses to hand out and all of those doses were already reserved.

Whitworth University is taking a major step forward in ensuring the continued success of its thriving science program as construction begins on a new $32 million biology/chemistry building this month.

More than 400 people attended the annual WSU Jazz Festival on Wednesday. The event centered on a gala concert featuring student-based WSU Jazz Big Band, the faculty-based group Jazz Northwest and special guest pianist Brent Edstrom.

The Rev. Brian Prior of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection has been elected to be bishop of Minnesota.

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. WHERE: Seeley Mudd Chapel at Whitworth University COST: Admission is free.

Whitworth University ran to its first Northwest Conference women's cross country title in school history on Saturday, while the Pirate men took second place overall at the NWC Championships held at McIver State Park.

Dinner with Bill Robinson, $1,000 donation to Second Harvest, pizza party up for grabs in friendly competition among students, employees Whitworth University's Fall Sustainability Challenge, Nov.

Whitworth University nearly pulled off its second upset of the season against 21st-ranked University of Puget Sound, but the visiting Pirates fell just short in a 25-14, 18-25, 22-25, 25-14, 16-14 loss to the Loggers on Friday night.

Betty Fry Williams, left, and Susan Mabry plan to seek a grant to continue developing software designed to help diagnose and track patients with autism disorders.

Three college guys wearing suits were passing out brochures from Protect Marriage Washington, the group attempting to repeal the domestic-partnership law, before Dan and I gave a talk last week about approving Referendum 71 at Whitworth University.

Award-winning poet Bruce Guernsey is Whitworth's Endowed English Reader for 2009.

A Spokane Valley man will spend 23 years in prison for helping run a meth ring that distributed more than 33 pounds of the drug, the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Washington announced Wednesday.

Whitworth University will open the 2009-10 men's basketball season ranked 16th in the D3hoops.com top-25 poll.

Lindsey Oakes scored her fourth goal of the season to lift Whitworth University to a 2-1 win over visiting Pacific Lutheran University in a Northwest Conference women's soccer match on Saturday afternoon.

Whitworth University could not cash in on several solid scoring chances, allowing visiting University of Puget Sound to come away from Sunday's Northwest Conference men's soccer match with a scoreless draw.

Rebecca Johnson, a junior at Whitworth University, has been awarded the prestigious Woodrow Foundation Scholarship.

EDITOR'S NOTE: In some local races, the Yakima Herald-Republic posed questions to candidates about their positions on key issues in their communities.

As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq rage on and tensions boil over in the rest of the Middle East, Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to that region, will present a lecture, "A New Foreign Policy? Lessons from Iraq," on Wednesday, Oct.