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Whitman College
345 Boyer Avenue,
Walla Walla, WA 99362
www.whitman.edu
Whitman College is an independent, co-educational, non-sectarian,
residential liberal arts and sciences undergraduate college. Whitman
College began in 1882 and received its charter as a four-year,
degree-granting college in 1883.
Located three blocks from downtown Walla Walla, the 100-acre campus has
18 academic, student service, and administrative buildings. Residential
facilities include co-educational halls, special interest houses, one
all-women's hall (which accommodates five sororities), and four
fraternity houses.
From its beginning, Whitman College has prized its independence from
sectarian and political control. Whitman has remained small in order to
facilitate the close faculty-student interaction that is essential to
exceptional higher education. In 1913, Whitman became the first college
or university in the nation to require undergraduate students to
complete comprehensive examinations in their major fields.
Whitman issued bonds through the Authority in 1999 for $25,710,000.
Proceeds of the bonds were used to construct a new campus center and a
new science building. The bonds were issued as fixed-rate debt, with no
required principal payments until final maturity in 2029. The 105,000
square-foot Hall of Science underwent a $20 million renovation and
expansion in 2003. The facility now features state-of-the-art
faculty/student research labs, enhanced classroom space, and a
building-wide wireless network for Internet access. Some of the research
equipment and facilities available include a scanning electron
microscope, planetarium, biochemistry laboratory and greenhouse, as well
as several large telescopes on the roof and instrumentation rooms where
students have access to modern scientific equipment.
In 2004, Whitman refunded the 1999 debt used to finance the Hall of
Science and the student center to realize interest savings. The Series
2004 Bonds for $28,770,000 had a net interest cost of 4.345% and will
mature in 2029.
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