Donor Impact
Your selfless giving allows students to connect with Whitworth’s caring community, grow in their faith, and gain a transformative mind-and-heart education. Thank you.
Institutional Advancement
With you, students achieve tough goals and make a big difference for others. Thank you.
From her first semester at Whitworth, Misikir Adnew '19 wanted to earn a master's in public health and to work in global health. To prepare, she double majored in health science and community health, and she joined the Whitworth Honors Program, undertaking teaching assistantships, research with her professors and an internship in Washington, D.C.
Stretching her limits and developing her tenacity wasn't easy, but God's faithfulness and Whitworth's supportive community saw her through. "I knew that challenging myself would get me ready for the intensity of grad school, and it paid off," she says.
Did it ever!
Read Misikir's full alumni profile from Whitworth Today.
Isaac Pommer '26 and Joel Hartvigsen '26
Your selfless giving allows students to connect with Whitworth's caring community, grow in their faith, and gain a transformative mind-and-heart education. Thank you.
It may seem improbable, but the friendship between first-year roommates Isaac and Joel started more than 30 years ago. Their moms, Heidi (Schmidt) Pommer and Rachelle (Kert) Hartvigsen, both '94, were first-year roommates at Whitworth too. The pair hit it off while moving into their room in Ballard Hall.
Across the years, Heidi and Rachelle's friendship has deepened, and Isaac and Joel's friendship began and has since blossomed. The two families live in different cities, but they've been intentional about staying connected. "[Isaac and I] have similar interests, so we enjoy hanging out and doing activities together," Joel says. "We thought being roommates would be a good way to continue to grow as friends."
With you, Whitworth students grow in ways that matter and last.
Jingle’s Story
Your gifts to Whitworth empower students like Jingle Gorton '21 to transform their passions into fulfilling careers. One of Jingle's passions is literacy. "There were no books for children when I was growing up," she says. "I was desperate for books – I just wanted to read."
Donor support helped Jingle connect with a supportive community and earn her degree in elementary education from Whitworth. She is now a reading intervention specialist, teaching high-need children to read at a Spokane elementary school, and she’s earning her master's in teaching & learning at Whitworth.
With you, students can achieve their dreams. Thank you.