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Fairhaven College is now accepting applications for Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 for incoming, transfer, and current WWU students.

Students must be admitted to WWU in order to be admitted to Fairhaven.

Fairhaven College admits students at all levels:

High School Students
Transfer Students
Current WWU Students.

Fairhaven College admits students on a quarterly basis. As a small college within WWU, we can have a selective admissions process.

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Engagement

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Adventure Learning Grant

Fairhaven College nurtures engaged learning, fostering social justice through innovative programs.

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Impact

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International

Fairhaven College is committed to Solving Local & Global Problems. Our students and faculty are actively engaged in community activism and research at local, national, and international levels.

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Collaboration

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Fairhaven’s interdisciplinarity fosters collaboration within the College and across campus. Check out some of our exciting collaborations.

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Our Stories

Fairhaven's Story

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Our students, staff, and faculty have followed many unique paths to get where we are today.

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Fairhaven's Commitments to the World

Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University cultivates student responsibility for designing and assessing learning through interdisciplinary inquiry, creativity, and scholarship

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Mission Statement

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