Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies

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Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University cultivates student responsibility for designing and assessing learning through interdisciplinary inquiry, creativity, and scholarship. With an emphasis on justice, social and environmental responsibility and cultural diversity, we challenge ourselves through active, innovative, and experiential learning to examine our choices, roles, and purposes in the world.

Fairhaven College is distinguished by:

Small, seminar-style courses at a public university
Narrative evaluations instead of grades
Close advising relationships with faculty
Opportunities for independent and international study
Student-designed interdisciplinary degrees

Opportunities at Fairhaven College

Center for Law, Diversity and Justice

American Cultural Studies

World Issues Forum

Outback Farm

Audio Technology, Music and Society

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Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Congratulations to Laural Ballew, WWU's first Executive Director of American Indian/Alaska Native & First Nations Relations and Tribal Liaison to the President! Laural is a Fairhaven alum, graduating with a degree in American Cultural Studies. Learn more about Laural and her new position: https://westerntoday.wwu.edu/news/laural-ballew-named-wwu-executive-director-of-american-indianalaska-native-and-first-nations Laural Ballew has been named as Western Washington University’s first executive director of American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations Relations & Tribal Liaison to the President. Laural Ballew Named WWU Executive Director of American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations Relations and Tribal Liaison to the President | Western Today 1 day 2 hours ago.
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Fairhaven College & the Adventure Learning Grant Committee is excited to announce the 2019 ADVENTURE LEARNING GRANT RECIPIENTS for the 2019-2020 academic year!! Raquel Diego: Food Heritage in Latin America post-colonial, Indigenous Heritage,Community Health, Culture preservation. Emma FitzGerrell: Comadronas: Birth Ritual and Somatic Experiencing Within Indigenous Mayan Cultures Emma Owens: A Country Divided: Examining Education in India August Wimberger: Foreign Aid: A Grounded Understanding of Non-profit Work in Bolivia This is the first year we are extending the grant from 3 to 4 grantees--a sign of the number of rich and compelling applications we received and of exciting growth for the grant. If you are a student interested applying for the Adventure Learning Grant in Fall of 2019, don't hesitate to reach out to these recipients for information about the application process or email the grant coordinator, AB at Andrew.Brown@wwu.edu 1 week 6 days ago.
Dear Fairhaven friends, thanks so much to all who have supported the World Issues Forum. Here is our Winter 2019 poster. We have 17 hours left in our fundraiser and any contribution is most welcome: https://www.vikingfunder.com/project/13032. Thank you and happy new year. NÓM 3 weeks 2 days ago.
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Rand Jack, Professor Emeritus of Fairhaven College and founding Director of the Whatcom Land Trust, was recognized last week at the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Check out Veritas Media Productions' video honoring Rand's work in the community: https://vimeo.com/album/5591101/video/304933286 1 month 2 weeks ago.
I’ll forever be appreciative of my education... I can’t believe it’s been 2yrs all ready. When I completed the impossible with my head held high. There are somedays I miss it, there are others as a mom I’m glad that chapter over. The journey though was worth it. It helped me to find words to define and describe Kristi—-while opening my eyes and mind to multiple perspectives that helped me to find my voice and the courage that I was lacking in my self confidence. That alone was worth the time and energy that was put into my education. More importantly it gave me the tools that I can and do use to help my own family. Such as starting an advocacy group, wanting to open up a future respite center to meeting some great families who can relate to the every day struggle. To reaching out to the community and reassuring families their not alone. There so many things on the horizon I can’t wait to see what the next year and the 30’s bring me. Thank you to those who continue to support and believe in me this mama will forever appreciate it. I feel blessed to have met and know so many great people. Go vickings , forever blue 💙 1 month 2 weeks ago.

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Ethan Glemaker

WWU Major, Interdisciplinary Concentration

"To be elected AS president is an honor to which I can hardly assign words. I feel incredibly grateful and simultaneously empowered by the amount of...