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Fairhaven College is currently accepting applications for Winter 2026, Spring 2026, and Fall 2026. 

If you can design your own education, you can design your life

 

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The Fairhaven Difference

Our commitment to transformative, creative, inquiry-based learning empowers students to pursue social, economic, and environmental justice.

Faihaven Alum, Jesa Chiro building her own Coco Cultr fashion brand link

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Part one: The Power of the Pivot

Fairhaven grad explores public health in the Dominican Republic

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Faculty Thesis on Display

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Faculty member, Robert Snyderman’s thesis exhibition, Walking in Ethnocidal Places, on display

Viking Voices: Terri Kempton

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Functions of the Outback Farm and its availability to students

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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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OUR IMPACT

A Collaborative Living and Learning Community committed to Social, Economic, Racial, and Environmental Justice.

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Emma Parkinson Describes Fairhaven


Rachel Rothberg Describes Fairhaven

Tips and Tricks for New Students