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The World Issues Forum has been Fairhaven College’s and WWU’s global justice lecture series for 18 years. WIF brings diverse international voices to campus to address major issues of global justice. Weekly public lectures focus Indigenous nations, immigration politics, human rights, environmental justice, international relations, global health, and human development. We are asking you, OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, to help sustain the World Issues Forum in 2019 and beyond. Please support the World Issues Forum: Click Here to Donate

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

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Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Fairhaven College alumna Carolyn Finney will be speaking on Thursday, Dec 6th, at 4:30pm in Arntzen Hall 100 as part of the Huxley College Speaker Series. Check out Western Today for more information. https://westerntoday.wwu.edu/news/huxley-speaker-series-to-host-cultural-geographer-and-wwu-alumna-carolyn-finney-dec-6 The Huxley Speaker Series will host a lecture by cultural geographer, performer, and author Carolyn Finney at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 in Arntzen Hall 100, when she will present "Ten Thousand Recollections: Black Faces, White Spaces & the Possibility of US." Huxley Speaker Series to host cultural geographer and WWU alumna Carolyn Finney Dec. 6 | Western Today 4 days 8 hours ago.
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University https://www.vikingfunder.com/world_issues_forum Thanks to those who have already contributed! We hope that supporters of Fairhaven College and the World Issues Forum will support us on "Giving Tuesday". https://www.vikingfunder.com/world_issues_forum 1 week 4 days ago.
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Giving Tuesday is November 27th, 2018. We hope everyone considers donating to a cause that has meaning to you. Here at Fairhaven College, we are highlighting our crowdfunding effort for our premier speaker series, the World Issues Forum (https://www.vikingfunder.com/world_issues_forum). By donating to the World Issues Forum, you will be supporting speakers who bring critical perspectives to global issues to Fairhaven College, WWU and Bellingham audiences. #givingtuesday 1 week 5 days ago.
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University WWU offers so many international education opportunities. Learn more through the Education Abroad Office on campus: https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/ Fairhaven College faculty member Andrew Brown will be leading a program to South Africa during Spring Quarter to study contemporary art & politics. Check it out and get in touch if you are interested in more information! 3 weeks 1 day ago.

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TJ Martin

Interdisciplinary Concentration

In 2012 Western Washington University alumnus TJ Martin won an Academy Award for his documentary feature "Undefeated." The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) bestows the...