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

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Fairhaven College, Western Washington University https://westerntoday.wwu.edu/features/western-s-babafemi-akinrinade-researching-genocidal-atrocities-across-africa Learn more about Fairhaven College faculty member Babafemi Akinrinade's research on how international law is responding to genocidal crimes across multiple conflicts in Africa, as well as the different responses to the Holocaust and more recent genocides in this Western Today article. The atrocities of murdering and displacing entire groups of people based on their ethnicity, nationality or religion has been a festering scar on humanity for thousands of years. It wasn’t until after the Holocaust that the international community, as a group, began to seek trials and punish thos... Western’s Babafemi Akinrinade Researching Genocidal Atrocities Across Africa | Western Today 6 days 7 hours ago.
Hey friends, I am a Fairhaven alumni (class of 2003) returning to the area in October. I am looking for a Fairhaven student or like-minded person who would be a good fit to rent a room, we are only 5 minutes from campus. I have one large and sunny room available $600/month (open too partial barter for childcare). No smoking, no pets. Private message me if interested. (Admins - if this is not the right location for this post please direct me to the correct place, thanks!) 2 weeks 1 day ago.
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Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Fairhaven faculty member, Hilary Schwandt, traveled with 9 students and Seth Feinberg, a faculty colleague in the Department of Sociology, to Rwanda this summer on a program supported by an award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to Western Washington University as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. The primary purpose of this international program is to provide undergraduate students with an international research experience employing quantitative and qualitative social science methodologies. Learn more about their travels on their blog: https://reurwanda2018.wixsite.com/blog 1 month 4 days ago.
Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Happy Monday! As we continue to welcome our new first-time freshman to campus this week, don't forget to follow Fairhaven College on Instagram for updates & photos: @FairhavenCollege 1 month 1 week 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...