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Fairhaven College is now accepting applications for Winter 2024, 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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Fairhaven Graduation Video 2023

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Outback Farm

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Everyone is welcome to our weekly work parties during academic quarters. For Spring 2023, come for hands-on learning on Tuesdays from 1-3pm and Fridays 2-4pm!

Northern Arapaho Language Revitalization with Virtual Reality

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Engagement

Outback Farm

World Issues Forum

Adventure Learning Grant

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

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Impact

Local

National

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

Fairhaven Alumni

Student and Alumni Profiles

Latest Alumni Updates

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

Solidarity Statement

Mission Statement

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