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Million Meals culminates in frenzied dash against time

Million Meals culminates in frenzied dash against time

May 7, 2014

The Million Meals campaign ended on Saturday night with just over $150,000 raised, 600,000 meals packed and around 1,000 volunteers attending the meal-packing event in the Fieldhouse. Whitworth...

Health Center reinvested, student fee to subsidize cost

May 7, 2014

Last fall, a task force was created to handle financial concerns and its relation to the Whitworth University mission. The list of programs that needed re-budgeting was extensive, and the campus Health...

Institutional Diversity Committee talks plan for reform in 2014-15

May 7, 2014

Note:  A correction was made to this article regarding to whom the IDC will report its findings. The Whitworthian incorrectly reported that the IDC reports to the President's Cabinet, when in fact they...

Balanced budget finalized for upcoming year

April 30, 2014

The trustees reviewed and finalized several budget-related items during trustee week, including the summer improvement project for electrical and steam systems, the improvements of Graduate and Continuing...

Whitworth sign replaced

April 30, 2014

The Whitworth University sign was replaced on the corner of Waikiki Road and Hawthorne Road in response to frequent vandalism. Prior to the installation of the new sign, vandals frequently stole the...

Professor’s letter starts growing movement of acceptance

April 30, 2014

World Vision USA announced that the organization would begin hiring Christians in same-sex marriages last month, according to the Center for American Progress. However, after two days of harsh criticism...

GSA Q-and-A inbox gets only hateful statements

April 30, 2014

When senior and acting club president for Open Conversations: GSA Katherine Bernard set up a question box about a week before a scheduled Q-and-A session for GSA Week, the intent was to have a safe way...

Trustees gather on campus for annual spring meetings

April 18, 2014

The Whitworth trustees were on campus last week, having committee meetings Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday April 10 before holding two Committees of Trustees meetings Thursday and Friday. A highlight...

A Closer Look: Student ASWU fees

April 16, 2014

The month of April at Whitworth is one that is full of preparations for the next school year — budget meetings, scholarship applications, housing lottery and ASWU elections; the list can become...

Trustee donates $1.5 Million for endowed professorship

Trustee donates $1.5 Million for endowed professorship

April 16, 2014

In a surprise announcement last Thursday, President Beck Taylor declared the establishment of a new $1.5 million endowed professorship for the College of Arts and Sciences at a staged event in Robinson...

Sustainable compost tea replaces chemical fertilizer

Sustainable compost tea replaces chemical fertilizer

April 16, 2014

The facilities department received a $10,000 grant from the Strategic Initiative Fund (SIF) to start a compost tea program last January. It will be a cheaper and less harmful way of fertilizing campus...

Big check for Million Meals

April 8, 2014

At the April 2 ASWU meeting, President Beck Taylor presented a giant check, both literally and financially, for $50,000 for Million Meals to ASWU President Ian Robins. The $50,000 has been included...

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