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The Whitworthian

Selection of senior speakers controversial

May 5, 2015

Questions are being raised about whether the commencement speaker selection process was redone to right a procedural irregularity or to keep a transgender person off the stage. “The committee...

Launching Social Finance Club

May 5, 2015

Whitworth has launched a new program called the Social Finance Club (SFC) with a $2,000 grant provided by the Whitworth 2021 Strategic Initiatives Fund to the Whitworth Rural Microfinance Initiate. Although...

Whitworth alumna experiences Baltimore protests

May 5, 2015

Riots make for great television. Freddie Gray’s death on April 19 sparked weeks of peaceful demonstration, protests and outcry across Baltimore. But after his funeral on Monday, April 27, a confrontation...

Professor becomes associate dean of College of Arts and Sciences

April 29, 2015

John Pell, an assistant professor of English at Whitworth, will assume the duties of associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences effective July 1 of this year. The Whitworth College of Arts...

Students challenged to use gender-neutral bathrooms

April 29, 2015

Harper Lee once wrote, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” This week, senior Cultural...

Student symposium lecture: Call for Sex Education Reform

April 29, 2015

On April 22 senior Megan Hinzdel urged Whitworth students and church communities to actively support comprehensive sex education during the last student symposium lecture of the year. Today’s...

Whitworth Student Pro-Life Club brings attention to number of abortions occuring at Planned Parenthood

April 25, 2015

An array of small pink crosses that covered the lawn outside the library were sure to grab attention from across campus, and that is just what the Planned Parenthood Project was intended to do. Last...

New School of Education employees

April 21, 2015

“Coincidences mean you’re on the right path,” British author Simon Van Booy once said. For assistant professors Stacy Hill and Doreen Keller, working at the same school districts seem to be...

Executive assistant to the president retires

April 21, 2015

Patricia Green, executive assistant to president Beck Taylor and board secretary, will be retiring on June 30 after working at Whitworth for almost 20 years. “It’s been my family. It’s been...

East Hall renamed to honor former board chair

April 21, 2015

Students, faculty and trustee members gathered on the sunny lawn outside of East Hall on Thursday, April 16 for the last time. It’s not the last time such a community will be in front of the dormitory,...

Aaron Leetch remembered by faculty and students

April 21, 2015

The outpouring of emotion during former Whitworth Athletic Director Aaron Leetch’s memorial service illustrated the high level of impact Leetch had on the Whitworth community. According to a...

Forensics team dominates at National Tournaments

April 15, 2015

The Whitworth Forensics Team placed first at the National Christian College Forensics Association National Tournament at Colorado Christian University March 20-22. The following week, they concluded...

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