“Everyone’s a person. We want to get to know them for who they are, not just for what disabilities they have,” he said. “Everyone has a heart and soul and deserves to be known.”
Sodexo, ASWU meet to discuss options and improvements to increase student satisfaction
“We always do our best to serve the Whitworth community, and we value students’ appreciation of the food we serve them.”
Whitworth wins national award for diversity
“It is challenging, we are not naive in any way. We live unfortunately in a very divided and divisive world, not just nation, but world. We know that our goal as Christians, and knowing the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion works, is that we need to prepare each other better and our students better to make a difference in this world.”
Accreditation results
Whitworth was commended on “a strong and uniform sense of mission,” “the thoughtful, collaborative and productive work of faculty and staff through the shared governance structure,” and its “robust use of institutional research, information systems, data analytics, and mathematical models as well as its advanced work related to data security.”
New ASWU position to help represent underrepresented
Last year, a group of students made it their goal to ensure everyone’s voice was heard.
Encouragement in a cup
“It is like a college student’s worst nightmare to get sick, because then you’re like, ‘Oh, I can’t go to class, oh, I have no motivation to do my homework.’ So imagine that, but you don’t have a place to live and don’t know where your next meal is coming from,” Jackson said.
Cool Whip: not just a dessert topping
“I think my favorite part is being able to make other people and ourselves laugh all the time in many different ways.”
President Taylor and Whitworth’s Pirates Persist campaign
Whitworth has a moral imperative to ensure that we are doing everything possible to give students the best opportunities for success.
Gen-ed program changes underway
A group of Whitworth faculty members, called the General Education Implementation Task Force, is working on updating the general education program, which has not been changed in over a decade.
Local nonprofit Transitions takes a step ahead with new affordable housing program
Transitions, a local nonprofit working to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane, had the grand opening last Wednesday for their new permanent supportive housing program, Home Yard Cottages.