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Whitworth honors students win competition for non-profit startup

May 16, 2021

Last month, six Whitworth honors students took second prize at the Northwest Entrepreneur Competition for their nonprofit project, Northwest Gives. The proposed app and website will be used to...

Whitworth 2021 Goal Five: Liberal Arts Education

Whitworth 2021 Goal Five: Liberal Arts Education

May 16, 2021

The Whitworth Dornsife Center organizes community engagement opportunities for students. In April, several students volunteered a Saturday for the West Central neighborhood cleanup day and picked...

The story behind the numbers: How a changing Whitworth is reflected in Goal Eight of Whitworth 2021

The story behind the numbers: How a changing Whitworth is reflected in Goal Eight of Whitworth 2021

May 16, 2021

The new bookstore and café stands after exterior construction has finished. This building, along with nine others, contribute to a combined value of $100 million in new facilities over the past 10...

ASWU approves budget for 2021-2022 academic year

ASWU approves budget for 2021-2022 academic year

May 16, 2021

The ASWU budget committee allocates money to many different areas of campus, including a number of student salaries. Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash On Wednesday, May 5, the Associated Students...

Accommodations and awareness: defining and understanding “disability” in a pandemic

Accommodations and awareness: defining and understanding “disability” in a pandemic

May 16, 2021

Katie McCray, Whitworth’s disability support services coordinator, works to create more equal opportunities for students. Photo by Jake Yeager. The pandemic has affected every student in significant,...

Goal Six: Continuing and Graduate Studies Programs have grown greatly, though not in revenue or online offerings

Goal Six: Continuing and Graduate Studies Programs have grown greatly, though not in revenue or online offerings

May 10, 2021

Hawthorne Hall is the home of the Continuing Studies, one of the programs addressed in Goal Six. Editorial Board Note: As Whitworth 2021, a visionary plan launched by the university in 2011,...

Whitworth welcomes nine new Act Six scholars for this fall

May 10, 2021

Litzy Soltero-Arriaga is one of the students will be joining the Whitworth community the fall of 2021. Photo courtesy of Litzy Soltero-Arriaga. This spring, Whitworth announced the nine Act Six...

Students fight for LGBTQ+ employee protections in university bylaws

Students fight for LGBTQ+ employee protections in university bylaws

May 2, 2021

Generation Action and Pride club members continually talk with the Board of Trustees and President Beck Taylor, but no progress has been made in the bylaws. Generation Action and Pride Club continue...

Run-off election results reveal Whitworth’s 2021-2022 president is Rachel Ayres

Run-off election results reveal Whitworth’s 2021-2022 president is Rachel Ayres

May 2, 2021

Ayres said that her first reaction to a congratulations text from SEC chairwoman Emily Clemons announcing the results of the election was a little bit of shock. Results for the run-off elections...

Farewell to the Taylors: A Q&A with President Beck Taylor

May 2, 2021

Rachel Ayres, News Editor and Kyle Evers, Editor-in-Chief President Beck Taylor and his wife Julie pictured with his three children in 2010, the year the family moved to Spokane. Photo courtesy...

After an intense campaign, the ASWU election results are in... ending in a run-off for ASWU president and Oliver Hall senator

After an intense campaign, the ASWU election results are in… ending in a run-off for ASWU president and Oliver Hall senator

April 26, 2021

After an intense campaign, the ASWU election results are in... ending in a run-off for ASWU president and Oliver Hall senator. Photo by Jake Yeager. ASWU election results came in after voting closed...

EAC plans events for Earth Week

EAC plans events for Earth Week

April 19, 2021

The sun shines through the trees at nearby St. George’s Trail. Students can learn more about sustainability and raise awareness for environmental action during EAC events the week of April 19. Photo...

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