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The Whitworthian

Whitworth’s Institute of Leadership receives a $500,000 endowment from AgWest 

Whitworth’s Institute of Leadership receives a $500,000 endowment from AgWest 

Caleb McGever April 23, 2023

The Whitworth University Institute of Leadership has received a $500,000 grant from AgWest, a farm and agriculture credit company, in honor of their recently retired CEO Phil DiPofi.   Kevin...

Whitworth student Casey Moddrell uses ChatGPT, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Spokane, Wash. | Caleb Flegel/The Whitworthian

Chat GPT: Innovative AI or a threat to academic integrity? 

Britney Botez April 22, 2023

Whitworth student Casey Moddrell uses ChatGPT, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Spokane, Wash. | Caleb Flegel/The Whitworthian Chat GPT is a new AI platform prototype that uses a text-to-image...

A lamppost in the loop covered with rainbow paper and posters. A large poster reads "Change the policy" in black writing, and a smaller print reads "Don't be SPU" in red ink over yellow paper.  Spokane, Wash. Celia Hagey/student contributor

Unauthorized posters hung up in efforts to change the hiring policy 

April 22, 2023

On April 12 and 13, students hung up unauthorized posters in response to conversations surrounding Whitworth's current hiring policy. Once taken down, some students took their posters out of the trash...

Whitworth Ice Cream Club founder wants to bring students together

Whitworth Ice Cream Club founder wants to bring students together

Caleb McGever, Staff Writer April 22, 2023

This semester, Whitworth has a new club on campus—the Ice Cream Club. President Meg Fairborn wants to bring Whitworth students together using the power of dessert. She invites students...

Washington state works to expand access to student aid 

Caleb McGever, Staff Writer April 21, 2023

On March 2, 2023, the Washington State Senate passed bill SB 5711. If signed into law, this bill would extend the number of years a student can receive the Washington College Grant (WCG) from five...

She Believed… She Could… So She Did

April 20, 2023

On March 18, 80 women gathered from 9am-3pm to attend the First Women of Color Conference at Whitworth University, themed “She believed... She Could... So She Did”  The conference was put...

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers visits Whitworth

April 20, 2023

By Emma Maple | Editor-in-Chief On March 16, 2023, Cathy McMorris Rodgers visited Whitworth University to meet with Whitworth President Scott McQuilkin and discuss climate change and government action...

Rainbow chalk is removed from the Chapel exterior

Rainbow chalk is removed from the Chapel exterior

April 18, 2023

Campus workers remove chalk graffiti left outside the Chapel door at Whitworth University, April 13, 2023. | Photo by Aidan Speake On the morning of Thursday, April 13, chalk messages decorating...

Students protest Whitworth’s hiring policy with chalk rainbows 

Students protest Whitworth’s hiring policy with chalk rainbows 

April 14, 2023

Protestors' messages are scrawled in chalk graffiti across campus. Covering public walking areas and several walls around Westminster Hall at Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash. | Ben Gallaway/ The...

Timeline of Petitions Surrounding Whitworth’s Hiring Policy  

April 12, 2023

Editor's note: Some Whitworthian editors and staff writers have become actively involved in efforts to advocate to the Board of Trustees on this issue. Per Whitworthian policy, these students are...

Champion Irish debaters face Whitworth’s Arguing Bucs

March 28, 2023

Three champion Irish debaters faced three Whitworth senior debaters in Weyerhaeuser 111 on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. An audience of Whitworth teammates and community members gathered to watch. ...

Anna Steere boulders on the off the side of the rock climbing wall at Whitworth University's URec, Spokane, Wash., Friday, Mar. 10, 2023 | Photo by Timara Doyle/ The Whitworthian

Womxn Rock club builds an inclusive climbing community

March 22, 2023

Anna Steere helps a Whitworth student get belay tested at Whitworth University's Recreation Center, Spokane, Wash., Friday, Mar. 10, 2023. | Photo by Timara Doyle/ The Whitworthian https://soundcloud.com/whitnewseditor/womxn-rock-club-builds-an-inclusive-climbing-community?si=0cbd266ac52c48a4b8fa0327cfc995a3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Click...

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