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The Whitworthian

Computer Science professor Dr. Kent Jones presents during the Computer Science Community Building Week ending event, Friday, Sep. 27, 2024, at Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. | Caleb Flegel/The Whitworthian

Coding connections: Whitworth’s first Computer Science Community Building Week

Norah McLaughlin November 2, 2024

Are you interested in playing a game where you can review for a test while simultaneously saving the world from a zombie apocalypse?   This video game, along with others that are educational and entertaining,...

All the bags Whitworth students helped clean up for fire prevention for Community Building Day in Spokane, Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2024, in Spokane, Wash. | The Whitworthian/Abraham Santiago

Over a century of community engagement: Community Building Day 2024

Norah McLaughlin October 30, 2024

All first-year and transfer students spent the morning of Sept. 25 volunteering around Spokane for Community Building Day, which has been a Whitworth tradition for 117 years.  Organized by Whitworth’s...

Tools ready for students to work on Community Building Day projects, Wed., Sep. 28, 2022 | Mario Gonzalez/The Whitworthian

Is Community Building Day a waste of time? 

William Henke, Staff Writer November 27, 2023

Tools ready for students to work on Community Building Day projects, Wed., Sep. 28, 2022 | Mario Gonzalez/The Whitworthian Community Building Day is a foundational part of the freshman...

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2021 Community Building Day takes Whitworth students across Spokane

October 4, 2021
Another Whitworth Tradition comes back in full force after a year off: Community Building Day

Dornsife partners volunteers with 42 agencies

September 29, 2016

NOTE: In the printed issue, this story quotes Meredith Devey as saying, "With no money coming from the institution, Devey said Whitworth does not actually pay for Community Building Day." Devey's quote...

Community Building Day fulfills the Whitworth mission

Community Building Day fulfills the Whitworth mission

September 24, 2014

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Whitworth students and staff loaded into buses and headed to various nonprofit organizations located all throughout Spokane community for Community Building Day, a four-hour...

Classes break to build community

September 26, 2012

Tuesday, Sept. 19 classes at Whitworth were closed for the morning. Instead of attending classes, students gathered and boarded buses bound for various corners of Spokane for a morning of service...

Community Building Day

September 18, 2011

While Community Building Day has served as a Whitworth tradition for more than a hundred years, 2011 will be a year very different from the previous. “This year will be the largest day in history...

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