Community Building Day: Honors First Years Register Students to Vote On Community Building Day, Whitworth’s Honors Learning Community set up in and around the HUB to register students to vote. We wanted to raise awareness on campus, as many students we came across were not registered, including the upperclassmen. We also helped students request absentee… Continue reading Community Building Day: Honors First Years Register Students to Vote
Beyond Community Building Day, the Computer Science Department kicked off its first annual Community Building Week on September 20th.
New Zealand Perspectives Honors Junior Megan Hirasaki has been in New Zealand since July on a study abroad trip focusing on seeing viewpoints outside of her own. In this interview, she goes over what got her interested in studying abroad, what classes she’s taking, regional history and differences, and her favorite part so far. Megan… Continue reading New Zealand Perspectives
Honors Floor Past and Present At Whitworth, first-year Honors students have the unique opportunity to join the Honors Floor learning community. From 2021-2023, the Honors Floor could be found on the east end of Warren Hall’s 2nd floor and boasted a population of highly motivated young women. Victoria (Hyewon) Woo, Riia Yazepova, Madelyn, and Madeline… Continue reading Honors Floor Past and Present
Honors Sophomore Completes Pre-Law Internship Abby Ruffcorn, political science major and Whitworth Class of 2027, shares about her internship at a local law firm: This summer, I completed my political science and pre-law internship at the law firm Ramsden, Marfice, Ealy, and De Smet, LLP Attorneys at Law. I spent the summer commuting to… Continue reading Honors Sophomore Completes Pre-Law Internship
Earlier this month, Michael St. Marie, a Whitworth student studying Theology with minors in biblical languages and English, presented a paper at the Exploring Early Christianity Conference, put on by Center for Patristics and Early Christianity at McMaster University. He presented the paper, titled “Basil of Caesarea on the Image and Likeness of God,” to… Continue reading Theology Student Presents at Patristics Conference
Whitworth Students Dylan Richardson and Libby Bunch, as well as Whitworth professor Aaron Hitefield, had the opportunity to attend the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The students took part in the 12-day conference virtually, while Dr. Hitefield traveled to Dubai to attend in person. COP28 followed… Continue reading Whitworth students attend COP28 Convention on Climate Change
During the week of November 13th, Whitworth’s Eric Johnson Science Building hosted the “Beauty in the Chaos” art gallery. The hallway walls were decorated with art from Whitworth and On-Track Academy students who worked together to use a variety of mathematical concepts to create eye-(and ear)-catching art pieces. The exhibit was headed by the Honors… Continue reading Beauty in the Chaos Art Gallery
This upcoming week from November 12-21, the Eric Johnson Science Center will be hosting “Beauty in the Chaos”, a collaborative art exhibit inspired by Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. For the event, the walls of Eric Johnson will be lined with works of art ranging from paintings, wood etchings, stained glass, music, and more- all… Continue reading “Beauty in the Chaos” combines math, art, and community
Over the summer of 2023, Kate Vaccaro undertook an intensive 4-week program at Oxford University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Going to Oxford had always been one of Kate’s dreams. “As a person who loves academics, the richness of learning there has always been appealing,” she said.
