By: Kelly Rockey Students at Whatcom Community College were able to show their roots this past week as the Programming and Diversity Board (PDB) put on their Make Your Mark event. Students were invited to come to Syre Student Center May 15 and mark where they are from on a…
Make Your Mark
Eco-journalist presents at Whatcom
By: Lynette Martinez McKenzie Funk, environmental journalist and author of the book “Windfall,” gave a presentation at Whatcom Community College May 7 and discussed how people are adapting to and capitalizing on climate change. “When I got back from the Arctic, it wasn’t, ‘Is climate change real,’ or ‘Does climate…
Whatcom County writers unite
By: Tyler Kirk This June, Whatcom Community College and Village Books will join forces to host the fourth annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, an event that brings local writers, readers, publishers and guest authors together at Whatcom. This year’s conference runs from Friday, June 27 through Saturday, June 28. Anna Wolff,…
Divided by seas, united by education
By: Jamie Leigh Broten Students from around the world gathered to discuss the topic of education at the Global Panel event hosted by Whatcom Community College in the Heiner Theater on May 1, with around 100 community members in attendance. Iris Anthony, Whatcom’s international housing coordinator and advising assistant,…
Letter from the Editor
by Taylor Nichols Since 2000, the number of young people with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies in America has grown tremendously.
Whatcom Voices
“What is one thing about the opposite sex you will never understand?”
She’s got the beat
By: Tyler Kirk Last fall, Whatcom Community College hired new music instructor Melanie Sehman: professional percussionist, mother, wife, and Washington state native. After only three quarters at Whatcom, Sehman says she is staying busy as the music department’s discipline lead, advisor for the Music Club, teaching three courses, and staying…
A woman’s worth: lessons my grandmother taught me
By: Jamie Leigh Broten “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” -Diane Mariechild Strong. Empowered. Kind. Generous. These are just four of the words that come to mind when I think of my grandmother, Nannette. From a young age, she…
Taking initiative
By: Greg Lane Beginning in winter quarter, community colleges and technical colleges in Washington state asked students for their gender identity and sexual orientation when they registered for classes—the first steps of the state-wide Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Qeer/Questioning (LGBTQ) Student Success Initiative, a project proposed by students of…
Policy changes promote campus safety
By: Lynette Martinez Attention is being called to sexual assaults on college and university campuses by the Obama Administration because “one in five women is sexually assaulted while in college,” said a newly established White House Task Force team in an official report released on April 29. At Whatcom Community…