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,…
Month: May 2014
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…
The touch of success
By: Dylan Nelson 20 Years of Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Celebrated Alumni and faculty of Whatcom Community College’s Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) Program celebrated its 20th anniversary May 3 of this year at Syre Student Center. The celebration was an opportunity for old friends, classmates and faculty to share their…
Whatcom Voices
“If you could change your middle name to anything what would it be?”
Letter from the Editor
As more information has been discovered and released about the May 23 Isla Vista killings, the public has gained insight into the mind of Elliot Rodger, the young man who killed seven people, including himself, on a self-proclaimed mission to exact “revenge on humanity.” In a 137-page manifesto he wrote…