By: Kelly Rockey With Bellingham’s annual Ski to Sea race and festival just around the corner, Whatcom Community College and its student ambassadors are working hard to get ready for the various events. The student ambassadors are in charge of building a float for the parade as well as…
It’s all downhill from here
Environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks on campus
By: Kelly Rockey “Scientists have identified the greatest problem that we have ever faced as a civilization, and given us a warning about it,” said environmental activist Bill Mckibben during an interview on the May 16 episode of Bellingham’s Chuckanut Radio Hour, hosted at Whatcom Community College. The show was…
Historian Ian Stacy: A fresh face on campus
By: Max Singer Whatcom Community College welcomed new history instructor Ian Stacy last fall quarter. Stacy, who teaches Western Civilization and U.S. History, said he is primarily an environmental historian, which means he studies the way humans have interacted with the environment throughout history. Stacy said it is imperative to…
Make Your Mark
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…
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
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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…