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The Digital Outback

The "Digital Outback" is a multimedia collection of audio and video stories, presentations, interviews, and samples of student work at Fairhaven College. Featured episodes from The World Issues Forum Podcast and The Digital Outback Podcast are linked here, as well as featured examples of student work. Enjoy!

Student Life

Overview Bellingham, WA

The Outback Farm

Overview Gardens Events History

Activities

Immigrant Youth

12/15/09: Marjorie Faulstich Orellana on the invisible work of immigrants.

Malalai Joya

11/12/09: A Woman Among Warlords, former Afghan parliamentarian speaks out.

Globalization

Ernesto Sagas

How have globalization and emigration affected Carribean societies?

Midori Takagi

10/15/09: Faculty member Midori Takagi discusses her teaching at Fairhaven.

Immigration

Illegal Immigration: Video .wmv file

4/29/09: Hiroshi Motomura speaks about illegal immigration.

Scholars Day 2009

5/21/09: A glimpse into Fairhaven's Scholars Day.

Climate Crisis

video-

4/20/09: Elizabeth May talks about why US leadership is urgently needed.

NAFTA turns 15

video-

4/24/09: Baldemar Mendoza Jiménez looks at affects on Oaxaca's indigenous...

Austin Jenckes

audio interview

4/10/09: Austin Jenckes, student musician, discusses his songs with Derrick Fargo.

Intro to Fairhaven

3/16/09 Student Work: The first Digital Outback Podcast! A Visual Intro to Fairhaven.

Not One Drop

12/3/08 World Issues: Riki Ott, PhD marine biologist, discusses the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

Rick Steves: Drugs

Rick Steeves: World Issues Forum Fall 2008

10/24/08 World Issues: Rick Steves, travel author, shares lessons from Europe on drug abuse.

Politics of Health

11/5/08 World Issues: Stephen Bezruchka, UW School of Public Health...

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