Alumni in the News
Fairhaven is having our 40th Anniversary Celebration May 14-16, 2010! Read more about it >
The Connection is back!
The Fairhaven Connection Alumni Newsletter has returned in digital form. It's now an "e-newsletter" and all of the articles are here on our website.
Alumni Networking
Check out our new LinkedIn group for Fairhaven Alumni. You can create your own profile, add pictures and updates, and connect with other alumni.
We also have a Facebook Group for Fairhaven College Alumni, where facebook members can post stories, updates, and photos to the group page.
Nicole Champagne featured in August 2009 Sunset Magazine: "Washington Day Trip to Bellingham: Stock up on gifts at Stone Soup Designs, where artist Nicole Champagne's jewelry echoes the colors and forms of the Northwest."-
Fairhaven graduates use cosmic recipe for healthier horticulture - Biodynamic Farming Documentary and article by the Western Front - Mike Long is the co-owner of Galactic Organics in Lynden, WA.
Fairhaven graduate Catherine Chambers pursues city council seat
- Law & Diversity Program Cohort 7 Alumni Ema Virdi, Cathi O'Connell, and Christine Dow recently passed the Washington State Bar exam!
- Alumna Jennifer Eichstedt, sociologist at Humboldt State University, named "Outstanding Professor"
- "Prayer Wheel to carry Bellingham residents' hopes to Obama," features Fairhaven alumnus and potter Chris Moenche...
- Fairhaven Alumnus Paul Cosgrove, of counsel with the law firm Lindsay Hart Neil & Weigler, LLP has been named Vice Chair of the national board of directors for State Law Resources, Inc., an international referral network of independent law firms that provide legal and regulatory strategy to clients across the country. In dBusinessNews.
- Fairhaven Alumnus Coll Thrush, now at UBC in the History department, won a Washington State Book Award in the history category with his book from UW Press, Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place.
- Fairhaven Alumnus Craig Cole, Director of the Puget Sound Energy Board of Trustees and Chair of Puget Sound Energy's Governance and Public Affairs Committee, speaks about Ethics and Social Responsibility at WWU College of Business and Economics.
- Lesley Thomas' award-winning arctic novel "Flight of the Goose" is displayed with the
exhibit "The Last Polar Bear" at the Burke Museum at the UW; it is used as a
textbook at Boston University theololgy dept, and by North Slope School
district for its Inupiaq Values curriculum. See her author site.
- Charlene Stern, graduate of the American Cultural Studies program, hired as rural planning coordinator in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Muralist Looks for New Sites
Fairhaven Alumnus Ryan Ward featured in the Ballard News Tribune: "Muralist looks for new sites." Muralist Ryan Henry Ward touches up his unicorn mural under the watchful eye of his companion, Merlin, at Leary Avenue Northwest and 8th Avenue Northwest.
World Issues Forum
Alumni & Friends are always welcome at Fairhaven College events, including the World Issues Forum. Frank James' (1973) daughter Sierra James spoke about "For the Future: Teaching Peace, Making History in Timor-Leste" on January 14th 2009; and former Fairhaven faculty member Barbara Rofkar spoke about "Fragile Hope" in the Middle East on Febraury 11th 2009.
