14-15: Advancement and Alumni Development

Honoring father and longtime WWU faculty member, alum establishes endowment for future educators

Dr. Peter Hovenier, who passed away in January, served as part of Western…

Campus School memories, love of math drive generous estate gift

Bellingham local, Marion Darragh, ’61 and ’68, grew up…

Young alum’s commitment to Western extends annual accounting scholarship over the next five years

Bellingham-born-and-raised Brett Jordan, ’07, recalls the liberating…

New Fairhaven College fund garners massive internal support

For Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, whose foundational mission includes promoting social justice, its recent scholarship fund drive provided an opportunity that was wholeheartedly embraced before the student recipients even felt its impact. In a…

New scholarship honors matriarch, creates family legacy

The Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award and Recognition…

Alumni couple creates teacher education scholarship for Woodring

For Pat and Karen Gallagher, who met at Western and graduated in ’66…

Admiration for Compass 2 Campus program inspires new scholarship

As Western Washington University’s Compass 2 Campus (C2C) looks ahead…

Former English MA teaching assistant creates opportunities for others

When Ken Efta (’95) was at Western working on his Master’s…

With $50,000 gift, alum creates endowment for sociology program

When Joann Blalock (’75) first attended Western, she didn’t…

Happy memories of 1950s Western generate double endowments

Arthur Mafli, who graduated in 1958, has many fond memories of his time at Western, but two stand out in particular. As a roving photographer, Mafli captured images of Western life for the campus newspaper – then called the Western Washington Collegian – that ranged from…
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