14-15: Community Outreach
CJ Seitz has been hired as director of Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in downtown Bellingham.
“We’re excited to hire CJ to lead the SBDC,” said Steve Swan, Western’s vice president for University Relations and…
Western Washington University’s Compass 2 Campus has been recognized as a top mentoring program by Mentoring Works Washington.
Compass 2 Campus, a proactive effort that sends trained WWU student mentors into schools in order to get more kids to see themselves as future college…
Western Washington University's Regina Barber DeGraaff never really thought about hosting her own radio show, but her curiosity in science and her desire to make the subject more accessible to all helped influence her decision to start the show “Spark Science.”
DeGraaff…
Western Washington University professional and classified staff employees can use a leave day of eight hours for community service as part of a university program designed to promote efforts to make a positive difference in Western's various communities.
Recently, a group of several…
Western Washington University Extended Education’s Life Launch, a new four-day professional-development course focused on helping recent college graduates to discover “what’s next,” is set for July 19-22 at the North Cascades Institute near Diablo.
Led by youth…
West Sound CoderDojo (WSCD), which offers free programming classes for kids age 8-18, will host its future classes at the Western Washington University Center in Olympic College, Poulsbo, thanks to a new partnership between the two institutions.
The CoderDojo movement is a…
Smart Trips and Western Washington University Sustainability partnered up to organize a picnic bike ride from Red Square on Western Washington University’s Bellingham campus to the Fairhaven Farmer’s market at noon on Wednesday, June 24.
This leisurely bike ride was organized…
Western Washington University’s RN-to-BSN program as well as several additional healthcare organizations from throughout the community are partnering to sponsor a palliative care conference July 8-10 at Bellingham Technical College.
“Helping Providers Heal Without Cure…
Western Washington University opened its new downtown office in Bellingham's historic Herald Building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 19. The move will better connect the university with the downtown, alumni and the entire local community.
“There's a saying that…
The first time June Fraser Thistle brought her handmade sock monkeys to Child Protective Services, workers offered one to a crying girl.
“I remember I was holding my breath,” Fraser Thistle said. “I wondered if it was going to work.”
But when the child…