16-17: Building the Campus
Shurla Thibou, senior instructor at Western, has been appointed to the half-time position as the university's faculty director of Academic First-Year Programs.
"In this role, Dr. Thibou will play a key faculty leadership role in overseeing and evaluating all of Western's first-year…
Construction fencing is being removed from the areas around Carver Academic Facility as workers prepare to hold commencement ceremonies in the gymnasium Saturday. But the building remains closed to the public.
Only graduates, their ticketed guests, and authorized WWU personnel will be…
Western Washington University’s Student Technology Fee (STF) Committee has approved a proposal to allocate $400,000 of the Student Technology Fee financial reserve toward the improvement of Wi-Fi across campus.
The financial reserve funds will be used to invest in coverage in Red…
Western Washington University is teaming up with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) on its Green Direct Renewable Energy Program, a ground-breaking program where customers, in an effort to use energy that meets their financial and carbon reduction goals, have agreed to a long-term service agreement in…
The 2017 Legislative Session kicked off in Olympia yesterday, marking the first day of the 105-day session that is scheduled to conclude April 23rd. During the months ahead, legislators will consider policy proposals and work to adopt a new two-year state budget.
Listed below are Western…
The sculpture Wright’s Triangle (1980) by Richard Serra is prominently located in the center of the campus and is one of the greatest treasures of Western’s outdoor sculpture collection. The sculpture is undergoing a thorough cleaning by an art conservator.
Along with…
An economic development agency will soon be moving to a different downtown space.
Western Washington University’s Small Business…
University Residences has selected the area north of Buchanan Towers and east of South College Drive as a potential site for a new apartment-style student housing facility (see map below). During the week of Oct. 10, soil borings will be performed in this area to help determine site and…
The process of developing Western’s 2017-2027 Capital Plan and 2017-2019 Capital Budget Request was completed this week with submission of the documents (http://www.wwu.edu/wwuarchitect/pages/cb/documents/17-27_CapPlanFINAL.pdf) to the Office of Financial Management (OFM) in Olympia.…
In other OC construction news, the college will add a modular building on its Poulsbo campus to accommodate a growing partnership with Western Washington University. The two institutions recently added a multidisciplinary bachelor's degree. Next…