16-17: Cultural Events and Lectures
Kimberly Larson, Director of Communications and Marketing at Climate Solutions, will discuss effective ways for communicating about climate change as part of the WWU Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 25 in Miller Hall 138 on the Western Washington…
From the Red Square carnival to the zipline to classes without quizzes, Back2Bellingham was another fabulous success! Click on the thumbnails at right to see images in the larger size.
WWU photos by Jonathan Williams and Rhys Logan.
The Campus Equity and Inclusion Forums will host a new workshop on white privilege from 9-11 a.m. on Friday, May 26 in VU 462, led by WWU's Rand Jimerson.
This class will provide staff, supervisors, faculty, and students an opportunity to learn about the concept of white…
The Queens’ Vernacular returns this Thursday (May 18) at 6:30 p.m. at the Pickford Film Center in Bellingham with a screening of short works by artist, musician, and filmmaker Clyde Petersen. He is a central figure in the transgender and queer communities of…
Western's Joseph E. Trimble will Present 'Disseminating Research in Alaska Native Yup’ik Communities: Challenges and Ethical Considerations' at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 in Communications Facility 110.
This event is free and open to the public.
The native…
This year's Western Guitars in Concert, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 19 in the PAC Concert Hall, will feature music of Debussy, Bellinati, and Piazzolla and Seavello. A special feature for this year’s program has the entire ensemble premiering a piece written for them by ensemble member…
Denise Attwood and Ric Conner, Co-Founders of Ganesh Himal Trading LLC, will present a 30-year retrospective on their work in Nepal, which includes their Fair Trade business Ganesh Himal Trading LLC and the Conscious Connections Foundation (CCF) as part of the WWU Huxley College of the…
Visiting professor Bayartuul Batjav will present "The history of Mongolian writing" at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31 in Miller Hall 121.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Mongols have devised and used about ten scripts (writing systems) in their history. These…
Western's Department of Theatre and Dance will host a screening and discussion of the 1963 film adaption of “A Raisin in the Sun” from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30 in the Old Main Theatre; the event is free and open to the public.
Western’s Dean of Students Ted Pratt…
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages will host historian André-Carl Vachon for a pair of lectures on the WWU campus May 23 and 24 dealing with the ethnic cleansing of Acadians - those of French descent who settled in what are now Eastern Canada's Maritime…