16-17: Diversity
This year, Yazmin Gil is a teacher mentor in her district’s two-year Bilingual Teacher Fellows Program, a partnership between Highline Public Schools and Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University that prepares…
Western Libraries’ staff, friends, and family came together in celebration of “Bellingham Pride” on Sunday, July 9. Since 2013, participating in Pride has grown into an annual tradition that many library employees look forward to and enjoy. For the past couple of years, Western…
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected 24 educational institutions (including WWU) to receive $1 million grants as part of it Inclusive Excellence initiative. The initiative’s broad objective is to help colleges…
New Committee to Continue Work in the Fall
Following his fall 2012 Opening Convocation address, former Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard appointed a Task Force on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity (EID). The EID was charged with “rigorously reviewing campus…
Western Washington University is one of 24 institutions in the country selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Program to receive a five year, $1 million grant to enhance student success in STEM fields, especially those students typically under-represented in…
The last Queens’ Vernacular screening of the year is taking place tomorrow at 6:30pm at Pickford Film Center. We’re collaborating with the Indie Lens Pop-Up series to present the 2016 documentary Real Boy, a positive story about a transgender teen.
Real Boy is the coming-of-…
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 Washington University students, faculty, staff and Whatcom County community members are invited to a campus-wide dialogue about race Thursday, May 11 from 3-5 p.m. in Viking Union 565.
The spring conversation, “Still Talkin’ Race” is a continuation of the Winter…
The Womxn Of Color Empowerment Dinner, honoring a scholarship recipient and an award winner, will take place from 5-8 p.m.on Friday, May 19, in the VU MPR. The Womxn of Color Empowerment scholarship is given to a student who demonstrates support or experience with the issues of womxn of color at…