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WWU's Woodring College reaches out to community partners

Picture this: A university professor teaches a group of 40 students, who are English-language learners, at a local elementary school. Around the children, 20 teachers observe; among them is an expert teacher for the school district who will help them better understand the teaching strategies…

2013-02-19
Biology’s Marion Brodhagen to Discuss “Tainted Food: The Story of Aflatoxin” Tonight at City Hall 2013-02-19
AS conducting 'Elect-Her' training Feb. 23 to encourage women to run for elected office 2013-02-15
Western to again offer service-learning in Rwanda 2013-02-15
Sea-Tac Director to Speak at Western Jan. 24

Mark Reis will discuss sustainability at Sea-Tac International Airport during a presentation in Bellingham on Thursday, Jan. 24.

Reis' "Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Sustainability at Sea-Tac Airport" is part of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the…

2013-01-22
WWU planetarium director to relay Mars rover updates on social media

Lifelong "space geek" Brad Snowder was born the year the Soviet satellite Sputnik launched the Space Race, but he was too young to celebrate the ensuing first U.S. satellite success.

Fifty-five years later, the Bellingham resident finds himself with an unexpected opportunity to…

2012-08-03
Western in Rwanda for first time this summer 2012-06-28
WWU president celebrates graduates' achievements in community

When I arrived at Western four years ago, my biggest shock was discovering the perception by some of our state's top leaders that public higher education was largely irrelevant to the important issues facing our state. Since then, there has been a 180-degree shift in the views of many of…

2012-06-11
Mother of 6 earns double major at Western Washington University

BELLINGHAM - Shelley Jefferson teaches kids about the tides.

"Remember how we talked about the eelgrass?" she asks a small mob of fourth-graders at Carl Cozier Elementary School. "Who can tell me why tides are important?"

Jefferson doesn't give them the…

2012-06-11
Team WWU Climbs Strong raises nearly $10K as it scales Columbia Tower 2012-04-18
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