Role-playing gaming industry executive to speak at WWU commencement

Simon Blackwell, vice president of technology and digital gaming at Wizards of the Coast LLC and an alumnus of Western Washington University, will address graduates and their families at the university’s fall commencement at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, in WWU’s Carver Gym.
Blackwell graduated from WWU in 1984 with a degree in philosophy, and in 2010 was named a distinguished alumnus by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.