WWU an economic, educational, social force in Whatcom County

It encompasses 212 acres, with more parking spaces than downtown Bellingham. Its 15,000 students, nearly 1,200 permanent staff members and more than 900 part- or full-time faculty members, together, are a mass of humanity nearly equal in number to the population of Lynden and Blaine combined.

On the basis of size, alone, 117-year-old Western Washington University qualifies as a no-brainer iconic feature of Whatcom County.

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