In the Media

Friday, June 2, 2023 - Washington Post

A memoir that celebrates as much as it grieves, rages and broods, Jane Wong’s “Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City charts its author’s progress from the casinos of New Jersey to the college dorms of Upstate New York, to Hong Kong and Iowa and finally Bellingham, Wash., where she now teaches creative writing at Western Washington University.

Thursday, June 1, 2023 - Cascadia Daily News

Messages of resilience, joy and unwavering pride took center stage on Western Washington University’s campus on May 31, as LGBTQ+ Western held its annual Pride Month celebration.  

A few hundred students gathered beneath Western’s flag poles to hear from students and faculty on the importance of celebrating the university’s LGBTQ+ community.

Thursday, June 1, 2023 - UW News

Two grants from the U.S. Department of Education International and Foreign Language Education office will allow the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington to award eight to 10 fellowships each year to students studying French or an Indigenous language spoken in Canada.

The center received nearly $2.5 million from a National Resource Center Grant with the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University and a Foreign Language and Area Studies, or FLAS, grant.

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - Grist

There’s a link between attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and climate denialism, said Cameron T. Whitley, an associate professor of sociology at Western Washington University. 

Friday, May 26, 2023 - Crosscut

Mentions a partnership between Samish Nation and Shannon Point Marine Center, which provides safety oversight to the Samish diving team and guidance on development their own program. 

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - Daily Journal of Commerce

On Saturday, crews from Mortenson broke ground on Kaiser Borsari Hall, a new building for electrical engineering, computer science, and energy science and technology programs at WWU's Bellingham campus.

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - Cascadia Daily News

Fifty years ago, the Western Washington University women’s basketball team played its first-ever game on the main floor of Carver Gymnasium. This weekend, the team returned with nearly 200 other women to receive decades-awaited varsity letters. 

Western’s May 20 Title IX award ceremony honored female student-athletes who competed from 1968 to 1981 — an era when lettering in women’s sports was still largely unheard of. The event was a part of Western’s Title IX 50th anniversary celebration, and its Back2B’ham Alumni and Friends Weekend.

Monday, May 22, 2023 - New York Times

A New York Times book review of Jane Wong's new memoir, "Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City." Wong is a faculty member in Western's English Department.

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - Literary Hub

Jane Wong is the author of the poetry collections How to Not Be Afraid of Everything and Overpour. An associate professor of creative writing at Western Washington University, she grew up in New Jersey and currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

Thursday, June 29, 2023 - Skagit Valley Herald

A new study is underway to identify the number — and types — of bumblebees in Skagit and Whatcom counties.

The study, which is led by Western Washington University graduate student Annie Jolliff, will also provide information about when the bees emerge from their nests each year.

Survey sites in the two counties are diverse. They include parks, a clear-cut forest area, the Western Washington University campus and Blanchard Mountain Farm in Bow.