Colleagues contribute to scholarship fund in honor of Christina VanWingerden as she moves to Woodring

Dear friends and colleagues,

As you may have heard, Christina VanWingerden is moving into a new role in Woodring College of Education!
Please help us celebrate her 31 years of service to our division by making a gift in her honor to the Women of Color Empowerment Scholarship, a cause that is near and dear to her heart. Please also spread the word with others who love and appreciate Christina by forwarding this email and posting/sharing this on facebook.
Her legacy and leadership is worth celebrating…

• She has served as Chair/Co-Chair of the Dean of Students Cultural Competence Committee and was a Target Grant recipient for Cultural Competence Assessment;
• She has led/served at Nakama, the Equity and Inclusion Forum, the ESC Retreat, the DOS Unit, and the AS Onboarding, Training and Orientation module development; 
• She has built community, planned celebrations for colleagues and promoted professional development in our division;
• Christina completed her BA in Multidisciplinary Studies on Human Behavior, Magna Cum Laude, and earned Masters in Education, Adult and Higher Education WHILE balancing work and family.
• She continues her studies and is working on a PHD at Simon Fraser University in Educational Technology and Learning Design.

Please join us in celebrating Christina’s friendship, professional contributions and generosity to Western Washington University.
Please give in her honor here: https://foundation.wwu.edu/WomenOfColorEmpowerment.

We wish her continued success as she joins our colleagues at the Woodring College of Education.

With gratitude,
Raquel Vigil, Joanne DeMark, Ted Pratt