WWU Youth Programs to Again Host ‘Grandparents U’ This Summer in Bellingham and Anacortes

Western Washington University’s Extended Education will host Grandparents U – an intergenerational program offering a variety of summer courses for grandparents and their grandchildren in Bellingham and Anacortes.

The program will be held on Western’s campus July 21-22 and includes classes, a picnic lunch, and optional activities, including swimming at the Wade King Student Recreation Center and a show at Western’s Spanel Planetarium. There is also an option for grandparent/grandchild pairs to get the full collegiate experience and stay the night in a residence hall and eat in the cafeteria.

Anacortes offers a course on intertidal life for grades 1-5 that will take place on Aug. 1-2, as well as a course for grades 5-8 that will take place Aug. 3-4.

As part of the Bellingham program, students in grades 1-8 will partner with their grandparents to design computer programming, explore photography, learn drumming techniques from around the world and bring family trees to life through art.

Registration is currently open and available online at www.wwu.edu/grandparentsu. Western alumni, faculty and staff are eligible for discounts on selected programs.

Western Youth Programs encourages youth of all ages to consider higher education as a possibility for their own future.

For more information about Western Youth Programs, visit wwu.edu/youth or youth@wwu.edu; or contact Michele Anderson, Western Washington University Extended Education, at (360)-650-3308, Michele.Anderson@wwu.edu.