Retirement party for Anna Carey is Aug. 25

​Anna Carey, director of New Student Services/ Family Outreach, is retiring from Western on Sept. 1. A party will be held in her honor at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Chuckanut Brewery.

Carey has worked at Western since April 1990, when she joined WWU as a student life program coordinator.

“Anna is a great ambassador for Western,“ said Ronna Biggs, assistant director at New Students Services / Family Outreach, who has worked with Anna for about 17 years. “She is very committed to students and family members having a successful transition to the university experience. She is a very positive person for new folks to connect with, and I think she really helps ease to our community.”

Eileen Coughlin, senior vice president for Enrollment and Student Services, agreed.

"Under Anna’s leadership, student convocation has become a tradition that invites students into the culture of the campus incorporating their dreams and goals as a part of an uplifting ceremony every fall," she said. "Her leadership clearly enhanced the traditions that have enriched Western’s culture as a caring campus."

After retiring, Carey goes to Semester at Sea as an assistant executive dean and is excited to visit 10 different countries and 11 ports for 15 weeks. She will work with 100 faculty and 500 students.

Carey said she has appreciated the people and opportunities at Western.

"One of the best part of Western is when we all work together regardless of what department and division you are working with," she said. "I really enjoyed being part of that."