Campus News

Winter focus of Huxley Speaker Series to be on the Salish Sea; first talk set for Jan. 10

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 11:18am

Ginny Broadhurst (director of WWU’s Salish Sea Institute), Natalie Baloy (assistant director of the Salish Sea Institute), Laurie Trautman (director of WWU’s Border Policy Research Institute) and Lydia Dennee-Lee (Student Engagement and Learning Coordinator for the Salish Sea Institute) will present "Research and Learning Across the Borders of the Salish Sea" as part of the WWU Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 in Academic West 204 on the Western Washington University campus.

Border Policy Research Institute, Huxley College of the Environment, Huxley Speaker Series, Salish Sea Institute

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Finalists in Director of the Counseling Center search to visit campus next week

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 8:56am

Two candidates for the Director of the Counseling Center search are coming to Western for finalist interviews beginning Monday, January 14. Members of the campus community are invited and encouraged to attend open forums and open meetings for students with the candidates, which will take place as follows:

Counseling Center

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Reception for visiting Peruvian students this Friday

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 3:28pm

Please join the Huxley College of the Environment and Western's Mountain Environments Research Institute for a reception next Friday to welcome 10 Peruvian students visiting WWU for the winter quarter. These students are studying ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation and come from WWU partner Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. They are able to visit Western thanks to generous grants from the Peruvian government and the US State Department’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas fund.

Huxley College of the Environment, John All, Mountain Environments Research Institute

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New Winter Quarter Professional Development Schedule

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 3:07pm

As we all prepare ourselves for the new quarter, your colleagues at the Professional Development Program would once again like to play a supportive role in your growth and development. We have a new schedule of professional development workshops on skills ranging from planning your many projects, to developing greater personal resiliency, to using the Adobe Suite for design.

The classes are already scheduled and registration is now open, so check out the class list and register here.

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Students with plans to see the world can start at the Go Abroad Fair Thursday, Jan. 24

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 2:46pm

Western students looking for an education abroad experience explore opportunities on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the annual Go Abroad Fair with representatives from various organizations that help students and recent graduates go abroad to study, intern, teach or volunteer.

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Congratulations to Western’s 2018 Pride Foundation Scholars

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 2:32pm

Western is proud of our students who received Pride Foundation scholarships this year. On December 3, we were joined by Eden Shore from the Pride Foundation to celebrate Bradlee Thielen, Jonathan Soren Davidson, and Emily Forrette, Western’s 2018 Pride Foundation Scholars. You can read more about Bradlee, Jonathan and Emily below.

College of Fine and Performing Arts, Design Department, LGBTQ+, Theatre and Dance Department

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Candidates for Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management search to visit campus

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 1:37pm

Four candidates for the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management search have been invited to Western Washington University for interviews beginning Jan. 17.

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Western Reads looking for recommendations for next year's selection by Jan. 16

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 1:28pm

Western Reads would like to invite members of the campus community to recommend texts for next year's Western Reads selection by Wednesday, Jan. 16!

College of Business and Economics, College of Fine and Performing Arts, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Reads, Woodring College of Education

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Final Call for Honors Seminar Proposals

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 11:38am

The Honors Program invites proposals for not fewer than 18 seminars to be offered during the 2019-2020 academic year. Honors Seminars are junior/senior-level courses and may be on any subject; interdisciplinary proposals are strongly encouraged. Seminars are small, highly interactive, with a limit of 15 students, focusing on discussion, paper writing, problem solving, or group projects. Unfortunately, the program cannot accept proposals for team-taught classes.

College of Business and Economics, College of Fine and Performing Arts, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Honors Program, Huxley College of the Environment, Woodring College of Education

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English's Christopher Wise gives talk at Hassan II Université in Casablanca

Monday, January 7, 2019 - 10:21am

WWU Professor of English Christopher Wise (English) gave a talk entitled "American Studies in the Arab University: 9/11 to Azawad" at Hassan II Université in Casablanca, Morocco on Dec. 10. Wise spoke to graduate students in the Moroccan-American Studies Program about the complex history of American Studies in the Arab World from its inception at the University of Jordan, Amman in 2000 to the recent fall of Azawad. He also spoke on the topic of "Beat Generation" writers in Morocco such as Paul Bowles, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg.

Christopher Wise, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, English Department

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