The campus community is invited to meet the four finalists for the position of vice president for University Advancement and president/CEO of the WWU Foundation at virtual open forums this month. The times, dates, and links for the open forums are listed below. Each meeting will be recorded and viewable after the event for those unable to attend via Teams.

Casey Mullin, Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services at Western Washington University Libraries, was recently awarded the 2021 Music OCLC Users Group Distinguished Service Award. This award is given in recognition of someone who has made “significant professional contributions” to music users of OCLC. According to the award announcement, Mullin’s nominator Marguerite Iskenderian referenced his “tireless leadership and contributions to technical services and music cataloging.”

The Provost Office is accepting student speaker nominations of spring and summer graduates for June Commencement on June 12.

Being the student commencement speaker is an opportunity to convey a message of encouragement and congratulations, share common experience and insights, and inspire fellow graduates to carry their WWU education with pride into the world.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

In order to be eligible to be a student speaker at virtual commencement, students must:

The ASWWU Office of Civic Engagement is currently collecting survey responses from students on what local (Bellingham/Whatcom County) issues they find to be the most important.  The results will be used to guide the agenda for this year's Local Lobby Day.

Local Lobby Day (LLD) is a day where WWU students meet with local elected officials and advocate for changes at the city and county level.  This year's LLD will be on Friday, May 7.