Advancing Inclusive Success
When I arrived in the Methow Valley on a late June afternoon, there was no way I could have predicted the experience I was about to undergo. Driving down Highway 20 through the North Cascades was mesmerizing, and with every tree I passed, so did my excitement for the possibility and opportunity…
Jacqueline Hughes started at Western this fall as its Chief Diversity Officer, a new position at WWU that reports directly to the president. Western Today recently chatted with Hughes about her goals and plans for her time at the university and how she would like to maximize the role and impact…
JoeHahn, the new director of LGBTQ+ Western, arrived on campus in August, and he recently chatted with Western Today about the new job, goals, and their vision for the office moving forward.
WT: Tell us a little bit about yourself!
My name is JoeHahn. I use a mononym of my first…
There were laughs, tears and a standing ovation as a packed crowd gathered to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday night.
The event, which brought more than 300 people to Whatcom Community College’s Syre Center, started with a traditional Coast Salish dinner of barbecued salmon,…
Recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Washington University’s fall enrollment is showing strong signs of a return to pre-pandemic levels with the largest incoming first-year cohort – 3,225 new…
Fans are blowing in the classroom on a hot summer day as a group of Mount Vernon High School ninth-graders are building a high-powered microscope, their focus on a small tube where a lens is stuck.
It’s the final piece of the microscope that they’re putting together at Little Mountain…