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President Randhawa ushers in new school year with Faculty & Staff Convocation 2017-09-20
Governor Appoints Trista Truemper as New WWU Student Trustee 2017-06-23
Gautam Pillay is New Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School at WWU 2017-06-06
Provost & Faculty Senate Spring Awards Ceremony April 25 2017-04-07
Free grad school? Yes, please

Sarah Appleton loved her time at boarding school, and wanted to become a teacher in a boarding school in turn. So a teaching assistantship at Western Washington University was a natural fit — and saved her a ton of cash.

Appleton received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at the…

2016-08-10
Departments honor Outstanding Graduate Students 2016-06-13
North Cascades Institute leading outdoor education for 30 years

In the mid 1980s, Saul Weisberg, now the executive director of the North Cascades Institute, was a climbing ranger in North Cascades National Park and finishing up a graduate degree in biology.

It was the time of timber wars and fights over spotted owls. There was a lot of tension around…

2016-05-31
Kathleen Kitto to Retire as Dean of the Graduate School at WWU in 2017 2016-05-11
Yelm High principal hired as district’s next superintendent

The Yelm School Board unanimously voted 5-0 Thursday evening to appoint Brian Wharton as the district’s next superintendent.

“I was humbled,” he told The Olympian.

Wharton, 52, of unincorporated Thurston County near Lacey, has been principal at Yelm High School since 2010. Prior to…

2016-05-09
Edmonds School Board names new superintendent

The Edmonds School District Board of Directors has named Kris McDuffy as the next superintendent of the Edmonds School District after a thorough search that involved parents, staff, students and community over the last three months.

“It is our pleasure to name Dr. Kris McDuffy as the next…

2016-04-04
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