Bruce Shepard

Western Western Washington University will rename a building at its Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes in honor of late President Emeritus Jerry Flora, who died late in 2013 at age 85.

The former Marine Science Education Building will now be known as the…

Higher education is never short of challenges, but those of us leading AASCU institutions are finding ourselves with an interesting array of both new and old issues that challenge us to lead effectively. In an era of almost across-the-board declines in state support for our publicly-purposed…

The past decade ushered in a boom in international-student education, as a growing number of college students from overseas came to American universities to study and earn degrees.

But just 150 international students go to Western Washington University as full-time…

The 17th annual Western Washington University Leadership Forum raised $100,000 in scholarship money for students at Western on Nov.6, 2014 in Seattle.
The Leadership Forum is put together every year and includes corporate and civic leaders, alumni, parents and friends who want to…

An audible gasp was followed by an eruption of cheers, applause and blaring party horns from the audience as President Bruce Shepard announced that $48 million had already been raised for Western prior to the announcement of the university’s largest fundraising campaign ever.
The campaign…

Western Washington University publicly launched the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the university on Friday, Oct. 24, one that school officials say will help offer students scholarships, improve student learning and make up for a dip in state funding.

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