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| Award-winning Western Stands for Washington campaign passes fundraising goal | 2016-02-24 | ||
| Funding cut for program working to cultivate diversity in Marine Science | Western’s Shannon Point Marine Center was recently praised in American Scientist magazine for its efforts to diversify the field of marine sciences. However, its chief multicultural program was cut in spring 2015 due to a lack of funding. The Multicultural Initiative in the Marine… |
2016-02-23 | |
| Free eye clinic in Bellingham helps 1,000th patient | Barb Roy of Ferndale wears glasses but hadn’t had an eye exam in six or seven years. She found herself moving printed material closer to her face when she read, so she figured it was time to have her eyes checked again. But there was a problem. Money. |
2016-02-23 | |
| Whatcom View: Advance directives share key end-of-life decisions | Join other Whatcom residents to participate in The RAMP UP to National Healthcare Decisions Day Event that will be held on March 16 at 5:30 p.m. in Settlemyer Hall at Bellingham Technical College. RAMP UP is intended as a kickoff to an ongoing effort to engage Whatcom County employers to… |
2016-02-22 | |
| Major student housing projects on schedule in Bellingham | Two major student housing projects near Western Washington University are on track to be finished on time, giving the area a major influx of units in the next 18 months. |
2016-02-22 | |
| Apiary to hold free 'Spring Bee-In' March 2 | 2016-02-22 | ||
| Mount Baker ski scene, city of Lynden win high ratings | Advanced snowboarding: Western Washington University was ranked the 17th best college for skiers and snowboarders in the country, thanks to its proximity to Mount Baker Ski Area. Other state schools to make the list from StartClass were the University of Washington, at o. 5, and Gonzaga… |
2016-02-16 | |
| WWU students push trustees to act on safety | Saying their university has failed to address the safety concerns of students of color, a group of Western Washington University students read a strongly worded statement during a board of trustees meeting Friday and asked for an apology. Their concerns stem from an incident in November,… |
2016-02-16 | |
| WWU an economic, educational, social force in Whatcom County | It encompasses 212 acres, with more parking spaces than downtown Bellingham. Its 15,000 students, nearly 1,200 permanent staff members and more than 900 part- or full-time faculty members, together, are a mass of humanity nearly equal in number to the population of Lynden and Blaine combined.… |
2016-02-16 | |
| Vast WWU collection is dedicated to fly fishing | It seemed like a rather benign phone call. It turned out to be something much larger than a simple plea to come look at a collection of fly rods, in order to price them for a garage sale. Danny Beatty of Anacortes got that call back in 1986. And when the Fidalgo Fly Fishers club… |
2016-02-16 |