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As a college student, Deborah Francisco joined a jazz ensemble. Today she coordinates a music program in Baguio City in the Philippines with the Peace Corps and teaches the same jazz chords she learned as an undergraduate.

Francisco is one of 320 Peace Corps volunteers who graduated from…

Two Washington universities and a private college once again are leaders on the list of schools that send the most volunteers to work in the Peace Corps.

The University of Washington came in second among large colleges and universities, edged out of first place by…

Our latest Education Lab story examines a mentor program at Western Washington University called Compass 2 Campus. As its name suggests, Compass 2 Campus operates under the premise that linking current college students with younger students can help kids navigate a path to higher education.

Western Washington University’s Carver Gym was buzzing with fifth-grade energy one day in October, as nearly 900 students filed into the gym in the heart of the Bellingham campus.

About 900 fifth graders from Skagit and Whatcom counties are greeted with "high-fives" as they arrive at Western Washington University for their Compass 2 Campus program.

On Monday, Jan. 20, Western Washington University student volunteers sat on the floor of Village Books in Bellingham, Wash. with their legs criss-crossed, reading and coloring with groups of children ages 3 to 8.
The students’ goal was to educate the children about diversity, equality and…