academics
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| Students from five GNAC schools earn ADA awards | Student athletes from five different Great Northwest Athletic Conference member institutions earned recognition by the Division 2 Athletic Directors Association in receiving Academic Achievement Awards. The award winners, announced Wednesday, are a collection of Division 2 student… |
2013-08-22 | |
| WWU leads conference with 42 Vikings winning academic achievement awards | 2013-08-21 | ||
| WWU climbs up list of Forbes' top colleges | Forbes Magazine ranked Western Washington University among the nation's top colleges again this year, with the school climbing up several spots on the listing from last year. The university landed at No. 339 on the magazine's annual list of America's Top 650 Colleges, up… |
2013-07-29 | |
| 4 WWU student-athletes earn academic honor | Four Western Washington University student-athletes have been named 2013 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Academic All-Stars announced Thursday, July 25. They are decathlete Tim Clendaniel, javelin thrower Bethany Drake, sprinter Jon Poolman and middle distance… |
2013-07-26 | |
| WWU's Needham earns academic honor | Western Washington University men's golfer Evan Needham was named a Golf Coaches Association of America Cleveland Golf/Srixon Division II All-America Scholar in an announcement Thursday, July 25. |
2013-07-26 | |
| 12 Vikings earn GNAC FAR awards | Twelve Western Washington University student-athletes were named recipients of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Faculty Athletics Representative's Scholar-Athletes award for 2012-13. The award, which began last year, is presented annually and honors the most outstanding… |
2013-07-24 | |
| WWU's Mitchell, Fisher earn academic honors | Two Western Washington University men's basketball players - center Chris Mitchell and forward Damien Fisher - were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court announced Wednesday, July 17. The Honors Court recognizes collegiate basketball student-athletes… |
2013-07-19 | |
| WWU hands out 2012-13 awards | With Western Washington University enjoying the most successful athletics season in school history, two athletes shared both the male and female athlete of the year honors for 2012-13. In an announcement made Tuesday, June 4, at the fourth annual Dub-Dub-Blue awards ceremony on the WWU… |
2013-06-05 | |
| Western students win Fulbrights (scroll down) | Eight Western Washington University graduates and students have received Fulbright Scholarships this year, a record for the institution and more than doubling its previous best of three, according to a press release. Fulbright scholars, funded by the U.S. government, study, teach, conduct… |
2013-05-14 | |
| Nine WWU rowers are NCRC Academic all-stars | Western Washington University placed nine women's rowers on the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference academic all-star team, and the Vikings' Stephanie Bluhm was named all-conference. A grade point average of 3.50 (4.0 scale) was required to receive league academic honors. |
2013-05-07 |