academics
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| COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Vikings earn team academic award | For the second straight year, Western Washington University earned a Team Academic Award given by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The award, which was initiated in 1992-93, honors collegiate volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the 2010-11 school… |
2011-07-26 | |
| Students win recognition at UW, WSU, WWU and University of Portland | Alexandr Baronov, a junior at Western Washington University and the son of Tatiana Baronova and Serge Smirnov of Bellingham, received a $3,000 Oscar Edwin Olson Sciences Scholarship Endowment for the 2010-2011 school year. |
2011-07-07 | |
| Welling named to CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first team | Western Washington University distance runner Jordan Welling has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Capital One Academic All-District 8 college division first team for men's cross country and track and field. Welling, a senior from Burlington, is a… |
2011-06-03 | |
| WWU names Dailly, Sharpe Scholar-Athletes of the Year | 2011-06-01 | ||
| WWU: Porter, Brown named WWU athletes of the year | Two athletes who ended their careers with historic senior seasons, pole vaulter Ryan Brown and distance runner Sarah Porter, have been named Western Washington University Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively, for 2010-11. The announcement was made Tuesday at the first Dub-Dub-Blue… |
2011-06-01 | |
| COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Five WWU players earn academic honors | Western Washington University placed three men, forward Rory Blanche, center Chris Mitchell and guard Anthony Wiederkehr; and two women, forward Megan Pinske and guard Corinn Waltrip, on the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Basketball Academic All-Star Team announced today. |
2011-02-28 | |
| Lawmakers debate proposed state partnership with online university | State lawmakers are considering a plan that would expand a nonprofit online university in Washington as a way to increase access to higher education. |
2011-02-07 | |
| Research Insider: Graduation rates and the Hague Convention | Other public schools in the state also fared well. Washington State University’s graduation rate was up from 62 percent in 2002 to 67 percent in 2008. But WSU also saw rates drop in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Steady improvement was seen at Western Washington University, where graduation rates have… |
2010-12-09 | |
| Your College Major May Not Be As Important As You Think | Here’s an excerpt from a letter that an indignant father sent to his son after hearing that he had opted for an impractical major: I am appalled, even horrified, that you have adopted Classics as a major. As a matter of fact, I almost puked on my way home today. … I am a practical man… |
2010-11-08 | |
| COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Mertens named to ESPN Academic All-District team | Western Washington University volleyball outside hitter Kathryn Mertens has been named to the ESPN Academic All-District college division second team. Mertens, a senior from Olympia, is a biology/anthropology major with a 3.90 grade point average. The 5-foot-10 Mertens has played… |
2010-11-05 |