Compass 2 Campus
On a typical morning, the high-pitched caws of gulls and the constant roar of the salty Salish Sea waves would be a formidable foe to any other noise. But today, they pale in comparison to the animated chatter of the students arriving at Cap Sante Marina…
The transition to online courses this spring for Western Washington University has created many challenges and obstacles for families, professors, and students to overcome. Compass 2 Campus (C2C), a mentoring program at Western that places WWU students in 33 Title I schools across Whatcom and…
Bridget Galati is the new executive director of the award-winning Compass 2 Campus mentoring program at Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education.
Galati, most recently the district English learner specialist at Mount Vernon Public Schools, was hired following a…
Once a week after school, a group of Burlington-Edison High School students get on a school bus and head north about a half an hour.
Their destination: Western Washington University.
On a recent week, the students’ destination was the university’s Science, Math and Technology…
About 1,100 fifth graders from Skagit and Whatcom counties will be visiting Western Washington University on Tuesday, Oct. 15, to see firsthand what a university campus is like. The tour kicks off the 11th year of Compass 2 Campus, a proactive effort that sends trained WWU student mentors into…
About 1,100 fifth graders from Skagit and Whatcom counties will be visiting Western Washington University on Tuesday, Oct. 16, to see firsthand what a university campus is like. The tour kicks off the 10th year of Compass 2 Campus, a proactive effort that sends trained WWU student mentors into…
Maria Timmons Flores will be leading Western’s Compass 2 Campus (C2C) program on an interim basis.
Anselmo Villanueva, the former C2C executive director, is pursuing other professional opportunities. Timmons Flores, associate professor of TESOL-Elementary Education at Woodring College…
Western Washington University is working to ignite local kids’ interest in STEM careers.
“Our state lags behind in the number of kids with bachelor degrees, in the stem fields, and just generally in higher education.” Paul Cocke, Director of Communications at WWU explained.…
When Celina Espinoza and Jazmyn Williams arrived on Western Washington University’s campus in September, the Skagit County 18-year-olds already knew more about their new school than the average freshmen.
Espinoza and Williams are among the first students to arrive at Western after…
About 1,000 fifth graders from Skagit and Whatcom counties will be visiting Western Washington University on Tuesday, Oct. 17, to see firsthand what a university campus is like. The tour kicks off the ninth year of Compass 2 Campus, a proactive effort that sends trained WWU student mentors into…