Intensive English Program
Western's Intensive English Program (IEP) is expanding its programming to offer four online options starting this fall to international and domestic students looking to learn English to further their professional career or enter into a major with Western.
The four options are designed to…
Blanca Granados de Cruz says the most difficult challenge she faces today is learning English grammar. Remarkably, this comes from a woman who was confronted with some far more serious challenges in her homeland of El Salvador, where grammar was the least of her worries.
Blanca and her…
Rick O’Connor will be retiring in June. O’Connor began at Western in 2013, serving as the director of Language and Culture Programs and the Intensive English Program. He has been instrumental in leading the Intensive English Program (IEP) toward professional accreditation and…
Western Washington University’s Intensive English Program (IEP) has earned official accreditation, meaning IEP has been peer-reviewed and meets or exceeds the norms of the field of intensive English language instruction.
The accreditation comes from the Commission on English-…
International students studying at Western Washington University share about themselves and where they're from at a free international culture night event May 5.
Attendees will have the opportunity to meet people from around the world and to learn about different cultures…
Broaden your cultural experience and make friends from around the world.
Western Washington University's Intensive English Program is looking for conversation partners to work with international students this fall.
International students in IEP are matched one-on-one…
Western Washington University’s Intensive English Program is looking for conversation partners to work with international students this summer. Serving as a conversation partner is an incredible opportunity, allowing you to broaden your cultural experience and make friends from around the…
When 28-year-old Hassan Byumvuhore bowled for the first time this April, he threw a perfect strike – and he didn’t even have his fingers in the holes of the ball.
Byumvuhore, from Rwanda, is now a student in Western’s Intensive English Program, where he is learning a new language – and…
The Intensive English Program at Western Washington University recently asked its students about their favorite event of the quarter. Here are a few of their responses.
Students from Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Valparaiso in Chile participated in a special ceremony held in their honor on the Western Washington University campus this past week. These students participated for one quarter in Intensive English Program and Woodring College of Education…