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The Western Today multimedia blog is Western Today’s visual outlet. You will find coverage of Western’s community through photos and audio/video production. Feel free to submit your own content and showcase how you see the world.

Submissions to the Western Today multimedia blog are accepted from all WWU faculty, staff, students, prospective students and alumni, but not all submissions will be published. For more information or to submit content, contact the Office of University Communications at (360) 650-3350 or news@wwu.edu. When submitting content, please be aware that no effort is made to prevent content from being downloaded by other users of the site.

Campus tour: Ross Engineering Technology Building

The Ross Engineering Technology building, named for former Western Washington University President G. Robert Ross (1983-1987), was completed in 1987. The building houses most of the offices, classrooms and labs for the Engineering Technology department.

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Spring arrives early on the WWU campus

A few weeks of late-winter sun have spurred trees and plants throughout campus to begin bursting into bloom earlier than normal. Weather forecasters expect a return to cloudy, cooler weather this week, however, with temperatures staying in the high 40s and low 50s.

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Winners of WWU Admissions Office's Why Western? contest announced

The winners of the Office of Admissions' Why Western? Video conference have been announced. The grand prize winning clip, shown here, was submitted by Chris Jespersen. To view the other winners, visit http://admissions.wwu.edu/whywestern/.

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WWU grabs 90-86 home victory over archrival Central in game aired live on FSN
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Highlights from WWU's 90-86 win Sunday over Central

The Western Washington University men's basketball team picked up a win Sunday over archrival Central Washington University. The 90-86 victory was shown live regionally on Fox Sports Northwest.

WWU University Communications intern Jon Bergman was on hand to capture the action.

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Director of Linguistics leads talk on Wilson Library Skybridge
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Students use sunny day to film video for cinema class
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Staff member aims to start riverboarding trips through WWU Outdoor Center

Western Washington University Web developer and graphic designer Rochelle Parry, an avid riverboarder, aims to get faculty, staff and students involved in riverboarding through the WWU Outdoor Center. Riverboarding is a sport in which participants cruise through river rapids on a small body board.

A weekend excursion has been set up through the Outdoor Center for an upcoming weekend. For specific information, contact the WWU Outdoor Center at http://outdoor.as.wwu.edu/.

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WWU's Special Collections opens in new space Feb. 16

On Feb. 16, Western Libraries’ Special Collections will open in its new digs – a spacious and modern set of rooms on the sixth floor of Wilson Library.

The new area features climate-controlled storage areas, a huge research space, separate offices for the three Special Collections staff members and a dedicated space for workers to sort through and catalogue new material.

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Women, men earn victories over Saint Martin's University Saturday

Forward Willow Cabe scored a game-high 26 points as nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 77-64, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball contest Saturday on campus. On the men's side, forward Rory Blanche came off the bench and hit his first nine shots from the field in scoring a team-high 20 points as nationally ranked WWU defeated Saint Martin's University 88-68.

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