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.

The setting sun provides a colorful backdrop to the southern portion of the Western Washington University campus on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Photos by Jon Bergman | University Communications intern

As the sun rises later and later, campus is still quite dark when the day begins (for some) at 8 a.m.

Days are still getting shorter; the shortest day of the year will be Dec. 21.

Joseph Garcia, the Bowman Distinguished Professor of Leadership Studies and director of the Karen W. Morse Institute for Leadership at Western Washington University, shot these images of a rainbow north of Bellingham from the Viking Union and Performing Arts Center Plaza this morning, Nov. 23.

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These folks walking through Red Square were prepared for a sudden downpour. Weather experts expect rainy weather at least through Thanksgiving, which is on Nov. 26. Western will be closed for the holiday on Nov. 26 and 27.

Western Washington University grounds crews will be working throughout the day to remove a handful of downed trees felled by recent windstorms. According to grounds supervisor Gary Hodge, major problem areas include near the Gamma residence hall on The Ridge, near Highland Hall, near the Fine Arts building and behind Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies on one of the Sehome Arboretum trails.

A high wind warning remains in effect for the area until midnight tonight. Winds are expected to increase to 25 to 40 miles per hour this afternoon, with gusts as high as 60 mph.

George Bismore, a digital printing operator in Print and Copy Services at Western Washington University, sent in this bunch of fall photos.

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On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at approximately 4:47 p.m., a Western Washington University student was walking through the Sehome Arboretum on his way to a campus lab. As he approached campus, two males walking in front of him turned with hoods up and bandanas over their faces and confronted him with a handgun and a knife. They took the student’s backpack and iPod and fled into the arboretum.

A student takes advantage of a sun break to sit and study near Fisher Fountain in Red Square on the Western Washington University campus.

WWU multimedia intern Michael Leese shot this and a handful of other photos this week. Check them out in the Western Today Media Blog.

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Whan Tai Park, a sophomore graphic design student at WWU, sits atop the Stadium Piece sculpture as he draws the Environmental Studies Building Wednesday, Oct. 7.

WWU student and multimedia intern Jon Bergman made this image and a handful of others from around campus Wednesday.

Images by Matthew Anderson | WWU

Image by Matthew Anderson | WWU