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WWU faculty members, students to discuss solutions to unfolding Haiti disaster
2.8.10
Campus news
Anthropology | chss | Environmental Studies | faculty | huxley | On-campus events | sociology | staff | students

Faculty members from the anthropology, sociology and environmental studies departments are getting together from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Academic Instructional Center West Room 204 to discuss the recent earthquake and ongoing humanitarian situation in Haiti, says Scott Miles, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University.
Bellingham woman graduates after 21 years of college classes | The Bellingham Herald
12.16.09
In the media
alumni | Anthropology | Anthropology | chss | Commencement | Creative_Writing | Spanish | staff | staff | Viva_Barnes
For the past 21 years, Viva Barnes has been measuring her life in 12-week increments and batches of flashcards. In 1988, the single mother began taking one class per quarter while she worked in Western Washington University's cashier office. On Saturday, Dec. 12, Barnes, now 55, graduated from Western with two degrees. "That felt great," said Barnes, who now works in the anthropology department and hopes to stay there. "I felt like I actually accomplished something. I feel like I walk taller. I feel proud of myself."
Upcoming speakers to tackle topic of global migration
10.26.09
Campus news
Anthropology | presentation

The public is invited to an upcoming series of presentations and discussions on critical policy issues associated with immigration. The presentations are scheduled as part of the Western Washington University course "Global Migration," Anthropology 475.