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Cyndie Shepard talks about Compass 2 Campus before state House committee
12.4.09
Video
C2C | Cyndie Shepard | faculty | staff | students | testimony

Cyndie Shepard, wife of Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard, spoke before the state House Education Appropriations Committee on Thursday, Dec. 3. Shepard talked about the Compass 2 Campus program, which aims to get more kids thinking early about college with the help of mentors and role models to show them the importance of higher education.
Cyndie Shepard interviewed on TV about Compass 2 Campus program
10.26.09
Campus news
C2C | Cyndie Shepard | students

Cyndie Shepard, who is volunteering her time as head of the Compass 2 Campus mentoring program at Western Washington University, was interviewed by Joyce Taylor this morning on KING 5 Television's Morning News program.

Also interviewed was WWU student Tatum Hockinson, who is a mentor in the Compass 2 Campus program.

Watch the video online at http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/Compass-2-Campus-66550782.html.
Compass 2 Campus brings hundreds of 5th graders to WWU campus Oct. 27
10.19.09
In the spotlight
C2C | Cyndie Shepard | grant | students

Mentoring Program Aims to Empower Kids to See College as a Viable Option

Hundreds of Western Washington University students have become mentors to fifth-graders this fall in a proactive effort to get more kids to see themselves as college-bound. On Tuesday, Oct. 27, those fifth graders from Skagit and Whatcom counties will be visiting Western’s campus to see firsthand what a university campus is like.