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/.
Western Washington University junior Corey Windnagel, son of Susan Windnagel of Maple Falls, received a $5,000 Kaiser-Borsari Educational Foundation Scholarship for Diversity for the 2009-2010 academic year. The scholarship is given to an engineering technology major who demonstrates high academic potential, creativity and leadership qualities.
The Harold and Lyla Lant Pre Law Scholarship application is available and will be awarded to the most qualified student in the 2009-2010 school year. Pick up an application packet in the Academic Advising Center in Old Main Room 380. Applications are due Jan. 15.
The Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Eleanor Rinne Pre-Med Scholarship is available for award in 2009-2010. Applications are available in the Career Services Center (Old Main Room 280) and Academic Advising Center (Old Main Room 380) and are due by Feb. 1.
Western is looking for hard-working students who are focused on building successful lives and careers for themselves and strong futures for their families and communities. This competition is a creative way for incoming students to help pay for college and is not just available to those with outstanding grades and test scores, but to any student willing to think outside the box.
The elementary education professors at Western Washington University wanted to start their own scholarship to support students who want to become elementary school teachers.
When they discussed who the scholarship should be named for, who it should honor, they decided in a snap: Rob Brand.
"He's such a fixture here in elementary ed," said Chris Ohana, chair of the Elementary Education Department at Woodring College of Education. "He has such a passion for kids, and for preparing teachers."
Students pursuing lawyer careers can apply for the Harold and Lyla Lant Pre Law Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to the most qualified student in the 2009-2010 school year. Applications are available now in the Academic Advising Center, Old Main Room 380. Applications are due by Jan. 15, 2010.
The Technology Alliance Group will be hosting its annual Holiday & Scholarship Awards Luncheon on Friday, December 4.
The event starts at noon at the restaurant on the Bellingham Technical College campus at 3028 Lindberg Ave. This event is $20 for TAG members and $25 for nonmembers. It is limited to 40 guests.
Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center has received nearly $100,000 in grants to support graduate student tuition, according the university.
Two grants from the National Science Foundation provided $91,000, to be available over the next four years to cover tuition costs for students in the university's masters of science program in marine and estuarine studies.
Western Washington University students pursuing a pre-med track are invited to apply for the Whatcom County Medical Society Scholarship, which was established for pre-med students at WWU. This scholarship will be awarded to one qualified WWU student who is pursing a pre-med track. Applications and full descriptions are available in the Career Services Center in Old Main Room 280 on the WWU campus and in the Academic Advising Center in Old Main Room 380. The deadline for applications has been extended to Nov. 6.
Elma High School senior Katie Colard won’t have to worry about where she’ll go to college at the end of the school year. Western Washington University won’t have to worry about who will bring the ball up under full-court man-to-man pressure, either.
Coos Bay resident and Western Washington University student Alatasi F. Clancy, wife of Dan Hiestand and daughter of James and Fa’asei Clancy, received a $5,000 John D. Blankinship Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year.
Western Washington University student and Bellingham resident Jovon Miller has received a $3,000 Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Performing Arts Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year, one of only 10 such scholarships given nationally all year.
Jovon Miller, a Western Washington University student and Bellingham resident, received a $3,000 Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Performing Arts Scholarship for the current academic year, one of only 10 given nationally.
The scholarship from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation goes to students who demonstrate exemplary command of a performing art. Miller, a dance major, submitted a video of himself tap dancing.
wo grants funded by the National Science Foundation at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) have received $91,000 in supplemental funding to provide tuition support for graduate students.
The funding will be available over the next four years and will cover the tuition costs of students matriculated in the University’s Master’s of Science program in Marine & Estuarine Science.
