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Artists create on a military medium
8.3.10
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alumni | veterans
Magazine selects WWU as Military Friendly School
7.30.10
In the spotlight
admissions | awards | recognition | registrar | veterans

Western Washington University has been selected by G.I. Jobs magazine as a “Military Friendly School” for 2011, placing Western in the top 15 percent of all higher education institutions nationwide.

“Your steadfast commitment to educating our great nation’s military veterans will enable the United States to prosper for generations to come,” read the award presented to the university.
Military and peace groups to address veterans' issues May 26 at WWU
5.20.10
Campus news
AS | on-campus events | veterans | Veterans Outreach Center

The Associated Students Veterans Outreach Center and the Veterans Outreach & Support Network present "Serving our soldiers: military and peace communities working together" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, in Academic Instructional Center West Room 204.
Working together we must serve those who have served
5.19.10
In the media
opinion | students | veterans | Veterans Outreach Center
Gov. Gregoire orders flags flown at half-staff Thursday, Nov. 12
11.12.09
Campus news
flag | protocol | veterans

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency buildings be lowered to half-staff Thursday, Nov. 12, in memory of U.S. Army Specialist Aaron S. Aamot of Custer. Aamot was killed last week in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business Thursday, or first thing Friday morning, Nov. 13.
New GI Bill helps Whatcom County veterans head to college | The Bellingham Herald
11.12.09
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alumni | staff | students | veterans | VOC
When Paul Wright graduated from Ferndale High School in 2002, he knew he was headed to the Navy instead of college, where many of his fellow graduates were going. But after spending four years in the military, most of it stationed on an aircraft carrier off Japan, and discovering the financial benefits available to him for his service, he thought "it would be stupid" not to give college a shot. "I would have gone to work," the Western Washington University student and Veteran Outreach Center employee said. "But I had money that just gets deleted, it just goes away if you don't use it.
WWU celebrates Veterans Day with ceremony
11.12.09
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Bruce Shepard | ceremony | holiday | on-campus events | veterans

Western students, faculty and staff and community members celebrated Veterans Day at a 10:30 a.m. ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. A reception immediately followed the ceremony.

The ceremony was sponsored by the Veterans Outreach Center, and the reception was sponsored by the President’s Office.
Community invited to Nov. 10 Veterans Day ceremony at WWU
11.5.09
In the spotlight
holiday | on-campus events | veterans

Western students, faculty and staff and community members are invited to a Veterans Day Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Western Washington University’s Viking Union Multipurpose Room.

A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.  Both events are free and open to the public.

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