Western Libraries’ Heritage Resources department is comprised of the University Archives and Records Center, Special Collections, and the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. Together, the three units collect and manage valuable and distinctive documentation of the university, the local community, and the Pacific Northwest region.

Basics of Historical Research Workshop

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Goltz-Murray Building. Free.

Sections of parking lot 10G behind Fraser Hall will be closed and traffic on East College Way may be impacted from 7 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 16, as workers continue their construction work on Fraser Hall.

Three air handling units on three separate trucks will arrive at the construction site; two will be lifted onto the Fraser Hall roof via crane and one will be placed in the basement by lowering it in three sections down the future elevator shaft.

According to data from the Office of Survey Research at Western Washington University, based on surveys conducted of students who graduated between one and two years ago, students who graduated from the Woodring College of Education were the most likely to be employed in jobs in the same field as their major.

Graduates of the College of Sciences and Technology were also likely to find work in their field of study. Students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences were more likely to find work in a different field than their area of study.

Eight Western Washington University poets will read their works during an event Tuesday, May 14, in Wilson Library.

Reading their poems will be Bruce Beasley, Ryler Dustin, Allen Frost, Nancy Pagh, Suzanne Paola, Paul Piper, Jeremy Voigt and Mishon Wooldridge.

The event, called Pod of Poets, is free and open to the public. It will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Library Presentation Room, Wilson 164. Access to the room is from outside the southwest corner of Wilson Library, off High Street.