Features and highlights

Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will conclude its fifth season of Cabaret performances on Friday and Saturday, May 3-4, at 8 p.m. in Room 16 of the Performing Arts Center.

The series features new work in an experimental performance format presented by Western students and faculty three times a year. Full of unexpected pleasures, Cabaret showcases...

Western Washington University faculty and staff may now apply for 2013-2014 parking permits online.

Applications will be considered late after Friday, May 17 at 4:30 PM.

Applications available:

  • Regular permit (quarterly, academic or annual)
  • Commuter packs
  • Carpool...

The Office of Sustainability has released a new comprehensive campus sustainability website for Western Washington University.

The “Western Sustainability” website was created to facilitate spotlight programs and practices throughout campus that make Western a sustainability leader in academics, operations, and student life.

In 2006, the Office of Sustainability...

The Puget Sound Blood Center is on the Western Washington University campus today for the last day of its quarterly blood drive. The drive is open until 4 p.m.

The donation location will be at the Viking Union 565 and also at the Mini Mobile at Red Square near the Humanities Building.

Volunteer donors can aid as many as three patients with only one pint of blood, and it...

Western Washington University faculty and staff may apply for 2013-2014 parking permits online beginning 7:15 a.m. Monday, April 29. No applications will be accepted before this time.

Applications will be considered late after Friday, May 17 at 4:30 PM.

Applications available:

  • Regular permit (quarterly, academic or annual)
  • Commuter packs
  • ...

Alex Ramel, the Energy and Policy manager for Sustainable Connections, will present “Clean Energy Conversations: Common and Not Yet Common Topics on the Road to Sustainable Energy” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 in the Biology building’s room 212 on Western’s campus.

The presentation is free, open to the public and is part of Western’s Huxley College of...

Last Thursday, April 18, retired Western Professor of Sociology George Drake and the Western administration hosted a visit from South Korean Governor Kim Moon-Soo and a delegation of Korean dignitaries for a dinner in the Old Main Solarium. Prior to the dinner, Drake and the governor participated in a ceremony at Bellingham's Big Rock Garden Park to honor the Americans who died in the...

Jim Schuster is director of VU Facilities.

Christopher Wise is a professor of English at Western Washington University.

Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its annual dance faculty concert on April 18-21 in Western’s Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.

The concert will feature three world premieres by Western’s Dance Program faculty members Penny Hutchinson, Pam Kuntz, and Rick Merrill, as well as Liz Gerring Dance Company’s...