Jake Shimabukuro, dubbed the "Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele," will play at 8 p.m. today, Friday, Feb. 8, in the Performing Arts Center on the Western Washington University campus.
Tickets are $24 to $44 and are available at 360-650-6146 or tickets.wwu.edu.
The theme for the 2013 version of the Black Student Union's annual heritage dinner "Breaking the Glass Ceiling," drawing from a quote by Jesse Jackson: "Now that the ceiling above our dreams has been removed ... there are no impossible dreams."
The dinner takes place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. The cost is $15 for...
Sarah Campbell, a professor of archaeology at Western Washington University, received a $77,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation this past year to organize Western’s archives associated with the department’s artifact collections and to make them more accessible to scholars and the public.
A wide variety of items produced...
UW, Gonzaga also No. 1 in their categories; first time all No. 1 schools on Peace Corps Top Colleges from same state
Western Washington University is No. 1 on the Peace Corps 2013 Top Colleges rankings among medium schools with 73 undergraduate alumni currently serving. This is the first time WWU has ranked No. 1 on the list.
“Every year, graduates of colleges and...
The Western Washington University men overcame a three-point deficit in the final seconds of regulation and went on to claim its 26th consecutive victory, an 83-76 triumph in overtime against Seattle Pacific University in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball contest between two top five nationally ranked teams Saturday before a sellout crowd of 2490 at Sam Carver...
Deb Currier, an associate professor in the theatre and dance department at Western Washington University, is the director of "Deception Pass: An American Story," on stage in the WWU Performing Arts Center through Feb. 3.
WWU Communications and Marketing intern sat down with Currier earlier this week.
Years at Western: 11th year teaching at Western...
Kuntz and Company, a non-profit dance/theatre company directed by Pam Kuntz, presents "Hello, my name is You," a dance/theatre piece about Asperger’s.
Kuntz is a senior instructor in the Dance Program at Western Washington University.
The piece shares the life of Cooper, a 28-year old Bellingham resident who has Asperger’s. The artists of Kuntz and Company...
Western Washington University will be celebrating its strong Peace Corps legacy at the following special events in the coming week:
Saturday, Feb. 2
Western Washington University celebrates Peace Corps at the men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 2. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. The national champions are currently undefeated and will face Seattle Pacific University. Returned...
With a combined record of 18-0 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the Western Washington University women (15-2) and men (18-0) play two doubleheaders this weekend in Carver Gymnasium on the Western campus.
Riding a nine-game winning streak and returning home where it is unbeaten this season, the women's basketball team plays host to University of Alaska...
