Videos

Getting to know Christopher Wise

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

'Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town'

Barbara Rogoff, the university of California - Santa Cruz Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology, will speak at Western Washington University April 16 and 17 about her ongoing research in a Guatemalan Mayan town.

The presentations are part of the Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies World Issues Forum.

Video to assist with emergency evacuations

Western's Environmental Health and Safety Office has released a new training video for building evacuations on campus. The video, available at YouTube or on the EHS emergency planning website, explains the role and duties of volunteer floor wardens and building coordinators.

Student mini-docs to be shown April 11

A handful of short documentaries created by Western Washington University journalism students winter quarter will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Communications Facility Room 110.

Admission is free, but seating is limited.

The mini-docs were created by students this past quarter for Stephen Howie's J370 visual storytelling course. The video above, by students Laura Going, Samantha Heim, and Lauren Stelling, is among the videos that will be shown at the event Thursday.

Video: Winter commencement 2013

 

Holocaust survivor Noémi Ban, an award-winning public speaker and teacher, received Western Washington University’s honorary doctorate degree at winter commencement March 23 in Carver Gymnasium.

Students design bench for Boston waterway

A team of six Western Washington University students are semi-finalists in the Street Seats Design Challenge, an Industrial Design competition sponsored by Design Museum Boston.

The museum announced the semi-finalists on Feb. 28.

The team from Western included Tianyi Geng (Issaquah), Sarah Burley (Olympia), Tyler Dawson (Friday Harbor), Blake Morton (Bothell), Cale Kaufman (Camano Island) and Colton Sanford (Camano Island).

WWU linguistics professor delves into J.R.R. Tolkien's languages

J.R.R. Tolkien, wildly popular for his authorship of the fantasy trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," was by profession an unprepossessing Medievalist and historical linguist.

Edward Vajda, a professor in the Modern and Classical Languages Department at Western, discusses Tolkien's imaginary languages and how the author and linguist's extensive knowledge of world languages both ancient and modern lent itself to his creation of languages that add so much realistic depth to his fictional writing.

'Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele' to play tonight

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.

Barnett Berry to speak on ed future Jan. 15

Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education is presenting a talk by prominent education author Barnett Berry from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the Rotunda Room of Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham.

The free talk is open to the public and educators are especially encouraged to attend.

Barnett Berry is the founder and president of the Center for Teaching Quality , Inc., based in Carrboro, N.C. Created in 1999, CTQ seeks to dramatically improve student learning by advancing teaching as a 21st century, results-oriented profession.

HANDS program to show 'First Generation' Jan. 12

 

Western's HANDS (Helping Admit New and Diverse Students) mentorship outreach program will hold a free showing of the film "First Generation" at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, in Academic Instructional Center West Room 204.

This event is free and open to the public.