Latest news releases from the WWU Office of University Communications
Contact: Wendy Bohlke, Senior Counsel and Assistant Attorney General, (360) 650-2040
BELLINGHAM – Wendy Bohlke, legal counsel for Western Washington University for 30 years, will be retiring from the Office of the Washington State Attorney General, effective July 1.
“For three decades, Wendy Bohlke has provided wise, prudent legal counsel to Western trustees, administrators and many others on campus. Her contributions to the university and to the state of Washington are...
Contact: Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment at (360) 650-3520.
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University will host a presentation by Ross Macfarlane titled “Climate Solutions in an Era of Consequences” as part of Western’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. on May 23 in Western’s Biology Building room 212.
The presentation is free and open to the public. The presentation will include a question-and-answer period.
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Contact: Paul Cocke, director, WWU Office of Communications and Marketing, (360) 650-3350 or Paul.Cocke@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Casey Shillam has been named director of Western Washington University’s new bachelor’s degree program in nursing.
The nursing program, offered through Western’s Woodring College of Education, begins fall 2013. It is designed to allow associate-degree nurses who have completed their pre-licensure registered nurse (RN) studies...
Contact: Janelle Marshall, Western’s Associated Students Veterans Outreach Center Coordinator, at 360-650-6115 or as.voc@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s Veteran Outreach Center will be showing the documentary “The Lost Airmen of Buchenwald” at 6 p.m. May 21 in Western’s Academic Instructional Center West room 204.
The event is free and open to the public.
Joe Moser, a Ferndale native, was one of the imprisoned airmen and will be at the showing. ...
Contacts: Paul Cocke, director, Office of Communications and Marketing, (360) 650-3350; Paul.Cocke@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Catherine Riordan is resigning as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Western Washington University.
“On behalf of the entire Western campus community, I thank Catherine for her leadership and dedicated service to Western and to the many communities we serve. She has left her mark on Western; over the...
Contact: Jason A. Morris, Western Washington University associate professor of Engineering Technology, at Jason.morris@wwu.edu or (360) 650-2514
BELLINGHAM – User Experience Design (UXD), the conceptualization and design of user interfaces for digital products, will be offered as a new minor at Western Washington University starting this fall.
“User experience design integrates interaction design, industrial design, information architecture, information design, visual interface...
Contact: Eric Grimstead, Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center, at (360) 778-1762 or eric.grimstead@wwu.edu or Carroll Solomon, Blaine Visitor Information Center, at (360) 332-4544 or at VIC@cityofblaine.com
BLAINE – Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center and the Blaine Chamber of Commerce will host a workshop to assist small-business owners with growing their companies at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4 in the Blaine School District...
Contact: Eric Grimstead, Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center, at (360) 778-1762 or eric.grimstead@wwu.edu or Carroll Solomon, Blaine Visitor Information Center, at (360) 332-4544 or at VIC@cityofblaine.com
BLAINE – Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center and the Blaine Chamber of Commerce will host a workshop to assist small-business owners with growing their companies at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4 in the Blaine School District...
Contact: Trish Skillman, Woodring College of Education, TESOL program director, at Trish.Skillman@wwu.edu or (360) 650-3336.
BELLINGHAM − Western Washington University’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate program will hold an information session at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 in Miller Hall, room 139.
Community members and college students alike are welcome to apply to the program as formal admission to Western is not required.
In our...
Contact: Monica Marchak, Western Washington University student, at monicammarchak@hotmail.com
BELLINGHAM – Ten male students from Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics will compete for the title of “Mr. CBE,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14 in Western’s Old Main Theatre.
The second annual “Mr. CBE” is a mock beauty pageant put together by the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity and Western’s Collegiate Chapter of DECA.
Admission is $5 and open to...
