Latest news releases from the WWU Office of University Communications
Contact: Paul Cocke, Office of University Communications, (360) 650-3350.
BELLINGHAM – Moheb Ghali, who has served as vice provost for Research and dean of the Graduate School at Western Washington University since 1993, has decided to return to his faculty position as professor of Economics.
Ghali is the third and the longest serving dean of the Graduate School at Western, and is the first to occupy the position of vice provost for Research.
“It has been a pleasure...
Contact: Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment at (360) 650-3520.
BELLINGHAM – Mariah Ross, Sustainable Business Development manager at Sustainable Connections, will present "Sustainable Connections: Taking Action for a Healthy Community" as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at noon on Friday, Feb. 10 in AW 304 on the Western campus.
The presentation is free...
Contact: Clara Capron, acting director of Admissions & Director of Financial Aid, (360) 650-2422, or Clara.Capron@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University has received its highest-ever number of freshman applications.
The deadline for freshman applications for fall quarter 2012 was Jan. 31. As of that date, Western had received 9,631 freshmen applications for about 2,800 freshman slots for fall quarter, up by over 500 applications from last year and...
Contact: WWU Office of University Communications, (360)650-3350 or news@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University Associate Professor of English Kathryn Trueblood, an accomplished novelist and short story writer, recently won the 2011 Red Hen Press Short Story Award for her dark, quirky tale of a mother-and-daughter road trip.
Trueblood’s “Fuck You! Till Next Christmas,” won $1,000 and will be published in the “Los Angeles Review...
Contact: Rich Brown, associate professor, (360) 650-7320, Rich.Brown@ wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present a special remount of “US” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.
Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present a special remount of “US” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.Originally...
Contact: Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment at (360) 650-3520.
BELLINGHAM – Seth Vidana will present "Sustainability Initiatives and Programs at Western: The Campaign to Go Carbon Neutral" as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at noon on Friday, Feb. 3 in Academic West room 304 on the Western campus.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
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Contact: Seth Vidana, WWU Office of Sustainability, (360) 650-2491; seth.vidana@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University is 17th on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the nation’s top 20 green energy purchasers in higher education.
Western annually offsets 100 percent of its electrical consumption from green sources via purchases of renewable energy credits (RECs).
Western was the only college or university in the State of...
Contact: Fran Maas, coordinator, Western Washington University Turning Points Faculty Speaker Series, (360) 650-7545, or Fran.Maas@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Troy Abel, associate professor of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University, will present “Ecotopia’s Prism - Five Seasons in Costa Rica’s Ecology, Economy, and Culture” at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.15 in Communications Facility 110.
The event is free, open to the public and is part...
Contact: Jacquelyn Styrna, coordinator, College of Business and Economics: Center for Excellence in Management Education at Jacquelyn.Styrna@wwu.edu or (360) 650-3896
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics (CBE) will host Howard Sharfstein for its Ethics and Social Responsibility Speaker Series from 3-4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3 in Communication Facility room 115.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Sharfstein...
Contact: Shirley Osterhaus, Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies coordinator, (360) 650-2309 or shirley.osterhaus@wwu.edu.
BELLINGHAM – Jafar Yaghoobi will present “Let Us Water the Flowers: The Memoir of a Political Prisoner in Iran” as part of Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College World Issues Forum at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Fairhaven College Auditorium on the Western campus.
The presentation is free...
