Latest news releases from the WWU Office of University Communications
Contact: Office of University Communications, (360) 650-3350
BELLINGHAM – Jane Lubchenco, chief administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a celebrated marine scientist, will receive Western Washington University’s first honorary doctorate degree at fall Commencement 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in Carver Gymnasium.
Entrepreneur Chase Franklin (’86) will give the Commencement address and graduating senior Lauren Squires will give the student...
Contact: Craig Tyran, Western Washington University College of Business and Economics, (360) 650-2207 or craig.tyran@wwu.edu.
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics has selected Chris Sandvig of the Department of Decision Sciences as its 2011 Distinguished Teaching Fellow.
The Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award recognizes a tenured faculty member in the College of Business and Economics who has...
Contact: Suzanne Strom at Suzanne.strom@wwu.edu
ANACORTES –Suzanne Strom, senior marine scientist at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center, has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to serve on its review panel for the Palmer Station Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) program.
Strom will be at Palmer Station in Antarctica for four days in mid-December. The trip to Palmer Station will take four to five days each way...
Contact: Troy Abel, Western Washington University associate professor of Environmental Studies, at troy.abel@wwu.edu.
BELLINGHAM – Four teams of student researchers from Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment will do a series of presentations from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30 in Bellingham City Council Chambers as part of their Urban Transitions Studio III Environmental Assessment project, showing the potential impacts of three simulated...
Contact: Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment at (360) 650-3520.
BELLINGHAM – Kevin Dixey will present "My Field Guide: Using Grassroots Digital Media to Promote the Environment" as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at noon on Friday, Dec. 2 in Academic West room 304 on the Western campus.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Dixey will...
Contact: Bryan Rohde, Western Washington University Beta Alpha Psi chapter, at vita.wwu.bap@gmail.com or (425) 830-2742
BELLINGHAM – Volunteers are being sought to assist in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at Western Washington University this winter.
The VITA program, which helps low- and moderate-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns, is sponsored by WWU’s Beta Alpha Psi and Accounting Society and staffed by students from Western, Whatcom Community...
Contact: Sarah Clark-Langager, director of the Western Gallery, (360) 650-3963, Sarah.ClarkLangager@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – During Spring of 2009, San Francisco graphic designer Michael Vanderbyl was the featured exhibition in the Western Gallery on the campus of Western Washington University, and this exhibition was recently recognized by Communication Arts magazine in the rigorous competition to be included in its yearly Design Annual.
Vanderbyl’s design team created an...
Contact: Rich Brown, WWU Theatre, (360) 650-7320, rich.brown@wwu.edu
Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present “The Monologue Project VI” in conjunction with Fairhaven Middle School at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 1-3, at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center at 1314 Harris Ave. in Bellingham.BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University...
Contact: Carole Morris, Western Washingotn University's Woodring College of Education, at carole.morris@wwu.edu.
BELLINGHAM - The Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University is hosting an accreditation visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) from May 20-22, 2012.
Interested parties are invited to submit third-party comments to the visiting team. Please note that comments must address substantive matters related to the...
Contact: Nolan Dennett, Western Washington University professor of Dance, (360) 650-3129, Nolan.Dennett@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents “Fall Into Dance” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 1-3, in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Mainstage Theater.
Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents “Fall Into...
