Latest news releases from the WWU Office of University Communications
Contact: Effie Eisses, WWU Career Services Center, (360) 650-3240; Effie.Eisses@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Job seekers looking for ways to connect directly with employers are invited to attend Western Washington University’s Business Career Fair from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4 in the Mac Gym of the Wade King Student Recreation Center.
The event, sponsored by the WWU Career Services Center and the College of Business and Economics, is an annual business-focused fair. The fair is...
Contact Pam Kuntz, Western Washington University Dance instructor, at (360) 510-4711 or pam.kuntz@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University dance instructor Pam Kuntz will present her latest work “In the Context of Life,” the compelling stories of 15 community members, weekends this fall in Fairhaven.
Rick Hermann and Morrison Kuntz, two of the cast in the new performance "In the Context of Life" by WWU's Pam Kuntz. photo by Suzanne FogartyThe performance...
Contact: Shirley Osterhaus, (360) 650-2309 or Shirley.osterhaus@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – Discussions of joy and catastrophe on the Gulf Coast, environmental justice in Guatemala, and what it’s like to be a Muslim in America will kick off this year’s World Issues Forums, an annual series of lectures that highlights social justice efforts around the globe.
Sponsored by Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, along with other campus and...
Contact: Paul Cocke, Director, University Communications, (360) 650-3350
BELLINGHAM – Facing an additional 6.3 percent state funding cut, Western Washington University is taking steps to further reduce its budget – including the elimination of at least 14 programs and a range of other cost-cutting measures – while protecting Western’s top priorities.
The cuts announced in Olympia today come on the heels of prior reductions in state support totaling...
Contact: Debbie Gibbons, Youth Programs Manager, WWU Extended Education and Summer Programs, debbie.gibbons@wwu.edu or (360) 650-6820.
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University will host a special Odyssey of Science and Arts program for youth in grades 3-5 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. on Nov. 5.
The program allows parents to enjoy an evening out while their child and other enthusiastic young learners are entertained by fun, hands-on projects.
Students and parents can choose one...
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University is accepting applications for its accredited Master in Business Administration (MBA) program in Everett, with classes beginning in January 2011.
This is the second cohort for the MBA program, which has proven popular with students who appreciate the weekend based class schedule and the instructors who are full-time faculty members of Western’s College of Business and Economics.
"The convenient location, outstanding instruction and...
Contact: Sherena Geariety, WWU Dance Program, (360) 650-3879 sherena.geariety@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM - Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present a special performance by Chris Walker and First Wave Hip Hop Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22 in the PAC Mainstage Theater.
An assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Walker is the artistic director of the First Wave Hip Hop Theatre Ensemble and co-founder of NuMoRune...
Contact: Ariel Cleasby-Heaven, Western Washington University, at Ariel.Cleasby-Heaven@wwu.edu or 360-650-3717.
BELLINGHAM – Western Washington University’s Academy for Lifelong Learning (A.L.L.), which features academic and cultural programming for the general public, is offering a wide array of fall-quarter courses, including “Image and Perception: Discovering Poetry,” “Shakespeare and Music” and “Songs from the Americas,” as well as an October excursion to the Nordic Heritage...
Contact: Willy Hart, University Residences, (360) 650-2953; Willy.Hart@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM – About 4,000 students are expected to move into Western Washington University’s residence halls and apartments from Friday, Sept. 17 through Sunday, Sept. 19.
The first day of classes at Western is Wednesday, Sept. 22.
WWU President Bruce Shepard and wife Cyndie will be on hand at Western residence halls on Sunday to welcome new and returning students and their families.
...Contact: Brad Johnson, WWU professor of Physics, (360) 6540-3659 or brad.johnson@wwu.edu.
BELLINGHAM – Faculty at Western Washington University’s Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Center (AMSEC) have been awarded a three-year $970,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue their research into producing the next generation of solar panels.
The AMSEC team is building and testing a new type of solar collector that uses a plastic polymer impregnated with special...
