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The day KUGS went global
Alumnus Keith Boyd looks back on WWU's student-run radio station hitting the internet.
The Lizard King
Before his career studying reptiles around the world, alum Laurie Vitt took his favorite boa constrictor on the road with his garage band in the '60s.
Alumni Stories
2021: Magic of Numbers
How a fascination with numbers and magic led John Walton to the national stage.
Her American Upbringing
WWU Alum Joan Sung’s debut memoir ‘Kinda Korean’ is an unvarnished look at her first-gen adolescence growing up with – as she puts it – an unapologetic ‘Tiger Mom.’
Alison Luhrs, World Builder
Making space for 90 million people
If you haven’t spent dozens of hours (or hundreds, we won’t judge) immersed in the work of alum Alison Lührs, you probably know someone who has.
Big Southern Skies
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is expected to show us a whole new view when it comes online in 2025. A WWU alum is on the team preparing for ‘first light.’
Research and Creativity
Aperture of Empathy
Does looking into the eyes of an animal make us more likely to act to save its endangered habitat?
What’s the Catch?
WWU students on cybersecurity outreach teams help middle-schoolers see the cost of free stuff online.
Joyce Block's second act: studying the invasive European green crab
Junior Vikings Kids Club
WWU Athletics | Kids aged 12 and under
WWU News
2021: The Trees of our Lives
Like the tree shepherds of Tolkien lore, the ents of Western have seen us through 120 years of campus history. And they're waiting for our return.
A brighter financial future
Alum Paul Merriman shares a lifetime of financial knowledge with WWU students and the community
Moving Up
Western’s supply chain program, among the best in the country, prepares grads with acumen in business, science and analytics.
Inside the Salish Sea Studio
Consistently Sharpe
Either Phil or Sue Sharpe sat on Western’s Board of Trustees for almost all of the 21st century.
A life's work
Western’s Center for Pacific Northwest Studies will be home to the personal collection of feminist scholar Catharine R. Stimpson.
A Look Back
A Look Back to 1450: French book of hours
Western Libraries Special Collections owns 34 hand-written leaves from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.
A look back: 1978, Finding a Ride Home
Students who wanted to catch a ride home for the holidays in the 1970’s would check out the Ride Share/Commuter Car Pool Board in the Viking Union to see who was traveling their way.
A look back: The Blue Barnacles
Western's synchronized swimming club practiced and performed from the 1940s to the 1970s
A Look Back: Hanging out on ‘Log Ramps’ in 1991
Western has a long tradition of student involvement in campus art, even if they don’t know it.
