Barbara Alice Harrison, 68, who taught, mainly first grade, for a 30-year career in Guam, Washington and Oregon, on May 31, 2019, in Hermiston, Oregon.
Fall 2019
WWU faculty and students help solve the problem of too many goats in the Olympics and not enough in the Cascades.
The expansion is a result of many years of activism by students urging the university to become more truly inclusive
Western’s Building Washington’s Future campaign aims to secure $20 million for a new science and technology building
Artist and entrepreneur Louie Gong wants to bring the work of ‘Inspired Natives’ to a larger audience.
Patrick Haggerty launched the first gay country-western album nearly 50 years ago, then fell into obscurity. Now, Lavender Country is reaching new audiences with its revolutionary message.
WWU's Kate Trueblood’s new novel draws from her experience of love and healing in ‘the meltdown years.’
For decades, WWU Linguist Ed Vajda argued Native Americans are linked by language to Central Asia. But can historical linguistics build a case to convince the scientific community?
Andrew Joslyn, ’05, has made a career at the intersection of pop and classical music – and a long list of musicians want to join him there.
Industrial design students' 'tool ecosystem' connects robots, tools and humans
Class Notes
Barbara Alice Harrison - 1972
Obituaries
Thomas Andrew LaPlante - 1979
Obituaries
Thomas Andrew LaPlante, 56, a tile and granite contractor and skilled artisan, on July 6, 2019.
Casey Hanell - 2001
Class Notes (General)
Casey Hanell, B.S., geology and ’11, M.S. geology, was appointed to be the Washington State Geologist, overseeing the Washington Geological Survey in the Department of Natural Resources. Most recently, he served as Earth Sciences Program manager in DNR’s Forest Resources Division.