Fall 2024 - Winter 2025

Meet retired teacher Joyce Block, a grad student with a voracious mind and the work ethic of a South Dakota farm kid. She’s set her sights on an invasive crab intent on wrecking the Salish Sea.
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.
The caffeinated collaboration is a blend that's uniquely Western
Western’s supply chain program, among the best in the country, prepares grads with acumen in business, science and analytics.
The WWU alums at Vamos Outdoors Project have helped thousands of youth try out adventure sports.
Either Phil or Sue Sharpe sat on Western’s Board of Trustees for almost all of the 21st century.
'Maria brings a wealth of experience in management, policy development, and community service.'
Window’s print edition was honored among general-interest university magazines.
The building will house energy studies as well as electrical and computer engineering
The Salish Sea Studio is open in Fairhaven College
Ask a Viking helps students ask alums about careers
Neal Digre, '16, contributed his expertise in computer science and linguistics
Western Libraries Special Collections owns 34 hand-written leaves from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

Class Notes

Michael Nelson - 1995

Obituaries

Michael Nelson, on March 13, 2024, who worked in the wine industry in Washington for over 20 years, in Galveston, Texas. 

Richard Honstein - ST

Obituaries

Richard Honstein, 89, a retired maintenance supervisor at WWU, on July 30, 2024, in Lynden.

Jack Terry Cole - 1965

Obituaries

Jack Terry Cole, 82, professor emeritus of education at New Mexico State University, on Nov. 2, 2024.