Fall/Winter 2025

Is wildfire soot accelerating climate change? A WWU research team heads to Greenland to find answers
Trauma had almost broken Australian track star Bec Bennett when she showed up in the office of Western’s Track and Field coach.
Western is a top producer of graduates who earn doctorates. See what a few of those alumni are doing with the highest degrees in their field.
WWU’s Speech-Language, Hearing, and Aural Rehabilitation clinics provide no-cost services to hundreds each year.
Alumnus Lee Whittaker's transformational land gift will help deepen Western's roots in the Methow Valley
Bring a little WWU for the holidays: Our new Hydrascape sticker shows off the beauty of Bellingham.
Classmates who bonded over their love of food have launched a podcast

Class Notes

Vivian Edwards - 2017

Class Notes (General)

Vivian Edwards, B.A., English literature, became the branch manager of the Chelan and Manson public library branches in Chelan County. 

Dave Christensen - 1985

Class Notes (General)

Retired Division 1 football coach Dave Christensen, B.A., sociology, is a motivational and keynote speaker who recently shared what he's learned about leadership in a book, "Your 4th Down: Why You Need to Go for It."

Coll Thrush - 1993

Class Notes (General)

Fairhaven Distinguished Alumnus Coll Thrush, B.A., Fairhaven interdisciplinary concentration, recently wrote "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific," which was published in May by University of Washington Press. Coll is a professor of history and associate faculty in critical Indigenous studies at the University of British Columbia. His previous books include "Native Seattle" and "Indigenous London."