Photographer Garrett Grove, B.A., recreation, completed his MFA in 2017 at the University of Hartford. His first monograph, “Errors of Possession,” was published in 2019 by Trespasser Books. His photography was also included in a recent exhibition at Janet Borden Inc. gallery in New York City.
Spring 2021
Barn owls yak up “perfect” educational packages for hands-on science sleuths. An alumni couple collects and sells them to educators.
Learning and living on campus may begin to return to normal this fall
We are especially grateful for opportunities to celebrate our extraordinary community
Fairhaven’s Rukhsar Sadat plans to make a career in advocating for immigrant and refugee families like her own
Western’s Jeff Grimm uses sugar to study the neuroscience of cravings, addiction and relapse
Western is naming its newest residence hall after its first Black student, who became an early 20th century advocate for racial equality
The western bumblebee once flourished across the West Coast but sightings have dropped dramatically
The late Irwin Slenick spent 33 years as a biology professor at Western, working to bring more hands-on learning to science education.
Gaia, the Online Journal of Research, Discovery, and Scholarship at Western, is where to find stories about student and faculty research
The Fairhaven grad co-directed a compelling, unvarnished look at Turner’s soaring and turbulent 60-year career
The capital budget includes $51 million for a new building create some much-needed space for engineering, computer science and energy programs
These two women born more than a century apart share something in common: the immense expectations that come with being a trailblazer.
Window magazine recently won two top awards in the 2021 Best of CASE VIII competition
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Garrett Grove - 2005
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Kathlyn Kinney - 2011
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Kathlyn Kinney, B.S., environmental science, has her own business in Spokane, Biomethane LLC, which provides information to municipalities on renewable natural gas systems.
Amelia Cook - 2007
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Goodwinds Composites, a Mount Vernon company co-owned by Amelia Cook, ’07, MBA, and her brother Leland Holeman, produced lightweight legs for Ingenuity, the tiny helicopter attached to the Perseverance Rover that recently landed on Mars. This photo of Ingenuity was taken April 7, 2021, by the Mastcam-Z imager, which was developed with the help of WWU Associate Professor of Geology Melissa Rice and her students.