Spring 2023

If you want to catch a crook, sometimes you have to think like one—just ask Western’s cybersecurity students.
WWU students and faculty are showing how plastic beach trash can be put to good use somewhere else.
How far could a guy get in 1960 with two feet, one thumb and 18 bucks?
This gorgeous peak in southern Alaska could be one of the nation’s most dangerous volcanoes. WWU geologists are looking for clues before disaster strikes.
WWU’s Tesla Monson may have found the key to one of evolution’s great mysteries right under our noses.
Facing climate change will be the job of people in many fields.
500-year-old quahog clams can tell us a few things about our changing oceans.
Western hosts the U.S. Holocaust Museum's Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture
WWU IN THE NEWS: Teena Gabrielson
Undergrads working on research alongside world-class faculty mentors is one of Western’s top selling points.
Tag along with AS Outdoor Center trip leaders for a late-winter paddle on the Skagit River.
Wax from marine algae may replace petroleum and animal products in cosmetics
Bowe will work with partners at Palestinian universities on journalism curriculum design, academic research and writing.
Hatch's work combines mainstream science and ancestral knowledge
The partnerships mean more opportunities for undergrads
Introducing the Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni

Class Notes

Carolyn Sue Urban - 1994

Obituaries

Carolyn Sue Urban, 85, on Feb. 1, 2023, in Borrego Springs, California.

Marisa Lee - 2008

Class Notes (General)

Marisa Lee, B.S., geology, lives in Minneapolis with her husband Kory, two dogs, two cats and three chickens. She reports that she’s still a geology nerd, works as a real estate agent and grows edible flowers on the side.

Wes Peterson - 1951

Class Notes (General)

Janis Olson Peterson, BAE, elementary education, and Wes Peterson, ‘51, technology education, and ’58, M.Ed., elementary education, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2022.