Spring-Summer 2024

It won’t be easy or simple, but clean energy is accelerating
Western’s Institute for Energy Studies prepares students to tackle the world’s toughest climate and energy problems.
Olivier Singbo is using what he’s learned about energy to ensure his family’s access to electricity.
When Kate Darby teaches about environmental problems, she includes how people are working together to address them
Western’s Center for Pacific Northwest Studies will be home to the personal collection of feminist scholar Catharine R. Stimpson.
Neal Digre, ‘16, is using the machine learning and linguistics skills he learned at WWU in the $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition.
Music's Richard L. Hodges will take the stage in Seattle Opera's 'X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X'
Pierce County’s passionate restaurant reviewer Sue Kidd remembered
Tom Roehl has spent 25 years encouraging students to stretch beyond boundaries
New environmental communications endowment equips students to tell stories for the Earth.
State principal of the year William Jackson on justice-centered education

Class Notes

Beverly Johanson - 1986

Obituaries

Beverly Jean (Curtis) Johanson, 86, a reader, editor, writer, music lover and community volunteer, on March 4, 2024, in Bellingham. 

Ken Scholes - 1994

Class Notes (General)

Ken Scholes, B.A., history, is the author of the five-novel series, "The Psalms of Isaak," published by Tor Books. He's also a singer-songwriter who combines his music and stories in hybrid events, and plans to visit Western in May.  

Gretchen Pfueller White - 1960

Obituaries

Gretchen Pfueller White, 85, on Jan. 31, 2024.