Spring-Summer 2024

How we know the energy transition is here

It won’t be easy or simple, but clean energy is accelerating

detail of six wind turbines standing in formation

All Things Energy

Western’s Institute for Energy Studies prepares students to tackle the world’s toughest climate and energy problems.

A student sits in the middle of a scientific laboratory, surrounded by equipment

‘Everything is about energy’: The many lives of Olivier Singbo

Olivier Singbo is using what he’s learned about energy to ensure his family’s access to electricity.

Olivier Singbo smiles in front of the SMATE building

Lessons in Hope

When Kate Darby teaches about environmental problems, she includes how people are working together to address them

Kate Darby, in focus, sits at a seminar table among four students and speaks to a person out of the frame.

A life's work

Western’s Center for Pacific Northwest Studies will be home to the personal collection of feminist scholar Catharine R. Stimpson.

Catharine Stimpson smiles for the camera standing among the rows of books, boxes and scrolls in the archive storage room.

Decoding the sounds of the rainforest

Neal Digre, ‘16, is using the machine learning and linguistics skills he learned at WWU in the $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition.

panoramic view of a rainforest near Singapore

Joining the ‘Major Leagues of voice’

Music's Richard L. Hodges will take the stage in Seattle Opera's 'X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X'

Richard Hodges sits at a grand piano, singing along with an unseen choir and pointing upward to indicate a high note.

A place at the table

Pierce County’s passionate restaurant reviewer Sue Kidd remembered

a bottle of beer and a shot of whiskey sit next to an empty chair at a crowded bar with a sign that says Reserved for Sue Kidd Thank You for Everything.

The Roehl Way

Tom Roehl has spent 25 years encouraging students to stretch beyond boundaries

Tom Roehl smiles while wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with his smiling face and the words 'be comfortable being uncomfortable.'

An internship for a greener future

New environmental communications endowment equips students to tell stories for the Earth.

Leading with 'radical love'

State principal of the year William Jackson on justice-centered education

William Jackson, wearing a light-colored suit jacked and looking relaxed, smiles while surrounded by students after his talk

Timothy David Goon - 1977

Obituaries

Timothy David Goon, 68, retired project manager for the King County Wastewater Division, on Sept. 26, 2023.

Jerry Goodwin - 1989

Class Notes (General)

Jerry Goodwin, B.S., industrial technology, became the president and CEO of Guerdon Modular Buildings, which specializes in building large projects in sections to be assembled on site.

Andrea Entz - 2019

Class Notes (General)

Andrea Entz, B.S., psychology, is a voice actor, podcast manager and stand-up comedian who recently moved to Los Angeles after performing in Seattle and Tacoma.