Jake Koppenberg, B.A., general studies, has returned to competitive golf and plays in U.S. Golf Association amateur events. He recently made it to the quarterfinals at the 2019 Mid-Amateur Championship at Colorado Golf Club southeast of Denver.
Spring/Summer 2020
The climate-change puzzle ultimately comes down to the abundance or scarcity of the one thing we can’t live without
WWU biology professor builds beautiful works of art with flowers, foliage and a scanner bed
Ken Johnsen leads the teams that build some of Seattle’s most visible, complex, and well known urban development projects. He’s most proud of how these iconic landmarks will endure as a backdrop for future generations, and their memories.
After 30 years in law enforcement, WWU’s Keith Williams shares what his profession must do to gain the trust of communities of color
The college born with the modern environmental movement grows up to tackle climate change
How a fascination with numbers and magic led John Walton to the national stage.
A new kind of STEM education: Western partners to expand facilities and deliver real-world workforce development opportunities to students
We simply must make permanent and sustained change toward a more equitable and just system for all.
Like the tree shepherds of Tolkien lore, the ents of Western have seen us through 120 years of campus history. And they're waiting for our return.
Take a tour of some of Seattle's most well-known landmarks, renovated by teams led by Ken Johnsen
Western’s CJ Seitz of the Small Business Development Center offers tips to survive ‘the new abnormal.’
Students’ celebrations of the end of the Great War were cut short by the 1918 flu pandemic
State support brings tuition relief to four-year programs in an under-served part of the state
Together, we can help students with housing, travel and unforeseen expenses
Fairhaven Dean Jack Herring used his data modeling expertise to help Whatcom County plan for the pandemic.
Other than clever insidious packets of information looking for a host to make more copies of themselves?
Western Alumni Association and the Career Services Center Announce WE Connect
A recent spike in COVID-19 cases dashed hopes for a hybrid mix of both remote and in-person learning
From mountains to oceans, WWU faculty and students are working to make a difference on the planet
WWU students and faculty working on the Mars Rover visit the Jet Propulsion Lab in California
Western's magazine named the best in the PNW and Western Canada
Class Notes
Jake Koppenberg - 2010
Class Notes (General)
Patrick Farrell - 2005
Class Notes (General)
“The Sun is a Compass” by Caroline Van Hemert, ’05, M.A., English, recently published by Little, Brown Spark, is the story of her 4,000-mile journey with her husband Patrick Farrell, ’05, art – sculpture, from Bellingham to the western coast of Alaska by row-boat, foot, packraft, canoe and skis. Fellow writer and Alaskan Eowyn Ivey, ’95, B.A., journalism, called it “My favorite book of 2019 and one of the best Alaskan books I have ever read.”
Rod Roth - FRN
Obituaries
Rod Roth, 77, one of the founders of R&D Plastics in Oregon, who established and funded three scholarships in Western’s Plastics Engineering Program and supported the program for decades by hiring graduates and interns and providing materials, guest speakers and industry tours. He received the 2019 Community Volunteer Award from the Western Alumni Association.