Zoe Ballering, MFA, creative writing, recently received an Oregon Literary Fellowship. Her anthology, "There Is Only Us" received the 2022 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, and she has short stories forthcoming in The Cincinnati Review and Story Magazine. In addition to writing, Zoe is senior assistant dean of Admission Communication at Reed College.
Spring/Summer 2025
Talking to the creator of the hit show, alum Dan Erickson, was even more fun than winning a Music Dance Experience.
WWU alums who helped stage Dan Erickson’s play ‘Convention’ talk about seeing the beginnings of ‘Severance.’
Her journey to the hit show began years ago as a WWU undergrad.
WWU border experts Laurie Trautman and Edward Alden explore the lasting impact of pandemic border closures in their new book.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is expected to show us a whole new view when it comes online in 2025. A WWU alum is on the team preparing for ‘first light.’
Step inside the state's first publicly funded zero-energy university academic building.
Alum Alyson Rollins leads the repatriation of WWU’s Native American remains and cultural artifacts in Western’s care.
WWU students on cybersecurity outreach teams help middle-schoolers see the cost of free stuff online.
Longtime Secretary of State began his political career at Western
Before his career studying reptiles around the world, alum Laurie Vitt took his favorite boa constrictor on the road with his garage band in the '60s.
WWU Alum Joan Sung’s debut memoir ‘Kinda Korean’ is an unvarnished look at her first-gen adolescence growing up with – as she puts it – an unapologetic ‘Tiger Mom.’
Class Notes
Zoe Ballering - 2019
Class Notes (General)
Calvin Slotemaker - 1968
Obituaries
Calvin Slotemaker, 78, a certified health physicist, on Feb. 9, 2025.
Louise Gearhart - 2011
Class Notes (General)
Louise Gearhart, B.A., human services, became marketing manager for RMC Architects in Bellingham.