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

Heidi Fedore - 1984

Class Notes (General)

Heidi Fedore, B.A., journalism, retired as a school principal in 2022 and just debuted a young adult novel, "Pigs and Flakes," the story of an American teen who goes to work on her uncle's farm in England in hopes of escaping hateful online gossip. Heidi also writes a monthly blog

Danielle Parlin - 2022

Class Notes (General)

Danielle Parlin, B.S., biology, completed her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Pacific University in Oregon and recently became a physician assistant in vascular surgery at PeaceHealth in Bellingham. 

Brett Jackson - 1988

Obituaries

Brett Jackson, 60, a paramedic, on Feb. 6, 2025.