WWU News
On Campus
New climate change minor open to all students
Facing climate change will be the job of people in many fields.
Border Policy Research Institute begins new cross-border research projects
The partnerships mean more opportunities for undergrads
WWU People
Jane Wong's 'furious, joyful memoir'
The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews love 'Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City.'
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'
Legacies
Artistic Gifts
A brainy timber heiress with a passion for sculpture, Virginia Wright brought some of the nation’s best contemporary artists to Western’s Sculpture Collection
Artistic Legacy
The most recent addition to Western’s Sculpture Collection has a link to the person who helped start it all.
An internship for a greener future
New environmental communications endowment equips students to tell stories for the Earth.
In Her Father’s Memory
Julann Spromberg learned to love nature on her family farm, and learned to be a scientist at Western
Looking Under Rocks
Geologist Paul Rady has a talent for finding oil and gas beneath the surface. He got his start with a crucial mentorship at Western.
A brighter financial future
Alum Paul Merriman shares a lifetime of financial knowledge with WWU students and the community
Mighty Women of Western
Decades before Title IX, women at WWU were laying the groundwork for equality in women’s athletics