Western Washington University News

When Lake Washington School District schools open Sept. 2, there will be a number of new faces, including five new principals, two transfers and six new associate principals.

Tribal governance and climate change will be among the topics discussed during Northwest Indian College's ninth-annual Vine Deloria Jr. Indigenous Studies Symposium Thursday, July 10, to Saturday, July 12. Registration costs $150, which includes continental breakfasts and lunches for every day of the symposium as well as a salmon dinner Friday ... (more)

Commencement services for graduating Western Washington University students in Carver Gymnasium at Western Washington University on Saturday morning June 14, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash.

Carly Roberts, a 2010 graduate from Black Hills High School in Tumwater, has been appointed student trustee at Western Washington University.

City of Bellingham parks department enterprise coordinator Marcia Wazny, holds a photo of Northwest poet and writer Ella Higginson at the Higginson family plot at Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham March 9, 2010.

Cuban American operatic soprano Lisette Oropesa will appear in Mozart's 1782 opera, "The Abduction from the Seraglio" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Performing Arts Center Main Stage at Western Washington University.

Rebecca Walker is the newspaper's new office manager, replacing Marilyn Bardin, who retired.

Western Washington University theater students enrolled in the summer advanced acting topics course taught by Rich Brown will perform "commedia" at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 3-5, at Maritime Heritage Park, 514 W. Holly St. Commedia are masked comic and highly physical performances that originate from the Italian Renaissance and ... (more)

Seattle electronic duo ODESZA started as a Western Washington University mash-up, but has topped the charts and toured internationally with a little help from the internet.

Guitarist Pablo Villegas is among the performers scheduled to appear during The Bellingham Festival of Music, which runs Saturday, July 5, through July 20, 2014 with most concerts at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center.

Stephanie McCleary, right, a Chimacum School District employee, and 15-year-old son Carter, who will be a sophomore at Chimacum High School this fall, are plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit against the state.

Jordan Richardson, a Mariner High alumna, was honored as a Presidential Scholar at Western Washington University's recent graduation.

Western Washington University women's javelin throwers Katie Reichert and Bethany Drake placed 13th and 15th, respectively, as the United States Track & Field Outdoor Championships opened Thursday, Juen 26, at Hornet Stadium on the campus of host Sacramento State University.

The self-doubts of a wife and mother in her mid-forties seeped into my brain. Can I really "do" school again? I remember researching the possibilities as my two sons finished our home-school program and entered into their prospective colleges.

The Calidore String Quartet is among the performers scheduled to appear during The Bellingham Festival of Music, which runs Saturday, July 5, through July 20, 2014 with most concerts at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center.

The ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Amy Buckland, Jenny Oleen, and Jaron Porciello as the newest presenters for the workshop " Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement ," which is offered to institutions across the country on an ongoing basis.

Summertime is a lonely time for school librarians. As Jenny Granger sat in her library at Emerson Elementary School in Snohomish on Tuesday, it was just too quiet.

Steve Berry is Sanitary Service Company Inc.'s most senior recycling driver, having started with the original curbside program.

Western Washington University women's javelin throwers Bethany Drake and Katie Reichert will be competing in the United States Track & Field Outdoor Championships on Thursday at Hornet Stadium on the campus of host Sacramento State University.

Bellingham singer and actor Caitlin Hill presents "Hang on the Bell, Caitlin," an evening of music ranging from the 1880s to the present day, at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Mount Baker Theatre's Encore Room, 112 W. Champion St. in Bellingham.