Western Washington University News

This week marks the end of winter quarter at The Evergreen State College. We used to call it finals week when I was a student at the University of Washington and Western Washington University 45 years ago.

Beginning April 1, Western Washington University will no longer sell bottled water on campus, making it the biggest school in Washington to discontinue the product.

Western Washington University police arrest a man at the Whatcom Hospice parking lot after he led them on a car chase near the college and through Fairhaven Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

As a coach, he turned Lynden High's football program from a patsy into a powerhouse, leading Lynden to 12 county league titles, eight Class A state playoff appearances, and a state championship in 1980.

The Fraser Institute is hot and bothered over the CRTC's suggestion that three Canadian pornography channels may not be airing enough homegrown content.

Western Washington University shot putter Frank Catelli has been named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division II West Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year and the Vikings' Pee Wee Halsell received Men's Coach of the Year honors in an announcement made Monday, March 10. Catelli, a sophomore from Sequim, is ... (more)

Currently in Okanogan County there are two WSU Upward Bound programs, the first, which has been serving the Omak and Okanogan high schools for ten years and the newest program, serving a maximum of 60 students from Tonasket and Oroville high schools.

Staff members at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington are enduring viewpoint-corrective training sessions in far-left political topics like 'heterosexual privilege,' 'gender privilege' and 'language privilege.'

Western Washington University's Katie Reichert had an NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying mark of 139-2 to win the women's javelin at the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational Track and Field meet on Saturday at the PLU campus track.

British Columbia poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar explores the nature of personal loss in the midst of public trauma, in a free talk at 4 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2014 at Western Washington University Library's Presentation Room.

The predatory sunflower starfish, Pycnopodia helianthoides, is one of the species dying from sea star wasting disease.

The advent of the Internet and the rise of social media means bullying is no longer limited to the schoolyard.

Becky Billock is one of the featured performers at Jazz Celebration VI at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., as part of the celebration of International Women's' Day.

After graduating from Western Washington University in 2012, he found a lot of emergency-management jobs required more experience than he had acquired.

Staff members at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington are enduring viewpoint-corrective training sessions in far-left political topics like "heterosexual privilege," "gender privilege" and "language privilege."

Jordie Kvidera, left, and Helen Wong measure a liquid substance during their Advanced Placement chemistry class at Sammamish High School in Bellevue.

It may seem a long time until July, but the organizers of Bellingham Festival of Music are already scheduling some events leading up to what promises to be another fantastic lineup of classical music.

Rita's vibrant personality lit up every room and no one who met her left without a smile.

The Western Washington University 20th Anniversary Employee Art Show opens with a reception from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2014 in WWU's Viking Union, Room 565.

Young adults affiliated with Diplomas Now work in designated middle schools to encourage better attendance and tutor students.