WWU names Lake resident a 2017-18 Outstanding Graduate

Katelyn Brower of Lake Stevens graduated magna cum laude in June with a Bachelor of Science degree and as the Outstanding Graduate in Geology. She is also a first-generation university graduate. 

 

At Western, she served as a curator and research assistant to digitize, electronically document and catalog Western’s extensive geologic natural history collection and presented her work at the 2017 Geological Society of America annual meeting. As the Northwest Geological Society’s first at-large student board member, Brower helped plan the February 2018 Geohazards Symposium in Seattle. She is also a student liaison with the Pacific Northwest section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the webmaster of the Pacific Northwest Association for