WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

PHOTOS: Halloween 'Monster Mash' in the Viking Union

A group of people dance in a dimly lit room. A person holds a blue lightsaber in the air, adding to the neon glow. The crowd is energetic and full of life.

Kaiser Borsari Hall Nears Completion

A modern, dark-wood clad building with large windows and an attached walkway. The building has multiple floors and a glass entrance.

Halloween on campus

A man dressed as a banana stands smiling as a person in a gorilla costume reaches out to touch him. They are on a brick paved walkway.

WWU students, faculty devote chunk of their summer to cleaning up ocean plastics on Alaska's Kayak Island

Three volunteers fill large white bags with debris collected from a beach, including driftwood, buoys, and other trash.

Journalism's Derek Moscato pens new BPRI Border Brief on the upcoming FIFA World Cup

Overhead drone photo of a forest

Western's debate team wins top honors at season's first event in Eugene

Western's Old Main lit up at night.

WWU's Cornelius Partsch awarded the 2024 Goethe‐Institut/American Association of Teachers of German Certificate of Merit

Portrait of Western Professor Cornelius Partsch

First-Generation college celebration happening Nov. 4

students walking under trees on Western's campus in October 2024

Download the new campus safety app, Western Safe, today!

Aerial view of Red square, with the circular fountain turned off

Bloodworks Northwest coming to campus for its fall Blood Drive Nov. 12-13

Sophomore Briana Pontious (Psychology) helps recruit donors Oct. 14 by passing out candy on the outskirts of Red Square. Photo by J.T. Williams / WWU

On Campus: Fall 2024

A person wearing a black coat, red scarf, and beanie smiles on a foggy outdoor pathway.

Sociology's Melissa Osborne to discuss their new book, 'Polished,' on Oct. 9 at Village Books

A person in a blue shirt holds a book titled "Polished" in a room filled with bookshelves.