WWU Stories

Features, research highlights and stories about our people

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

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

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!

Student walking on a path in front of Wilson Library

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.

Q&A with Latine Student Retention Specialist Rodrigo Gonzalez-Juarez: Empowering Latine students and celebrating Latine Heritage Month

portrait of Rodrigo Gonzalez-Juarez

Quacyya Cuaresma hired as Western's first Undocumented Student Retention Specialist

A young woman with long black hair, wearing a beige sweater and large, oval-shaped earrings, smiles warmly against a grey backdrop.

Stanford's Steven O. Roberts to present 'Talking to Children About Racism' on Monday, Oct. 7

Overhead view of the walkway next to the Biology building, which has yellow brick rivers representing currents in the red brick sea representing Bellingham Bay

WWU’s Rebecca Bunn works with multinational team to better understand why plants transfer carbon to fungi in their roots

A red mushroom grows on the forest floor

Photo Gallery: First Night Out

The throng crosses State Street; it is raining but faces are all smiles