alumni
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| Bellingham Mayor (and WWU alumna) Kelli Linville announces retirement | After seven years in office, Mayor Kelli Linville is retiring. Linville announced she will… |
2019-02-06 | |
| Washington’s first Karelian Bear Dogs, credited with busting poachers and saving kittens, die | Cash and Mishka were the first Karelian Bear Dogs to work for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Over the course of their respective careers, they assisted in hundreds of wildlife conflict calls. The two canines helped bust poachers, find and save orphaned cougar kittens and proved… |
2019-01-15 | |
| Bellingham program uses gymnastics as a tool to ‘create elite human beings’ | “I was originally a junior high science teacher and a camp counselor,” Wolfson says. “I saw how I loved seeing changes in kids when they gained confidence.” Thus, she returned to college and obtained a master’s degree in exercise science from Western Washington University. The result has… |
2018-12-03 | |
| ‘There are a lot of hurting people in the community,’ but one house is providing hope | “From 2000 to 2007, there was a gradual increase in the level of people in need in the county. But in 2008 (as the Great Recession unfolded) our need to serve people doubled,” she says. “It has never gone back (to pre-2008 levels). The housing (price) situation is… |
2018-12-03 | |
| John McCartney, longtime editor at Herald, dies at 64 | If you’ve relied on The Daily Herald for your diet of national and international news over the years, you know the work of John McCartney. |
2018-10-01 | |
| ‘It was like he was in your car with you’: Popular Seattle DJ Norm Gregory dies at 74 | Gregory was a local guy, through and through. A 1962 graduate of Roosevelt High School, he went to Western Washington University on a basketball scholarship (he stood 6-foot-7) and earned a degree in Education. But he had been enthralled by radio since childhood,… |
2018-09-26 | |
| Former Secretary of State Ralph Munro has been a lifelong champion of disability rights |
Extensive story about Western alumnus and former Trustee Ralph Munro |
2018-09-05 | |
| Six Graduates Selected for the 2018-19 Washington Sea Grant State Fellowship | Growing up in Washington State, Katrina has been constantly influenced and driven by the outdoors and her community. After attending the UW for a degree in oceanography, she became inspired to bridge the gaps between communities and marine sciences. She then… |
2018-08-23 | |
| Trojan Horses and Chemical Velcro: How WWU's Amanda Murphy is Researching Silk's Use in the Fight Against Cancer | 2018-08-23 | ||
| Former WWU All-American Bethany Drake to compete for Team USA | Former Western Washington University Track & Field national champion and three-time All-American Bethany Drake will compete for Team USA this weekend in the NACAC Championships (North America, Central America and Caribbean) in Toronto. |
2018-08-13 |