Features and highlights

Last Thursday, April 18, retired Western Professor of Sociology George Drake and the Western administration hosted a visit from South Korean Governor Kim Moon-Soo and a delegation of Korean dignitaries for a dinner in the Old Main Solarium. Prior to the dinner, Drake and the governor participated in a ceremony at Bellingham's Big Rock Garden Park to honor the Americans who died in the...

Jim Schuster is director of VU Facilities.

Christopher Wise is a professor of English at Western Washington University.

Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its annual dance faculty concert on April 18-21 in Western’s Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.

The concert will feature three world premieres by Western’s Dance Program faculty members Penny Hutchinson, Pam Kuntz, and Rick Merrill, as well as Liz Gerring Dance Company’s...

Title: Professor in the Communication Department

What do you love most about your department? “How collegial we are with each other. We really respect each other so we can get the work done for the organization.”

Years at Western: 13th year

Originally from: Kent. Attended Kent-Meridian high...

Barbara Rogoff, the university of California - Santa Cruz Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology, will speak at Western Washington University April 16 and 17 about her ongoing research in a Guatemalan Mayan town.

The presentations are part of the Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies World Issues Forum.

At 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, Rogoff will present “...

Western Washington University’s Opera Studio presents “Cinderella (Cendrillon)” by Jules Massenet at 7:30 p.m. on April 11, 13, and 19-20, and at 2 p.m. on April 14 in Room 16 of the Performing Arts Center.

The production will be in French with English captions.

A familiar fairy tale in the hands of a master of French opera, Massenet’s “Cinderella...

The landscape of education has changed dramatically in the past few years, and the emergence of mobile technology and cloud-based services has forever changed the way we interact with our worlds.

The dramatic growth of mobile systems and services has also powered a renaissance in some existing technologies such as video, photography and other forms of media opening up new opportunities...

A handful of short documentaries created by Western Washington University journalism students winter quarter will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Communications Facility Room 110.

Admission is free, but seating is limited.

The mini-docs were created by students this past quarter for Stephen Howie's J370 visual storytelling course. The video above, by...

Kaveh Askari, associate professor of English at Western Washington University, will give a lecture titled “Inventing Art Cinema: From the Museum to the Screen” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17 in the Bellingham City Council Chambers, 210 Lottie St., in Bellingham.

The free, public talk, an installment of the WWU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Lecture...