Western Washington University

*Limited availability - open to first eight students who RSVP* Start off your first weekend at Western right - with an intro to sailing at Lakewood Western's Waterfront Facility on beautiful Lake Whatcom! Instructors will meet the group at the VU and after intros you all will vanpool to the Lake (a 20 min drive). Upon arriving at Lakewood, students will get a quick tour before jumping into the day 1 curriculum for our Sailing Basics lessons.

*Limited availability - open to first eight students who RSVP* Start off your first weekend at Western right with a paddling excursion at Lakewood - Western's Waterfront Facility on beautiful Lake Whatcom! Lakewood Instructors will meet the group at the VU, and after intros you all will vanpool to the Lake (a 20 min drive). Upon arriving at Lakewood, students will get a quick tour of the space and receive an orientation on the (user friendly) paddlecraft found at Lakewood.

Canada and the U.S. dropped the gloves this week.

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Western’s prominence was both interesting and appeared welcome news to David Patrick, WWU’s dean of the graduate school and vice provost for research. “Although I’m not personally familiar with Western’s connections to all the companies identified in the survey, I’m also not surprised to see Western ranked as a top producer of successful founders,” Patrick told me in an email. In fact, he said, he supposed he’d expect it.

Western Washington University is among Money’s Best Colleges in America for 2026, recognized for its combination of quality, affordability and student outcomes. Money evaluated four-year colleges and universities nationwide using 25 measures, including graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, student debt and alumni earnings. Money’s findings reflect the university’s commitment to providing a high-quality, affordable education.

In autumn, when the verdant monochrome of our forests turns a montage of green, gold, amber, crimson, and orange, I seek out the big leaf and vine maples, or the crimson-splashed hillsides of huckleberries, serviceberries, and elderberries. Tags Environmental Sciences DepartmentGreg GreenCollege of the Environment

Laurie Trautman, director of the border policy research institute at Western Washington University in Washington state, said harsh rhetoric towards Canada from the Trump administration would likely revive calls for Canadians to boycott U.S. goods and travel, just as the number of Canadians crossing the border was starting to pick back up. “This feels like one step forward, 10 steps back,” she said.

Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., said the involvement of a private owner adds a dimension that would not ordinarily be present in the management of an international border crossing.

Southern crossings at the Canada-Washington border plunged, and tourism took a hit, said Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. By April, things had started to improve, and while crossings are still down substantially from 2024, the rate of decline is slowing. Now, however, Trautman worries that modest recovery could suffer with renewed trade tensions.