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Western Washington University students will have another degree option available to them at the university’s Shannon Point Marine Center.

As part of the state’s 2018 supplemental budget, the Legislature approved the university’s plan to shift $1.5 million in local funds to state bond funds, allowing Western to move forward with projects, including investing $1.3 million in a new marine, coastal and watershed sciences major starting in 2019.

“It really is something we’ve been missing that will be a really nice addition,” Shannon Point interim Director Brian Bingham said.