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Service-Learning courses now easily identifiable in Classfinder
Camp TEAM connects Western students with community members with disabilities
Western faculty, staff may present diplomas to family members at commencement
Bellingham liberals made the difference for conservative Louws

Conservative Jack Louws beat Doug Ericksen for Whatcom County executive not because rural, right-leaning voters chose him but because liberal Bellingham ones did.
In the battle between the two conservative candidates, Bellingham voters strongly supported Louws, former mayor of Lynden, over…

'The Next Evolution': Online university offers pathways to success

After Hanna Burleson of Longview tucks her three little boys into bed, she goes to class at Western Governors University Washington, the online-only university where she's pursuing a master's degree in education.
She logs in, clicks on a course and checks the assigned reading.…

Dwindling attention spans becoming a trend

The student in front of you is surfing Facebook on his or her laptop. The girl a few rows across from you just received a text. A guy nearby just put his headphones in, drowning out the professor's rhetoric. Sound familiar?
The abundance of smartphones on college campuses has called…

Vernon Johnson heads to Africa to launch new journal
Schoolteachers to learn at Western this summer with help of NEH grant
Neem has two essays published
Shorten the school year: Give advocates an 'F' grade

Budget crises are a breeding ground for bad ideas. A particularly bad one is spreading and is in need of stomping out before getting embedded -- the idea that we can save money by shortening Washington's school year.
"It reminds me of the sheriff scene in Mel Brooks' movie…

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