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| Most ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students won’t see tuition increase next year | Tuition will not increase next year for resident undergrads at Western Washington University—who make up approximately 88 percent of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s student body—according to the university’s 2013-2014 operating budget, approved last week by its board of trustees. |
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| Ferndale equestrian offers three students opportunity to school 'second-chance' horses | Lifelong equestrian Paige Wagter has been inspired to create a friendly competition among three local student equestrians that she feels will make winners of all three. The Wagter Equestrian 60-Day Working Student Challenge is modeled after a larger competition out of Emerald Downs known… |
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| She draws together community with ukulele playing, hat project | It is possible to teach a man, over the phone, how to play the ukulele. Lil Tinsley of Oahu, Hawaii, and Bill Tinsley of Iowa learned as much a good 54 years ago. They became sweethearts when both lived in Torrance, Calif., and conducted much of their courtship on the phone, since he was… |
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| 'Memories of Light' serial science-fiction story starts Monday, July 22 | What will Bellingham be like 100 years from now? That vision was the starting point for "Memories of Light," a serial science fiction story written by six Whatcom County residents. The first chapter appears in The Bellingham Herald on Monday, July 22, with subsequent chapters… |
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| Hundreds of new students to visit campus this week | |||
| Tuition freeze in place at Wash. state schools | Higher education budgets are getting their first increase from the Washington general fund since 2009, and with that boost, comes a mandated one-year tuition freeze that provides a welcome break for those paying for college. School officials say the moves came just in time. Tuition rates… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students awarded for furniture designs | Six students from Western Washington University’s industrial design program received recognition and $6,000 in scholarships for its children’s furniture designs as a part of the annual Mount Baker Products Furniture Design Competition. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Mitchell, Fisher earn academic honors | Two Western Washington University men's basketball players - center Chris Mitchell and forward Damien Fisher - were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court announced Wednesday, July 17. The Honors Court recognizes collegiate basketball student-athletes… |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Harris to play hoops in Denmark | Women's basketball player Britt Harris, who completed her eligibility at Western Washington University last March, has signed a professional contract to play for Aabyhoj in Denmark. Aabyhoj is the western suburb of Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark. The team competes in the… |
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| Trustees approve 2013-14 operating budget; 2013-15 capital budget |