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Western Washington University has been named one of 11 new sites for the "" program, which encourages and trains young women to run for student government on their campuses and, ultimately, for elected and leadership positions after graduation.

The program comes from AAUW (formely known as the American Association of University Women) and the nonprofit organization Running Start. The program will be conducted at 20 colleges and universities around the nation in 2011. It was run at nine colleges and universities this past year.

All participating sites for 2011:

• Catholic University – Washington, DC
• Coastal Carolina University – Conway, SC
• Duke University – Durham, NC
• Northern Illinois University – DeKalb, IL
• Pacific Lutheran University – Tacoma, WA
• University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL
• University of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
• University of Wyoming – Laramie, WY
• Trinity University – Washington, DC
• Western Washington University – Bellingham, WA
• Wright State University – Dayton, OH
• Idaho State University – Pocatello, ID
• Loyola University – New Orleans, LA
• University of Connecticut – Storrs, CT
• Mt. San Jacinto College, Menifee Valley – Menifee, CA
• Northern Michigan University – Marquette, MI
• University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth – North Dartmouth, MA
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington – Wilmington, NC
• University of Texas, Arlington – Arlington, TX
• University of West Indies, Mona Campus – Kingston, Jamaica