Josh Hernandez (he/they) is a campus news reporter for The Front this quarter. He is a third-year journalism news/ed major. Outside of journalism, his other interests include literature, geography, and music history. You can reach him at joshhernandez.thefront@gmail.com.
For two decades, students in Western Washington University’s Marine Mammal Ecology Lab (MMEL) have observed and analyzed harbor seals in the Salish Sea. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez, who holds a doctorate in wildlife and fisheries sciences, is an advisor and mentor to them.
On Monday, April 14, Western Washington University’s Facilities Development & Operations (FDO) implemented an emergency interim recycling plan following an assessment of the student-run Recycle Center’s six vehicles, five of which were deemed inoperable. Western’s existing trash and compost provider, Sanitary Service Company (SSC), will now provide recycling services.
In a Feb. 15 “Dear Colleague” letter, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) directed preschool, elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, as well as state educational agencies across the country to comply with existing civil rights law and the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA). The decision deemed racial preferences in college admissions to be unlawful.
The Department of Ethnic Studies at Western Washington University is expanding its class offerings this spring.
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the nine Washington State Supreme Court justices will visit Western Washington University to hold a Q&A session from 9-11 a.m. in the Wilson Library Reading Room. On Thursday, Feb. 20, the court will hear two cases from 9-11 a.m. in the Wilson Library Reading Room. Both events will be open to the public.
“Creating Change,” a documentary directed by Dina Amin and produced by Western Washington University professors Brian J. Bowe and Bidisha Biswas, highlights the experiences of two young Palestinian women who participated in media literacy workshops in Jerusalem and Ramallah during the summer of 2023.
From 17th-century Japan to 1920s urban America, the Rare Book Collection in Western Washington University’s Archives & Special Collections is defined by neither a single era nor a single language. Since 2018, donations have allowed the collection to expand and diversify significantly.
Western Washington University Associate Professor of Ceramics and Foundations Ryan Wilson Kelly was raised in a house of creatives — his mother is a painter, his father a writer and his older brother a ceramicist. He recalls interacting with the potter’s wheel for the first time one Christmas break in high school.
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