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The Asia University America Program at Western Washington University will hold a Talent Showcase from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 6, in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room on campus. The Talent Showcase is an evening of performances that are prepared by AUAP and WWU students together. The students decide on performances and begin practicing early – their enthusiasm for their projects is hard to beat! Performances generally include bands, dances, and videos or slideshows...
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Western Washington University’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate program will hold an information session at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 in Miller Hall, room 139. Community members and college students alike are welcome to apply to the program as formal admission to Western is not required...
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During Scholars Week 2013 at Western Washington University, the Center for International Studies will play host to Western faculty and students from a variety of disciplines as they share their field research, global experiences and service learning objectives gained while participating on faculty-led programs in Greece and South Africa....
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Western Washington University’s Odyssey of Science & Arts, a unique academic experience in a university setting, returns this July and August to provide learning opportunities outside of the regular classroom where discoveries are almost endless for students entering grades 4-9...
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Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education will offer a new online course for educators in its Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate program. Spanish Language for Teachers (TESL 497F) is an online course designed for educators and community members...
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Western Washington University’s Everett-based Master’s of Business Administration weekend program will hold an information session at 6 p.m. on May 30 at the University Center of North Puget Sound in Everett Community College’s Gray Wolf Hall room 160. Classes are held every other weekend, allowing students to keep their current work schedules while attending the program...
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Western Washington University will host high school students from across the country at its annual College Quest comprehensive college preparatory program July 7-12. Enrollment is now open for this opportunity to explore college life in a safe, student-centered environment. College Quest bridges the gap between high school and college and puts students on a path to personal, educational and career success...
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Western Washington University’s “Grandparents U” summer program for grandparents and their grandchildren ages 7-14 offers quality programs in three locations this July and August. In addition to Bellingham and Anacortes, the program will expand to Seattle this summer in its mission to offer strong bonding experiences to grandparents and their grandchildren...
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Western Washington University’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages certificate program will hold an information session on Monday, April 22 in Miller Hall room 139 on Western's campus at 4 p.m., and on Monday, April 29 at 5 p.m. online at www.wwu.edu/tesol. Community members and college students are welcome to apply to the program as formal admission to Western is not required...
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Western Washington University Extended Education will offer an evening professional studies course, open to community members, to help build skills in writing and editing. The Knockout Editing course provides a space for participants to have their work reviewed and evaluated by writer and editor Laurel Leigh...
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Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics will offer an entrepreneurship methods evening course this spring which is open to the general public. Lean Startup & Entrepreneurship Methods is a cutting edge course which allows participants to gain real, hands-on experience in creating a startup business. Participants will work in groups with other students. Projects in the course are treated as real startups, not simulations...
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This spring, Western Washington University Extended Education will offer three professional studies courses to help build skills in writing, editing and project management; the classes are available to students, faculty and community members alike. Professional studies offerings are a great way to broaden your career options or explore a new area of interest, all while boosting your skillset. This spring Western will offer a variety of engaging programs...
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Western Washington University's Youth Programs offer the opportunity to experience a summer of adventure and discovery with choices that range from geology and astronomy, to theatre and art, to sailing and windsurfing on Lake Whatcom. The programs take place on Western’s campus, at its Lakewood facility on Lake Whatcom and Western’s Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes. In addition, classes are being introduced at North Seattle Community College with the “Grandparents ‘U’” program. Summer 2013 programs include...
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The Academy for Lifelong Learning, supported by Western Washington University, will host a fall program preview from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Second Floor Dome Room. The preview is an opportunity to learn about the academy’s spring courses and excursion offerings while enjoying light refreshments and visiting with friends. In spirit of the belief that “a curious mind never retires,” the academy is open to all interested adults regardless of age or educational background. No registration is necessary to attend the preview...
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Western Washington University Extended Education will offer Grammar for Editors, a hybrid online/face-to-face course as part of its professional editing program in winter 2013; this stand-alone course is open to community members. An intensive review of common grammatical problems, this workshop covers how professional editors address corrections in manuscripts or articles and how they formulate advice in their working relationships with authors and writers. The course combines nine modules available as online projects with five evening class sessions providing in-depth discussion...
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The Western Washington University Master of Business Administration Program will host an information session for prospective MBA applicants at 6 p.m. on Tuesday Nov. 27 at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel-Seneca Room. Professionals who want to learn more about the competitive advantage an MBA degree provides, will have the opportunity to hear about the coursework, career services, application guidelines and financial aid. With four distinct program options the Western MBA provides flexibility, small class sizes, and a high degree of interaction with high quality faculty. Western’s MBA program graduates have found jobs at global corporations...
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Former NASA astronaut George “Pinky” Nelson, director of Western’s Science, Math and Technology Education (SMATE) program, will take Bellingham students in grades K-5 on a phenomenal trek through space Wednesday, Nov. 14. Part of Western Youth Programs’ Science and Arts Early Release program, “Gravity: May the Force be With You” is an exciting opportunity for students to put on their science goggles to experiment and test gravity...
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Western Washington University’s Extended Education Youth Programs is seeking 20 households to provide a home for students from Wooshin High School in South Korea for four weeks this winter; approximate dates are Feb. 2 to March 2. Each host family can house one to two students; room and board will be compensated by the program...
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On Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 1:45-5 p.m., students in grades K-5 will have the opportunity to explore why light is both obvious and mysterious – such as why sunshine makes us warm during the day but people have to use incandescent and florescent bulbs to produce light at night – when they participate in Western Washington University Extended Education’s new Science & Arts Early Release Program. Participants will have access to black lights, fluorescent lights and optics equipment. Registration is open...
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Western Washington University’s Weekend MBA @ Everett program will hold an information session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 at the University Center of North Puget Sound Gray Wolf Hall Room 366, on the campus of Everett Community College. The flexible, every-other-weekend program is ideal for professionals who have busy lives and wish to advance their current leadership positions in private, public and nonprofit organizations. The program meets 20 weekends per year...
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Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education will offer a new program next year that will allow nurses to complete their bachelor’s degrees in nursing (BSN), Woodring College Dean Francisco Rios announced today. The new program is designed for associate-degree and diploma-prepared nurses...
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Western Washington University youth program favorites Odyssey of Science & Arts and Western Arts Preparatory Academy have teamed up to offer the Science & Arts Early Release Program for children in grades K-5 beginning Oct. 10; each Wednesday session is from 1:45-5 p.m. Designed for students in the Bellingham School District...
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Western Washington University will offer a course this fall to prepare participants for the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. This 10-week evening course will build a solid foundation in project management and help provide participants tools to pursue a career in a growing field. Fall classes begin Oct. 2 ...
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Western Washington University’s Weekend MBA @ Everett program will hold an information session at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 on the campus of Everett Community College. The flexible, every-other-weekend program is ideal for professionals who have busy lives and wish to advance their current leadership positions ...
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Western Washington University will offer three Web design and development courses in consecutive academic quarters starting this fall. Acquire a solid understanding of HTML and CSS scripting language using a proven, plain-English approach ...
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This fall, Western Washington University will offer a three-academic-quarter memoir writing program that starts Oct. 2. The program, open to community members, is designed to guide participants to become more sophisticated readers and accomplished writers ...
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Western Washington University’s Academy for Lifelong Learning (A.L.L) will host a fall program preview from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal’s Second Floor Dome Room; the preview is an opportunity to learn about A.L.L.’s fall ...
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Western Washington University youth program favorites Odyssey of Science & Arts and Western Arts Preparatory Academy have teamed up to offer the Science & Arts Early Release Program for children in grades K-5 beginning fall 2012; each Wednesday session from October through May 2013 is from 1:45-5 p.m. Designed for students ...
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Western Washington University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts will begin a new quarter of its youth enrichment program, Western Arts Preparatory Academy (WAPA), in September 2012. WAPA offers a variety of youth programs that focus on providing youth with life-enhancing skills and broadening their perspectives in a safe, friendly and fun atmosphere. The academy will offer two types of classes in fall 2012: dance and violin ...
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This fall, Western Washington University’s Extended Education will offer Professional Editing: For Print and Online, a nine-month weekly evening course to prepare participants for in-house or freelance editing work. Western’s Professional Editing course includes training in the verbal and visual aspects of editing, including ...
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Western Washington University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts will offer two Introduction to Glassblowing classes beginning Sept. 27 at Morrison Glass Art in Bellingham; the class is open to community members. Course material will include the history and design elements of the centuries-old art of glassblowing and the business...
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Stories and news briefs
Western Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present its Summer Youth Theatre Institute from June 24 to July 12 on Western’s campus. Now in its eighth year, SYTI provides a fun and engaging environment for youth to strengthen their self-confidence and forge new friendships. The institute is designed to help young theatre artists gain skills in a variety of areas including improvisation, warm-up techniques, design, dramatic writing, stage movement and choreography, all while working towards a final showcase...
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Casey Shillam has been named director of Western Washington University’s new bachelor’s degree program in nursing. Shillam, who was hired after a nationwide search, will begin at WWU in July. The nursing program, offered through the university’s Woodring College of Education, begins fall 2013. It is designed to allow associate-degree nurses who have completed their pre-licensure registered nurse studies to complete their bachelor’s degrees in nursing...
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High-profile cyber attacks, including recent ones that have targeted Google, allegedly destroyed nuclear centrifuges in Iran and brought down the websites of major financial firms JP Morgan Chase and American Express, have led more people to realize what security experts have been saying for years: In the digital era, cyberspace is a battlefield. Attackers’ impact on the companies and governments targeted can be costly, many times involving the loss of sensitive intellectual property.Few people likely understand the stakes better than Corrinne Sande, coordinator for the Computer Information Systems program at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham...
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Western Washington University Extended Education will offer an evening professional studies course, open to community members, to help build skills in writing and editing. The “Knockout Editing” course will allow participants to learn developmental editing techniques and have their work reviewed and evaluated by writer and editor Laurel Leigh...
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In his fall 2012 Opening Convocation for faculty and staff, President Bruce Shepard announced a new Spanish class program for faculty and staff. The program, run through Western Washington University’s Spanish department, started this past winter quarter. Shepard said the classes are not offered only out of necessity for the Western’s future function, “but, rather, as a statement of our commitment to more diverse futures..."
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Frederick H. O’Connor has been hired as the director of Language & Culture Programs to oversee Extended Education’s non-credit programs for international students at Western Washington University. "Dr. O’Connor is a genuine global citizen with loads of experience living and working with and in other cultures," said Western Vice Provost for Extended Education Earl Gibbons...
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Western Washington University plans to host a series of information sessions for its new program that will allow registered nurses to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Information sessions are scheduled...
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Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics will offer an entrepreneurship methods evening course this spring. The class is open to the general public. “Lean Startup & Entrepreneurship Methods” will give participants hands-on experience in creating a startup business...
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After a two year planning process, Western is set to introduce an in-person and online hybrid Bachelor of Science degree in nursing for certified registered nurses in fall 2013. Following the high state and nationwide demand for nurses with a B.S. degree, Western has completed all the requirements to start the program. The degree will be available for students who have completed a certified nursing program at a community college or another four-year university and have passed the state board examination, or for recent graduates anticipating their testing date...
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The Asia University America Program at Western Washington University will hold a Talent Showcase from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room on campus. The showcase is an evening of performances prepared by AUAP and WWU students together. The students decide on performances and begin practicing early – their enthusiasm for their projects is hard to beat! Performances generally include bands, dances, and videos or slideshows, and student emcees always add a good dose of humor to the evening...
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The Academy for Lifelong Learning, supported by Western Washington University, will host a fall program preview from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal’s Second Floor Dome Room. The preview is an opportunity to learn about the academy’s spring courses and excursion offerings. Light refreshments will be provided. The academy is open to all interested adults regardless of age or educational background...
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Nurses interested in pursuing the new nursing bachelor's degree offered at Western Washington University can attend an information session about the program Wednesday, Jan. 30. The program is scheduled to begin in fall 2013 and will allow people who have completed their registered nurse studies to get their bachelor's degree in nursing through Western's Woodring College of Education...
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Western Washington University and the Center for Service-Learning are offering another service-learning study abroad course during the 2013 nine week summer session. The class, “Building Bridges with Rwanda: Collaborative International Service-Learning,” includes pre- and post-trip preparation and reflection, as well as six weeks on the ground in rural Rwanda....
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Western Washington University is partnering with the Low Income Housing Institute in Seattle to provide mentors, one on one, to homeless and low-income adults, primarily refugees from East African countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea....
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Thirteen Western Washington University students spent the past summer in China looking in-depth at Chinese society for a Society 437 course titled "Changing China - Culture, Community, and Citizenship." While in country, each student conducted research on a topic of his or her interest, collecting audio, video and interview data. Among the topics were environmental awareness, sex education, consumption behaviors...
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Western Washington University Extended Education is offering a course this winter on professional writing and editing that will be open to community members. The class, Grammar for Editors, is a hybrid online/face-to-face course as part of WWU’s professional editing program. As an intensive review of common grammatical problems, the class will cover...
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Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education has received continuing full accreditation, through spring 2019, from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. In conjunction with NCATE accreditation, Woodring College of Education programs received full approval from the Washington State Professional Educator...
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The Academy for Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University is offering a two-hour class on social media called "Friend Me, Tweet Me, Like Me." The course, which will explore the social media basics of Facebook and Twitter, will be taught by Evelyn Turner, who has managed technical support for international software companies and consults with local businesses about their social media presence. The course is open to the general public...
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The Western Washington University Master of Business Administration Program will host two information sessions for prospective MBA applicants at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14 in Gray Wolf Hall Room 364 at University Center...
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The Academy for Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University is offering a two-hour class on social media called "Friend Me, Tweet Me, Like Me." The course, which will explore the social media basics of Facebook and Twitter...
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Western Washington University is looking for 20 families to host exchange students from South Korea this winter. Students from Wooshin High School will stay with local families for four weeks in February and March while they shadow students at Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools...
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On a soggy Saturday morning, a group of students gathered for class. Loaded backpacks, drowsy eyes and clutched coffee cups were nowhere to be found. Instead, bright-eyed, silver-haired pupils bantered and made small talk, not a notebook or raised pen in sight. Dorothy Regal, 90, was downright chipper. She said she is glad to forfeit her weekends to education. Regal is one of more than 400 students attending courses this fall through the Academy for Lifelong Learning, a continuing education program for retirees...
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Children crowded around the silver orb, waiting for their turn to feel static electricity run through their bodies. Last Wednesday, Oct. 10, children in grades K-5 participated in Western Youth Programs new Science and Arts Early Release Program “Machines and Moving Things: Physics...”
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This small city tucked between Puget Sound and the Cascade mountains doesn't scream college town. Yet older residents have ample opportunity to exercise their brains via the Academy of Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University. The 14-year program offers dozens of multi-session classes and excursions every year. Moreover...
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Saturday, October 13 begins the first class of four for Academy for Lifelong Learning's, Persuasion and Social Influence at Western Washington University, taught by associate professor of Psychology, Alex Czopp ...
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Western Washington University was recently placed among the top public, master’s-granting universities in the Pacific Northwest by the 2013 U.S. News & World Report college rankings ...
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Western Washington University hosts an information session for its Weekend MBA at Everett program at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the University Center of North Puget Sound on the campus of Everett Community College. University directors said the every-other-weekend program is ideal for professionals who have busy lives and wish to advance ...
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This fall, Western Washington University’s Extended Education program offers a memoir-writing class, as well as three courses in Web design and development for community members. The three-academic-quarter memoir writing program starts Oct. 2. The Web design and development courses will give students the opportunity to ...
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Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education will offer online classes for its Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages certificate program beginning fall 2012. Community members and college students are welcome to apply to the program, according to the university. Students enrolled ...
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Western Washington University offers a nine-month, weekly evening class this fall designed to prepare participants for in-house or freelance editing work. The class, titled “Professional Editing: For Print and Online,” is offered through WWU’s Extended Education program. It begins Sept. 26. An information session for the class will be held from ...
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Madison, a fourth-grader and returning Grandparents “U” participant, teared up when she learned her first Grandparents “U” class was over and said, “I want to go back to college,” her grandmother Sharon Gray said. Gray and Madison came back to college Aug. 2 and 3 ...
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A class of 13 Western Washington University students is going to China this summer to study issues affecting the country such as gender, the aging population – a relatively new social problem – politics, community building and China’s rapidly changing environment ...
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A group of high school students from Korea's Wooshin High School is visiting the Western Washington University campus for a couple weeks to get hands-on experience in applying principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics through Western's Youth Programs. On Tuesday, July 31, they were competing to see how far they could shoot paper rockets using ...
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Yuki Watanabe is easy to pick out of a crowd—his height, flashy aviator sunglasses and exuberantly expressive communication style mark him right away. An exchange student from Japan studying at Western with the Asia University America Program, Yuki has enjoyed ...
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Potluck food, sunshine and open notebooks begin a class on Chinese culture for 13 Western students. These students will travel to China in August with two professors to immerse themselves in Chinese society. Western professors Baozhen Luo and Kristen Parris led the ...
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The furnaces at Morrison Glass art radiate a brilliant yellow-orange. Deep within the belly of the crucible is 300 pounds of molten silica. With the help of Christopher Morrison, a Western student uses a blowpipe to extract some of the silica – the key ingredient ...
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Western Washington University is offering an introductory glassblowing class next fall, open to community members. “Introduction to Glassblowing,” will start Sept. 27 at Morrison Glass Art in Bellingham. The semiweekly course, which offers either Monday/Friday or Tuesday/Thursday sessions, will be taught by Morrison Glass’ award-winning ...
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Western Washington University will offer summer classes in King County this year for the first time in its history in an effort to help students graduate within four years. The classes will be offered at North Seattle Community College and will begin June 19. The 30 to 35 offerings will include both for-credit and adult enrichment classes ...
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