Past Events

Western Insights: Ethics of Technology

Compass pointing to the word ethics and digitized face with letters and numbers
Online

Positionality and Accountability in Climate Advocacy

Climate marcher holding sign that says There Is No Planet B
ONLINE

Strategies for Financial Success

Paved roadway leading to the horizon with the words financial freedom
ONLINE

Myth Busting Plastics Recycling

Western student holding repurposed plastic pellets in one hand and unprocessed plastic waste in the other
Online

Men's Rowing Banquet

Men's rowing team in a rowing shell on lake Whatcom
Bellingham Yacht Club

WWU's Lakewood @100 Anniversary

Black and white photo of dock and sailboats fading to color photo of sailboat on water
Lakewood

Alumni Awards: Honorees and Nominations

Distinguished Alumni Awards 2022
Online

Annual Beta Alpha Psi Spring Banquet

Beta Alpha Psi Logo
Bellingham Cruise Terminal

Restoring the Nooksack Watershed

View of the top of Nooksack falls in the Pacific Northwest
ONLINE

Understanding the Democratic Crisis

Flagpole with fluttering and tattered Unites States flag against a bright blue sky
ONLINE & IN-PERSON

Celebrate the Career of Penny Hutchinson!

Penny Hutchinson
WWU Performing Arts Center

ATUS Alumni Reunion

Two Western students seated at the ATUS equipment check-out desk
Boundary Bay Brewery

WWU Marketing Case Competition Finalists Presentations

Multi-colored geometric architectural panel
ONLINE

Annual Irwin L. Slesnick Interactive Symposium

Irwin L. Slesnick Interactive Symposium Graphic
ONLINE & IN-PERSON

Bringing Earthquake Early Warning to Washington

Seismographic map of Washington state with red and blue triangles showing seismic activity
ONLINE

Large-scale Oil Spill

Veterinarian in oil-stained lab coat standing on a boat and holding an oil-coated turtle
Online

Yoga Sutra Lecture Series

Silhouette of figure in seated yoga pose against a dusky sky
ONLINE

Partnering on Oil Spill Prevention, Response, and Recovery

Aerial view of ocean waters with large oil spill stemming from shipping vessel
ONLINE

April Virtual Book Club - Saved By A Song By Mary Gauthier

Save by a Song book cover
Online

WWU Hockey Alumni Gathering 2022

Grid of 4 black and white photos of hockey players and logo for hockey alumni
Bellingham Sportsplex and Boundary Bay Brewery

Invasive for Whom?

Close up of cupped hands holding seeds, red berries, and a small turtle
ONLINE

Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Illustration of many hands raised with the words nonprofit marketing
Online

Whatcom Land Trust's Strategy

Pastoral view of green field with forest, hills, and blue sky with fluffy white clouds
ONLINE

Spiritual Madness: Race, Psychiatry, and Black Religion

Art print titled Spirituals showing a group of African Americans
ONLINE

Celebration of Life: Dr. Michael Seal

Dr. Michael Seal
WWU Campus

WWU Great Puzzle Hunt

WWU Great Puzzle Hunt - Mobilizing Minds
ONLINE

Energy, the Environment and Everyday Life

Verdant green garden with decorative wooden gate
ONLINE

Unjust Chemicals, Unjust Science

Montage with barrels of chemicals and cut paper collage of a human face
Online

Western Insights: Planning Your Finances, Eyeing Retirement

Montage of silver dollar signs and the word retirement highlighted in green marker
Online

Environmental Storytelling

Photographer Annie Crawley underwater near a baby humpback whale
ONLINE

Watch Western's Woman's Basketball Team Compete at the National Championship Tonight

Western Women's Basketball team celebrating on the court
Various Locations

WWU Alumni Book Club - March Event

The Advantage Book Cover
ONLINE

Creating an Atlas of the Salish Sea Bioregion

A map of the Salish Sea with ocean waters, land mass and blue sky in the background
ONLINE

Effects of Ocean Warming Across the Life Cycle of Bull Kelp

Bull kelp floating in water and under a microscope
ONLINE

Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study: PFAS Chemical Exposure

Firefighter spraying chemical foam on a large fire
Online

Saving Species: Radical New Approaches to Biology & Ecology

Strand of DNA against a blue background
ONLINE

Western Insights: Mental Health in The Workplace

Group of people holding hands in a circle outside in the sunshine
Online

Watershed Restoration: The Rest of the Story

Oliver Grah working in the water
ONLINE

NW Coast Ethnobotany: Lessons for Food Systems Sustainability

Assorted traditional Native American halibut fishing hooks and tools
ONLINE

February 2022 Virtual Book Club - Mindsight

Mindsight - The New Science of Personal Transformation book cover
Online

Content Marketing Trends in 2022

Corkboard with brightly colored cutout letters spelling content with the word marketing below
Online

Faculty Mentor Award Nomination

Golden ivy wreath surrounding a golden icon of a teacher pointing to a blackboard
Online

Restoring the Iconic Pinto Abalone in the Salish Sea

Close up of a brightly colored Pinto Abalone
ONLINE

Nuts’a’maat: We Are All One

Two men seated on a sandy beach
ONLINE

Gaps in Health Equity During COVID-19

Young children seated on floor fading to gloved hand holding a large spray bottle
Online

Conservation, Restoration and the Challenge of Complex Life Histories

Magnified view of tiny sea creature
ONLINE

The Importance of Environmental Justice Storytelling

Native American Story Teller Being Filmed in a Wooded Setting
ONLINE

A Way of Life

View of Georgia Strait and Bowen Island with word LIFE superimposed
ONLINE

Southern California Bight: Ocean Dumped DDT Waste

Barrels of hazardous waste dumped at sea
Online

Elf at the Pickford

vector graphics showcasing a movie theatre with popcorn, a softdrink, movie tickets, and a sign showing the movie title ELF
Bellingham

Holiday Marketing Trends in Retail

Miniature shopping cart filled with colorful gift bags
Online

Morning Movement with WWU Dance - Fall Quarter!

Person standing on the beach during sunrise with their arms raised
ONLINE

The Nitrogen Cascade: From the Nooksack to the Globe

Western students sample stream flow and nutrient concentrations in Schell Creek
ONLINE

A Scientific Strategy Towards a Healthier World

Silhouette of two bicycle riders against a dusky sky
Online

WWU Accounting Alumni Social

Picture collage - left photo of a baseball hat with Flatstick Pub on it on top of golf balls and photo is pizza and a glass of beer
Flatstick Pub

Rediscovering Our Toxic Legacy – A Tale of DDT

Barrels of toxic waste dumped at sea
ONLINE

WWU Alumni Book Club - November Virtual Event

Book Cover of the Hidden Life of Trees
Online

Harbor Seals in Whatcom Creek

Forest creek fading to close up of seal
ONLINE

Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions

Top: close up of bacteria. Bottom: raw beef patty on grill
Online

Western Insights: Economic Expansion Edition

Colorful chart graph fading to Abe Lincoln five dollar bill
ONLINE

Stillaguamish Watershed: Response to Projected Climate Change

Topical map fading to river and mountains
ONLINE

Building Washington’s Carbon Neutral Future

Top: Wind turbines. Bottom: Forest fire.
ONLINE

The Bellingham Climate Action Plan

Top: View of Bellingham bay. Bottom: heavy equipment and smokestacks.
ONLINE

Mission to Mars: Perseverance's Milestones

Red planet mars and rover
Online

Alumni Awards Nominations Open

ALUMNI AWARDS NOMINATION words against a gold leaf background.
Online

New Contaminant Concerns: Salish Sea Impacts

Top: Salish sea coastline. Bottom: floating garbage.
ONLINE

WWU Alumni Book Club - October Virtual Event

Hype book cover next to stack of books
Online

Huxley Speaker Series - Ocean Acidification

Underwater view of coral reef
ONLINE

Pollution, Climate Change and Children's Health

A child standing on a beach looking at trash scattered all over the sand
Online

Meet the Professionals 2021

Beta Alpha Psi logo with a picture of Old Main behind it. In the upper right corner there is the WWU Alumni logo in a blue ribbon.
Bellingham, WA

Salmon Habitat Restoration using Engineered Log Jams: Is it Working?

River with log jams with WWU students
ONLINE

Please, Tell Me Something Good about Climate and the Salish Sea

Salish Sea with Chuckanut Island looking West
ONLINE

Paint B'ham Blue

collage of students having fun at Red Square Info Fair
WWU Campus

Western Insights: Managing Remote Workers and Remote Work Environments

Computer monitor with remote workers having a meeting
ONLINE

September Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Trish Harding

The Ring, oil on canvas by Artist Trish Harding
Online

WWU Alumni Book Club - September Virtual Event

Book cover of the Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Online

2021 Bill Wright Viking Golf Classic

2021 Bill Wright Viking Golf Classic Presented by Nike Eastbay
Bellingham, WA

August Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Lisa McShane

Painting of the Quinault Kalaloch beach
Online

Morning Movement with WWU Dance!

Person standing on the beach during sunrise with their arms raised
ONLINE

Morning Movement with WWU Dance!

Person standing on the beach during sunrise with their arms raised
ONLINE

WWU Alumni Book Club - June Virtual Event

Group of college students meeting in library
Online

June Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Arūnas Ošlapas

Artwork with blue trees on geometric grid background
Online

Western Insights: Attracting a Workforce in Demand

Unemployment graphic with a for hire sign
Online

Celebration of the Salish Sea from Artists and Authors

Aerial view of wooded islands in the Salish Sea
Online

Conquering Evil and Peace of Mind

Seated buddha statue with overlay of text
Online

Morning Movement with WWU Dance!

Person standing on the beach during sunrise with their arms raised
ONLINE

How Interactions Belowground Make the Aboveground Possible

Left side: stand of mushrooms. Right side: hand holding small plant and soil
Online

The Perils of PFAS

Bowl of microwave popcorn
Online

Morning Movement with WWU Dance!

Person standing on the beach during sunrise with their arms raised
ONLINE

Kelp in Washington: Why You Must Care!

Strands of floating yellow kelp seen from underwater
Online

WWU Give Day

Western Washington University Give Day - 05.27.21
Online

State of the Salish Sea Symposium #1

Panoramic view of mountains, ocean, and trees
Online

How has Covid-19 impacted your artistic practice?

Drawing of a color wheel
Online

Reporting on Ecotopia: Cross-border environmental media in the Salish Sea & Cascadia

Two images showing mountains and large bodies of water
Online

Deep Seafloor Life in the Water Column

Mini submarine being lowered into ocean
Online

The Challenges of Treating PFAS - The Forever Chemicals

Firefighter spraying white chemical foam
Online

The Honorable Harvest

Details of hand brushing over wet grass
Online

May Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Seiko Atsuta Purdue

Artist Perdue at work on a creative project
Online

WWU Marketing Case Competition Finalists Presentations

Detail of curved architectural element
Online

Alumni Awards Event

black square with a fabric texture with '2021' in the center in gold
Online

Meet the Professionals Event MtP’21: What comes next?

Detail of white and grey geometric architectural panels with letter MTP overlaid
Online

2021 BAP Virtual Spring Banquet

Beta Alpha Psi Logo
Online

Washington Environmental Policy and Community Resilience

Looking out over Washington mountains and a river
Online

WWU Alumni Book Club - May Virtual Event

Group of adults at a book group discussion
Online

Annual Irwin L. Slesnick Virtual Symposium

Irwin L. Slesnick Symposium
Online

Creating a Carbon Conservation Trust Movement

Industrial smokestacks releasing pollution into the sky
Online

Indigenous Communities, Toxics and Environmental Injustice

Detail of dream catcher and body of water
Online

Black Lives Matter: A Movement Not A Moment

Black man waving a large Black Lives Matter flag
Online

Western Insights: Data Analytics

Graphic of statistics with the word Analytics
Online

Overview of Legacy Review Process & the Huxley College Name

Detail of ornately carved marble columns
Online

WWU Marketing Alumni Chat – Paid Search and Paid Social

Seated group using computing devices with drawing behind them
Online

Riparian Restoration in Dammed Rivers

Pine tree on left side of image, water flowing through dam on the other
Online

Intersectional Environmentalism: The key to Fighting Racism and Climate Change

Left panel: young climate marchers. Right panel: racial justice protestor
Online

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Woman painting clock face with radium
Online

Revegetation of the Elwha Reservoirs

River winding through valley with mountain in the background
Online

All Critters Great and Small

Image with an black bear on one side and a small frog on the other
Online

Growth, Land Use, Water and Limits: Perspectives from Upstream Communities

Aerial view of suburban development
Online

Huxley Speaker Series - Tahoma’s Biggest Stories

Mt. Rainier and trees reflected in a lake
Online

WWU Alumni Book Club - April Virtual Event

Group of adults at book group discussion
Online

Towards Regenerative Culture

Person holding armful of assorted fresh veggies
Online

WWU April Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Rebecca Meloy

Brightly colored painting of winding road and fields
Online

Huxley Speaker Series - Seabed Mining

Seabed floor with light rays filtering through water
Online

Were There Excess Fetal Deaths from the Flint Water Crisis?

Detail of map of Flint, Michigan
Online

Past Climate Using Tree-Ring Data from Ancient Bristlecone Pine

Cross section of old growth tree rings
Online

The Story of a Pandemic Partnership

USA Map with strings emanating from Washington state across the nation
Online

How We Can Protect Children

Small child holding protective face mask
Online

Western Insights: Inequalities Exposed and Created by COVID-19

Illustration of a wealthy tycoon and a struggling worker
Online

Salish Sea Science Symposium

Upper triangle is wooded forrest, lower triangle is salish sea/coast
Online

WWU March Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Lorna Libert

Painting with dramatic and skewed perspective of very old two story red house overgrown with green vines
Online

Using Clam Garden Research to Span the Boundary Between Indigenous Communities and Academic Research

Marco Hutch standing in front of a podium giving a speech
ONLINE

Living With and Ending Parkinson's Disease

Silhouette profile of a woman's face made from scraps of torn paper
Online

WWU Marketing Alumni Chat – Influencer Marketing

Wooden stamp with the word influencer on a stressed wood background
Online

Curating and Presenting Lasting Literature: WWU's Bellingham Review

Art installation on a mint green background with giant red and orange textured block letters that read write on
Online

Western Insights: The Emerging Workplace

Left side shows vintage manual typewriter. Right side shows close up of a computer screen with green and white coding language on a black background
Online

Relatives of the Deep

View of calm ocean waters from a smooth outcrop of stone
Online

The State of the Salish Sea

Dramatic aerial view of the salish sea with forrested land mass and white clouds and blue sky
Online

The Environmental Injustice of Toxic Waste Sites

Environmental health hazard yellow tape in front of a destroyed building
Online

Our Hands Are Out

Right side of image: details of carved Native American totem. Left: historic black and white photo of Head Chief of Clallam Tribe
Online

Western Insights: US/China Policy Directions

Sylized grahic rendering with two globe shapes - one with the United States flag, one with the Chinese flag
Online

February Virtual Studio Tour with Ryan Wilson Kelly

Man seated on stool with an over-sized goat head mask made of paper mache
Online

Setting Our Sights on Mars!

Mars rover on rough terrain
Online

The Salish Sea Map: How Cartography Contributed to the Adoption of the Name Salish Sea

Salish Sea Map
Online

Decolonizing Veganism: A Discussion on Hood Politics and Food Sovereignty

Woman holding sign that reads treating earth the way my ancestors worshipped her
Online

A Regulatory Approach to Safer Products for the State of Washington

Grid of photos of fabric, gymnast, soda cans, computer component, and small child
Online

Western Insights: National Policy Directions

Close-up of a fountain pen and the word Policy
Online

Read All About It: What's the News of the Salish Sea?

Calm ocean waters along a sandy beach with trees and bright blue sky
Online

Huxley's 50th Year in Review Happy Hour!

View from base of old growth trees looking up to a bright sky and Huxley 50th logo on the lower left
Online

Scaling Change: Imagining Future Ecologies

Painting with industrial wasteland one one side and pastoral scene on the other and faces in the center made to look like trees
Online

Grassroots Work to Create Safe Drinking Water for a Town in the Navajo Nation

A small group of people gathered around a water pump installation
Online

Western Insights: COVID-19 and Our Road to Recovery

Viruses with a gray background being wiped by a person using a window wiper and wearing latex gloves exposing sunshine behind the viruses
ONLINE

Salmon People: Tracing Indigenous Resistance Across the Pacific Northwest

Rows of drying salmon filets
Online

Awakening the Legacy

MLK DAY OF SERVICE - text superimposed over a black and white photo of Martin Luther King
Online

Ocean Outbreaks in the Salish Sea

Montage with close-up of bacteria and ocean waves
Online

Next-Gen Tools for Chemical Management: EcoTox Chip

Photo of gloved hand holding beaker next to lab tubes
Online

Huxley Speaker Series - Energy, Economics and Electoral Politics

Montage of solar array, wind turbine, stock market chart, engraving of Ben Franklin
Online

Western Insights: Washington State Economic Forecast

Close up of digital reader board with statistics and numbers
Online

Business Resilience During COVID-19: WWU Marketing Alumni Stories

Red neon market sign
Online

Contaminants of Concern for Human and Environmental Health

Group of children and adults holding Lake Apopka Farmworker Memorial Quilt
Online

Huxley Goes the Distance for Racial Equality 5K/25K - November 1-30

picture with the title of the event "Huxley Goes the Distance for Racial Equality" with a yellow background and black words/artwork with legs in running motion
Anywhere, Anytime

Microplastic Pollution in Our Oceans

Discarded plastic bottles floating in the water
Online

November Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Patti Ramsey

Photo of abstract glass art by Patti Ramsey
ONLINE

Western Insights: Travel in the Age of COVID

Cartoon people in an airport with luggage, all are wearing masks.
ONLINE

Environmental Health Studies on Navajo Lands

Navajo landscape in Arizona with a WWU blue box in the upper left corner with the WWU Alumni logo
ONLINE

Pandemic Election: Fraud, Voter Suppression, Media and the 2020 Presidential Contest

Color photo of a roll of I Voted stickers
ONLINE

Future of Innovation + Learning

Picture with a blue background with a circle that has an image shaped as a brain with lines that look like circuits
Online

Real Talk: How Contaminated Can Our Water Be?

photo of a water with trash and a WWU blue color ribbon in the upper right corner with the WWU Alumni Association logo
ONLINE

Western Insights: Accessibility in the Age of COVID

Keyboard with the enter key with the words Accessibility instead and it is glowing
Online

October Virtual Studio Tour with Photographer AJ Barse

Photo taken of a large decorative wall clock
ONLINE

Virtual Viking Night 2020

Virtual Viking Night brought to you by KeyBank
Online

Whose Truth? Journalism, Democracy, and the Digital Era

Picture of a Black man wearing a black bandana and long, sleeved shirt holding a sign that reads "Black skin is not a crime". He is also holding an American flag in one hand. In the upper right corner is a WWU blue ribbon with the Alumni Association logo.
ONLINE

Toward a More Perfect Democracy Panel Series: Imperfect Democracy

Picture of the US Constitution
ONLINE

Western Insights: Regional Employment Expectations

Cartoonish picture of a computer monitor with a diverse group of cartoonish people (with no eyes, nose, or mouth) in a virtual meeting setting. In the upper right corner is a WWU blue ribbon with the Alumni logo.
ONLINE

WWU Accounting Trivia Night

Picture of the words Trivia Night in pink and purple colors as if it was a lighted sign
Online

Meet the Professionals 2020

Picture of Old Main Lawn from the stairs of Old Main with the Beta Alpha Psi logo
Online

Western Insights: Regional Economic Impacts and Forecasts

covid19 in front of a stock market graph
ONLINE

Confronting Systemic Racism - Perspectives from WWU Alumni of Color

Protest with a protester holding up a sign saying RACISM IS A VIRUS.
ONLINE

September Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Mani Troutman

Painting of a field of lavender by artist Mani Troutman
Zoom

WWU Viking 5K Fundraiser

WWWU Alumni Association Viking 5K text superimposed with a little running smartphone crossing a finish line.
Online

August Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Fishboy (RR Clark)

Painting by Fish Boy of a man holding a fish over his head
ONLINE

Western Insights: Lessons in Remote Learning

Cartoon type characters sitting at a desk with a laptop, sitting in a bean bag chair with a laptop, another character showing on a laptop that looks like they are a teacher.
Online

WWU's Summer Drive-In - Saturday - SOLD OUT!

The poster cover of Men in Black and The Matrix superimposed over a movie screen at a drive-in theatre with cars parks out in front
Bellingham

WWU's Summer Drive-In - Friday - SOLD OUT!

The poster cover of Jurassic Park and Get Out superimposed over a movie screen at a drive-in theatre with cars parks out in front
Bellingham

Advertising During the Evolving Pandemic Webinar

Picture of white surgical masks in a grid format. Masks are in different boxes with a yellow, blue, or green background. There are three columns and four rows of mask. Picture also includes the Western Alumni logo in a Western blue ribbon.
Online

Journey to Mars with WWU

Person on the shore of a beach between two canoes at night beneath a beautiful milky way galaxy
ONLINE

July Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Douglas Clark

Photo collage of various paintings by Douglas Clark
Online (Zoom)

Managing in the New Reality Certificate Program

Laptop on a desk with a stock market graph superimposed over it.
Online

College Quest

High School students eating lunch at WWU
ONLINE

Western Insights: COVID-19 and Cross-Border Connections: Implications for the Cascadia Region

Canadian Flag and the USA Flag on opposing sides with a crossed out COVID19 in the middle
ONLINE

June Virtual Studio Tour with Artists Nancy Canyon and Ron Pattern

Two paintings one by Nancy Canyon called Purple Bloom and another by Ron Pattern called Pit Stop
ONLINE

Western Insights: Leadership in Being Open for Business With COVID-19

Door sign that reads Yes We're Open hanging is the window of a business
Online

WESTERN HORIZONS: Our Pandemic Future: Human Behavior and the Environment

Dandelions
ONLINE

Western Insights: Contending with COVID 19: Taxes, Policy, and Business Uncertainty

COVID 19 superimposed with wads of hundred dollar bills
ONLINE

Create a Brand Your Customers Love Webinar

The word 'BRAND' superimposed over a heart.
ONLINE

What it will take to bring our country back to health?

Stacked stones on the shore of a beach
Online - Zoom

Virtual Artist Studio Tour with Lori Hill

Lori Hill's painting of an Elephant's face coming out of the smoke
ONLINE

Western Insights: Supply Chain Management Risk, Disruptions, and COVID-19

COVID 19 over a person holding lots of toilet paper in a store
ONLINE

Leveraging PR Tactics to Market Yourself During COVID-19 Webinar

Leveraging PR Tactics to Market Yourself during COVID-19 Webinar
ONLINE

How to Get a Job in the Worst Economy since 2009 via LinkedIn Webinar

Linkedin BRAND
ONLINE

Western Insights: Investing-19, Where We Go From Here

COVID 19 superimposed a stock ticker tape
ONLINE

Western Insights: The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 Webinar

Coronavirus in front a Dow Jones stock exchange ticker
ONLINE