Western Washington University

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Western Washington University
founding 1893
place Bellingham United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
President Sabah Randhawa
Website WWU.edu/
Old Main, Bellingham Campus
Environmental Science Building

The Western Washington University (WWU) is a university in Bellingham in the US state of Washington . Almost 15,000 students are currently enrolled. The university is particularly known for its research and teaching in the field of automotive design.

Faculties (colleges)

  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Fairhaven College
  • Science and technology
  • Education (Woodring College of Education)
  • Fine and Performing Arts
  • Environmental Sciences (Huxley College of the Environment)
  • Economics
  • Graduate school

Sports

The sports teams at WWU are the Vikings . The college is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference . Until 2009, the university also had an American football team, which was most recently a member of the North Central Conference . However, in the course of budget cuts in 2009 this team was abolished.

Graduates

Web links

Commons : Western Washington University  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Footnotes

  1. ^ The President's Office: Biography. Sabah Randhawa. Western Washington University, accessed August 5, 2019 .
  2. Quick Facts . Western Washington University, accessed March 2, 2013.

Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 1.8 ″  N , 122 ° 29 ′ 11.3 ″  W.