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2/7/2013 - WWU to hold annual etiquette dinner Feb. 13


2/7/2013 - Compass 2 Campus director Cyndie Shepard receives Point of Light Award


2/7/2013 - Returned Peace Corps volunteers to speak at WWU at 4 today


2/6/2013 - Editorial: Graduates’ service rate speaks well of region


2/6/2013 - Washington colleges top lists for most Peace Corps volunteers


2/6/2013 - WWU Tops Peace Corps College Rankings


2/5/2013 - WWU tops Peace Corps list of top medium colleges


2/5/2013 - Three Washington colleges lead nation in Peace Corps volunteers


1/31/2013 - Western celebrates Peace Corps in February


1/15/2013 - Students, faculty en route to east Africa


1/16/2013 - The Dream Continues: King celebration focuses on families in need


1/15/2013 - Students, faculty en route to east Africa


1/14/2013 - Western to partner with Whatcom, BTC on MLK Day projects


1/2/2012 - Students to read stories of equality on MLK Day


12/12/12 - Whatcom Volunteer Center Program Impact [Video]


12/5/12 - Students lead the way as co-inquirers of teaching and learning


11/29/12 - Students create promo video for Jingle Bell Run


11/19/12 - Theatre dept. to work with Fairhaven Middle School on 'The Monologue Project VII' Dec. 6 to 8


11/14/12 - 'Tangled Webs' Conference on race, poverty and prisons set for Jan. 17-18


11/9/12 - International Ed Week to feature lectures, events


10/22/12 - Slideshow: 900 youth visit Western for Compass 2 Campus


10/22/12 - A New Online Network and Professional Learning Community


10/22/12 - A mutually beneficial partnership


10/4/12 - Info session on Rwanda service-learning trip set for Friday


10/2/12 - Annual Report features a look at the best of last year


10/1/12 - Trip to Rwanda the subject of Oct. 4 presentation


10/1/12 - Bookstore to celebrate National Student Day Oct. 4


9/28/12 - Outback Farm to hold kickoff work party Sunday


9/27/12 - World Issues Forum announces fall lineup


9/19/12 - C2C to hold tour day info session for faculty and staff Sept. 19


9/19/12 - Fall Family Open House loaded with fun events


9/4/12 - Volunteers tackle wilderness access roads


8/6/12 - WWU students release environmental impact study for Birch Bay shoreline project


7/29/12 - 2012 Homeless Connect [Photo Gallery]


7/17/12 - What "is..." service-learning?


7/17/12 - Downtown Bellingham produce stand gives homeless youth job skills


7/3/12 - Students conduct marketing survey on the Pickford


6/26/12 - Center for Service-Learning creates webzine telling of service-learning challenges, impacts


6/21/12 - Upcoming Volunteer Opportunites with Allied Arts


6/19/12 - July 2012 issue of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement now available - free


6/7/12 - Faculty invited to writing, service-learning retreat at Shannon Point


6/5/12 - Western taking nominations for Community Engagement Award


6/1/12 - Youth to perform poetry Sunday at Village Books


5/29/12 - June 2012 issue of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement now available-free


5/28/12 - WWU grad brings social service passion to lead Lydia Place


5/28/12 - Summer volunteer opportunity on trails near Mount Baker


5/25/12 - Volunteers needed to celebrate seniors


5/25/12 - Back 2 Bellingham events bring 7,000 people to campus


5/15/12 - Photos: Bellingham students visit Gordon Carter Conservation Site


5/14/12 - From Window Magazine: 'Haiti: Home of her Heart'


5/11/12 - Faculty who teach with writing, service-learning invited to retreat


5/11/12 - Service-Learning seeks faculty input on 2012-13 classes


5/11/12 - Panel to shed light on AmeriCorps May 15


5/10/12 - Universities will train DSHS social workers, foster parents, parents


5/4/12 - CASCAID Conference at WWU


4/24/12 - Director of Ombogo Girls' Academy to Speak


4/20/12 - Nearly 450 donate blood during April campus drive


4/17/12 - Former Peace Corps volunteers to speak April 19


3/16/12 - Again, Western honored for community service


3/16/12 - Woodring projects given funding to pursue innovation


3/12/12 - Making A Difference Colleges


3/12/12 - WWU students to work with local entrepreneurs


3/07/12 - Urban Transitions Studio to present downtown corridor planning study


3/01/12 - WWU alum, staff share Peace Corps memories on March 1


2/29/12 - Ericka Huggins highlights Activism Week at Western


2/28/12 - Students in Service program to be terminated Wednesday


1/27/12 - Effort tries to count Whatcom County’s homeless population in single day


1/25/12 - Western second among medium-sized universities in Peace Corps volunteers


1/23/12 - WWU students working to help Haitians use plastic trash to make new homes


1/17/12 - Western students read to kids on MLK Day (Video)


1/16/12 - Obamas mark King’s birthday with volunteer outing


1/12/12 - MLK Day Will Be Marked as a National Day of Service


1/9/12 - Student projects at Bellingham schools aid needy


1/5/12 - WWU's Fairhaven College Announces Winter World Issues Forum Slate


1/3/12 - Western, community collaborate in many ways


11/22/11 - Service-Learning courses now easily identifiable in Classfinder


11/04/11 - Through partnership with Whatcom Volunteer Center, students can help out in community


10/24/11 - 1000 to take AmeriCorps pledge


10/12/11 - Volunteer opportunities abound on Make a Difference Day


9/21/11 - Public housing in Bellingham gets green roof, solar panels


9/20/11 - Community center to serve Mount Baker Foothills will open by Oct. 1


9/20/11 - WWU’s Fairhaven College Announces Fall World Issues Forum Slate


9/16/11 - Private school offers enrichment program on early release days


9/12/11 - WWU education students heading to Kenya to teach in rural schools


7/21/11 - Boxx Berry Farm grows vegetables for needy Whatcom County residents


6/10/11 - Sheila Webb honored by Association for Education In Journalism and Mass Communication


5/24/11 - Washington Campus Compact awarded $100,000 grant for degree-completion efforts


5/24/11 - WWU's Sheila Webb Awarded 2011 Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award


5/17/11 - Washington Campus Compact AmeriCorps Retention Project Mentors 300 Bellingham and Whatcom County Students


5/12/11 - WWU's Compass 2 Campus Program Wins Education Award


5/10/11 - Learning and Serving


4/26/11 - Students pay price as society forgets higher-education's value


4/22/11 - U.S. Rep. Inslee visits Center for Service-Learning during campus visit Thursday


4/18/11 - 2011 WISH BOOK: Whatcom County charity wishes


4/13/11 - Maria Timmons Flores to tell of her work with migrant youth Thursday


4/12/11 - Associated Students complete first-ever Day of Service in Bellingham


4/4/11 - More Whatcom County residents turn to free community meals for sustenance


3/28/11 - Northwest Youth Services plans to reopen Bellingham youth shelter in April


2/25/11 - WWU's Urban Transitions Studio to Show Presentation on Transit-Oriented Communities March 8 at City Hall


2/19/11 - Save Service in America


2/15/11 - WWU Instructor Wins Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award


2/14/11 - Whatcom County Food Banks Feel the Pinch as Demand Outpaces Donations


2/4/11 - WWU Ranks Third in Peace Corps Volunteers


1/29/11 - WWU Offers Spring and Summer Faculty-Led Travel Programs


1/14/11 - Safeco Foundation Grant Supports WWU Mentoring, Tutoring Efforts


1/14/11 - WWU gathers for candlelight vigil Thursday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.


1/5/11 - WWU receives classification as Carnegie Community Engaged University


1/2/11 - Lafayette College Takes a Liberal-Arts Approach to Community and Economic Outreach


1/5/11 - Washington Campus Compact and Inspireum announce Students In Service Awards


12/23/10 - Habitat for Humanity hosts housewarming party


12/8/10 - WWU's Saunders wins prestigious Public Anthropology award


11/22/10 - WWU Theatre to partner with Fairhaven Middle School on 'The Monologue Project, 5th ed.' Dec. 2-4


11/16/10 - Whatcom Volunteers


11/9/10 - Blanket Drive Keeps Bellingham Warm


9/22/10 - WWU students and University Dining Services participate in volunteer event at Bellingham Food Bank


9/6/10 - Bellingham women break new ground with Kenyan school


7/28/10 - Washington Campus Compact Announces Cumulative Service Numbers


7/6/10 - Washington Campus Compact Receives $500,000 Learn and Serve Grant

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