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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Observed annually in October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) celebrates the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities past and present and showcases supportive, inclusive employment policies and practices. In recognition of the important role people with disabilities play in a diverse and inclusive American workforce, the theme for NDEAM 2022 “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation.”

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In the News

SURP’s Up: Worms, pond scum and fruit flies make for interesting summer research

Undergraduate Research AssistanLola Demurger examines fruit flies in a lab to make sure they go in the right test tubes.

Meet JoeHahn, the new director of LGBTQ+ Western

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Beyond pro-choice and pro-life: A Q&A with WWU's Mary Hunt

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day event draws a packed crowd for documentary screening with filmmaker

Director Brooke Pepion Swaney and protagonist Kendra Mylnechuk Potter speak to a packed crowd following a screening of their film for Indigenous Peoples' Day.

MSCM/Ops Alums Reunite!

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Cascadia Pizza Co. — Bellevue

WWU Accounting Alumni Social @ Scuttlebutt Brewing

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Scuttlebutt Brewing Taproom in Everett

Research at Western

CFPA to stage re-imagining of 'Romeo & Juliet' Oct. 14-16 in the Performing Arts Center

WWU researchers find potentially harmful levels of pollutants in the Salish Sea’s edible seaweeds

A Western student prepares a seaweed sample for testing

Call of the light draws Western student to study bioluminescent plankton

Noctiluca are seen under a microscope in white on a black background.

WWU’s Caitlin Bannister is Western’s first Behavioral Neuroscience student to receive a coveted Goldwater Scholarship

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