<p>Joyce Lopes, WWU Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs, is pleased to announce that Andrea Rodger will be Western's new Assistant Vice President for Finance and Business Services effective May 1, 2024.</p>

<p>WWU Professor of Journalism Carolyn Nielsen has been named a 2024-2025 American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellow. Her fellowship research in Denmark will examine how newsrooms use audience metrics in making editorial decisions. During her professional leave, she will also partner with several Danish universities' journalism departments and engage in survey research studying undergraduate journalism students. </p>