Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
 
In its first 100 years, Western Washington University grew from a small teacher's Washington college to a university that is one of the best regional public universities in the Northwest. The campus is beautiful, activities abound, the staff is friendly and helpful, and faculty members are excellent teachers and scholars. All of this adds up to an outstanding college experience at a modest price.

Western Washington University is a student-centered university. Students expand their interests and perspectives. We combine the academic distinction and personal attention of a smaller, private college and the choices and variety of a comprehensive university. This Washington college is committed to the notion that outstanding faculty scholarship and inspired teaching can and should go together.

Students learn a great deal at Western Washington University. But the most important knowledge they will acquire is the knowledge of how to learn, which will help them to continue their education for the rest of their lives. Take the initiative to learn at Western Washington University, learn from the initiatives of others, and share knowledge with the world beyond our doors.
 
 
Quick Facts:
  • For the 10th consecutive year, Western Washington University is ranked second among top master's granting public universities in the West, according to the 2007 U.S. News & World Report college rankings.
  • Western Washington University placed fifth in this year's Collegiate Power Rankings, a nationwide list of the top academic and athletic colleges at the NCAA Division II level. WWU is the only top-10 ranked Division II school in the Northwest.
  • In 2003 this Washington college initiated a series of student surveys designed to track entire cohorts of Western students from their preparation for college to how the Western experience affects their attitudes, values, and learning during their years at Western, to how their experiences at Western Washington University shape their post-graduation lives and careers.
  • This Washington college is committed to the use of multiple assessment tools for continually improving teaching and learning. As part of that commitment, a Midterm Teaching and Learning Survey has been created and made available for all instructors who use Blackboard in their courses.
  • The course syllabus at Western Washington University can be a powerful tool for student learning when giving a positive first impression of a course, and making learning objectives explicit. The Center for Instructional Innovation (CII) has worked with faculty to develop an online tool for creating and modifying the course syllabus.
  • Over the past three decades, student evaluations of instruction have become the default documentation of instructor effectiveness, and instructors and administrators regularly use them to make important inferences about courses and instructors, despite limited understanding of the statistical properties, which should guide meaningful interpretations.
  • Each quarter, the Testing Center constructs custom gradebooks for all requesting instructors. Gradebooks are Excel files, which are pre-programmed to compute student grades according to instructor specifications. Each gradebook includes a class list, customized headings, and formulas, which automatically weight scores, compute averages, and make other calculations.
 
 
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