WWU Archives is the official repository for the records of Western Washington University. Records come from all departments and exist in many formats, including movies.
One of six state-funded, four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, WWU is located in Bellingham, 90 miles north of Seattle and 50 miles south of Vancouver, B.C.
Western is within walking distance of Bellingham Bay and just over an hour's drive from the ski area on 10,778-foot Mount Baker.
Western, with its residential campus, houses roughly a third of its students in 15 residence halls. The 215-acre campus includes the student-funded Wade King Recreation Center and the 180-acre Sehome Arboretum, operated jointly with the city of Bellingham. A 12,000-square-foot Marine Education Center, located at Western's Shannon Point Marine Center near Anacortes, opened in 2006. Western also has a 15-acre student/university facility at nearby Lake Whatcom. Woodring College of Education, Huxley College of the Environment and University Extended Education and Summer Programs offer classes and certificate and degree programs in Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles and Seattle. Work is underway on an expansion of WWU's campus to the Bellingham waterfront.
One of six state-funded, four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, WWU is located in Bellingham, 90 miles north of Seattle and 50 miles south of Vancouver, B.C.
Western is within walking distance of Bellingham Bay and just over an...