Outreach and Continuing Education

Western’s SEA Discovery Center Begins Planning for an Early 2022 Reopening

Apr 29, 2021 7:07pm

Western Washington University’s SEA Discovery Center in Poulsbo, which has been closed during the COVID pandemic, is currently on pace for a reopening in the first quarter of 2022. Work is under way to complete a long to-do list in preparation for the reopening that will result an improved learning environment for the students that visit the center, as well as secure more funding for the center itself. Projects currently in process at the center include:

Western Youth Programs Announces Virtual College Quest Program

Apr 21, 2021 6:12pm

Western’s Youth Programs is offering a virtual summer program for high schoolers this July, called College Quest Online. The program is designed for students entering grades ten through twelve. The cost of the program is $800 per student.

Western’s Professional and Continuing Education Announces Spring and Summer 2021 Programs

Apr 2, 2021 5:41pm

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Western’s Professional and Continuing Education (PCE) offers a variety of online professional development options for the 2021 spring and summer quarters.

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Need-based Scholarships for Certificate Programs

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Two decades into the 21st Century, new patterns of work require people to continually evaluate their education in order to determine how best to progress in their careers, or pursue more rewarding opportunities.

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Expanded Education Helps Mitigate Pandemic's Insecurity

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The Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas are some of the most underserved areas in the state in terms of access to a four-year college degree, and this deficit takes on even more urgency as the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly exposed how important educational attainment is to job security.

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A Sustainable Future with WWU Energy Certificates

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The Institute for Energy Studies at Western Washington University is a multi-college collaboration that offers interdisciplinary undergraduate degrees and certificates to address the science, technology, policy, business, and economic aspects of energy systems.

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"Western's program was structured in such a way that I was able to continue with working on my career. It really allowed me to practice what I was learning in school at my job and it was just this very whole-person approach. I really appreciated the flexibility and really, one of the most favorite things was just being able to have my cohort and to have people of like minds that were in my program but I was able to learn from, and the faculty were amazing, and I just really felt supported. The number one thing was they wanted all of us to succeed."

Kailey Fiedler-Gohlke

Graduate Student, 2019

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