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Pictured from left to right: Ya-Fang Cheng, Tad Shannon, Barb Peña, President Jesse Peters, Provost Jose Coll, Ryan Topper, and Paula Verdegaal-Taylor. Monmouth, Ore. —Western Oregon University proudly announces the 2026 Mario & Alma Pastega Award recipients. This...
Monmouth, Ore. —Western Oregon University announces its 2026 commencement on Saturday, June 13 at 10 a.m. on McArthur Field. Over 1,084 students are eligible to walk across the stage and graduate, completing a significant milestone in their lives. Four Outstanding...
Monmouth, Ore. —Western Oregon University announces that Randi Storch, Ph.D., will serve as Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs beginning July 1, following the departure of current Provost Jose Coll, who will assume the role of President at Western...
Monmouth, Ore. —Western Oregon University and Write Place welcomed Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston for a reading and discussion of her work on Thursday, April 30 at Western Oregon University’s campus. Community members, faculty, staff and students packed the...
Monmouth, Ore. —Western Oregon University is pleased to announce that the 40th annual Wolves Athletic Auction presented by Oregon State Credit Union will be held Saturday, May 30, 2026. “The Wolves Athletic Auction is our biggest annual fundraiser for Wolves...
Monmouth, Ore. —Western Oregon University has announced the hiring of Ben Barlow as its new Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, effective May 1, 2026. Barlow is a Western alumnus and earned an undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies and a graduate...
Monmouth, Ore. —After nearly a decade hiatus, Western Oregon University and the WOU Foundation brought back the annual Scholarship Reception, an event that recognizes and celebrates student scholarship recipients and the donors who fund them. At the reception, donors...
Monmouth, Ore. —Sophomore and first generation student Yair Gomez Romero chose to attend Western Oregon University partly because of a family connection. His uncle Aaron attended Western and shared that he had a great experience. Little did Gomez Romero know that his...
MONMOUTH, Ore. – Western Oregon University hosted its annual Giving Day, Howl from the Heart, on April 7, 2026. This day of crowdfunding invited everyone to contribute financially to campus projects and initiatives that mattered most to them. This year, Western added...
MONMOUTH, Ore. – Western Oregon University announces that Melanie Landon-Hays, Ph.D., has been named Acting Dean of the College of Education, effective immediately. Landon-Hays, a faculty member in the College of Education at Western since 2013, brings extensive...
