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Students attending last year’s CECLC, now re-named “Conferencia Voces de Cambio y Liderazgo” MONMOUTH, Ore. —Western Oregon University announces the new name for their annual student leadership conference, which was formerly named the Cesar E. Chávez...
Pictured from left to right: Jandika Borden, Richard Loos, and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Saager. MONMOUTH, Ore. —Western Oregon University’s English Department is proud to announce the 10th annual 2026 Peter Sears Poetry Prize winners. This competition received...
MONMOUTH, Ore. – Western Oregon University announces the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Undergraduate Awards recipients. The students will be recognized at the commencement ceremony on June 13, where they will have the opportunity to give a short speech. Below are the...
Melissa Larson, new WOU Vice President of Student Affairs MONMOUTH, Ore. — After a national search, Western Oregon University announces Malissa Larson as the next Vice President for Student Affairs, following the retirement of Vice President for Student Affairs Tina...
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...
