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Bellingham, WA - Western Washington University has again been ranked first among top public master’s-granting universities in the Pacific Northwest and second in the West, according to rankings of universities and colleges published by US News and World Report.  Only two public schools are ranked in the top 20 among master’s-granting universities in the West, a region stretching from Texas to the Pacific Ocean.

Western was ranked in the top five percent in a study measuring the percentage of baccalaureate-degree recipients who go on to earn a research doctorate.  The study, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, looked at information from 1996 to 2005 collected from 560 institutions granting master’s degrees.

“We are committed to an environment for teaching and learning that has repeatedly earned Western this kind of recognition, which is a tribute to the excellence of our faculty, staff and students,” said Western President Karen W. Morse.

Since the first U.S. News rankings in 1987, Western has been highly rated in 19 of 21 years. Rankings are based on a variety of criteria including academic reputation, student selectivity and retention, faculty resources, peer assessment and financial resources.

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 Western Washington University’s new Web Design and Development Certificate program starts this fall.The program, offered through the university’s Extended Education and Summer Programs Office, is for novices who want to learn about producing a Web site, understand HTML, use advanced Web graphics and more.

Marie Raney, Web services manager for the university, will be the instructor. The course starts Oct. 11 and runs through winter and spring quarters on Thursday evenings.

Interested people should attend one of two information sessions: at 6:15 p.m. Thursday in the Communications Facility, Room 225, or at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Communications Facilty, Room 224. For program details and registration information, go to www.ExtendedEd.wwu.edu or call 650-3650.

This is really good news for anyone in the Bellingham, WA and Whatcom County area that wants to take some quality classes from a great local resource like WWU without being a Western student.

I’ve had a chance to check out the web site above and I found it pretty easy to sign up for a class like this and others that are offered by Western’s Extended Ed program. 

I graduated from Western in their Business Admin BA program with a concentration in MIS (Management of Information Systems).  I would have to think the web design class would really enhance a small business home owner for developing their company’s web site.  It’s just a nice oportunity to take a great class from one of the best university’s on the west coast. 

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  Western Washington University, rated as one of the best universities on the west coast, is a vital part of Bellingham, Washington’s fabric.  The University campus and the adjoining Sehome Hill Arboretum, a popular urban hiking spot, make up the Western Washington University Neighborhood.  The main campus covers 195 acres, including 38 acres in the Sehome Hill Arboretum. The entire Arboretum covers 180 acres.

Although there are no privately owned property within the Neighborhood, it does provide on-campus housing for about 4,000 college students.  The total enrollment at WWU is about 12,700 students.  The surrounding neighborhoods of Sehome, Happy Valley & York house a majority of the off-campus students.

Western Washington University (also known as WWU or just Western) is one of six state funded four year universities or higher education in the state of Washington.  Western offers Bachelor’s and master degrees.  Western has consistently ranked among the top schools in its category and according to US News and World Report’s ranking, as the # 2 pulic master’s granting schools in the entire western region, while placing 18th overall (public and private combined).

The university is noted for its orientation to teaching and the liberal arts, Vehicle Research Institute (once noted by Automobile Magazine as “very possibly the best school in the country for total car design”), and outdoor sculpture collection. Also, the Philosophical Gourmet Report mentions Western as having one of the best philosophy departments among colleges and universities that only offer a B.A. in the discipline.  Also Western has one of the best wired universities for internet use.

Western has placed consistently high in annual rankings of excellence and affordability by magazines such as U.S. News and World Report and Consumer Digest. Yahoo! has named Western among the 100 “most wired” universities in the U.S. for its technological capabilities. 

The university is one of Whatcom County’s leading employers, with nearly 1,500 workers, and has an acclaimed outdoor sculpture collection, art galleries, performing arts center and sports facilities. The campus has undergone a building boom in recent years, adding a Campus Services Facility and the Wade King Recreation Center since 2002. New this year is the Communications Building, which houses the physics, computer science, communications and journalism programs. 

Public schools in the area are Happy Valley Elementary, Fairhaven Middle School, Sehome High School.  Shopping in the area include Viking Bookstore on campus; Sehome Village to the west. Major grocers are Bellingham Food Co-Op on Forest Street, Haggen at Sehome Village or Fred Meyer and Cost Cutter on Lakeway.

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