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• 2010

• November
  • WOU breaks enrollment record with 10 percent growth
  • International Education Week kicks off
• October
  • WOU awarded funds for a textbook rental program
  • Teaching Research Institute awarded grant to support people with traumatic brain injury
• September
  • Smith Fine Arts Series kicks off with Cirque Mechanics
  • Clash for Cash ramps up Battle in Seattle competition
  • Newly constructed Ackerman Hall opens for students, ribbon cutting to be held
• August
  • WOU named top in nation for the smallest white-Hispanic graduation rate gap
  • WOU received accolades in book evaluating higher education in the United States
• July
  • Sullivan-Vance honored among her advising peers
• May
  • Pastega award for Staff Excellence
  • Pastega award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Pastega award for Excellence in Scholarship
  • Delmer Dewey Award
  • Julia McCulloch Smith Award
  • Outstanding Graduate Student
  • New residence hall named Ackerman Hall
• April
  • WOU hosts lecture on nutrition before birth and chronic disease in adults
  • Exonerated death row inmate speaks on campus
  • ASL/English interpreting program receives full accreditation
  • Annual spring dance concert welcomes guest artist Jacob Mora
• March
  • WOU honored for commitment to service-learning and career development
  • WOU hosts mock DUII crash and safety fair
• February
  • Call for nominations: Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Conference at WOU for fourth year in a row
  • WOU welcomes new athletic director
  • Music faculty host "World Songs" concert
  • Education Trust ranks WOU tenth in nation for improved minority graduation rates
  • Campus departments kick off fundraising for Governor's Food Drive
• January
  • Symposium to address importance of the Arctic at Western Oregon University
  • Film festival to show four Arctic-themed films
  • Weeklong series of events honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• 2009

• December
  • Gonzalez-Viana awarded Peruvian Congressional Medal of Honor
• November
  • WOU enrollment increased nearly six percent over last year
• October
  • National Institute of Justice forensic grant
  • Seventh annual Tournees French film festival
  • International Education Week
  • RHA hosts Safe Halls on Halloween for local children
  • Dr. Henry Hughes released new book of poetry
  • Homecoming and Family Weekend: "A Nightmare on Church Street"
  • Alumna Shelly Heesacker speaks at WOU about her extraordinary career
• September
  • HSS building renamed in dedication of former WOU professor Jack Bellamy
  • Ceremony to celebrate groundbreaking of health & wellness center
  • WOU faculty received NASA grant to develop climate change curriculum
  • Students help elder residents of the Monmouth community
• August
  • 24th annual Salmon Bake celebrates arctic tradition
  • Oregon rural youth GEAR UP for college success at 3-day Monmouth event (.pdf)
  • First annual Silent Weekend at WOU conducted entirely in ASL
• July
  • Teacher Work Sample Methodology conference hosted by Western Oregon University
  • WOU special education professor appointed to statewide autism commission
  • Cycle Oregon visits Western Oregon University campus
  • Western Oregon University's 2009 retirees
• June
  • Faculty and staff recognized for outstanding commitment and dedication to WOU
  • Outstanding male and female seniors, and outstanding graduate student honored at commencement
  • Alumnus honored for unwavering support of WOU
  • Western Oregon University's 2009 commencement
  • WOU music professor receives national advising award
  • Teaching Research Institute named a Sarah Jane Brain Foundation Family Center of Excellence
• May
  • Western Oregon University closes for four days pending H1N1 virus confirmation
  • WOU students selected for M.E.Ch.A. National Coordinating Council
• April
  • Associate Provost invited to share success stories about student retention
  • Local fifth graders get college experience
  • WOU kicks off First Amendment Week with Charles Hinkle
  • Spring Dance Concert invigorates campus with movement
  • Western Oregon University joins Oregon 150 celebration
• March
  • Oregon educators can study in Mexico for ESOL endorsement
  • Ryan West honored by Oregon Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• February
  • Western Oregon University welcomes the Oregon Academy of Science
  • WOU and ECMC Foundation host Cesar Chavez Leadership Institute for Latino high school leaders
• January
  • David Bacon to discuss globalization and migration
  • Western Oregon University increases financial support for students

2008

• November
  • Prospective students learn more about college and can win a $500 scholarship
  • WOU attained 10% enrollment growth over past two years
  • Campus celebrates International Education Week
• October
  • French film festival brings taste of French life and culture to Monmouth
  • WOU wins prestigious award, $10,000 and other prizes for ASL/English interpreting program
  • Universities Collaborate in Touring State to Recruit Oregon Students (.pdf)
  • WOU attained 10% enrollment growth over past two years
• September
  • U.S. Department of Education awards funds to Teaching Research Institute for Oregon Deafblind Project
  • WOU awarded funds to develop talented and gifted regional planning center
  • Admissions counselor hired to focus on multicultural recruitment
  • WOU welcomes record number of new faculty hires
  • WOU kicks off the school year with a welcome to new students and returning faculty
• August
  • 23rd annual Salmon Bake celebrates Arctic tradition
  • New Provost now on campus
  • WOU awarded $1.6 million in federal funds to train educational personnel in meeting the needs of children with severe disabilities
• June
  • Communication Studies nationally named outstanding undergraduate program
• May
  • WOU receives unparalleled recognition for student academic advising
  • College of Education earns re-accreditation on national and state level
• March
  • Teaching Research Institute receives grant to launch science and math program for K-8 teachers
• February
  • WOU wins regional College Bowl championship

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