Western will celebrate Scholars Week, an annual campus event showcasing the best of student scholarship, as an online event this year for the first time.

An online gallery will feature a virtual poster session of outstanding scholarly research and creative works by Western students. The event is intended to honor student success while reaffirming the university’s commitment to academic achievement despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

With so many students off campus and social distancing rules in place, Western’s Career Services Center (CSC) will hold three virtual employer meetups instead of the Spring Career Fair to connect students with employers and recruiters remotely.

Jenny Spurgin, CSC assistant director, said this decision is meant to keep health and safety as a top priority while also being beneficial for students.

“Respecting the need for physical distancing, we want to ensure students can still connect with organizations to find internships, jobs and build a network for their professional…

Western Washington University’s Institute for Energy Studies will host a “Carbon Hackathon” from 3-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21.

This online event is free and open to the public.

The collegiate DECA Association Leadership Award is only given to six students nationwide, and this year, one of the recipients is Western Washington University student and president of WWU’s DECA club, Schantell Hummel, a business management major from Renton.

The Association Leadership Award recognizes collegiate DECA student members for their leadership. Hummel was nominated by collegiate DECA director Kyle Barber for outstanding leadership as the event manager for the 2020 Pacific Career Development Conference at WWU.

“As event manager, I worked closely with the WWU…