Western Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year institutions of higher
education in Washington. Fall
2004 enrollment includes 12,940 full- and part-time students.
The University maintains nearly 73 buildings on a 215-acre campus, including the
38-acre Sehome Arboretum, operated jointly with the city of Bellingham, and 15 residential buildings housing near 4,000 students. Western also has off-campus facilities at Shannon Point
Marine Center in Anacortes, Wash.; and a 15-acre student-university facility at nearby Lake Whatcom.
WWU is situated in Bellingham, a city of 70,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay and many of Puget Sound’
s 172 San
Juan Islands. The University is 90 miles north of Seattle, 55 miles south of Vancouver, B.C., and an hour’
s drive from the ski area on 10,778-foot Mount Baker.