Are you a WWU graduate student who wants to learn about imposter syndrome and how it affects the graduate student experience? Join us for a workshop facilitated by the Counseling & Wellness Center. 

Imposter syndrome is the feeling or belief that you've been given something you didn't earn or don't deserve. It can manifest as self-doubt, the belief that everyone else is smarter or more accomplished than you are, or the fear that you will be exposed as a fraud.  Imposter syndrome affects graduate students of all backgrounds and in different ways. 

Celebrate the season with an array of fun, informative and inspired programming during Western's annual Fall Family Weekend event, October 21-23, 2022. Students and families can select how to spend their time together with a flexible schedule of ticketed and non-ticketed events - now open to explore.

Visit nssfo.wwu.edu/fall-family-weekend for more details!

Questions? Contact New Student Services and Family Outreach at nssfo@wwu.edu.

Free Educator Workshop

Join Dr. J Wahutu Siguru (Media Studies, NYU) for a 90-minute workshop highlighting the importance of proper sources for teaching about genocide in the classroom and how to find them. Participants will have an opportunity to learn from Wahutu through a case study of the Rwandan genocide. Participants will also get hands-on experience with classroom activities geared towards high school students.

Fall Family Weekend is a time when campus and community come together to provide students and their families with fun and meaningful ways to connect with each other as well as with the Western community. This year's weekend of events will offer virtual programming as well as in-person activities, providing opportunities to explore on-and off-campus with outdoor excursions, live shows, presentations, panel discussion, athletics, movies, workshops, tours, art, open house, and more.

Peter Ross, of the Coastal Ocean Research Institute, will talk about an environmental problem that has generated a lot of public interest. This interest in microplastic pollution is partially driven by the fact that we can see the problem, but there is more that we can't see. Peter will describe what we know and what we are concerned about with respect to this common contaminant.