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National Student Exchange student at WOU shares about her experience

Marion Barnes Posted on February 9, 2022 5697 views 1 comment

Woman with brown hair standing at the top of a staircase down to the Oregon beach.

WOU student Nicole “Nickie” Hayes from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., has been featured in her home region’s local newspaper. She talks about why NSE was a great solution for her and why she selected WOU for her exchange site. Check out Nickie’s story!

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Bilingual Teacher Scholars program expands scholarships and eligibility

Marion Barnes Posted on January 11, 2022 1876 views

Female student wearing a red graduation gown and a multicolored scarf that says bilingual teacher.

Oregon has experienced a shortage of bilingual teachers for many years, and Western Oregon University (WOU) has been working to address this gap while trying to help diversify the state’s teacher workforce with our Bilingual Teacher Scholars (BTS) program. BTS provides bilingual and bicultural students (in Spanish and English) with an annual scholarship of $3,000, [more…]