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For the last 75 years, Mountaineer Bowl has served as Western’s largest venue and the Gunnison Country’s meeting place. As we prepare to celebrate...
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On a vacant lot beside the main road running through Gothic, Colorado, the abandoned 19th-century mining town that’s now home to the Rocky Mountain...
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Western students help build Gunnison’s newest solar array For years, the six-acre lot beside Country Road 17, west of Gunnison, sat mostly empty, tucked...
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Western students contribute to a study that could change the game for water in the thirsty West It’s just after 9:30 in the morning,...
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Western Colorado University is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Awards for Excellence. Each year, this prestigious honor is given to...
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The Western Mountain Rescue Team carries on a Homecoming tradition For years, on the Friday night of Western’s Homecoming weekend, the Western Mountain Rescue...
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Throughout the years, skiing at Western Colorado University has undergone significant transformations. It all began with the establishment of the ski team in the...
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It is 1998, the sun is shining, and the air is hot and humid with a slight breeze coming off the ocean. Soft sand...
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Western plans program focused on rural nursing On a nondescript Tuesday in the med-surg unit at Gunnison Valley Hospital (GVH), things are pretty quiet....
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“If I could be the difference … I would be incredibly happy” A lot of people don’t realize living in Paradise can be hard....
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When Scott Borden and Mallory Logan became friends, they never imagined, in their wildest dreams they would one day be working together to release...
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Graduating from Western Colorado University during the height of a global pandemic made diving into a career an uncertain pursuit. As the world opened...
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We’ve turned away from the planet and even our human landscape. If we turned back to that and learned to love all of it,...
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