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WWU Graduate School
516 High St, OM 530
Bellingham, WA 98225-9037
(360) 650-3170
Fall Quarter 2025 Office Hours
During Fall Quarter, we will be remote on Fridays.
Monday - Thursday
9AM - noon, 1PM - 4PM
Closed daily from noon-1PM
Remote Fridays
Graduate School Team
David Patrick
He joined Western in 1996 as a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and has served in a number of roles at the University. Prior to Western, he earned a doctorate in Physical Chemistry from the University of Utah, studying under Prof. Thomas P. Beebe, Jr., followed by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge under Dr. Ruth M. Lynden-Bell. He has been a visiting researcher at the University Cambridge, University of Oxford, and the Institutes for Materials Science in Barcelona and Seville. An active researcher who involves both graduate and undergraduate students in his work, he is a Cottrell Scholar, recipient of the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. His work at Western has been recognized with the Arlan Norman Mentoring Award, Carl H. Simpson Bridging Award, and Olscamp Research Award.
Michael Barr
I’ve worked for Western for 25 years and am also a Western graduate, earning both my bachelor's and master's degrees here. Please contact me for issues relating to student funding, travel grants, assistantships, student insurance, Graduate Faculty Governance Committee inquiries, Graduate school policy questions, and generally any urgent matters.
Denise Mor
I'm on campus each Monday and am available via email and also on MS Teams for chat/video calls Monday through Friday. Contact for questions relating to Grad Admissions processes/systems/data, TA awards, Grad School Scholarship/Waiver offers, and TA Health Insurance.
Megan Spiegel
Megan has more than a decade of experience supporting graduate students at Western. As head of the Kitto Graduate Student Hub, she provides leadership in strategic visioning, program development, and assessment for the Hub and its collaborative programs. For the Graduate School, she serves as advising and academic policy lead with oversight of academic progress and requirements, thesis processes, and degree completion. Megan holds an MFA in Creative Writing, is the author of poetry and essays published in a variety of venues, and has taught workshops on hybrid genre writing and creative practice.
Fall office hours in the Grad Hub: Thursdays, 2:00 to 3:00, and by appointment.
Allie Spikes
Contact me any time to discuss graduate communications. I’m eager to hear about noteworthy graduate student and graduate faculty research, scholarship, creative projects, and mentorship experiences to feature on social media and elsewhere.
Zev Valancy
Zev has worked in higher education administration and student success for more than a decade, most recently as an academic advisor in Oregon State University's College of Health, and previously as the Program Coordinator for the Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling at Northwestern University. He earned both his BA (in Theatre) and MS (in Higher Education Administration and Policy) at Northwestern, and he is dedicated to helping students navigate complex systems and reach their goals. Contact him if you are considering a graduate degree and want to learn more about options (whether at Western or elsewhere) or if you have specific questions about application requirements, the admissions process, and the administrative elements of completing all degree requirements through graduation.
General Grad School Inquiries
gradschool@wwu.edu
(360) 650-3170