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A one-of-a-kind college experience.

  • Football athletes run onto the field through pink smoke.
  • A skier skis out of a powder slash.
  • A student, looking off into the distance, wears a cap and gown as she stands on a high alpine ridge with a large peak behind her at sunrise.
  • A student walks through sagebrush holding a butterfly net with big mountain views behind.
  • Western Theatre company performs a dance during the dress rehearsal for Tartuffe.
  • A graduate student wearing a cowboy hat smiles as he stands on Verzuh Ranch wetlands with cattle and Whetstone Mountain behind him.
  • A skier slides a rail in front of the library while students cheer for him in the background. A motion blur effect is used in this photo.
  • A professor demonstrates how to inject a water sample to a student as they stand outside in front of a pond.
  • Seen from Van Tuyl Ranch, the collegiate "W" on Tenderfoot Mountain is lit on fire during the first night of Homecoming weekend.
  • A rainbow is seen above Taylor Hall at sunset
  • A skier grabs her skis while jumping in the air on a blue sky day with mountains in the background.
  • A student in the crow section holds his hands up in a W during a football game.
  • An ROE land-based class in single file backpacks up a flat mountain meadow with the Castles and West Elk Peaks in the background.
  • Mechanical Engineering students create a rail for Rail Jam in the Maker Space in the Rady Building.
Life at Western Colorado University is anything but ordinary. Here, you won’t just sit in a lecture hall—you’ll dive into hands-on courses, connect with professors who know your name, and explore big ideas in small classes. Surrounded by a Rocky Mountain backdrop, your education goes far beyond the classroom, blending academic challenge with real-world application.

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Members of the 1911 student body march up a dirt path through the weeds to Taylor Hall.
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125 Years in the Making: Founder’s Day Celebrates Western’s Place in the Gunnison Valley

When you first look back through old black-and-white photographs, it’s hard to place yourself in the world that gave rise to Western Colorado University’s earliest…
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For the Birds: How Arrow Myers Is Turning a Childhood Curiosity into a Career
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Western’s Nordic and Alpine Ski Teams Return to National Stage in Lake Placid
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Events

Apr 16

Library Crafternoon: Book Folding

Thursday, April 16, 10:00am
Apr 16

Founders Day

Thursday, April 16, 11:00am
Apr 16

WCU Choir Concert

Thursday, April 16, 6:00pm
Apr 17

Poetry Slam

Friday, April 17, 5:30pm
Apr 18

Track & Field vs Last Chance RMAC Qualifier

Saturday, April 18, 12:00am
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Mt. Crested Butte peeks through a low layer of clouds in a blue sky day.

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