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Crested Butte News spotlights growth at Western

In “Western one of fastest growing small universities in the state,” reporter Katherine Nettles highlighted the fall 2018 freshman class—Western’s largest in a decade—in the Jan. 2 edition of the Crested Butte News. Nettles also illustrated how in the past five years Western has seen “the highest percentage increase in the state of full-time enrollment outside of the CU system.”

Also featured in the report:

  • New partnership program with the University of Colorado Boulder at the new Paul M. Rady School of Computer Science & Engineering
  • New Outdoor Industry MBA program
  • New School of Environment & Sustainability
  • New Master of Science in Ecology program
  • Improvement plans for the Ohio Avenue corridor between campus and downtown

For the full story, including comments from Western President Greg Salsbury, visit crestedbuttenews.com.

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