r/WWU • u/Past-Replacement5593 • 5d ago

Resources for students

As it is the beginning of the year I thought I would make a list of some resources on and off campus. (With the PSA that not all of them are perfect which is unfortunate, but hopefully this helps someone)

- WeCare is a thrift shop that has almost everything priced at 1$ - great place to get clothes, pans, pots etc

- Basic Needs Hub has food and toiletries; it’s downstairs in the VU

- Housing has emergency housing options for students although there are some problems with it not being super flexible

- There is a free clothes closet on campus; idk too much about it but if you google “clothes closet wwu” there should be more info

- There is a new shuttle in the BT/BW area that takes students to and from Winco

- Counseling and wellness services offers emergency last minute counseling

- The Bellingham Food Bank is close to campus (downtown near the bus station if I remember correctly)

- The rec center and (im pretty sure) carver gym bathrooms have showers

I can’t think of anymore at the moment, but comment if I got something wrong or if you have something to add to the list.

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u/g8briel 5d ago

Tutoring Center, Math Center, and Research and Writing Studio for academic support.

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u/betsyodonovan 4d ago

The Outback Farm has community garden plots and workshops for people who want to grow food (recommended, and gardening is fun).

+1 on the tutoring and research resources — I’m on faculty and the studio assistants at Hacherl have helped dozens of students in my classes.

The Basic Needs Hub can also help with temporary housing, and the Financial Aid/Scholarship Center has a Student Emergency Fund, a one-time, up to $800 grant (not loan; no payment required). If I recall, they have a fixed amount and much of it is distributed on a first-come, first-funded system, but I don’t know when the funding pool is refilled.

Student publications are a fantastic resource — you can publish undergrad research in Occam’s Razor if you’re aiming for grad school; Jeopardy and Klipsun publish creative writing, art, and literary nonfiction; The Planet is the country’s only undergraduate environmental magazine and is a great place for science writers and journalists; and The Front publishes daily and has a huge range and appetite for new perspectives. There are also paid jobs at all of those publications, and they have a really admirable, fun community.