Alumni

At the time, it didn’t seem like it would amount to anything. It was 2009, and the Energy Institute was not yet formed. Many of us in the…

I attended Western for a fifth year on the hunch the new Energy Policy minor would give me a fundamental understanding of energy policy and a…

Thanks to the Energy Policy Minor and the faculty of the the Institute for Energy Studies, I was hired as a Regulatory Analyst by one of the…

I came to Western Washington University to join the College of the Environment and found the Economics / Environmental Studies major. My major…

I'm currently in my third year here at Western majoring in Environmental Policy and minoring in both Energy Policy and Economics. Energy has…

The Energy Policy Major has been the most powerful synthesis of knowledge I ever encountered. We tackle the realities of economics, politics,…

Through my curriculum in the Energy concentration of EE, I was introduced to many professors and students with connections in the Institute for…

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Economics from Western in the summer of 2015. I chose to pursue a minor in Energy Policy after I…

The Energy Policy and Management interdisciplinary curriculum has provided me with an expansive understanding of energy and its deep-rooted…

Since beginning my energy studies at Western, I have been met with such enthusiasm and readiness to make things happen. The growing community…