Computer Science is exciting, socially impactful, and provides many challenging, rewarding, and lucrative career paths for graduates to pursue. Our faculty specialize in areas such as Game Programming, Mobile Application Development, Machine Learning, Technology for Social Good, Robotics, AI and Cybersecurity. We are committed to promoting a welcoming and supportive environment where students from all backgrounds can be inspired and successful. We strive to provide a hands-on learning experience, with ample opportunities for group project work and student collaborations.
Five Western Washington University Cybersecurity students have been awarded highly competitive Department of War (DoW) Scholarships.
Karish Bernard, Jayden Gatewood, Brian Lucio, and Quinn Stone were awarded the DoW Cyber Service Academy (CSA) Scholarship. Alex Glydewell was awarded the DoW Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service.
Our two newest degree programs BS Data Science and BA in Education in Computer Science are allowing us to serve more students than ever. This growth is in direct response to the interest and demand from students and the tech industry. To accommodate this growth, we are excited about Kaiser Borsari Hall, which houses new lecture rooms, a robotics lab, along with student project and study spaces. It is fast becoming a place of innovation, collaboration, and connections.
WWU Computer Science Programmers Secure State And Regional Success At ICPC
Western Washington University’s Competitive Programming Club had an outstanding showing at the ICPC Pacific Northwest Regional Competition this fall. Western brought five Division 1 teams and one Division 2 team, with the Division 2 team earning 1st place in Washington State and 3rd place overall in the Pacific Northwest.
Opportunities such as attending conferences, coding and cybersecurity competitions, scholarship awards, and club events are some of the many ways we make use of donations to directly support our Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity, and BAE CS students. Please help us to continue to offer these amazing opportunities through a donation to one of our various funding choices.
2026 Fund Choices
- Computer Science Department: club activities, field trips to local and regional tech companies, and guest lectures.
- Student Research Support: undergrad and graduate student travel to conferences and workshops to present research mentored by faculty.
- Student Scholarships: 100% of these contributions go back to students in the form of financial scholarships.
- Cybersecurity Program: various cybersecurity activities, including a yearly trip to a regional cybersecurity competition.
- Data Science Student Support: club and social events, and excursions to tech companies.
- Student Clubs: supports our more than 10 student-led clubs. From monthly pizza events to guest speakers.
- Dr. James Johnson Memorial Endowment: Endowed by a generous gift from the family of first department chair, Dr. Johnson, to be used for student scholarships.
- Association for Gender Inclusion in Computing (AGIC): outreach and student activities that seek to build an empowering environment for Computer Science. Opportunities for outreach, leadership, mentoring, and professional networking at conferences such as Grace Hopper.
Read about the many recent faculty, student, and department Spotlights, many of which are funded by donations like yours.
