Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) 2023 Scholarships

Amount Awarded: $7,682.00

Academic Year: 2022-2023 

Implementation: March 2023

Full Application: Link

Categories: Curriculum and Research Student Life

This project provided up to 13 students the opportunity to attend the Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC), that took place March 6th through March 8th, 2023, at Oregon State University. The conference offered critical opportunities to engage with, and learn from, a diverse set of speakers/participants on a variety of sustainability topics such as student leadership, decarbonization, green spaces, ways to procure funding, sustainable design, program implementation strategies, and much more that could translate to positive change on Western’s campus. 

WOHESC is the premier regional campus sustainability conference. The topics discussed throughout the conference focused on regional political, social, economic, and environmental issues with an emphasis on creating strong connections between campuses throughout Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. After students returned from the conference, they shared what they learned with the broader campus community through a Sustainability Roundtable event on campus.