Note to our Students

Dear UWest Students: We are two weeks away from the end of the spring semester.  I wish to thank each and every one of you for your quick adaptation of a new learning method.  We appreciate your willingness to work with us during this unprecedented circumstance.  We...

Friday Letter from the President

Dear UWest Community: We have now arrived in the middle of May.  In two weeks we will bid the students farewell for the summer and send the graduates off with best wishes.  Faculty will be on duty until June 15; and we know how much work they will be attending, to...

Friday Letter from the President

Dear UWest Community: It’s another beautiful day in the neighborhood; another fabulous view from the top of this little hill above Walnut Grove Avenue.  Happy Friday!  For some, the week seemed to be dragging on.  Here at UWest, it’s moving at a rapid speed.  In a...

Friday Letter from the President

Dear UWest Community: Happy Arbor Day!  I hope you will have a chance to plant a tree or a houseplant, or tend to your garden in celebration of this day.  If you have not had the chance to read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, you might want to read it...

Spring Grading Policy

Dear UWest Community: Attached please find a copy of the UWest Grading Policy and Guidelines for the Spring semester, 2020 ONLY. After many rounds of research, discussion, and review, the Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee in consultation with the Executive Team...