On behalf of the administration, staff, faculty and students of WOU, we want to thank you for your commitment to Western Oregon University, the oldest public school in the state of Oregon!
On behalf of all of the Western Oregon University faculty and staff, I would like to welcome you to the WOU community. I think you will quickly find Western to be a special place.
WOU was founded in 1856 as a private college, just 7 years after the territorial government was organized and three years before Oregon even became a state.
