CWU Events
Formerly held on Mondays, this event now shows two movies back-to-back.
What is Double Feature Friday?
A Canadian dish featuring fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy.
What is poutine?
Launched into orbit in 1990, this deep-space imaging telescope is still in operation.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope? (Hubble)
This PBS Kids show was recently dethroned by Spongebob as the longest running children's TV series.
What is Arthur?
This former U.S. president transferred from Occidental College to Columbia University in New York, in 1981.
Who is Barack Obama?
CWU departments come together every Halloween to welcome the public to this yearly trick-or-treat event.
What is Boo Central?
A Korean dish of rolled rice, meat, and seaweed, resembling sushi.
What is kimbap?
This constellation is named after a mythical Greek hunter.
What is Orion?
Originally from the BBC, this antiquing series was brought to America in 1997.
What is Antiques Roadshow?
This renowned movie director transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, where he made friends with Steven Spielberg.
Who is George Lucas?
A celebration of student appreciation, usually held in May.
What is Sweecy Day?
This Greek dish is made from layers of phyllo dough, spinach, and feta cheese.
Last observed in 1986, this comet won't be visible again until 2061.
What is Halley's comet?
Cascade PBS interviewed this new governor in January.
Who is Bob Ferguson?
This baseball hall-of-famer was the first African American in the MLB, and transferred from Pasadena Junior College to UCLA in 1939.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This yearly event welcomes Central students and guest judges to share mentored research, scholarship, and creative works.
What is SOURCE?
Made of eggs, flour, milk, and beef drippings, this British dish is known as a "popover" in America.
What is Yorkshire pudding?
The real name of the North Star.
What is Polaris?
What is Cyberchase?
This major African-American writer transferred from Howard University to Barnard College of Columbia University before publishing Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This event, held in Brooks Library, hosts visiting writers and authors as well as quarterly student readings.
What is Lion Rock?
The "holy trinity of Roman pasta" consists of cacio e pepe, amatriciana, and this dish with pancetta and eggs.
What is carbonara?
Launched in 1977, this spacecraft was the first to leave our solar system in 2012.
What is Voyager 1?
This PBS show features CWU's own geology professor, Nick Zentner.
What is Nick on the Rocks?
Transferring from Corning Community College to Syracuse University, this transfer student was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle.
Who is Eileen Collins?