Update your college or university’s WUE profile for prospective students and their parents, and report fall enrollment numbers in WICHE’s WUE administrative portal. Click below.
WUE: For Institutions
160+ public colleges and universities throughout the WICHE region are members of the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) network. WUE is one of WICHE’s flagship programs. Since 1953, WICHE has fostered affordability and access in higher education throughout the American West.
If your institution already participates in WUE:
From here, you can browse the WUE FAQ, update your school’s profile or report fall enrollments in the WICHE Student Access Programs Administrative Portal, or contact WICHE staff with questions about WUE Memorandum of Agreement.
Thinking of joining the WUE network?
Learn how you can join the WUE network, assess whether your campus is eligible to participate, and view our WUE Memorandum of Agreement. By becoming a WUE institution, you can fill seats with nonresident students from 16 states and territories who might not otherwise attend, and help them realize a more affordable college education. WUE is an added inducement in recruiting out-of-state athletic talent and optimizing student housing capacity. And you can tailor the available majors and admissions criteria to ensure that WUE serves your institution’s–and state’s–unique needs and priorities.
Reach Out to Us Today
Contact us at 303.541.0267 to learn more about how your institution can benefit from being part of WUE–and how you too can help Western students save more than $503 million annually on nonresident tuition. View the WUE Savings Finder for participating institutions and their admissions criteria.
Update your school’s profile–and report enrollments
For more information, please contact:
Margo Colalancia
Director of Student Access Programs, Programs and Services
303.541.0214mcolalancia@wiche.edu
Margo Colalancia directs WICHE’s student access programs – WUE, WRGP and PSEP– which provide access to a broad range of higher education options for 45,000+ students. Previously she served as associate project director for a trinational consortium of Mexican, Canadian and U.S. universities and colleges. She holds a bachelor’s in business French from the University of Colorado and the Université de Bordeaux III, and a master’s in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Colalancia spent seven years in Gabon, Central Africa, teaching English as a foreign language with the Peace Corps and on private contract with the Gabonese Ministry of Education.
Cherie Curtin
Senior Administrative Coordinator, Programs and Services
Cherie Curtin is a Senior Administrator Coordinator for the Student Access Programs at WICHE and formerly served as a project coordinator and administrative assistant for the Interstate Passport program. She brings a human-centered approach to her work, evaluates issues from multiple viewpoints, and enjoys outreach activities, talking and working with people to find common interests. She has worked in higher education for over 15 years at the federal and state level. She holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of New Mexico’s School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University with a supplementary major in Law & Society. Outside of work, Cherie enjoys camping in the mountains, reading, watching her son’s hockey and baseball games, and spending time with family and friends.