What is NWBIO?
NWBIO (Northwest Biology Instructor’s Organization) began in 1966 as a way to facilitate dialogue between faculty of Washington State community colleges, universities, and private four-year colleges, on pedagogical and scientific problems in the field of biology. Originally called WACBT (Washington Association of College Biology Teachers), NWBIO now includes additional faculty from British Columbia, Oregon, and Northern Idaho.
Annual Conference Locations and Hosts:
| 2018 | Portland CC |
| 2017 | University of Washington, Tacoma & Tacoma CC |
| 2016 | Lane CC and University of Oregon, Eugene,Oregon |
| 2015 | University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC |
| 2014 | Bellevue Community College |
| 2013 | Pasco, Columbia Basin College |
| 2012 | Everett Community College |
| 2011 | Yakima Valley Community College |
| 2010 | Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor College |
| 2009 | Astoria, Clatsop Community College |
| 2008 | Salem, Chemeketa Community College |
| 2007 | Pack Forest, Edmonds Community College |
| 2006 | Bainbridge Island, Bellevue Community College |
| 2005 | Gresham, Mt Hood Community College |
| 2004 | Tacoma, Tacoma Community College and University of Washington-Tacoma |
| 2003 | Yakima, Yakima Valley Community College |
| 2002 | Bremerton, Olympic College? and North Seattle Community College |
| 2001 | Vancouver, WA, Clark College |
| 2000 | Vancouver, B.C., Langara College and the University of British Columbia |
| 1999 | Eugene, Lane Community College and the University of Oregon |
| 1998 | Seattle, Seattle Central CC and Seattle Pacific University |
| 1997 | Everett, Everett CC and University of Washington |
| 1996 | Aberdeen, Grays Harbor CC |
| 1995 | Portland, Mt Hood CC and Portland CC |
| 1994 | Spokane Falls, Spokane Falls CC and Washington State University |
| 1993 | Camp Waskowitz, North Seattle CC and Bellevue CC |
| 1992 | Ellensburg, Yakima Valley CC and Central Washington University |
| 1991 | Camp Casey, Shoreline CC and Skagit Valley CC |
| 1990 | Cispus, Lower Columbia CC |
| 1989 | Cheney, Eastern Washington University |
| 1988 | Abbotsford, B.C., Fraser Valley College |
| 1987 | Pack Forest, Seattle University |
| 1986 | Everett, Everett CC |
| 1985 | Moses Lake, Big Bend CC |
| 1984 | Castlegar, B.C., Selkirk College |
| 1983 | Lake Wilderness, University of Washington |
| 1982 | Sunquist Lab, Skagit Valley CC |
| 1981 | Fort Wright, Spokane CC |
| 1980 | Gwinwood, The Evergreen State College |
| 1979 | Camp Casey, Seattle Pacific University |
| 1978 | Cispus, Centralia College and Central Washington University |
| 1977 | Battelle Northwest, Columbia Basin CC |
| 1976 | Camp David, Peninsula CC |
| 1975 | Camp Seymour, Tacoma CC |
| 1974 | Gonzaga Retreat House, Spokane Falls CC |
| 1973 | Pack Forest, Highline CC |
| 1972 | Roche Harbor, Bellevue CC |
| 1971 | Lake Quinalt,Grays Harbor CC |
| 1970 | Camp Field, Wenatchee Valley College |
| 1969 | Hidden Valley Ranch, Green River CC |
| 1968 | Everett, Everett CC |
| 1967 | Stehekin, Shoreline CC |
| 1966 | Rosario Beach, Shoreline CC and Everett CC |