16-17: Leadership
On Friday in Olympia, the Senate and House of Representatives approved a new biennial operating budget. The 2017-19 budget was signed by Governor Inslee before midnight on June 30, averting a partial shutdown of state government that would have begun July 1. WWU’s Budget Office has…
Trista Truemper has been appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to serve a one-year term as the student trustee at Western Washington University.
“Trista Truemper will provide a valuable and unique perspective to Western’s Board of Trustees due to her experience as a Western leader and…
This summer, Western Washington University is building a “cyber range,” a computer lab that runs on a private computer network — reachable through the internet, but isolated from it.
On a cyber range, students can let a virus loose to see what harm it does, or run an…
Charles Lanham has been hired as vice provost for information technology/chief information officer (CIO) at Western Washington University.
Lanham will begin work at Western on July 24, 2017. He succeeds Greg Smith, who has served as interim vice provost for information technology/CIO…
As we all prepare ourselves for the new quarter, your colleagues at the Professional Development Program would once again like to play a supportive role in your growth and development. We have a new schedule of professional development workshops on skills ranging from planning your many projects…
New Committee to Continue Work in the Fall
Following his fall 2012 Opening Convocation address, former Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard appointed a Task Force on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity (EID). The EID was charged with “rigorously reviewing campus…
On behalf of the Strategic Planning Committee, we would like to express our appreciation for taking time to send us feedback on the draft goals and objectives we sent on May 22. We received feedback directly through e-mail, through the anonymous Qualtrics survey link, and at various meetings,…
Western Washington University President Sabah Randhawa yesterday signed an open letter to the international community in support of the Paris Climate Agreement and to endorse local, state and governmental action on climate change and carbon reduction.
Randhawa joined more than 180 other…
Following a national search, Gautam Pillay is the new vice provost for Research and dean of the Graduate School at Western Washington University, Provost Brent Carbajal announced today.
“We are excited to welcome Dr. Gautam Pillay to Western. His extensive administrative and…
Western Washington University has hired Ginny Broadhurst to be the new director of its Salish Sea Studies Institute, an interdisciplinary center for collaboration, education, research and community involvement established in 2015 focused on the health of the Salish Sea and its environs.
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