Faculty and staff convocation kicks off school year

After the Viking Commons and the Viking Union Multipurpose Room filled with faculty and staff for the annual convocation breakfast, Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard kicked off the 2014-15 school year with his convocation marks.

The full text of his speech, along with a video, is available on the president's website.

The following award winners also were celebrated at the event:

Carl H. Simpson Bridging Award:

Maria Timmons Flores
Associate Professor, Elementary Education Department
Woodring College of Education

Diversity Achievement Award:

Korry Harvey
Senior Instructor and Assistant Director of Forensics, Department of Communication Studies
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Outstanding Classified Staff Award:

Juliet Holzknecht
Program Coordinator, Conference Housing, University Residences

Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award:

Gene Myers
Professor, Environmental Studies
Huxley College of the Environment

Philip E. Sharpe, Jr. Community Engagement Award:

Jeff Carroll
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professional Staff Award for Excellence: 

Renee Collins
Associate Dean of Students
Director, Ethnic Student Center, Student Outreach Services and LEADS
Student Outreach Services, Division of Enrollment and Student Services

Todd Epps
Director of Networking Services
College of Humanities and Social Sciences and College of Science and Engineering

Team Recognition Award:

Salish Sea Conference

Don Alper
Professor and Director, Border Policy Research Institute and Center for Canadian-American Studies

Matthew Anderson
Communication Consultant, Office of Communications and Marketing

Diana Bakkom
Assistant Director of Summer Programs, Extended Education

Derek Bryson
Graphic Designer, Office of Communications
and Marketing

Lindsay Bureaux
Marketing Manager, Extended Education

Mary Gallagher
Communication Consultant, Office of Communications and Marketing

Marlene Harlan
Director of Marketing and Summer Programs,
Extended Education

Chuck Hart
Program Manager, Canadian American Studies

Courtney Hiatt
Communications Consultant, Extended Education

Chris Hussein
Work Study Student, Program Support,
Canadian-American Studies

Thomas Jones
Financial Manager, Western Foundation

Wayne Landis
Professor and Director, Institute of Environmental Toxicology

April Markiewicz
Associate Director, Institute of Environmental Toxicology

Alesha Perrin
Program Assistant, Extended Education

Marie Raney
Director of Web Communication Technologies

Elliott Smith
Conference Administrator, Canadian-American Studies

Katy Stevick
Distinguished Student Employment Program,
Program Support, Canadian-American Studies

Joshua Tataran
Work Study Student, Program Support,
Canadian-American Studies