In the Media
State budget cuts means it's tougher than ever for Washington residents to get into the University Washington.
University officials say they've had to cut the number of in-state students they admit to the Seattle campus this fall. Meanwhile, they're letting in more out-of-state and international students who pay nearly three times as much in tuition and fees.
"When the decision was made, it was not a happy one," UW admissions director Philip Ballinger told The Seattle Times.
Your grandparents and great-grandparents did a lot for themselves, and they're a good role model for people today, given the shaky economy and big-time changes tied to climate change and a world hooked on oil.
That's the vision of the folks at Transition Whatcom, who are now organizing Whatcom Folk School. It's not a school, per se, but a nonprofit organization that will provide marketing, administration, class space, a catalog and a website for people who want to share their practical know-how with others in the community.
A Western Washington University student was arrested Thursday, March 31, after allegedly trying to arrange a sexual encounter with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, officials said.
But the girl whom Duane Edward Stewart, 23, thought he had been communicating with online for three months actually was an undercover police officer in Vancouver, B.C.
Ruby Rose Armstrong's flower beds were a source of pride and joy.
She grew up gardening at her parents' farm in Oso, where the garden was so beautiful people driving by would slow down just to look.
She nurtured her Snohomish farm the same way, said her daughter, Judy Misich-Goozee of Camano Island.
Western Washington University pitcher Erika Quint became the school's season strikeout record-holder, but also suffered her first loss in 20 tries this year as the Vikings fell 4-0 in nine innings to Chico State in a Championship Bracket semifinal on Sunday, April 3, at the 10th annual Cal State Stanislaus Tournament of Champions held at Pedretti Park.
Western Washington University's Monika Gruszecki won the women's javelin with a NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark of 150-6 (45.87) at the University of Puget Sound J.D. Shotwell Track and Field Invitational on Saturday, April 2, at Tacoma.
That guarantees a third trip to nationals for Gruszecki, who was hampered by minor injuries most of last season after spending the previous year at Philipps University in Germany. A two-time All-American at Western, she won the NCAA II national title as a freshman in 2007 and placed second nationally in 2008.
Row, row, row your boat. That's the idea behind a new club getting ready to launch off the shores of Lake Whatcom this spring.
But while there are already multiple paddling or boating-related groups in and around Bellingham waterscapes, the Whatcom Rowing Association is hoping to impress upon locals the thrills of flatland rowing - the kind of paddling people see in college competitions and the Olympics.
Bellingham United, the new adult premier soccer club preparing for play in 2012, today announced the signing of both a head and an assistant coach.
Job seekers looking for ways to connect directly with employers are invited to attend Western Washington University's Spring Career Fair.
The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, April 28 in the Mac Gym of the Student Recreation Center. Admission to the fair is free.
Even as a young child, she always knew that when she grew up she wanted to create books for children. “I have vivid memories of being in the fourth grade and saying that what I really wanted to do was illustrate children’s books,” says Nadia Krilanovich, who was born on Depot Hill in Capitola and raised in Santa Cruz.
Not only did this budding artist remain focused on her childhood dream throughout her tenures at Happy Valley Elementary School, Branciforte Junior High, Harbor High School and, eventually, as an art student at Western Washington University in Bellingham, but she had the talent and tenacity to make her dream come true.