In the Media

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

"Staging" a home for sale can be a big job, what with repairs to be made and rooms to be spiffed up.
Now imagine staging a massive, 101-year-old fortress that has been accumulating mold, dry rot and mountains of campus what-not for decades. That's the challenge Western Washington University faced as it readies the old Bellingham armory for possible redevelopment.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - Public News Service

The latest cuts to higher education in Washington appear to be the last straw for students. At eight schools across the state on Tuesday, they are holding walkouts and rallies, making phone calls and writing letters to get lawmakers' attention. The supplemental budget cuts $25 million in State Need Grants, but asks schools to keep funding them using other sources of money, rather than taking grants away from students who have already received them.

Iris Maute-Gibson is a Need Grant recipient studying at Western Washington University, and an officer in the Washington Student Association. She says the combination of tuition hikes and funding cuts is making it tougher to stay in school.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - KTUU TV 2

The chaos in Egypt has calmed down since protests earlier this month, but one Alaskan says there is still a lot of progress to be made.

Michael Downey, a 21-year-old student at Western Washington University, is originally from Anchorage but is currently in Cairo for a television project about the work of music artists under the Hosni Mubarak regime.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian

Julie Kern, a graduate of Hudson’s Bay High School and Western Washington University, has been working on an eight-week trail building project for the city of Casa Grande, Ariz. She’s with a team of nine other members of AmeriCorps, the residential national service program for young adults.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

My recent story about the Outback farm at Fairhaven College didn't mention that an early name for the urban-farming experiment was the "Outback Pig Farm." I figured that was old history, because pigs no longer reside there.
Now I'm glad I omitted the porkers, because that prompted a call from Jerry Flora, the president of Western Washington University in 1972, when the pigs were settling in, and the Vietnam War and campus protests were raging.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

Tanya Bjornsson tied her NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying mark of 18-2 1/2 feet in winning the women's long jump to highlight Western Washington University performances at the Seattle Pacific University Last Chance Indoor Track and Field meet on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the University of Washington.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

Picture this: A Ski to Sea team consisting of members from South Korea, Russia, Australia, Chile, Japan, Finland, Mongolia and - Bellingham.
It's a vision organizers for the 2011 Ski to Sea would like see become reality as the world-famous race celebrates 100 years this May.
The idea is to bring an athlete from each of Bellingham's sister cities - Cheongju, South Korea; Nakhodka, Russia; Port Stephens, Australia; Punta Arenas, Chile; Tateyama, Japan; Vaasa, Finland; and soon to be Tsetserleg, Mongolia - to compete in the 2011 Ski to Sea.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

A rollicking band of pirates, a bevy of giggling maidens, a bunch of blundering policemen and new horizons are just a few of the key ingredients for the charmingly ridiculous plot of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" - showcasing the talents of Western Washington University theater arts and music students.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

Downtown soon will have a sculpture that’s sure to make a splash in the neighborhood.
Jon Falcon of Bellingham submitted the winning rendering for The Woods Coffee Coffee Cup De-sign Contest. The design, known simply as “Corner Cup Splash,” will depict a Woods cup pouring coffee onto the sidewalk near the front door of the company’s newest café at the Flatiron Building near Holly Street, said owner Wes Herman.
The sculpture is expected to be installed in the next couple of months and will join the rocket of Rocket Donuts fame and The Sentinel (also known as the scepter) artwork in the Bay Street area.

Monday, February 28, 2011 - The Bellingham Herald

Kathleen Saunders, a senior instructor in Western Washington University's Anthropology Department, has been awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award.
The award recognizes Saunders' participation in the Center for Public Anthropology's Community Action Online Project, as well as her wider activities in the public sphere.