In the Media
The Western Washington University cycling team won the Cyclocross National Championships at the Division II Collegiate National Championships on Dec. 12.
All the Vikings racers finished in the top 20, with Courtenay McFadden taking third-place in the women's division. Hannah Neubeck raced her way to seventh and Whitney Anderson rounded out the women's team taking 13th.
Crews are expected to finish repairing water damage in Western Washington University's Old Main building next month.
A sprinkler pipe burst during freezing temperatures on the top floor of the building the evening of Nov. 23, sending water flowing for about 30 minutes down four floors.
Similar pipe ruptures were reported in homes and buildings around Whatcom County after temperatures plummeted into the teens during that freeze.
Homecoming or not, Michael Koenen was just happy to help the Atlanta Falcons pick up a win on Sunday, Dec. 19, at Qwest Field in Seattle.
That the Falcons clinched a playoff berth before the game even started - thanks to a loss by the New York Giants - and then moved one step closer to wrapping up the best record in the NFC and home field advantage throughout the postseason via a 34-18 win over the Seattle Seahawks made it that much sweeter.
But playing in front of nearly 70 family members and friends, well, that was the best part for the former Ferndale High School and Western Washington University standout.
Hart Hodges, an associate professor of economics at Western Washington University in Bellingham, said the city's loss of what he called an iconic business led to greater prominence for other industries, like tourism, health care and education -- industries that also are represented among Titusville's big employers.
One night, a California college student stopped by her friend's apartment. It was Christmastime. That friend happened to be working on a jigsaw puzzle.
“I stopped by to drop something off, and just couldn't leave,” Sonya Shipley said Thursday.
Together they finished the puzzle, a picture of four angels. “They're the stained-glass angels at Mission Dolores in San Francisco,” said Suzie Nelson, Shipley's friend.
Frank Zurline made an impression on people starting at an early age.
Tall and sturdily built by the time he was in middle school, his friends and others remarked that he was built like a moose.
"Moose" became Zurline's lifelong nickname, and he lived up to the challenge of being known by a one-word label with a life filled with community service, especially for kids at local Boys and Girls Clubs and for student athletes in high school and at Western Washington University.
Kentlake High administrators celebrated six Falcon student-athletes on Thursday morning.
Parents, students, coaches and friends gathered in Kentlake's main gym to congratulate seniors Erika Smyth, Jessie Richardson, Erin Crowley, Katherine Miccile, Chelsea Bailey and Sean Hartnett on their opportunities to continue to participate in sports at the collegiate level.
Western Washington University shot just 28.1 percent from the field and were trounced by Cal State San Bernardino, 88-56, in first-day men's basketball action Thursday, Dec. 16, at the fourth Great Western Shootout in Las Vegas.
Center Lauren Hefflin scored a team-high 16 points on 7-of-10 field-goal shooting as host and nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Joseph's College 82-57 in first-day women's basketball action Thursday at the fifth annual Great Western Shootout in Las Vegas.
The state needs a detailed plan for helping K-12 schools support effective teachers to educate all students in all subjects and a system to measure their progress. No more excuses.
When I retired from NASA, I chose to dedicate myself to improving the education system. It is time for us all, especially the state, to step up and take our responsibility to prepare the next generation seriously.