In the Media

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The Seattle Times

Officials were stunned to learn Thursday that the state is expected to take in $1.2 billion less in tax revenue than previously thought between now and June 2013, the latest grim result of an economy creeping toward recovery.

The bleak forecast means the state will have to cut $385 million more from the budget for the current fiscal year, which runs through next June — on top of a $520 million across-the-board cut the governor ordered in September.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

It isn't often you get to avenge one loss, let alone three. But that's a potential path for the Western Washington volleyball team which started play in the NCAA Division II West Region tournament Thursday, Nov. 18, at Cal State San Bernardino.

The third-seeded (20-3) Vikings opened with a 26-24, 25-12 20-25, 25-20 quarterfinal win over GNAC foe and No. 6 seed Alaska-Anchorage, a team with whom they split during the regular season. The win advances the Vikings to a 5 p.m. semifinal Friday, Nov. 19, against second-seeded Seattle Pacific which outlasted Cal State Los Angeles 3-2.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Outside hitter Megan Amundson had a match-high 15 kills and middle blocker Emily Jepsen -- a Kamiakin graduate -- added 13 kills as Western Washington University defeated the University of Alaska Anchorage, 26-24, 25-12, 20-25, 25-20 in the opening round of the NCAA Division II West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - Physorg.com

Davis’ climate change work spans not just geographical distance, but temporal distance as well. With help from colleague Eric Dechaine at Western Washington University, he is gathering data from fossilized squirrel middens in Alaska from as long ago as 100,000 years to examine how plant communities — whose seeds are preserved in the dung — responded to ancient eras of climate change.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The (Everett) Herald

You know things are bad when the chamber of commerce holds its annual economic forecast luncheon without an actual forecast.

That’s what happened Thursday for the Everett-area chamber.

“I don’t want to make a forecast right now,” keynote speaker Hart Hodges said. “It’s too tricky.”

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The Northern Light

Larry Donovan hasn’t taken success for granted.

In a colorful 41-year career in coaching, Donovan has been accomplished at every level on which he has coached while working alongside names that are renowned and hallowed in the sport of football. He often reminds himself of a phrase that former player Eddie Lowe once told him.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The Northern Light

Employee Benefits Planning recently purchased Blaine Insurance and has brought on Rod Bring, Ray Westfall and Lori Wilson as principals.

The company also has offices in Bellingham and Mount Vernon.

Bring, who will manage their Blaine office, is a life time resident of Whatcom County and earned his degree in education from Western Washington University.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - YES!

Meanwhile, recent technological breakthroughs may make home solar power much more affordable. An interdisciplinary team at Western Washington University (WWU) announced in
September a $970,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for additional research on a new kind of solar collector. Traditional photovoltaic panels use only the red band of visible light. The WWU team’s collector uses colored polymers to gather light from the whole spectrum. The increased efficiency allows electrical generation on overcast days and will cut the cost of solar panels by as much as 90 percent, according to a WWU press release.

Friday, November 19, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

Western Washington University's College of Business and Economics has selected professor of economics Daniel A. Hagen as its 2010 Distinguished Research Fellow.

The Distinguished Research Fellow Award recognizes a tenured faculty member in the College of Business and Economics who has demonstrated sustained excellence through his or her scholarly contributions to research, creative scholarship, and publication while at WWU's College of Business and Economics, according to a press release from WWU.

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - The Bellingham Herald

When Haggen CEO and president Jim Donald pulls out a salmon during a business talk, he's not selling a fish, he's selling a story.

Knowing the power of a good story was just one of the business steps Donald presented Wednesday, Nov. 17, as the keynote speaker at Western Washington University's Bellingham Business Forum, held at the Hotel Bellwether ballroom.

"You've got to have the fish story," Donald said. "No matter what you do, you've got to be able to articulate how you get from Step A to Step B."