In the Media
Senior Jordan Welling was honored for the third straight year, heading 11 Western Washington University runners named to the 2010 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic all-star cross country team released Thursday, Nov. 11.
The Vikings tied with Seattle Pacific for the most athletes on the team.
Index Sensors & Controls of Stanwood is preparing to move into an empty Port of Bellingham industrial building near the south side waterfront, bringing 34 new jobs.
The 35-year-old company manufactures switches, sensors and controls for the industrial, vehicle, engine and equipment markets. According to the company website, customers include heavy truck manufacturers as well as Cummins Diesel, Caterpillar and John Deere.
Company President Andy Anderson, a Western Washington University graduate, said his company will find it easier to attract and retain workers in Bellingham.
On Nov. 7, 125 years ago, the residents of what would one day be Bellingham gathered in celebration. They marched in a torchlight parade, listened to speakers that included the mayor, heard songs by the glee club, and watched a fireworks display. The reason for their merriment was noted in the Nov. 6, 1885, edition of the Whatcom Reveille, which had invited residents to the Nov. 7 gathering.
Western Washington University presents Daniel J. Sullivan's "Inspecting Carol," described by director Patrick Dizney as a "holiday romp."
The play follows a fictitious playhouse as they remount their annual production of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Along comes a would-be performer whom everyone mistakes as a National Endowment for the Arts financial grant inspector. The playhouse actors find themselves trying to prove they deserve funding.
The Canadian dollar finished exactly at par with the U.S. dollar Wednesday, Nov. 10, good news for Whatcom County retailers heading into the holiday shopping season.
It's the first time the currencies have reached parity or above since April.
The recent rise in the loonie reflects increased prices for natural resources, such as oil, as well as a stronger Canadian economy, said Steven Globerman, a professor at the Center for International Business at Western Washington University.
Mount Si High School graduate Gibson Bardsley has been named the 2010 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Year.
Bardsley, of Fall City, is a forward for the Western Washington University Vikings. As a member of the team, Bardsley has excelled throughout his career. This season, the senior led the conference in scoring with 18 goals and seven assists. In his career, he has 41 goals, tying the school’s record.
Bardsley was especially strong at the end of the Vikings’ season, scoring a goal in each of the team’s final six games.
The Everett Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes back Hart Hodges, director of the Center for Economic and Business Research at Western Washington University, for a look at economic trends, challenges and emerging opportunities for Snohomish County, the region and state from a national and local perspective.
Guard Derek Dickerson scored all of his game-high 20 points in the second half as Western Washington University defeated Kwantlen University, B.C., 113-61 in a men's college basketball exhibition game Tuesda, Nov. 9, at WWU.
Guard Dane Thorpe added 15 points and forward Rory Blanche had 14 for the Vikings, who had six players score in double figures.
Guard Doug Meyers led Kwantlen with 17 points. Center Harpeet Randhawa added 12 points and forward Mark Dabrowski had 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Eagles, members of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.
A case brought to the Washington State Supreme Court regarding the privacy of faculty disciplinary hearings at colleges will likely result in far-reaching ramifications for schools across the country. The suit involves Professor Perry F. Mills at Western Washington University, who claims that his academic suspension after a closed faculty hearing would not have occurred had the hearing been open. Mills argues that the secrecy of the proceedings promotes perjury and precludes witnesses with conflicting evidence from coming forward. On the other hand, the school argues that it maintains the right to set its own procedures and that confidentiality is crucial to protecting student testifiers. Although a reasonable balance must be struck, schools conducting faculty hearings must permit students, faculty, and other interested parties to submit evidence and understand the state of faculty disciplinary trials, even if all details remain unknown.