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Western Washington University's Center for Economic Vitality has scheduled two free workshops for businesses on using competitive intelligence strategically to advance business goals.
The events will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Whatcom Educational Credit Union in Ferndale; and from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham.
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Last week, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and United States Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a plan to establish a first-ever cross-border approach to critical infrastructure. It would see the two nations sharing information and managing risks in an effort to better prepare and respond to natural disasters. The two countries also announced the possibility of sharing information to combat money-laundering and terrorist financing.
"I do believe that immediately after 9/11 and soon afterwards there was a unilateral effort in terms of how much [border] tightening was going on, with the US on guard," said David Davidson, associate director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University.
A journalist who has won awards for his investigative reporting and column and editorial writing has joined the staff of The News-Review.
Don Jenkins became the city editor on Monday. As city editor, he assigns coverage of local news and events and edits the stories written by reporters.
Jenkins has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Washington University. In 2001, he was a Western Knight Center fellow at the University of Southern California.
Differences in job satisfaction between men and women in academia exist, but vary across disciplines, a new study shows.
Untenured assistant professors at research universities in physical sciences and humanities reported being most satisfied with their positions, whereas those in education and visual and performing arts reported being least satisfied, according to a study released Monday by The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education.
But greater discrepancies were seen when job satisfaction was split between the sexes. Differences in satisfaction between men and women were largest in social sciences.
Western Washington University is just one of 12 teams left in the international competition to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle that consumers would actually want to drive.
Getting this far is no small feat for the team and its Viking 45, which started the finals phase of the Progressive Automotive X Prize contest Monday, July 19, at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. The sporty coupe was built by undergraduate students and faculty in WWU's Vehicle Research Institute.
Gov. Chris Gregoire wants state residents to sound off online with ideas on the state budget.
Gregoire announced Monday the launch of a website that allows people to suggest, comment and vote on budget ideas. The most popular ideas will be considered by the state's budget writers.
The website comes the same day Gregoire's budget staff started holding a series of hearings around the state to talk about the upcoming 2011-13 budget, which is already estimated to be short by at least $3 billion.
Stop feeding state workers during meetings. Let cars have just one license plate. Cut off drug users from public aid, or legalize marijuana and tax it.
If Monday’s outpouring of opinions is any guide, there’s an untapped resource for ideas to fix next year’s expected $3 billion hole in the state budget: the public.
Gov. Chris Gregoire’s website on transforming the budget lit up with more than 80 comments in the first hours of its existence, like the ones on license plates and refreshments at meetings.
Vikings softball has a new skipper.
Western Washington University named Amy Suiter its new head softball coach on Monday, July 19. The 29-year-old returned to coach at Mount Vernon High School, where she graduated, in the spring. But before that, she coached four years at Division I Texas Tech University, one as the interim head coach and three as an assistant.
At 16, Mark Simon has his future mapped out: a business degree from Western Washington University, an MBA from New York University and success in commerce. But the Palmer teen never predicted his early success would be in stinging nettles.
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is often best avoided, as the name implies. But for Simon, there’s no profit without a little pain.
Whatcom Country resident Susan Colleen Browne reports that her memoir, "Little Farm in the Foothills: A Boomer Couple's Search for the Slow Life," has been selected for the Washington State Library's Summer 2010 Reads booklist.
A graduate of Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, Susan is a novelist and Whatcom Community College creative-writing instructor, as well as a speaker and workshop leader at community colleges and writer's conferences. When not writing, she says she is an aspiring locavore, sustainable gardener and organic bread-baker.