In the Media
Western Washington University, which has long been involved in environmental education and sustainability, now has a plan on how it can help address climate change and be an even better steward of the environment.
The university's Board of Trustees recently approved a Climate Action Plan, which commits WWU to meeting goals related to greenhouse emissions and sustainability and provides guidelines on how to meet the goals.
At 10:24 a.m. Monday, July 12, in the foothills northeast of Deming, the heavy-duty helicopter gently lowered a sandstone slab onto a flatbed truck on loan from Western Washington University.
A safe distance away in the foothills drizzle, several members of WWU's geology department watched as their prize fossil - a top-grade track of an extinct giant bird - finally reached safety.
The inattentiveness of those engrossed with MP3 players, cell phones and other similar devices.
Traffic will be limited to one lane on Bill McDonald Parkway as crews begin work on a new traffic signal at 25th Street.
The work will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, through Friday, July 16. During subsequent weeks, work will take place during the same hours Monday through Friday, according to Bellingham Public Works. The work is expected to take eight weeks to complete.
An obscure language in Siberia has similarities to languages in North America, which might reshape history, writes Randy Boswell.
A new book by leading linguists has bolstered a controversial theory that the language of Canada's Dene Nation is rooted in an ancient Asian tongue spoken today by only a few hundred people in Western Siberia.
A new book is presenting more evidence that a Bering Strait land bridge once connected North America with Asia.
The book includes an article by Western Washington University linguistics professor Edward Vajda on his work with the isolated Ket people of Central Siberia.
Spaces are still available in several of Western Washington University's youth Odyssey of Science & Arts programs being offered this month.
The courses, which are designed for students entering grades 4 through 9, are each a week long, with four hours of instruction each day. Students can choose to attend courses on two topics to create a full day of camp.
An encouraging sign Whatcom County is pushing for a more vibrant economy is the amount of work being done to attract entrepreneurs to this area.
The Northwest Economic Council was recently awarded $99,000 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to promote the success of startup businesses in Whatcom County. This funding will go toward assisting entrepreneurs in the creation of businesses that support this area's retirement communities, said Diane Kamionka, who has been working with NWEC to develop a strategy for the new Innovation Resource Center. The center will be separate from the NWEC and have its own board.
Cathryn Smith, daughter of Susan Smith of Bellingham, was one of 40 girls in the state to be honored June 24 by Gov. Chris Gregoire for having earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, according to Carole Osier, regional director for the Northern Counties of Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
Erica Charbonneau, 44, is the director of development at Western Washington University, where she says she "cultivates relationships between WWU's alumni and the greater community and raises greatly needed funds for students and the university."