In the Media
"Western Washington University is losing about $3 million in state funding for next school year, but officials want to move forward with plans that benefit students and keep the university moving forward in tough financial times."
"With oil still spewing forth in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Congressman delivered a call for more renewable energy usage in a speech at Western Washington University Saturday, May 15.
A writer for the New York Times who has won a Pulitzer Prize followed that speech with a history lesson of environmentalism in the U.S. and said the spill is shifting public opinion on environmental issues, which he hopes will lead to a focus on environmental restoration."
"Tod Leiweke, CEO of the company that runs the Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trailblazers and Seattle Sounders FC, will be the newest board of trustees member at Western Washington University."
"Viking 45, the entry of Western Washington University’s Vehicle Research
Institute, has made it into the next stage of the Progressive Automotive X-Prize Competition at Michigan International Speedway outside Detroit."
"Walking into this center is taking "a giant step," as the blues singer Taj Mahal would say, "outside your mind."
That step is into the minds of young men and women poised on the edge of the world -- on the North Olympic Peninsula -- and on the brink of the future."
"A Bellingham company is providing the Web-based system for the official information site for the Gulf oil spill.
PIER Systems Inc. has been working with BP and the U.S. Coast Guard since the explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last month. The company, which has an office on Railroad Avenue near the Herald Building, has been providing support through its Web-based system onsite in Louisiana and Alabama as well as from Bellingham."
"Scott Wallace has seen plenty of change in the local banking industry and Whatcom County's economy.
Wallace has been a key part of U.S. Bank for more than 30 years, much of it in Whatcom County. Last week he retired from U.S. Bank as the Northwest regional manager. Ann Caldwell has taken over his position, overseeing 17 U.S. Bank branches and three commercial lending operations in this region."
"Jim Lortz, 55, has been an associate professor in Western Washington University's theater arts department for nearly 20 years, teaching acting and dramatic literature. He's acted professionally at Seattle's Bathhouse Theatre and Montana Repertory Theatre, among others."
"A Western Washington University student has won a Kennedy Center award for costume design that includes a trip to New York City."
"British elections last week clearly demonstrated our allies' struggling — like us Americans — finding direction in this post-"Great Recession" world. While British politicians jockey and wrestle for parliamentary control, Its election outcome should be the opportunity for British and United States governments to renew and reaffirm the "special relationship" between the two nations."