In the Media
"He was in the entrance to Starbucks (one of soon-to-be three here) in Sandpoint, when I congratulated him on his son’s internship.
Sebastian Imlay is a spring 2010 intern with NASA’s Undergraduate Student Research Program. He is spending 15 weeks at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md."
"Western Washington University alumnus Paul Merriman, founder of the Merriman investment firm in Seattle, will speak on personal-finance strategies at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 20 at the Academic Instructional Center Building room 210 on Western’s campus. His firm manages more than $1 billion in investments for clients across the country."
"If you're interested in having your business participate in social media, 'begin by listening to other conversations in the social networks concerning your market,' says Debbye Omlie, communications manager at the Center for Economic Vitality at Western Washington University."
"Gov. Chris Gregoire will be the keynote speaker at the first of three Western Washington University graduation ceremonies June 12, according to her communications office.
Ralph Munro, former Washington Secretary of State and current WWU Board of Trustees member, will be the keynote speaker at the second ceremony."
"Whatcom Transportation will hold a hearing Thursday, May 13, on a proposal to cut bus service by 14 percent later this year, including eliminating all Sunday service."
"Guard Rico Wilkins, who earned region MVP honors at Yakima Valley CC two years ago, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play men's basketball at Western Washington University beginning this fall.
The 6-foot Wilkins, who was the Northwest Athletic Association for Community Colleges Eastern Region MVP in 2008-09 at Yakima Valley CC. He averaged 15.8 points and 1.8 steals for the Yaks, helping them to a 22-6 record and the playoff semifinals."
"It isn't easy to pin down and express the impact of the Western Gallery's new environmental art exhibition. There's irony and outrage, melancholy and hope here, in the work of 26 contemporary Northwest Artists currently on display at the gallery on the Western Washington University campus in Bellingham. There's apocalyptic vision, but also the peaceful sense of nature resurrecting itself."
"How would an orphan child in Africa approach photography if given his or her first camera? Some of the touching answers might surprise you during a fundraising exhibit and sale of photos from orphans in Botswana through May at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, in Fairhaven.
Bellingham residents Debra and Bob Hicks, who operate the nonprofit Botswana Orphan Program, have organized the monthlong photo show and a one-night dance benefit Saturday, May 15."
"Three Western Washington University students have been selected for Fulbright scholarships, an international educational exchange program designed to increase understanding between people from the United States and other countries."
"The numbers are in, and they prove what people already knew: Many Whatcom County retailers took a shellacking in 2009.
Overall retail sales in Whatcom County totaled $2.86 billion last year, the lowest total since 2005. Retail trade, which focuses on items sold in stores, totaled $1.347 billion, also the lowest annual total in five years. In that time, Whatcom County has added an estimated 12,300 people, and the inflation rate has gone up 9.73 percent."