In the Media
"The Western Washington University women's rowing program had its best performance at the Opening Day Regatta in school history with standout efforts by all three of its eight shells against NCAA Division I competition Saturday, May 1, in Seattle."
"Western Washington University split a doubleheader for the seventh straight time, winning the opener with Saint Martin's University, 6-2, then losing the nightcap, 4-3, in Great Northwest Athletic Conference softball action Saturday, May 1, at Viking Field on the WWU campus.
The Vikings are now 24-23 overall and 19-15 in GNAC action."
"This is the way the only Canadian studies program for thousands of kilometres in any direction gets started -- 20 students, three Canada-keener profs, and vague notions about the existence of a huge land mass somewhere to the north.
The topic today is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and University of North Dakota geography Prof. Doug Munski -- standing in front of a projection that varies from a demographic map of Canada to the StatsCan online home page -- is having trouble getting takers for discussion. OK, except for one guy named Matt who's obviously a really good student, but Munski wants the other 19 to get into what Preston Manning loved to call constitutional wrangling."
"Western Washington University had two NCAA Division II provisional national qualifying efforts and three Viking athletes who already were provisional qualifiers improved upon them in first-day action at the University of Oregon Relays on Friday, April 30 in Eugene, Ore."
"Eileen V. Coughlin, Cheryl Crazy Bull and Peggy Nelson have been elected to the United Way of Whatcom County Board of Directors.
Coughlin has been the vice president for Student Affairs and Academic Support Services at Western Washington University since 1994."
"In its recent session, legislators reduced funding to higher education by $73 million. Western Washington University, one of Bellingham’s top employers, took a base budget hit of $3 million in recurring cuts and $1.2 million in one-time cuts."
"The Small Business Development Center is back in town, as many of you may have recently heard. One unique feature about Whatcom County is that the majority of businesses have fewer than 20 employees. These business owners are many of the types of clients the SBDC serves."
"A man convicted of raping a Western Washington University student in 2007 has been sentenced to a state prison for 18 years and possibly the rest of his life.
A jury convicted Charles F. Boome, 45, of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary following a trial in Whatcom County Superior Court in March."
"One of Dale Shetler’s first moves when he was named vocal music director at Kansas City Kansas Community College was also one of his best – organize a community chorus.
“The interest was there, it just took someone to lead the way,” says Shetler.
Now, 20 years later, Shetler will be directing his final Spring Concert. To be held Sunday, May 16, at 3 p.m. at London Heights Baptist Church, it will be extra special for the veteran conductor."
"Junior Aumavae, a former Palmer High School standout, signed a free-agent contract on Monday with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
According to the Associated Press, Aumavae was signed a priority rookie free agent and he agreed to a three-year deal after his agent told the 6-foot-2, 330-pound defensive tackle that the Cowboys were ready to make an offer. Aumavae had also attracted interest from the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns and the Indianapolis Colts, last season’s Super Bowl runner-up. "