In the Media
"Western Washington University's Xavier Dailly earned the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year award.
The award goes to the player with the lowest season stroke average at the conclusion of the conference tournament. Dailly, who took medalist honors Tuesday with a tournament record score of 4-under par 209 at the GNAC Championships at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Club, is averaging 72.0 shots for 28 rounds."
"The fight for the environment takes many forms.
A few might chain themselves to trees or boycott certain chemicals. Others recycle. Some adopt a highway.
But shrouded behind all these much-hyped efforts are people like Ron Kendall and Phil Smith."
"Ten million dollars is on the line. And a team from Western Washington University is in the competition. It's called the Automotive X–Prize. The challenge: design a car that averages 100 miles to the gallon."
"Western Washington University's Xavier Dailly edged teammate Julian Peters by one stroke for medalist honors and the Vikings shot a tournament course record 10-under par 274 to win its third straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championship on Tuesday at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course in Idaho."
"Western Washington University softball coach Lonnie Hicks announced Tuesday, April 20, that two high school seniors, pitcher Jenna DeRosier from Kelso and infielder Amanda Flores from Ferndale, will join the Vikings beginning this fall.
DeRosier signed a national letter of intent, and Flores has accepted an offer of admission to attend Western."
"Western Washington University journalism students and publications received six Region 10 Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists in its recent 2009 competition."
"The eyes of the Earth-friendly will be on Redmond High School (RHS) now more than ever, after RHS environmental science teacher Mike Town received the NEA Foundation's very first Green Prize in Public Education Monday morning in the RHS Performing Arts Center. ...
While accepting his award, Mike shared his accolades with many others, including Meg and his alma mater, Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment. He also thanked former Redmond mayor Rosemarie Ives, who made sure that the Cool School Challenge was highlighted at a nationwide mayors' conference about sustainability."
"Western Washington University is looking at ways to trim spending.
The budget passed during the state's special legislative session calls for workers at Western and all state agencies to take furloughs - that is expected to save more than a million dollars at WWU.
The university will also have to trim $3-million more from its budget."
"Staff and faculty at Western Washington University will find out more this week about proposed budget reductions that include staff cuts.
'The people whose positions are at risk have already been notified and they’re very aware of it,' said Vice President for University Relations Steve Swan."
"A special Port of Bellingham commissioners meeting to discuss the job description and qualifications for a new executive director was canceled Monday, April 19, when only one of three commissioners showed up.
Port Commission President Jim Jorgensen said Commissioner Scott Walker had made an emergency trip to Oregon because of an illness in his family. But the whereabouts of Commissioner Mike McAuley were not immediately known."