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Such a fee has proven successful at other universities.
Seth Vidana, campus sustainability manager for Western Washington University, said students pay approximately 70 cents per credit hour, amounting to roughly $7 a student for the mandatory green fee.
"We're able to get small pilot projects on the ground when funds are tight," Vidana said, and the fee has allowed officials to fund a $157,000 solar ray, water-bottle refilling stations, hand dryers, and a paper towel composting pilot.
Angus McLane, 64, who lived in New England until he moved to Bellingham for college at Western Washington University in 1967, plays Herr Drosselmeyer (the puppetmaster) for the seventh year in Northwest Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker."
The ballet is performed Friday through Sunday, Dec. 9-11, at Mount Baker Theatre, and Dec. 17-18 at McIntyre Hall in Mount Vernon.
Brinton Sprague, a retired community college leader now living in Port Ludlow, will be Peninsula College’s interim president, taking over for outgoing President Tom Keegan on Feb. 6.
Peninsula College trustees selected Sprague on Tuesday from three applicants, none of whom currently work at Peninsula College, for the interim position to temporarily replace Keegan, whose last day will be Friday, Feb. 3.
While some data points toward slow, steady improvement in the economy next year, a panel of economists are troubled by the credit woes in Europe and whether they might visit the U.S.
The 22nd annual U.S. Bank Economic Outlook Forum, held at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club on Tuesday, Dec. 6, has traditionally focused on what is happening in the national, regional and local economy. That was still the main focus this year, but the discussion kicked off with what's happening in Europe, which was a common thread throughout the forum.
Virginia Tech’s response in alerting the university community is much more swift than it was in April 2007, the day a student opened fire on his peers, killing 32 and then himself. In 2007, the university did not send out an alert until two hours after the first shots were fired. On Thursday, the response time was only seven minutes.
State lawmakers are in advanced discussions to make $400 million in budget cuts next week as a preliminary fix to the state's $1.4 billion shortfall, top budget negotiators said Friday.
Republican Rep. Gary Alexander said he is reviewing a proposal from his Democratic counterparts, seeking revisions and additions to reach as much as $500 million in savings. Lawmakers said they are optimistic the measure will past next week because it reserves more contentious issues for discussion later.
Higher education financial aid programs may suffer with or without state cuts, leaving college students with fewer options.
“They’re not decisions any of us would say we want to do. But in the scope of bad decisions, it has the least impact, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, said at Tuesday’s meting of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee.
Gov. Chris Gregoire is encouraging lawmakers to pass a package of bills she says will ensure the state's aerospace competitiveness into the future.
The governor testified Thursday before a joint meeting of the Senate Ways and Means and Senate Economic Development, Trade and Innovation committees. The meeting comes a day after the Unionized Boeing Machinists voted to approve a four-year contract extension, a deal that ensures the new version of the 737 airplane will be built in Washington state.
Cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia and muscular dystrophy are among some 6,000 inherited disorders caused mainly by the mutation of a single gene.
And though each defect affects a relatively small number of people, together they may provide the clues that will unlock treatments for more common diseases such as cancer or heart disease.
That's the theory behind a four-year, $416 million effort announced Tuesday by the National Human Genome Research Institute to help accelerate the use of genetic information in medical care. The grants will fund two programs at the University of Washington and others at selected universities around the country.
The president of one of the state’s small private colleges had the highest annual compensation package in 2009, and the president of the state’s largest private college had one of the smallest packages, according to an annual report released today by The Chronicle of Higher Education.