In the Media
Twenty-eight young women from Whatcom County high schools were honored May 14 by the Bellingham branch of the American Association of University Women at the annual High School Scholars Recognition Program. The high school juniors were nominated by their respective schools for excellence in math, science and technology, according to Gwen Parker.
Western Washington University will soon have a new dining vendor, choosing Aramark to handle dining services on campus, which includes three resident dining halls, catering and several retail cafes. Aramark was chosen over Sodexo, Western's longtime vendor.
Northwest Missouri State head football coach Scott Bostwick, 50, died this morning from an apparent heart attack, the university has announced. Bostwick was the top assistant at Western Washington University for four seasons in the early 1990s.
Bostwick was mowing his yard when the heart attack occurred, according to multiple Northwest sources. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
How many of us spent time as a child fishing with a parent or grandparent? Probably most of us did. There are an estimated 40 million anglers in this country, and yet, it’s a sport reserved largely for the able-bodied.
The state operating budget is basically done, only awaiting Gov. Chris Gregoire's signature and any adjustments she wants to make.
But exactly what the budget changes will mean for Whatcom County school districts and colleges remains unclear. Officials at both have a better idea of the kinds of cuts they face for their 2011-12 school year operating budgets, but questions remain about how those reductions will be made.
Michelle Kennedy Carroll has been selected as the new principal of Echo Lake Elementary School, Superintendent Sue Walker announced. The appointment is effective July 1 and is subject to approval by the Shoreline School Board.
Gov. Chris Gregoire, speaking Thursday to an audience of technology executives in Vancouver, gave the 2011 Legislature an “A” grade for tackling state government reform on several fronts during a session she described as the most challenging in 80 years.
In a surprisingly upbeat speech to business leaders from throughout the metro area gathered at Washington State University Vancouver, Gregoire marketed Washington as a state with a vibrant, growing economy poised to compete in the global market.
Western Washington University distance runner Jordan Welling has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Capital One Academic All-District 8 college division first team for men's cross country and track and field.
Welling, a senior from Burlington, is a manufacturing major with a 3.59 grade point average. He will be placed on the national ballot for Academic All-America honors.
Two Western Washington University golfers, Xavier Dailly and Katie Sharpe, who helped the Vikings to men's and women's Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, respectively, are the school's male and female scholar-athletes of the year for 2010-11.
One of the wisest things the Community School ever did was hiring John Remington as a history teacher 24 years ago.
His enthusiasm for world geography is legendary at the school. And his knowledge of sports made him the best candidate for the position of athletic director—a role he has held for the last 23 years at the Sun Valley independent school.