Bruce Shepard, Bill Lyne appear on TVW show "Inside Olympia"

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard appeared on TVW Thursday evening on the show "Inside Olympia." Shepard recently was interviewed by host Austin Jenkins for the show.

In addition, Bill Lyne, a professor of English at WWU, also was interviewed for another segment in the same program for his role as a faculty member and as the president of the United Faculty of Washington State. A third guest on the show is Mike Bogatay, from the Washington Student Association.

The TVW interviews focus on the state of Washington's cuts to higher education and on the impacts to the state. To view the TVW program online, visit http://www.tvw.org/index.cfm?bhcp=1. The show will be re-aired on television at 11 a.m. on Saturday and at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday.