Shepard to speak before state Senate Friday morning on Higher Education

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard is scheduled to speak before the Washington state Senate Friday morning. The session will air live on TVW, the Washington state public affairs television network, beginning at 8 a.m.

Presidents of other four-year institutions of higher education in Washington also are scheduled to speak.

The session can be viewed online at http://www.tvw.org/.

Shepard and the other presidents will be testifying before the Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee.