Tim Wynn
When asked his legacy from 29 years of working at Western Washington University, Bill Managan, assistant director of operations for facilities management, simply smiles. “Trashcans,” he says.
“[The old trashcans] were a pre-cast cement with a steel lining that you had to…
Well, as ‘they’ say, the jig is finally up. The Internal Revenue Service finally got around to auditing my returns for the past several years and has called into question some legitimate business expenses. (I still say that deducting gambling losses as a training expense…
John A. Furman, an engineer and veteran U.S. Coast Guard administrator, has been hired to serve as the director of Facilities Management at Western Washington University.
“We are excited that John has agreed to join Western as director of Facilities Management. He is a service-…
Tim Wynn, director of Facilities Management at Western, is planning to retire this summer.
“It will be quite a challenge for anyone to follow in Tim’s footsteps as FM director because he has simply done a superb job and his leadership over the past 10 years has helped the university…
In the 2008 movie "The Bucket List," two terminally ill men set out to do the things they wanted to do before they died. Critics gave the movie a mixed reception, but audiences ate it up.
Having Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as co-stars didn't hurt, but I wonder if the…
A Sanitary Service Co. garbage truck struck the corner of a dorm room at Western Washington University Monday, May 30, causing damage roughly estimated at $10,000.
No one was hurt in the incident that occurred shortly before 9 a.m. in a section of the Ridgeway Commons complex known as…
Finalists for the director of Facilities Management, to be vacated by Tim Wynn upon his retirement, will be on campus in May and June for open forums.
A sign language interpreter will be present at all forums.
Cover letters and resumes for each of the candidates are available…
The gas-fired electric power plant that once supplied heat to pulp and tissue mills could be harnessed to heat Western Washington University, downtown Bellingham and a redeveloped waterfront.
Although the idea is still in the conceptual phase, it appears promising enough to consider the…
Tim Wynn, director of Facilities Management at WWU, is retiring at the end of July.
In order to give those who will be gone for the summer an opportunity to say goodbye to Tim, Facilities Management is having a barbecue, auction, and bake sale at 11:45 a.m. May 25 at the Physical…
"Staging" a home for sale can be a big job, what with repairs to be made and rooms to be spiffed up.
Now imagine staging a massive, 101-year-old fortress that has been accumulating mold, dry rot and mountains of campus what-not for decades. That's the challenge Western…