Jere Hawn, in Kabul, Afghanistan, appears on "Today Show"

Jere Hawn, the manager of the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management program in the Department of Decision Sciences at WWU, was spotted on the "Today Show" this morning holding a Western Washington University sign, shouting, "Go Vikings!" and saying hello to his students and family back home in Bellingham.

Hawn is in Afghanistan with the U.S. Navy.