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Panel discussion April 28 to explain AmeriCorps service 2016-04-14
2 Vancouver artists on display at watercolor exhibition

Two Vancouver artists are set to be featured in the Northwest Watercolor Society’s 76th annual International Open Exhibition at the Mercer Island Community and Events Center from April 18 through June 3.

Bev Jozwiak and Lynda Raven Brake join 54 other artists from 17 states and four…

2016-04-11
The jobs that won’t be going away: Hands-on workers are hanging on

Many things have changed about oyster growing in the past century. The most fundamental have not: You put out baby oysters and let Puget Sound nurture them to slurping size. Once they’re out of the hatchery, all work on oysters is done in shallow bays at low tides. In winter months, those tides…

2016-04-08
2 Vancouver artists on display at watercolor exhibition

Two Vancouver artists are set to be featured in the Northwest Watercolor Society’s 76th annual International Open Exhibition at the Mercer Island Community and Events Center from April 18 through June 3.

Bev Jozwiak and Lynda Raven Brake join 54 other artists from 17 states and four…

2016-04-08
WWU jazz trumpeter Kevin Woods plays April 8 at Eat Restaurant

Growing up, Kevin Woods was surrounded by music from the swing era, in part because his dad was a trumpet player with a big band in Walla Walla.

“He gave me a bugle at age 2, a cornet at age 5, then a trumpet in junior high school,” Woods says.

2016-04-07
Edmonds School Board names new superintendent

The Edmonds School District Board of Directors has named Kris McDuffy as the next superintendent of the Edmonds School District after a thorough search that involved parents, staff, students and community over the last three months.

“It is our pleasure to name Dr. Kris McDuffy as the next…

2016-04-04
How well do you move?

The first time I trained with Derik Broadnax he instructed me to get on the ground and crawl. Not like a baby, more like a ninja or a large cat stalking prey. This was among other seemingly odd movements—skipping, shaking my limbs, circling my joints, playing games with sticks, jumping like a…

2016-04-01
Trustees award tenure to three Lake Washington Institute of Technology faculty members

Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech), the only public institute of technology in Washington state, has granted tenure to three faculty members: James Hicks, Karen Holum and Andrew Short.

2016-03-31
Former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro gets honorary doctorate from university where he was disciplined for 'raising hell'

Former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Western Washington University (WWU), on March 19.
Munro, who served more than three decades in public office, including 20 years as Secretary of State, was also WWU commencement speaker…

2016-03-22
Nicholl, Doyal, Wefer-Clinton and Kemper to be inducted into WWU Athletics Hall of Fame

Four student-athletes, who all made exceptional contributions to their respective sports, make up the Western Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2016. The formal induction ceremony, free to the public, takes place Saturday, May 14, at 1 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the…

2016-03-17
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