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'The Next Evolution': Online university offers pathways to success

After Hanna Burleson of Longview tucks her three little boys into bed, she goes to class at Western Governors University Washington, the online-only university where she's pursuing a master's degree in education.
She logs in, clicks on a course and checks the assigned reading.…

2011-11-21
Ennistymon hosts All-Ireland Poetry Day

A SERIES of poetry readings will be delivered at the courthouse gallery in Ennistymon next Thursday to celebrate All-Ireland Poetry Day. 

Readings will be given by Joseph Woods and a number of writers who have made North Clare their home such as Knute Skinner, Jean…

2011-09-29
Creative Writing Profs Dispute Their Ranking–No, the Entire Notion of Ranking!

Almost 200 creative writing professors have signed an open letter to Poets & Writers, criticizing its 2012 rankings of MFA/PhD programs. Poets & Writers is the bi-monthly magazine of the non-profit organization of the same name.

According to a…

2011-09-09
Skinner has poems published, gives readings in Ireland 2011-08-16
Nuts to You

Sometime in the first six months after I began working the counter at my first bookstore job, I started offering each customer a sack for their books. I say “started” because no one in the Pacific Northwest or their right mind says “sack.” We say “bag.” Actually, we say “bayg.”

“Sack”…

2011-08-09
Job 2.0: Dreams, financial need put seniors back in the hunt for jobs

Pat Lombard planned to retire at age 55.
A nurse at St. Joseph Medical Center, she arranged for private health insurance, which she figured would cost about $300 a month until she was eligible for Medicare. But before she told her employer of her pending retirement, she was notified that…

2011-07-18
Christopher Wise publishes article on bin Laden's assassination 2011-07-05
WWU professor writes story of forced expulsion of Chinese

Christopher Wise, an English professor at Western Washington University, has been one of the organizers for the Bellingham community's recognition and numerous events about the forced removal of the Chinese from the Puget Sound region around 1885.

"Emerald Bay," a ballet…

2011-06-09
Emerald Bay ballet tells story of Chinese expulsion from Puget Sound 2011-06-02
Bellingham mayor apologizes to Chinese community

Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike issued a formal apology Thursday to the Chinese community for the Chinese expulsion 125 years ago.

Pike says the apology helps people understand that things that were done by people and the government were wrong.

2011-05-27
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