Shepard's keynote at Munro Seminar to air on TVW

Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:07am

TVW this week is airing the 2011 Ralph Munro Seminar that took place July 11 to 15 on the Western Washington University campus and at Padilla Bay.

Remaining television air times and topics for the week:


  • 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20: “Challenging Times for Higher Education Financing in Washington State;”


  • 7 p.m. Friday: July 22 “Water Issues: The Case of Samish Bay.”

WWU President Bruce Shepard issued the keynote address on July 13 in the session on higher education financing. The full text of his comments is available online.

In addition to airing on television, the Munro Seminar sessions, including those from Monday and Tuesday, are available for viewing on TVW's website (to view all available episodes, perform a search for "Munro"). TVW is Washington State’s public TV network.

Elected officials, public policy experts, political scientists and scholars were among the speakers during the seminar, the topic of which was "Governing in Challenging Economic Times."

The seminar, sponsored by Western’s Ralph Munro Institute, is devoted to promoting civic literacy within secondary education and the public at large. It offers students, teachers and community members an opportunity to work with professors, activists and political leaders to learn how local, state and national politics develop. The institute and seminar are named in honor of Ralph Munro, a WWU alumnus and trustee and Washington’s former secretary of state.