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TVW
Senate Economic Development Committee hearing at WWU July 9
Western presenters included: President Karen W. Morse; Dean Arlan Norman; faculty members Hart Hodges, David Patrick and Mark Bussell; and Tom Dorr, of WWU's Small Business Development Center.
Bellingham Herald
College students: no more looking over your shoulder?
Guest Column: Why Bellingham City Council should take position on Iran (by adjunct faculty member Marie Marchand)
Everett Herald
Every step a memorial to two slain women (including alumnus Susanna Stodden)
Spokane Journal of Business
NAC looks to education, health care to fuel robust growth (profile of company building Western's AIC)
Campus Announcements
Mileage reimbursement rates increase. In recognition of the increased cost of fuel, the Internal Revenue Service announced recently that it has increased the allowable mileage rate for the last six months of 2008 from $0.505 per mile up to $0.585 per mile. The Washington State Office of Financial Management has decided to match the IRS rate to reimburse employees for the costs they incur when using their own vehicles on state business. The text of the policy is online here.
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