Western Today for Friday, May 8

New film features three WWU profs

Karen Edmundson Bean, an award-winning producer and cinematographer, continues to turn her camera lens on Mount Baker. Earlier this year, she released the latest installment in her “Walking Wild” series, “Walking Wild: Mount Baker, North.”

Bean contacted and interviewed three WWU scientists for this film: Assistant Professor of Biology and herbarium curator Eric DeChaine, Biology Professor Merrill A. Peterson and Assistant Professor of Geology Jackie Caplan-Auerbach.

For more on the film, click here.

New policies posted for 30-day review

Five new policies, one from Human Resources and four from the Equal Opportunity Office, have been posted for 30-day campus review. For more info, read the story on FAST Online.

Senior Survey debuts; help collect valuable data on your college and department!

The Office of Survey Research (OSR) is now inviting all seniors graduating Spring and Summer to participate in Western's Survey of Graduating Seniors, a part of the WELS series. This new survey will ask outgoing seniors about their majors, influential professors, satisfaction with their experience on campus and in the classroom, obstacles they faced, and more. But this data is only as valuable as the number of its participants - OSR needs your help in getting this survey into the hands of the seniors in your department.

For more information, contact OSR's Linda Clark at x4882.

The Bellingham Herald

Latino Business Association to host trade conference
The Washington Latino Business Association will present its annual fundraising event, The Trade, Travel & Real Estate Conference 2009, at the Silver Reef Hotel 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 14th.
Last year the WLBA donated funds from their annual fundraiser to Western Washington University's endowment fund for Latino youth scholarships.
17 WWU athletes named to GNAC Academic All-Star teams
Four Western Washington University student-athletes were named for the third straight year, two for the second consecutive season and 17 in all to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Academic all-star team announced Thursday, May 7.

The Ballard News-Tribune

Recycled art show extended into June
The Recycled Art and Fashion Show is part of a large-scale partnership coordinated by The RE Store, of Bellingham and Ballard, cooperating with Allied Arts of Whatcom County, The Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Western Washington University’s Viking Gallery 507, and the Blowing Sands Gallery. The show featured five art shows in two cities, two Trash Fashion Shows, and a hands-on art workshop series.

The Peninsula Gateway

Strong named principal at Gig Harbor High
Ted Strong knew he wanted to make a move to return to an administrative position at the high school level. He just didn’t know it would come this soon. Strong, who has been the principal at Goodman Middle School in Gig Harbor for the past two years, was unanimously approved to become principal at Gig Harbor High this fall.
“I think Gig Harbor High School can be and should be one of the jewels for the community,” said Strong, who received a bachelor's degree and a principal’s certification from Western Washington University in Bellingham and attended the principals’ institute at Harvard.

WWU News Releases

'The Hiddenness of God' is topic of WWU's first annual Lectureship on Philosophy and Christianity

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