The Carl H. Simpson Award, which includes a $1,000 award, recognizes and supports efforts to create bridges and forge new paths that others may follow and build upon in turn.
Edward Ousselin (Modern and Classical Languages) has received the “Palmes académiques” award from the French Ministry of Education. The Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) is an Order of Chivalry of France to academics and educators. The order was originally created by Napoleon to honour eminent members of the University of Paris. It was re-established on Oct. 4, 1955, by President René Coty, and is one of the world's oldest civil awards.
The submission deadline for applications for the Faculty Development Award is 5 p.m. Monday, March 1.
The Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment at Western Washington University has available a limited number of summer grants for WWU faculty members who wish to use online tools such as tutorials, simulations and discussions to enhance their existing courses.
Today is the last day for Western Washington University student employee supervisors to nominate an outstanding student employee for the 2010 Student Employee of the Year award.
The award winner will be announced during National Student Employment Week, which is scheduled for April 11 to 17.
The winner has an opportunity to win cash and prizes at the campus, state, regional and national level. All award nominees will be honored at a recognition teception scheduled during National Student Employment Week.
Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard has announced that the Faculty Outstanding Service Award, which includes a $1,500 WWU Foundation fund, has again been made possible by the Western Washington University Foundation.
Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard has announced that two “Excellence in Teaching” awards have again been made possible by the Western Washington University Foundation. Each award includes a $1,500 WWU Foundation fund.
Nominations are now being accepted for the Women of Color Empowerment Award, which recognizes an individual who demonstrates excellence in contributions to women of color while enhancing his or her understanding and sensitivity to issues and concerns for women of color. All enrolled students, faculty and staff of Western Washington University are eligible to be nominated. Nomination forms are available online at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/sos/woced/nominationform.html, and submissions are due by 5 p.m.
Western Washington University student employee supervisors are invited to nominate an outstanding student employee for the 2010 Student Employee of the Year award. The submission deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12.
An award of $1,000 is presented annually by Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard at the June commencement exercises to a WWU faculty member selected by the Research Advisory Committee and the president as having made an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship.
This annual award, which began in 1983, was made possible through an endowment provided by former WWU president Paul J. Olscamp.
Criteria and procedures for the Paul J. Olscamp Research Award are as follows:
Western Washington University student employee supervisors are invited to nominate an outstanding student employee for the 2010 Student Employee of the Year award.
The Project Development Award program was established to encourage and enable faculty members to obtain significant funding from external agencies by providing release time to develop fundable proposals. External proposals developed under the PDA program should seek funding for research and scholarly activities that contribute to the mission of the university.
Summer teaching grants provide time for full-time faculty members to engage in projects that will result in significant enhancement of instruction. The following faculty members have been awarded summer teaching grants for 2010:
Western Washington University men's basketball point guard Morris Anderson has been named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week for Dec. 27 through Jan. 2.
A 6-foot-3 senior from Federal Way, Anderson scored 35 points and also had 13 assists, eight rebounds and five steals in leading the Vikings to wins over Dixie State, 81-73, and SUNY-Geneseo, 75-63.
The victories extended Western's winning streak to 12, the fourth longest in school history and the sixth longest in GNAC history.
Clint Spiegel (Chemistry) recently was awarded a grant for $44,661 by the Research Corporation to continue his work on the structure and function of the bacterial ribosome. Understanding the molecular basis of ribosome function is important for understanding how genetic information is expressed and has direct implications in the development of novel antibiotic approaches.
John Gilbertson (Chemistry) recently received a Single Investigator Cottrell College Science Award for $44,965 from the Research Corporation to continue his work on developing environmentally friendly small molecules that mimic the biologically important enzyme nitrogenase. These target molecules are important in studying the production of ammonia (a necessary nutrient in growing crops that is responsible for feeding more than 40 percent of the world's population).
Sidney Hammond, 75, of Bellingham, developed an environmental education program for the city's schools, including the Gordon L. Carter Environmental Education Site. Hammond was an elementary school principal in Bellingham and held other posts, retiring in 1992 after nearly 32 years in education.
For his work, he received the Award for Professional Excellence from WWU's Woodring College of Education, and was named an honorary tribal elder by Lummi Nation. He died Nov. 13.
The Office of Research and Sponosred Programs at Western Washington University has announced that the latest version of RSP Notes is now available at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/rsp/december09.pdf.
RSP Notes contains information on research funding opportunities, foundations and services offered by WWU's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
Western Washington women's soccer players Kylie Broadbent and Kelly Irving were both second-team selections on the 2009 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/NCAA Division II West Region All-Star Team announced Monday, Nov. 30.
Irving, a senior midfielder, had eight assists this season, tying a school career record that had stood for 25 years with a four-year total of 26. She also scored three goals, all game winners.
Western Washington University has won the 2009 Green Cleaning Grand Award for Schools and Universities from American School and University magazine, the top award given in the category nationally.
"We're honored to receive this prestigious award and to be recognized as the national leader in green cleaning. We work hard every year to make our cleaning practices more sustainable and environmentally friendly, and are always seeking ways to improve - and I think that shows in awards such as these," said Tim Wynn, WWU's director of Facilities Management in a press release.
Students from Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment swept first and second place honors at the recent Environmental Challenge held in Cle Elum Nov. 3 to 6.
Western Washington University faculty members Steve Ross, professor and chairperson in the Department of Decision Sciences, and Kraig Pencil, senior instructor in the Department of Decision Sciences, have jointly received the 2009 Allette and Cayden Chase Franklin Excellence in Teaching Award from the University’s College of Business and Economics.
Western Washington University outside hitter Marlayna Geary has been named American Volleyball Coaches Association/NCAA Division II West Region Freshman of the Year.
Western Washington University has been named one of the top "green power" universities in the country by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Western, which buys 100 percent of its electrical energy from green sources, was ranked eighth out of 20 colleges and universities.
All the schools on the list are part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership, a voluntary program that can be joined by a variety of organizations and companies. Western is the only university in the state on the list.
Western Washington University’s student-produced magazine “The Planet” won two awards in a recent national contest put on by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
The magazine won third place for general excellence among 17 entries and received an honorable mention for design among 15 entries.
