A Western Washington University student living on campus is undergoing treatment for active tuberculosis, according to university health officials.
The student, whose name was not released for privacy reasons, is in isolation and will remain so until no longer contagious.
WWU officials, along with the Whatcom County Health Department, are identifying people who may have had significant close contact with the student. Those people will be contacted individually and tested for possible tuberculosis with a skin test.
A Western Washington University student living on campus is undergoing treatment for active tuberculosis, according to university health officials.
The student, whose name was not released for privacy reasons, is in isolation and will remain so until no longer contagious.
WWU officials, along with the Whatcom County Health Department, are identifying people who may have had significant close contact with the student. Those people will be contacted individually and tested for possible tuberculosis with a skin test.
Testing confirms a diagnosis of active tuberculosis for a Western Washington University student seen at the WWU Student Health Center last week. This news was relayed to all faculty, staff, students and parents in e-mail messages sent this morning from Emily Gibson, director of the Student Health Center at WWU, and Greg Stern, a health officer with the Whatcom County Health Department.
A 21-year-old Western Washington University student was arrested early Thursday, Jan. 28, after she crashed her car near campus, suspected of driving drunk and texting.
Bridget A. Reilly was westbound in a 1999 Toyota Camry shortly after 2 a.m. in the 2600 block of Bill McDonald Parkway when she veered the car to the left, drove onto the tree-lined median, lost control and spun the car about 180 degrees, said Bellingham Police spokesman Mark Young.
Reilly was uninjured, but the Camry suffered extensive damage. The crash destroyed one tree and severely damaged two others, Young said.
University Police Chief Randy Stegmeier announced to the WWU community in a Sunday night e-mail that a body had been found in the Sehome Arboretum. According to the announcement, police believe that the body had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police officers from the University Police Department will be joining fellow officers from Whatcom County, around the country and Canada at the memorial service for Pierce County Deputy Kent Mundell on Tuesday, Jan. 5, in Tacoma.
University Police and other law enforcement agencies will be participating in training exercises from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, in the basement of Arntzen Hall.
During that time, the basement will be closed. While there may be a number of police officers at and near this location, this is a training exercise only.
For more information, please contact University Police at (360) 650-3555.
Two H1N1 vaccination clinics will be offered this week. The Whatcom County Health Department has removed the restrictions on the vaccine, so it’s now available to all current WWU students and staff.
The clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10, and from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, both at the Student Health Center, located on the second floor of the Campus Services building.
The folks at ATUS sent out a reminder this morning to be on the lookout for fraudelent e-mail messages that ask for personal information. Members of the WWU community should never give out their personal information in an e-mail.
A few tips to help identify potential phishing e-mail messages:
The Western Washington University Police Department will be sending a delegation to the memorial service for the four Lakewood police officers killed late last month.
Two H1N1 vaccination clinics will be offered on campus in early December. Please read below to see if you are eligible to receive free H1N1 vaccine, and if so, how to reserve your appointment.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, both in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room, WWU nurses will be providing free H1N1 injectable vaccine to the following categories of people:
Two H1N1 vaccination clinics will be offered on campus in early December. Please read below to see if you are eligible to receive free H1N1 vaccine, and if so, how to reserve your appointment.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, and from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, both in the Viking Union Multipurpose room, WWU nurses will be providing free H1N1 injectable vaccine to the following categories of people:
Wondering whether Western Washington University will be open on a particularly stormy day? Read the 2009-2010 Storm Line card to discover how to find out what the university's schedule is going to be when nasty weather strikes.
The Storm Line card is produced by the Office of University Communications at WWU.
Police need the public’s help to find who shot and killed a 43-year-old man in the middle of a busy Bellingham intersection.
A memorial is at the scene of Garden and Ivy streets in Bellingham where the body of Bryan Marriott was found lying Friday night. Police said he may have been the victim of road rage.
Bellingham detectives said they believe Marriott was driving up Ivy Street when he may have gotten into an argument with another driver.
In Bellingham's Sehome neighborhood, only a few blocks from Western Washington University, people are almost oblivious to late night parties and noises.
Just after 11 p.m. Friday, neighbor Glacia Rain did hear some shouting that caught her attention.
The windstorm that whipped through Whatcom County Wednesday night, Nov. 18, left power outages, road closures and other debris in its wake, but the weekend looks to offer relief.
Wind gusts up to 60 mph were forecast again for Thursday night, but the south winds should ease to about 15 mph Friday and Saturday, with showers likely and daytime temperatures in the high 40s through Monday.
One H1N1 vaccination clinic will be offered on campus next week. Please read below to see if you are eligible to receive free H1N1 vaccine, and if so, how to reserve your appointment. If you are unable to obtain vaccine next week, the Student Health Center does anticipate additional H1N1 vaccine clinics on campus after Thanksgiving break.
On Tuesday, Nov. 24, in the Viking Union Multi-Purpose Room (VU605), from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., WWU nurses will be providing free H1N1 injectable vaccine to the following categories of people:
Western Washington University grounds crews will be working throughout the day to remove a handful of downed trees felled by recent windstorms. According to grounds supervisor Gary Hodge, major problem areas include near the Gamma residence hall on The Ridge, near Highland Hall, near the Fine Arts building and behind Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies on one of the Sehome Arboretum trails.
A high wind warning remains in effect for the area until midnight tonight. Winds are expected to increase to 25 to 40 miles per hour this afternoon, with gusts as high as 60 mph.
High winds knocked down trees in parts of Western Washington as the smaller of two forecast rain storms blew through Western Washington Monday blowing in the 40 mph to 60 mph range.
Puget Sound Energy and Seattle City Light reported scattered outages.
In Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood a large cedar tree hit the roof of one home and sent a branch through a neighbor's living room. No one injured.
