In the media
05 21 12
KGMI 790-AM
The recent suicide of Western Washington University student Timothy Crossan has been devastating to the community at Western and in Bellingham and Crossan’s parents have decided to work with the university to prevent similar tragedies.
Jerry Crossan and Susan Flores have given $25,000 to start the Timothy Crossan Memorial Fund, which will enhance counseling services for students at the university.
05 21 12
The (La Grande, Ore.) Observer
Ancient healing arts and divination practices come to life May 23 at Eastern Oregon University.
That’s when guest lecturer Leslie Conton shares her documentary “Tibetan Shamans: Protectors of All Living Beings.”
The presentation is from 7 to 9 p.m. in Huber Auditorium in Badgley Hall. Admission is free with donations accepted at the door to benefit the shamans featured in the film and their families.
05 21 12
The Bellingham Herald
When Mike McQuaide was asked whether he suspected in his youth that he might become a successful writer, he grinned and responded, "I would have said they had the wrong guy."
If you're interested in road biking in Washington state, however, you'll have the right guy leading you if you follow one of the 75 routes in the ground-breaking book he released this month.
05 21 12
The Bellingham Herald
As an athlete growing up in Eugene, Ore., it made sense for Brandi Row to earn her master's degree in exercise and movement science from the University of Oregon. Then, while working on her doctorate at Pennsylvania State University, she became interested in how exercise can help older people avoid falls and live on their own longer.
"It's a rewarding experience to make a difference," she says.
Today, Row is continuing her research as an assistant professor in the Kinesiology and Physical Education Program at Western Washington University.
05 21 12
The Seattle Times
More college students who want to become engineers will get that opportunity in the coming years, as both the University of Washington and Washington State University put nearly $8 million into growing the size of their engineering programs this fall.
As part of a budget agreement in the last legislative session, lawmakers directed the UW and WSU to use $3.8 million apiece toward engineering, which will eventually result in 380 more engineering degrees per year — a 29 percent increase in the total number of students getting engineering degrees from state schools.
05 21 12
The Seattle Times
GO AHEAD, ask Joseph Sumi.
Ask him what it's like to graduate from Shorecrest High School in 2005, go to college, get married, move to Idaho with your new wife and no job, equal parts hope and anxiety gunning the motor of a '98 Volkswagen.
Ask him, and a story of our economy tumbles out, equal parts familiar and unexpected, of a college grad who could find only work at a drugstore; who was then laid off from said drugstore; who, after getting pummeled by the worst job market for young people since World War II, decided last November to move in with The Parents. Except they weren't his parents. They were his in-laws. And they lived in John Day, Ore. Population 1,700 and change.
05 21 12
The (Eugene, Ore.) Register-Guard
Driven by student displeasure about high — and unusual — fees they are being charged, Lane Community College may drop or change its contract with Higher One, the company the college has paid for five years to disburse grants, scholarships and loans to students.
The school, along with about 800 other colleges nationally, outsourced the job of doling the money to students, seeking to save as much as $100,000 annually that LCC previously spent on staff doing the work in-house.
05 21 12
The Seattle Times
Katie Spangler had it all planned out.
She did as many high-school activities as possible, from drama to golf, to make herself appealing to college admissions officers. She excelled at Western Washington University, graduating with a double major in communications and human-resource management. And then she confidently launched herself into the real world.
But there was one thing Spangler couldn't expect: the worst recession in decades.
05 21 12
The Bellingham Herald
Former Mount Baker track and field standout Logan Packard is ready to come home.
After a year competing for Spokane Falls Community College, the standout hurdler said he has accepted a 100-percent scholarship offer from the Western Washington University track and field team.
05 21 12
The Bellingham Herald
Western Washington University golfer Alexandria Taylor has been named to the Capital One/College Sports Information Directors of America Academic/NCAA II District 8 women's at-large team.
The all-district honorees advance to the Academic All-America Team ballot where All-America honorees will be selected later this month. District 8 is made up of schools in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, Great Northwest Athletic Conference and Pacific West Conference.
