Commencement activities begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March 20, on the Western Washington University campus in Carver Gymnasium and in the SMATE Building. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and is followed by Memory Walk, which concludes at approximately noon.
All academic and administrative units are asked to avoid activity that would conflict with commencement.
Scott Miles, assistant professor of Planning and Environmental Policy at Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment and director of Huxley’s Resilience Institute, and Rebekah Green, associate director of the Resilience Institute, traveled to Haiti in late February to conduct impact assessments with the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Miles and Green will report on their findings in Bellingham’s City Council chambers at 7 p.m. today, March 17, as part of an event looking at disaster risk reduction in Haiti and Whatcom County.
Presentations on Chilean aquaculture, the Columbia River Treaty and comparing Indian and Chinese economies will highlight the spring lecture series from the Center for International Studies at Western Washington University.
The center sponsors lectures and presentations by visiting and resident scholars during the academic year. All presentations are free and open to the public and are at noon on the following Tuesdays in College Hall Room 131 on the WWU campus:
Western Washington University staff and faculty members who are retiring during the period between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, will be honored at a reception and dinner at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room.
Information is requested on retiring employees so that invitations can be mailed to them and their supervisors in a timely manner. By March 30, 2010, those with retiring faculty and staff members in their areas should e-mail the following information to Fran Maas at fran.maas@wwu.edu:
In 2008, Western Washington University journalism professor John Harris received a $5,000 grant from the Lummi Nation. With that grant, he created a photo blog focusing on the Lummi Blackhawk football team during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
In this video, John reflects on his blog, explains how his experience has influenced his teaching and expresses his goals and visions for the future of the blog and his hope to continue to tell the story of the Lummi Blackhawks.
Video created by student intern Carolyn Copstead for WWU's Office of University Communications.
The 16th Annual Employee Arts & Crafts Show officially kicks off today, March 15, with an opening reception from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Viking Union Room 565. The show will be open to the public beginning at 11 a.m. today.
Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard will make a few comments, and refreshments will be provided.
The folks in Academic Advising at Western Washington University are inviting faculty members to apply and serve as faculty advisers during the new student orientation programs (Transitions, Summerstart and Fall Orientation) for 2010-2011.
Applications are due by April 2 and are available on the Academic Advising Center’s Web site at http://www.wwu.edu/advising/. Applications also are available from June Sager at (360) 650-3851 or june.sager@wwu.edu.
Mark Springer (Decision Sciences), Craig K. Tyran (Decision Sciences) and Steven Ross (Decision Sciences) had their article "Measuring the Quality of E-Business Services" published in the "Encyclopedia of E-business Development and Management in the Global Economy," pp. 125-134, IGI Global, 2010.
Photography students from the Western Washington University’s Department of Art have been commissioned to create a permanent installation entitled "Edifice Complex" which turned 17 cameras on 1 million-square-feet of retail space to explore the relationship between fine art and commercial photography.
The intention of the project was to commemorate the history and architecture of the Macy's store on 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle.
The RSP Notes newsletter contains information on research funding opportunities, foundations and services offered by Western Washington University’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The office is located in Old Main Room 530, mailstop 9038. To contact the office, call (3600) 650-3220.
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.
Daniel Larner, Western Washington University Faculty Senate president, called the 2009-2010 senate to order at 4:03 p.m. Senators accepted senate minutes of Feb. 22, 2010, and standing committee minutes.
Western Washington University’s Urban Transitions Studio will present sustainable urban planning concepts from 7-10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, in the Council Chambers in City Hall at 210 Lottie St. in Bellingham.
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will include a concept proposal for revitalizing downtown Bellingham’s retail core and a proposal for transitioning single-use retail zones into New Urbanism neighborhoods.
The following faculty members should have received a memo from Jana Schueler of the Registrar's Office confirming their attendance at Winter Commencement:
Western Washington University’s Department of Music will host the Northstar Saxophone Quartet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9 in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.
The free performance will feature Scott Granlund, soprano saxophone; WWU Music faculty Nicole Barnes, alto saxophone; Bryan Smith, tenor saxophone; and Jay Easton, baritone saxophone. The evening program will include works by Piazzolla, Lukas, Glass and others. They will also perform a Northwest premiere of "Quartet" by award-winning composer Wes Matthews.
Western Washington University has joined with the Pickford Film Center and KVOS TV-12 to provide a new, locally flavored show titled "The Pickford Classic Movie."
WWU English Professor Kaveh Askari will join Michael Falter, program director of Pickford Film Center, each week to provide trivia, little-known facts, interesting back story and conversation about a different classic film throughout the filmʼs airing.
The program will air at 8 p.m. on Sundays on KVOS TV channel 12.
