On campus

Merle Prim leans forward in his chair with a huge grin. He's talking about students, one of his favorite subjects, and he's getting into it.

Prim is proud of his former charges, and he could talk for hours about the brilliant minds he's mentored over the years in his psychology classes at Western Washington University. He remembers their names, he tracks their careers. There's the student working as senior scientist at the Federal Aviation Administration. There are the former students now at Microsoft, at Gonzaga, at Ohio State University. He goes on. One ex-student is a carpenter, another is a hospital chief of staff. Then there's the post-doctorate fellow at the University of Texas, Austin. Prim, collar popped on his polo shirt, leans back and stops listing names. But he doesn't have to; he can think of many more.

In the spotlight

The Western Washington University Board of Trustees today approved the university’s 2011-12 operating budget, tuition rates for 2011-13, and the university’s 2011-13 capital budget.

The 2012-13 operating budget will be reviewed during the course of the coming year and offered to the trustees for their approval next June.

Video

 

On eve of retirement, Tim Wynn reflects on decade leading Facilities Management at WWU

Tim Wynn, director of Facilities Management at Western, is planning to retire this summer.

“It will be quite a challenge for anyone to follow in Tim’s footsteps as FM director because he has simply done a superb job and his leadership over the past 10 years has helped the university achieve many very noteworthy accomplishments,” said Richard Van Den Hul, vice president for Business and Financial Affairs.

In this video, Wynn reflects on building construction, removing the ivy from Old Main, the perils of being the one in charge of determining whether to close the university because of snow, and more.

Video by Daniel Berman | University Communications intern

 

AASCU celebrates 50th anniversary

AASCU, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, celebrates its 50th year in 2011. This video celebrates AASCU colleges and universities as places of public purpose and their mission of educational access and opportunity.

Video by AASCU / Footage of Bernard Ikegwuoha by Daniel Berman

Western Washington University’s College of Sciences and Technology presents its Wizards @ Western youth lecture series with “Creatures of the Salish Sea” on the WWU campus. The Wizards @ Western events, free and open to the public, are geared toward children in...