Western Today for Wednesday, Sept. 24

INFO FAIR PACKS RED SQUARE

WWU's annual Info Fair had Red Square packed with interested students on Monday and Tuesday. For a photo gallery of Info Fair activities, click here.

Photo by Phil Dwyer/THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

DID YOU KNOW?

Red Square became the official name of Western's center courtyard after students and staff continued to associate the area with acres of red bricks. It used to be called Waldo Field.

President Shepard's Convocation address

Video of last week's Convocation is available here, on the President's Web page.

To see the results from President Shepard's preliminary Stakeholder Survey, which he discussed in his Convocation, click here.

WWU participating in whistleblower survey

WWU faculty and staff are being asked by the State Auditor's Office to participate in a survey regarding the state's Whistleblower Law. The survey is attached to an email from the State Auditor which is being forwarded to all faculty and staff. The survey also can be found by clicking here.

The Bellingham Herald

WWU receives $1 million gift to establish Morse Leadership Institute
Western Washington University will soon have a new leadership institute, thanks to the largest single donation from a living person the university has ever received.
County Council hears more on Lake Whatcom parkland deal
David Wallin, a professor at Western Washington University's environmental sciences department, told leaders that leaving land untouched by logging reduces stormwater runoff and the risk of landslides, which carry pollutants into the water.

Anacortes American

Shannon Point receives $983,000 NSF grant
A five-year $983,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will ensure that Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes will continue its nationally recognized program for minority students at least five more years, according to an announcement from the university this week.

Skagit Valley Herald

A day by the bay
"I'm freezing," Katie said as she reached into cold tanks of water to pick up a sea slug on a dock in Fidalgo Bay. The chill didn't bother her much though; she was too excited. Other children gathered around Katie and Lauren Chomiczewski, a 22-year-old master's student at Western Washington University who was explaining a variety of colorful sea creatures caught by the Shannon Point Marine Center. The tanks and sea life were part of the fifth annual Fidalgo Bay Day at Seafarers' Memorial Park in Anacortes.

Seattle Weekly

Smooth sailing for McKenna?
"He's at the top of the talent pool," says Todd Donovan, a professor of political science at Western Washington University. "He's in a great office for getting good press, and he's done that by focusing on good government and issues everyone can agree on-[while] skillfully avoiding the social-conservative themes that have haunted state Republicans."

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