Western Today for Friday, Sept. 26

RESEARCH GALLERIES OPEN TO ALL FACULTY AND STAFF

University Communications maintains a set of online photo galleries showcasing the research of faculty and students. The photo at right is from the ice-coring project atop Mount Waddington in British Columbia by Geology's Doug Clark. Have photos from your research you'd like to share? E-mail john.thompson@wwu.edu.

Photo by Doug Clark/WWU GEOLOGY DEPT.

DID YOU KNOW?

Western has more students than Ferndale has residents. WWU reported 12,979 students for Fall, 2007, and Ferndale reported 11,023 residents in July, 2007.

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.

Cougar sighted near Lake Padden

A cougar was spotted near Lake Padden on Sunday, Sept. 21, around 8:45 a.m. according to a Bellingham Police Department press release. A resident saw the cougar as it walked through a back yard near 48th and Willis Streets, north of the lake.People should not approach the cougar if they see it and keep a close eye on children and pets in the area.

The Bellingham Herald

2010 Vancouver Olympics official to speak at WWU's Bellingham Business Forum Nov. 5
Brian Krieger, director of the 2010 Commerce Centre at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C., will be the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Western Washington University Bellingham Business Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 5.
Volleyball team advances to 10-0
Men's and women's soccer teams also prevail; click here for a full WWU sports roundup.

EurekAlert.com

Study reveals homeowner preceptions in fire-prone areas
Pat Winter, a U.S. Forest Service research social scientist at the Pacific Southwest Research Station, completed the study with George Cvetkovich, a psychology professor at Western Washington University's Center for Cross-Cultural Research. She and Cvetkovich conducted the research on the San Bernardino National Forest because it is one of the most fire-prone forests in the country.

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