The Bellingham Herald

• WWU names Riordan new provost
  Catherine Riordan has been named the new provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Western Washington University. Riordan, who is the vice provost for academic affairs at Central Michigan University, will start her new position in August with an annual salary of $200,000. She replaces Dennis Murphy, who is retiring from his provost position this summer after 12 years.
  

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• Quick tips to save energy AND money
  Try red wiggler worms to compost your vegetable scraps. Ann Reynolds, Communication Department manager at WWU, uses the creatures in her kitchen. The worms process large amounts of organic matter and typically eat their body weight each day. "The castings go into my vegetable garden, which makes my plants grow like crazy."
  

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• WWU student got early start learning about the environment
  From the moment she set foot on Western Washington University’s campus, Andrea Thomas felt at home. Scheduled to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Policy in June, she became the leader of Students for Renewable Energy’s Education Committee in 2007 and joined Carbon Masters this past January.
  “Despite the fact that climate change is a seriously complex issue, I believe that we as citizens have the capacity to do something about the problem,” Thomas says. “You have to start somewhere.”
  

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• Women's golf ends regular season with a victory
  Kaitlin Parker took medalist honors by four strokes and Christa Goldie tied for second in leading the Western Washington University women's golf team to a seven-stroke victory at the Notre Dame de Namur University West Coast Invitational which ended Tuesday, April 21, at the Roddy Ranch Golf Course in Brentwood, Calif.

Central Michigan: CM-life.com

• Vice provost accepts new job at WWU
  CMU Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Catherine Riordan was named provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Western Washington University.
  Riordan, who has been with CMU since 2001, was one of three finalists for the position at WWU, which conducted an extensive nationwide search.

Mukilteo Beacon

• WWU to host volleyball clinic
  The Mukilteo Boys and Girls Club will host the Western Washington Volleyball Clinic again at Kamiak High School. Diane Flick, her coaching staff, and the Western Washington University Volleyball team will host this event taking place Saturday and Sunday May 15 and 16.

KUOW

• Are we headed for an extra session in Olympia?
  If things stay on schedule, this is the last week of the Washington legislative session. That means lawmakers must hammer out a budget. They're dealing with the largest budget gap in state history. Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins talks with KUOW's Sara Lerner to help sort out what's going on this week.