Western Today for Tuesday, April 28

Marsha Riddle Buly the second subject in faculty video series

Marsha Riddle Buly is the subject of the second installment in Lisa Spicer's Faculty Focus video series. Click on the image to see the video, or see it on FAST Online. The video also is available on the WWU Facebook page.

WWU Employee Transportation Survey

Every two years Western is required by state law to survey employees regarding their commuting practices, and it is that time again. This week, (through May 1) please take the survey here or request a paper survey by calling ext. 7960. All employees will have received a coupon good for a free coffee or chai beverage in campus mail last week as thanks in advance for participation in the survey. Thanks to the 39 percent of faculty and staff who have already completed the survey. More info.

MSCM manager readies for deployment

Hawn

Jere Hawn is shipping out.

Hawn, manager of the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management program in the Department of Decision Sciences, is being involuntarily recalled to active duty with the U.S. Navy. He leaves in late May for a 500-day deployment, much of which will be spent on the ground in Afghanistan.

For more, read the story on FAST Online.

Tomorrow: Lecture onregulating alcohol and food intake

Andrey Ryabinin, an associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Sciences University, will speak at 3 p.m. in AIC West Room 210 about his work on the mechanisms of alcoholism and drug addiction and the development of possible therapies to prevent relapse in people with alcoholism, drug addiction and obesity.

For more on this and other upcoming events, visit the WWU Events Calendar.

Japan Week continues

Western Washington University's Japanese Program will host the 13th Annual Japan Week celebration through May 1. This year's theme, "Women in Japan," focuses on current and historical gender issues in Japan through lectures, discussion and film.

For more, click here.

For emergency contact, please enter your cell phone number

In the event of a campus emergency, WWU officials will use cell phone text messaging as one of the ways of disseminating information to the WWU community. Western faculty and staff members who have not yet registered to receive Western Alerts via text message are asked to update their personal information via Web4U online or by calling Human Resources at ext. 3478 or ext. 7718.

The Bellingham Herald

WWU to cut almost $19 million over the next two years; tuition likely to rise
For Western Washington University officials, the 2009-11 state budget appears to meet their worst fears: almost $19 million in cuts to the operating budget over the next two years. But the budget does have a silver lining for WWU, with nearly $55 million in capital project funding for renovating Miller Hall, a long-planned project that was in danger of not getting any money.

Because of the cuts, which equals about 7.4 percent of the university's operating budget, WWU President Bruce Shepard said all the hypothetical cuts proposed during the budget planning process this winter and spring will happen.

"All those cuts are going to have to be made at least at that level to cover up what we're talking about," he said.

Some of those cuts include eliminating dozens of open positions, reducing department budgets for materials and reducing the number of class sections offered. Shepard said no degree programs will be eliminated. Budgets related to academics will be reduced only by 5 percent, while other areas of the university will see cuts of 7 to 10 percent.
WWU earns No. 3 seed at West Super Regional
The Western Washington University women's golf team is making a seventh straight trip to the NCAA Division II West Super Regional to be held on May 4-6 at the Ironwood Golf and Country Club in Omaha, Neb. (host University of Nebraska at Omaha), announced Monday, April 27, by the NCAA II Women's Golf Committee.
The Vikings are the No.3 seed among nine teams selected to compete in the West Super Regional. Last year, they placed second and went on to finish sixth at the national tournament.

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