Western Today for Thursday, Sept 10

Youth to lead WWU Volleyball in 2009

The sting of missing out on the postseason last year is fresh in the minds of this year's squad, which opens up with its first home match of the season today at 11 a.m. in Carver Gym. At right are Head Coach Diane Flick, Megan Amundson, and Allie Gotz.

See the Bellingham Herald volleyball preview, below.

Bellingham Herald photo

Fall Convocation is Sept. 16

President Bruce Shepard cordially invites all faculty and staff to breakfast and his fall opening convocation remarks on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Breakfast will be served in the Viking Commons from 7:30-8:25 a.m.

Bruce’s address will follow in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage from 8:40-9:30 a.m.

Breakfast is free, and reservations are required so that catering can prepare ample food. Please reserve a space online by clicking here or call x2255 by the reply deadline of Sept. 11. Tickets will be sent by campus mail shortly before the event.

New to the event this year will be the distribution of Faculty Awards and a new Team Recognition Award.

10G lot improvements to begin Friday, Sept. 11

Parking layout reconstruction of lot 10G will begin Friday, Sept. 11.

The work is anticipated to take roughly two to three days to complete and the lot will be re-opened on Monday, Sept. 14. Officials understand that this project will inconvenience permit holders and visitors and hope that the improvement of additional spaces to the lot will outweigh the temporary inconvenience.

10G permit holders may park in the portion of the lot that is identified as open as well as in 8G (if the 10G lot is full) 7G, 17G, AIC, 19G and in lot 12A. During this project, two temporary disability spaces will be placed in 8G.

Please contact Parking Services at x2945 or parking@wwu.edu if you have any questions.

Correction

An article in yesterday's Bellingham Herald incorrectly identified Pam Kuntz as being a faculty member of the Theatre Department; she is an instructor in the Dance program.

The Bellingham Herald

WWU gets grant to turn dairy waste in biofuel
Come next spring, Whatcom County residents could be riding a bus powered by cow manure, thanks to a $500,000 grant for Western Washington University's Vehicle Research Institute.
The U.S. Department of Energy grant will expand the VRI's Biomethane for Transportation Project, which works with Vander Haak dairy in Lynden to turn cow waste into clean-burning biomethane. That biomethane could then be used to power a revamped Bellair Charters bus.
"I didn't really ever dream of that," Darryl Vander Haak, who owns the farm with his son, said of biomethane-powered transportation. "It's kind of exciting to see what can happen in that field. It's green energy."
County sees dip in foreclosures, bankruptcies
Whatcom County had a bit of a respite in August when it came to bankruptcies and home foreclosure notices.
Both are indicators of economic stress and both declined compared to earlier this summer. There were 75 Whatcom County foreclosure filings last month, including 35 bank repossessions, according to RealtyTrac, an online service that tracks foreclosure filings, and verified with a check of the Whatcom County Assessor's Office Web site.
That's down from 106 filings in July and is the lowest monthly total since February.
The one-month drop in bankruptcies and foreclosures probably isn't an indication of an improving trend yet, said Hart Hodges, director of the Center for Economic and Business Research at Western Washington University.
Soccer: WWU adds Broadbent to the roster
With only one eligible goalkeeper on its roster, the Western Washington University women's soccer team filled a need in a big way as Kylie Broadbent, who earned regional and league all-star honors last year, has agreed to join the Vikings' roster.
Broadbent graduated last fall with a bachelor's degree in cellular and molecular biology/biochemistry. She is returning to Western to complete a second degree in behavioral neuroscience.
Volleyball: Youth to lead WWU in 2009
The disappointment that came with missing out on the postseason last year hasn't really faded for the Western Washington University volleyball team.
Instead of healing, time has left a healthy-sized chip on the shoulders of every returning player on the Vikings' roster. If there's one driving force for WWU in 2009, it's to leave nothing to chance - or a selection committee.

WWU News Releases

WWU Professor Gets Grant to Work With NASA on Global Forestry Project

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