Western Today for Friday, Sept. 11

Home cookin'

The Western Alumni Association's Second Annual "Get Your Blue On" BBQ and Bluegrass Concert was held Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the upcoming school year, and included "Shepard Burgers" (above) and music by the Prozac Mountain Boys.

An online gallery of more photos from the event is available here.

Laurie Rossman photo

Fall Convocation is Sept. 16; today is the deadline to sign up for fac/staff breakfast

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.

Flags at half-staff today for Patriot Day remembrance

Governor Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington State agency facilities be lowered to half-staff today for national Patriot Day, the annual memorial to the victims of the 2001 tragedy.

The Bellingham Herald

Men's soccer: Vikings fall in OT
Mike Martinez scored less than two minutes into overtime as nationally ranked Metro State College defeated Western Washington University 2-1 in overtime in a non-conference men's soccer game Thursday, Sept. 10, at Orca Field on the campus of Whatcom Community College.
The Vikings, who ended a five-game, season-opening home stand, fell to 2-3-0. Metro State, ranked No. 20 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America NCAA Division II Top 25, improved to 3-1-0.
Volleyball: Vikings split on day 1 of WWU Invite
It's still pretty early in the season for the Western Washington University volleyball team to start pushing the panic button, but after a lackluster start to the WWU Invitational coach Diane Flick might be tempted.
As it is a lengthy discussion in the locker room following a 25-18, 25-15, 25-21 loss to the University of British Columbia on Thursday, Sept. 10, will have to suffice.

Tacoma News-Tribune

"We thought she was on her deathbed"
Samantha Hutchinson is steadily regaining her strength. The Curtis High senior’s vertical jump has lost a few inches and her endurance isn’t what it used to be.
Six days in a coma and defeating a life-threatening illness will do that to a person.
“I get tired quicker,” Hutchinson said at volleyball practice last week, “and the doctor said I probably won’t get back to 100 percent until next summer."
Hutchinson was a first-team all-SPSL South outside hitter and a second-team selection to The News Tribune’s All-Area team in 2008. She has given an oral commitment to play at Western Washington University.
Yet, even this future college athlete was so weak when she came out of the coma after six days that she couldn’t raise her hand more than a few inches. Even the weight of a blanket was too much.

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