On campus

Using Julius Shulman’s photographic documentation of Modernist architecture in California during the mid-19th century as a point of departure, Garth Amundson’s fall 2011 390 Intermediate Photography students have explored space and architecture with a traditional 4x5-inch large-format view camera.

The images are on display in the lobby of the SMATE Building on campus through Oct. 24.

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Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics and its Center for Excellence in Management Education will host the Western Business Summit on Friday, Oct. 21.

Initiated in 2004, the purpose of the Western Business Summit – formally known as Teaching Scholarship Day – is to recognize and promote excellence in business education at Western's College of Business and Economics by fostering connections among business professionals, faculty, staff, and students.

Flashback: At convocation, new students get exciting welcome to WWU

 

Did you get a chance to attend the 2011 student convocation, held Sept. 20 to welcome new students to Western Washington University? It's an exciting event, designed to show students just what an awesome decision they've made to attend Western. Enjoy.

Photos: Women's golf team ties for first at WWU Invitational

With all four its counting scores placing among the top 11 in medalist play, Western Washington University tied with Sonoma State University for the team title at the 18th Annual Viking Invitational, which ended Tuesday at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club.

The Vikings, ranked No.8 in the National Golf Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25, shot a final-round 306 for a 36-hole total of 609 on the 6,028-yard course. That tied them with No.21 Sonoma State, which ended with a round of 305.

Sandra Alfers designs mobile app for studying German

On campus

A documentary film group from Canada shot footage for an upcoming documentary, "BorderLine," on the Western Washington University campus Wednesday. The group has been traveling across the Canada-U.S. border, from east to west.

Photos by Rhys Logan | University Communications intern

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In the community

The Mobile Ocean Science Information System from Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center visited the Bellingham Public Library Thursday to teach community members about animals and plants native to the marine waters of the Pacific Northwest.

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On campus

University Dining Services at Western Washington University, as part of its new partnership with ARAMARK Higher Education, is introducing new programs and renovating dining locations for the 2011-12 academic year. The new facilities are expected to be open for the start of the school year on Sept. 21.

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The Marrowstone Music Festival continues its 2011 orchestral season this weekend in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall on Western Washington University’s campus.

On Sunday, all 200-plus of the festival's young students will get together for the Festival Orchestra Concert at 3 p.m. The performance will feature Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” and Alexander Glazunov’s “The Seasons.”

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On campus

Merle Prim leans forward in his chair with a huge grin. He's talking about students, one of his favorite subjects, and he's getting into it.

Prim is proud of his former charges, and he could talk for hours about the brilliant minds he's mentored over the years in his psychology classes at Western Washington University. He remembers their names, he tracks their careers. There's the student working as senior scientist at the Federal Aviation Administration. There are the former students now at Microsoft, at Gonzaga, at Ohio State University. He goes on. One ex-student is a carpenter, another is a hospital chief of staff. Then there's the post-doctorate fellow at the University of Texas, Austin. Prim, collar popped on his polo shirt, leans back and stops listing names. But he doesn't have to; he can think of many more.

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The Western Washington University Board of Trustees today approved the university’s 2011-12 operating budget, tuition rates for 2011-13, and the university’s 2011-13 capital budget.

The 2012-13 operating budget will be reviewed during the course of the coming year and offered to the trustees for their approval next June.

Video

 

On eve of retirement, Tim Wynn reflects on decade leading Facilities Management at WWU

Tim Wynn, director of Facilities Management at Western, is planning to retire this summer.

“It will be quite a challenge for anyone to follow in Tim’s footsteps as FM director because he has simply done a superb job and his leadership over the past 10 years has helped the university achieve many very noteworthy accomplishments,” said Richard Van Den Hul, vice president for Business and Financial Affairs.

In this video, Wynn reflects on building construction, removing the ivy from Old Main, the perils of being the one in charge of determining whether to close the university because of snow, and more.

Video by Daniel Berman | University Communications intern

 

AASCU celebrates 50th anniversary

AASCU, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, celebrates its 50th year in 2011. This video celebrates AASCU colleges and universities as places of public purpose and their mission of educational access and opportunity.

Video by AASCU / Footage of Bernard Ikegwuoha by Daniel Berman

Western Washington University’s College of Sciences and Technology presents its Wizards @ Western youth lecture series with “Creatures of the Salish Sea” on the WWU campus. The Wizards @ Western events, free and open to the public, are geared toward children in...