Dear Members of the WWU Campus Community:

As you know, Western Washington University is in the process of searching for a new Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.  Dr. Jim Appleberry of Academic Search, has been engaged to assist us in our search.  Dr. Appleberry"s role is not to select our next Provost, but rather to help us in the search and selection process and ensure that we achieve our goal of securing the best possible Provost for WWU.

Dr. Appleberry is eager to have our insights into the present status and needs of the Provost position and to hear your views of the type of leadership we should be seeking.  To this end, a Campus-wide Open Forum is scheduled for Tuesday, August 19 @ 12:00 - 1:45 p.m. in Science Lecture 120 (SMATE Building).

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WWU President Karen W. Morse and George Pierce, the vice president for business and financial affairs, presented the university's budget request to the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board at the group's meeting on July 22. The clip, posted on the Videos page, begins with the WWU portion of the meeting.

Did you miss the 2008 Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference, which took place from July 18 to 20 at WWU? Visit the Videos section to watch a couple of the presentations, courtesy of TVW.

Photo by Matthew Anderson | WWU

The bluish-green color of the grassy hillside in front of Old Main comes from the dye in an herbicide WWU grounds crews have applied in recent days. The spray is tinged with color so that workers know which areas already have been sprayed. The herbicide poses no danger to humans or animals.

The grass on the hillside in front of Old Main is looking a little greener -- and a little bluer -- lately.

That's because WWU grounds crews have sprayed an herbicide on the grass -- and on some small weeds in the area -- in an effort to kill it. The spray is tinged with blue-green dye so that workers can tell which areas already have been sprayed, said Gary Hodge, the grounds supervisor at Western.

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The Web site for the search for the new provost/vice president for academic affairs at Western Washington University is up and running. The site includes the position announcement and the names of the members of the search advisory committee.

The site, which can be accessed at http://www.wwu.edu/provostsearch/, will be updated as the search progresses.

An online candidate nomination form also is online. To nominate a colleague for the position of provost/vice president for academic affairs, use the online form.

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by Matthew Anderson | WWU

In an effort to increase campus transportation safety, Western Washington University officials plan to install a bicycle lane and add and improve crosswalks along East College Way in the next few months.

Other improvements also are slated for the road, which runs to Old Main between the campus and the Sehome Arboretum.

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Photo by David Scherrer | WWU

Click here or on the image at right for a gallery of photos from the event.

Western Washington University dedicated its new Solar Demonstration Project -- a set of rooftop solar panels and an interactive educational kiosk inside the Viking Union -- on May 21.

The project was almost three years in the making, according to Rose Woofenden, president of WWU's Students For Renewable Energy, the Associated Students club that spearheaded its installation.

"We really look at this is an important stepping stone for further projects. What's important is to say that we did it, and we want to do it again on a bigger scale," she said. "But this is a great first step."

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To all members of the University Community:

At the request of the president-designate, Dr. Bruce Shepard, I am initiating the search for a Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs at Western Washington University to assume duties in January 2009. Dr. Shepard wants the process to begin immediately.

Representatives of various campus constituencies (Faculty Senate, Associated Students, Deans, PSO, Classified Staff) will be invited to place into nomination the names of individuals to serve on the search committee.

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