Jennifer Karchmer, an instructor in the Department of Communication at Western Washington University, has just returned from Vancouver, B.C., where she was covering the 2010 Winter Olympics as an independent journalist.
The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off tonight up the road in Vancouver, B.C.
Watch the opening ceremonies live on campus, from 5:30 to 10 p.m., in Viking Union Room 565. The event is part of Canada Week at Western Washington University. The opening ceremony on CTV will be shown on a projection screen, and food and beverages will be provided.
For more information, contact Chuck Hart, from the Department of Canadian-American Studies at WWU, at chuck.hart@wwu.edu or (360) 650-3728.
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Western Washington University’s Center for Canadian-American Studies, in participation with multiple on-campus offices and departments, has kicked off Canada Week.
Events will run through Feb. 12, involving Canadian culture, politics, economics and history at Western’s campus. I’ll list more events when the information becomes available, but this is what is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 9:
Western Washington University’s Center for Canadian-American Studies, in participation with multiple on-campus offices and departments, has kicked off Canada Week.
Events will run through Feb. 12, involving Canadian culture, politics, economics and history at Western’s campus. I’ll list more events when the information becomes available, but this is what is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 9:
Ralph Vernacchia, director of the Center for Performance Excellence at Western Washington University and a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, will speak about the legacy of the Olympic Games at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Arntzen Hall Room 100 on the WWU campus.
For some, playing in the Olympics would be a lifelong dream.
But who says you can only have one lifelong dream?
Saratoga Springs native Kathleen Kauth, 30, said she is fulfilling another lifelong dream by having moved - the plan is temporarily - to California. The 2006 Olympic women's ice hockey player now lives in the Bay area and takes classes at the University of California at Berkley in solar energy and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. She started taking classes this past fall semester and will be done around Christmas.
The 2010 Winter Olympics aren't until next month, but students and staff at Wade King Elementary School are already celebrating the international sporting event.
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, students got a chance to participate in their own Olympic games and earn gold medals. And while ice skates and bobsleds were traded in for paper plates and scooters, respectively, students still got an understanding of what it would be like to be part of the rigorous competition.
"It's hard to do those sports," said second-grader Emily Gaven. "It takes courage to do that kind of stuff."
Erin Porter Bembry, a short track speed skater who competed for the United States in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympic Games, and Donovan Tildesley, a Canadian swimmer and multiple medalist who, blind since birth, competed in the past three Summer Paralympics, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in Arntzen Hall Room 100 on the Western Washington University campus.
The 2010 Winter Olympics are coming to Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., in February, followed by the Paralympics in March.
Western Washington University's contracted vendor for bus transportation, Bellair Charters, has indicated that availability for bus transportation during these two months is already very tight. Departments planning to use bus transportation for field trips during February and March should make their reservations immediately.
Those who need help with bus transportation should contact Barbara Lewis at (360) 650-3068.
Legacy was the key word at a Vancouver 2010 Olympics seminar at Western Washington University on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Representatives from businesses, organizations and government from both sides of the border attended the meeting to discuss the upcoming Winter Games in and around Vancouver, B.C. Also in attendance were representatives from WWU's Center for Canadian-American Studies and Border Policy Research Institute and other school officials.
