Carolyn Nielsen (Journalism) presented papers Aug. 4 and 6 at the national Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in Denver. Her sole-authored papers included "Community Conversation or 'The New Bathroom Wall?' Anonymous Online Comments and the Journalist's Role" and "Wise Latina: The Framing of Sonia Sotomayor in The New York Times and El Diario-La Prensa."

Jeffrey King (Psychology) has been involved in a number of activities this summer. He gave the invited presentation “Integrating Evidence and Practice: Practice-Based Evidence” at the Integrating Evidence and Practice invitational forum sponsored by the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch (CAFB), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, held in Washington, DC., May 11 and 12.

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology/Woodring) recently delivered an invited lecture on cultural measurement equivalence and its role in multicultural mental health assessment. The lecture was presented at a specially invited conference on Culturally Informed Evidence-Based Psychological Practices sponsored by Instituto de Investigacion Psicologica at the Universidad de Puerto Rico de Rio Piedres, the Asian American Center on Disparities Research at the University of California Davis, and the Center for Multicultuiral Psychological Research at Michigan State University.

Knute Skinner (English, emeritus) has given readings from his recently published memoir, "Help Me to a Getaway," at the following places: The Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, Ireland (May 7); The Galway City Museum, Galway, Ireland (May 15); and the Locke Bar Theatre, Limerick, Ireland (June 3).

A couple of graduate students in the Biology Department at Western Washington University will present lectures this week on campus.

Western Washington University’s College of Sciences and Technology will continue its “Wizards @ Western” youth lecture series with “Sea Creatures: Up Close and Personal” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 5, in Biology Building Room 234 on the WWU campus.

The event is free and open to the public, and is geared toward children in grades 4 through 8.

Leaders of the various Western Washington University planning units finished on Tuesday, May 11, the presentations of their proposals for the 2011-2013 biennial operating budget. The presentations were audiocast live online, and the archived audiois available for listening at http://www.wwu.edu/upb/presentations/archive.shtml.

Western Washington University’s Wayne Landis, professor of Environmental Science, will speak on “Risky Business; Integrating Science-Policy to Manage the Environment” as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment speaker series at 3 p.m., Friday, May 14 at WWU’s Communications Facility Room 125.

The event is free and open to the public.

Leaders of the various Western Washington University planning units finished on Tuesday, May 11, the presentations of their proposals for the 2011-2013 biennial operating budget, so the presentations will not continue at 1 p.m. today.

The presentations were audiocast live online, and the archived audio will be online at http://www.wwu.edu/upb/presentations/archive.shtml as soon as possible, either later this afternoon or tomorrow.

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard made this presentation Friday, May 7, to roughly 175 "Western Advocates," community members who have taken an active interest in the university.

In his presentation, Shepard discusses the results of the 100 Conversations initiative and asks for feedback from the attendees.

A PDF of the materials Shepard used in his presentation is available via the link below.

Video from Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard's Friday presentation regarding the results of the 100 Conversations initiative will be available online at roughly 3 this afternoon. The video will be on the Western Today website as soon as it is available.

Shepard's Seattle presentation was to a group of 175-or-so "Western Advocates," community members who have taken an active interest in the university. The presentation was videocast live on Friday, May 7. A PDF of the files Shepard used in his presentation is available below.

A list of the initiatives proposed for the 2011-2013 biennial operating budget by the various Western Washington University planning units has been posted on the University Planning and Budgeting website.

A summary of the proposed initiatives is available here and from the list of attachments below.

Western Washington University students Daniel Moser (will graduate with a degree in Chemistry in spring 2010) and Geoff Melly (Biology/Anthropology, fall 2010) and faculty member Gregory O'Neil (Chemistry) attended the American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section Undergraduate Research Symposium at Central Washington University.

Paul Stangl (Environmental Studies) recently co-organized a series of sessions titled “The European/Post-Soviet City” at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Washington, D.C. Nineteen papers were presented in the sessions by researchers from nine countries. Stangl presented his paper “Science & Technology in Discourse on City Building” during one of the sessions. He is currently working on co-editing a special journal issue based on the research presented.

Eleven Western Washington University Writing Center assistants were selected to present their undergraduate research at the recent Pacific Northwest Writing Centers Association conference.

Matthew Miller (Elementary Education) presented "The use of electronic data collection to drive program improvement in teacher education" at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education annual meeting, held March 29 to Apr. 2 in San Diego.

Mary Lynne Derrington (Educational Administration) presented "Assessing the Effectiveness of a Social Science Curriculum: Results of a Two-Year Study of a Program for At-risk 7- to12-year-olds" at the National Technology and Social Science Conference, held Mar. 27 to 30 in Las Vegas.

Mary Lynne Derrington (Educational Administration) presented "Schools of Distinction: Leadership Lessons to Improve Student Achievement in Large High Schools" and "Dawn Mark, Ferndale High School Principal" at the National Association of Secondary School Principals Annual Convention & Exposition held from March 12 to 14 in Phoenix.

Maria Timmons Flores (Elementary Education/TESOL) presented "Building the Pathway Together: Bilingual Youth Partnerships that Inform and Promote Access to High Education" at the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference held from Feb. 3 to 6 in Denver.

Marsha Riddle Buly (Elementary Education) presented "Literacy Workshops and SIOP: A Manageable Fit" and "Language Learners in the Writing Workshop: Getting Started" at the National Association for Bilingual Education conference held from Feb. 3 to 6 in Denver.