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.

Three Western Washington University students have volunteered as transitional coaches as part of Whatcom County’s Stepping Stones Program. The program, which is funded by Medicare and used by Medicare patients, is aimed at reducing the cost of Medicare by preventing unnecessary hospital readmissions.

Whatcom County’s Stepping Stones program is sponsored by PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center and WWU’s Critical Junctures Institute.

Western Washington University’s Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment will host its annual “Innovative Teaching Showcase Learning Event” from Noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, in College Hall 310.

The theme of this year's Showcase is “Planning for Large Classes.” On June 1, community members are invited to meet the featured instructors, view videotaped interviews with those instructors and find out more about teaching large classes at Western.

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology/WCE) recently was selected to be a member of the 10- to 12-person Independent National Children's Study Monitoring and Oversight Committee. The committee will monitor National Children's Study data and the safety of study participants.

Western Washington University counselor James Orr has partnered with Father Scott Connolly of Bellingham’s Church of the Assumption to send textbooks and reference materials from WWU’s Psychology Department to Saint Louis University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Orr provided psychology books from his own collection and solicited donations from other Psychology faculty in the areas of abnormal psychology, counseling and organizational psychology.

The donation includes approximately 50 books.

Beginning April 26, graduate students in Western Washington University’s Mental Health Counseling Program will provide free group counseling to community members, under faculty supervision.

The focus of the group counseling will be anxiety and stress management in a psycho-educational format. The group will meet weekly from 4-5 p.m. on Mondays on WWU’s campus.

Faculty from Western Washington University’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for a monthly neighborhood round-table discussion, “Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB),” from 7- 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 5, at Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 202 E. Holly St. in downtown Bellingham.

“Sparking Memories: Designing Light-Activated Neurons to Control Activity” is this month’s topic, which will be hosted by Heather Van Epps, an assistant professor in Western’s Biology department.

Joseph Trimble (Psychology, WCE) with Maria Scharron-del Rio (Brooklyn College) and Guillermo Bernal (University of Puerto Rico) recently published a book chapter titled "The itinerant researcher: Ethical and methodological issues in conducting cross-cultural mental health research." The chapter appears in the edited book by Dana Crowley Jack (Fairhaven College) and Alisha Ali (NYU) titled "Cultural perspectives on women's depression: Self-silencing, psychological distress and recovery." The book is published by Oxford University Press.<

The Counseling Training Clinic in the Psychology Department of Western Washington University currently has openings for families and couples who are interested in counseling. This service is provided free of charge.

Family and couples counseling appointments are available Tuesday evenings from 4 to 6. Graduate students supervised by faculty members will provide counseling for a wide range of family and couples issues.

Faculty from WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for a monthly neighborhood round-table discussion, “Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB),” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 1, at Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 202 E. Holly St. in downtown Bellingham.

“Stroke: Insights into How Brain Cells Respond to an Attack from Within” is this month’s topic, which will be hosted by Jose Serrano-Moreno, an assistant professor in Western’s Biology Department.

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology, WCE) presented an invited address titled "Bear Spends Time in Our Dreams Now: Magical Thinking, Ritual, and Spiritual Considerations in Counseling Theory and Practice" at the 27th Annual Teachers College - Columbia University Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, in February in New York City.