Western Washington University News

Two seniors, guard John Allen and forward Paul Jones, shared the team's Most Valuable Player award at the annual Western Washington University men's basketball banquet held Thursday, May 16, at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club.

Western Washington University's Logan Myers, who qualified in two events, led 10 Vikings honored as 2013 NCAA Division II West Region all-stars by the U.S. Track and Field Coaches Association.

"Having graduated from Tumwater High School myself, I am honored to return to a building in a district that has provided me with so much," he said.

Nick Velasquez, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound shooting guard from Honolulu, Hawaii, has signed a national letter of intent to play men's basketball at Western Washington University beginning this fall.

A Western Washington University teaching assistant shot a Nevada Street resident three times - once in the stomach and once in each leg - after the victim confronted him for "messing with" a parked car, according to charging documents filed Wednesday, May 15.

After the shooting, the suspect called police and 27-year-old Kamuran Daniel Chabuk was booked into jail for investigation of assault.

Rachel Severson, a developmental psychologist at Western Washington University, will present a public talk, "Growing Up Green: What Does Time in Nature Do for Your Child?" at 6 p.m. May 30 at Brandywine Kitchen, 1317 Commercial St.

Patty Allen is a music teacher at Honey Dew Elementary School. Allen attended Western Washington University, where she earned a bachelor's of arts in music and then continued to earn a master's degree in teaching.

Four decades ago, while his father was a regular figure in the national media, Rick Merrill was living a news-free existence on a farm in Vermont.

Vista Middle School eighth grader Jessica Jimenez-Arroyo won $10,000 for herself and her school with her poem entered in Scholastics's "I Love to Read Student Creativity Contest." Gail Smedley, her teacher, writes in the press release, "Jessica is a student who takes her education seriously; she loves reading as much as some people love football.

Western Washington University's Cheyenna Pinley won the women's pole vault to lead a 1-3-4 finish in that event and the Vikings' Brett Watson took the men's high jump to highlight first-day action Friday, May 10, at the 12th Annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Monmouth, Ore.

Hawaii Pacific University has named Matthew Liao-Troth its first provost to help manage and oversee the 7,500-student private university.

Lime-green globs of gum hide under desks, brushing against knees as students slide into seats and lie in wait on sidewalks, hoping to catch a ride on the soles of unsuspecting shoes, according to The Western Front .

Bellingham playwright and musician Mike Rostron has written a new work, "Evermore," a sci-fi rock musical set more than a thousand years in the future.

Western Washington University student Liv Mothershead of Kent has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to help teach English at an Austrian school.

At least 27 people - including six children - needed help finding new housing after a fire this week at Sunset Pond Apartments.

Airporter Shuttle will move its central Bellingham pickup location from the GuestHouse Inn on Lakeway Drive to the McDonald's restaurant at 112 S. Samish Way.

Western Washington University placed nine women's rowers on the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference academic all-star team, and the Vikings' Stephanie Bluhm was named all-conference. Selected for the third straight year were two members of WWU's varsity eight, Christine Henie and Claire Marine.

The cabinet-level agency was formed last year to oversee the state's higher education system, provide strategic planning and advocacy for increased student success and to align pre-K-12 and post-secondary education opportunities.

The Eastside Republican Club has released the names of the three students who are top finishers in its 2013 scholarship essay contest .