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One day after the Western Associated Students Board voted in favor of the Students for Renewable Energy’s [SRE] fossil fuel divestment resolution, a group of 20 faculty, staff and students attempted to deliver a letter to Bruce Shepard asking the university and the Western Foundation to divest…

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Pete Stelling, assistant professor of geology at Western Washington University, is working to make the Alaskan island of Akutan less dependent on diesel fuel by tapping the island’s renewable geothermal energy.

When Farrokh Safavi sees a runner perhaps more than 50 years younger pass him near the end of the downhill running leg of Ski to Sea, yet hears that runner yell “Great job!” to him, he feels he has sent a message as an educator.

“That means a lot!” he said.

Johann Neem, a professor at Western Washington University who has also been critical of WGU, says the model is especially troubling for its on focus low-income and working-class students. He fears that students with financial pressures at home will increasingly be steered to the WGU’s online…

Amber Sudduth Bone has been a member of the vocal faculty at Western Washington University since 2006. She is the instructor for introduction to voice studies, diction and vocal pedagogy, and is coordinator for the voice studios program.

Marci Shepard is the new superintendent of the Orting School District.

Shepard, who has been interim superintendent for the past two months, will now assume the title of superintendent. She will be paid a salary of $125,000, plus an additional $2,500 as a stipend since she holds a…