Window on Western, 2001, Volume 07, Issue 03

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Window on Western, 2001, Volume 07, Issue 03Kathy D. SheehanWestern Washington University

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Spring 2001 News for Alumni and Friends of Western Washington University VOL 7, NO. 3

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estern's campus will be alive with music this summer as Summer Stock launches its 31'^ sea­son with five shows, including Red, Hot and Cole, a musical compilation of works by Cole Porter, plus Fiddler on the Roof. The College of Fine and Performing Arts hosts the Marrowstone Music Festival, a three-week music camp spon­sored by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, and the Bellingham Festival of Music will also return to campus with five evening concert performances.

Marrowstone, which is moving from Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, is one of several new partners the university has to support4nd enhance that special mix of academic excellence^and beAiififul surroundings that we call ihe-We^tem Ejtpet|^ce^'C _

h^^arrowsi6i®&MuSc. festival provides a u|iiqi|i‘’conibfriation of chamber and orchestral c4ncerts while training talented young musicians v^4lo come from all across the state.

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It chose to move the suipmef festival to Bell- ingli4j®^atid partner with Western because West^h"|t-rau3it: departmer|t provides bigger and better facilities (private s|udios and rehearsal space^^ record library, mfsic library land com­puter flabsj ^d a modeni toO-seit concert hall.

Marrowstone officials say the PA one of the finest facilities in the nati for teaching, performing and stu music.

Nearly 20 public concerts will be given during weekends in August by a world- class faculty as well as students who will form two orchestras. The festival r from July 29 through Aug. 19. Studj present orchestral concerts each Su while both faculty and student ens^bfes perform on Fridays and Saturdays.^ ^

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Lunde selected as 2001 Distinguished Alumnus1 Lunde;'i^^53,^du0ati9rf music and aural skills, choral con-

VSiafor who fbunded'the ducting, harmony, sight-singing.music department af Phila­

delphia Biblicar University, has beeh named the 2001 Distin­guished Alumnus at Western.

Lunde, 68, played trumpet in the Viking Band and sang in the college choir at Western before embarking on a distinguished ca­reer as a musician, conductor, scholar and educator.

He. is the music department chair emeritus at PBU outside Philadelphia where he teaches

and choral literature. He is also conductor of the PBU Commu­nity Chorus and Orchestra.

Lunde founded the music de­partment at the Philadelphia Col­lege of Bible, now PBU, in 1959 and served as chairman until 1982 and again from 1993 to 1997. During his tenure, he de­signed the curriculum, recruited students and faculty and upheld high standards so that the depart­ment became a full member of the

National Association of Schools of Music within 13 years.

He is currently involved with designing and planning the university's new fine arts building.

"Dr. Lunde put Philadelphia College of Bible on the music map," said Charles C. Rjnrie, its former president.

At Western, Lunde was an out- standing student V academically and was one of the most talented music stu­dents Western ever

found in A1 Lunde a caring men­tor," said Samuel Hsu, a former student of Lunde's who is now chair of the PBU honors program.

"They have turned to him for advice and encouragemerit: Ibrtg'

after they have graduatfed^ Lr6- member the spec|al care

he and Claire g^ve to me when 1 w4sca stu- dent, includihg,a surprise graduatibri party at their Hofile^ in my honor. At fhab

mM party, 1 received a

had, according to FrankD'Andrea, a retired Aliunde arpriged; chairman of Western's music department.

Lunde, a native of Milwaukee,Wis., easily falls into "the top 2 percent of our all-time graduates,"D'Andrea said.

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Lunde and his wife, Claire, who live in Newtown, Pa., have three grown children.

Luhde has master 's degrees'From Dallas Theological Seminary and Nqrthweslern Univefhty and a D.MiA. from Southwestern Baptist Thegk>gical Seminary. He is also an/approved longhair judge for the Cii Fanciers Association.

"But their family is significantly larger because PBU students have

"Ihe Alumhi Association has be|p honoring a distinguished, grahhate with thi!L;award since1984:\

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ContentsClass Notes...................................................................4-5Diversity and summer make WWU special.................6-7The Bellingham campus is sizzling with activities during the summer, with classes and programs for the whole family. The Law and Diversity Program and the Ethnic Student Center are preparing to celebrate their 10-year anni­versaries.

Accent on Alumni...........................................................8-9Alumni demonstrate their support for Western in Olympia, at reunions, bas­ketball games, chapter events and the summer golf tournament.

Investments in Excellence............................................10Ralph Munro's name will grace the annual summer political seminar and a new endowment.

Campus Connections......................................................11Read up on what our excellent faculty members have been up to over the last year or so.

Calendar of Events........................................................ 1 2

Alumni Board of DirectorsOfficers

Larry Taylor, 72, Seattle, president; Tony Larson, '88, Bellingham, immediate past president; Cheryl Dickerson, '80, Bellingham, president-elect.

Executives-at-LargeJoanne Bottenberg, '96, Redmond; David Britton, '70, Federal Way; Brad Haggen, '90, Bellingham; Patrick Halcomb, '83, Medina; David Moore, '84, Mount Vernon; Bart Shilvock, '76, Seattle.

Board MembersMel Blackman, '74, Nanaimo, B.C.; Martin Chorba, '66/74, Bellingham; Bunny (Martha) Cummins, '69, Lynnwood; John Garrett, '95, Renton; Joseph Henry, '68, Federal Way; Kay Hovde, '84, Everett; Richard Hovde, '68, Bellingham; Ted Mischaikov, '88, Bellingham; Michael Perry, '88, Bellingham; Lori Riffe, '93, Seattle; Angelique Robertson, '95, Seattle; Bob Rohwer, '85, Snohomish; Walter Smith, '72/'86/'96, Renton; Marv Toland, '83, Kirkland; Yvonne Kinoshita Ward, '86, Auburn; Reed Zulauf, '83, Puyallup.

-Xlhapter Contacts ------------ ------- -------------Washington State:Stephen Barrett or Marv Toland, East King County; Reed Zulauf, Pierce County; Rick Reichert or Bart Shilvock, Seattle; Catherin Nordmark, Skagit Valley; Bunny Cummins, Snohomish County; Lisa and Brad McGarvie, South Puget Sound; Patricia Swenson, Southern Washington/ Oregon; Tim Mackin, Spokane area; and Michael Perry, Whatcom County.Across the Nation:Kristine Worland, Arizona; Tom Keeney, Colorado; Denny Freeburn, Idaho; Philip Hatfield, Los Angeles; Angela Rapp, New England; Kari Zimmerman, New York; Patricia Swenson, Oregon/Southern Washington; Sam Porter or Signe Beck, San Diego; Gene Langille or June Hartstra, San Francisco Bay area; Charles Odell or Angela Brittingham, Washington, D.C., area.

Regional CoordinatorsKelly Follis, Alaska; Frank Williams, Australia; Mel Blackman, British Columbia; Pam Smith-Large, Chicago/Midwest; Patrick Lovell, Japan; Grant Boettcher, Southern U.S.

WINDOW ON WESTERNis published three times a year by the Alumni, Foundation and Public Information offices.

EditorKathy D. Sheehan

Contributors:Andrea Abney Susan Bakse, Jon Brunk, Edye Colello-Morton, Jo Collinge, Mary Ann Harrington, Kathleen Howard, Tanya Kerstiens* Rowe, Kristi Lundstrom, Lynne Masland, Judy McNidde, Kathy Sheehan and Aaron Tobiason

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BrieflyVIKINGS BASKETBALL TEAMS HAVE WINNING SEASONS

The men's team completed its season 27-4 at the NCAA Divi­sion II national semifinals March 22, just as Window on Western went to press. Ranked No. 7 in the final national poll, the Vikings had the best record in school history and got further than any previous Viking squad in national tournament play. In a 96-90 loss to Washburn University, Kan., at Bakersfield, Calif., junior guard Jacob Stevenson became the 14th WWU player to reach 1,000 points in a career. Coach Brad Jackson was named West Region and Pacific West Conference coach of the year. The women's team, meanwhile, reached the regional semifinals and ended its season with a 21-8 record. Read about it at http:// www.wwuvikings.com.

FALL 2000 STUDENT ENROLLMENT SETS RECORDFall student enrollment was the largest ever with 12,307 stu­

dents, up from 11,708 last year. This year's student body includes 2,480 new freshmen, 981 new undergraduate transfer students and 247 new graduate and post-baccalaureate students. New en­rollment also includes 455 new students of color. Overall, West­ern has 1,623 students of color enrolled this year, 13.2 percent of the student body. Western's freshman class has an average high school GPA of 3.4. Among Western's new students are seven new National Merit Finalists and 560 of the state's Promise Scholars.

92 PERCENT OF STUDENTS ARE STATE RESIDENTSAbout 92 percent of Western's students are state residents, a

percentage that has remained steady for a number of years. More than a quarter (27 percent) of the total student body is from King County, followed by Whatcom (13 percent), Snohomish (11 per­cent) and Pierce (9 percent). Among freshmen, leading counties of residence in order are King, Snohomish, Pierce, Whatcom and Thurston. Whatcom, Skagit, Shoreline and Bellevue community colleges and The Evergreen State College topped the list of transfer institutions.

JAPANESE "MIT" SIGNS EXCHANGE AGREEMENTEstablishing the foundation for an international exchange fo­

cused on engineering technology and environmental sciences, Western has entered an agreement with Japan's Muroran Insti­tute of Technology. The exchange program will include both fac­ulty and students. Muroran, located on Hokkaido, the northern­most of Japan's four main islands, has about 3,500 students and offers degrees in various fields of engineering and applied chemis­try, including several programs with an environmental sciences dimension. Western also has exchange ties with universities in South Korea, China, the Russian Far East, Japan and Nepal.

NEW WEBCAM ON RED SQUAREThere's a new Webcam trained on the fountain in Red Square.

Point your Internet browser to http://wvm.webcam.wwu.edu.

PMNfT MAGAZINE CALLED "MOST OUTSTANDING"Showcasing the talents of Western's journalism and environ­

mental studies students, Planet magazine has earned recognition for the second consecutive year as "the most outstanding univer­sity environmental magazine" published in the United States. The American Scholastic Press Association also awarded the Planet the first place with special merit award for the second year in a row. "The Planet magazine tries to represent what good journalism should be, but rarely is - passionate and informed," said Tiffany Campbell, a Planet editor and winner of the 2000 Outdoor Writ­ers of America scholarship. Campbell, student editor Shane Powell and Planet faculty adviser Scott Brennan ('93, '96) also gave the opening address at an environmental journalism conference at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journal­ism. The 3,000 circulation magazine is available on the Internet at http://planet.wvm.edu.

WE CAN WORKS IS A MODEL FOR ALCOHOL PREVENTIONWestern was one of only six schools nationwide to receive an

award in January from the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center (HEC) for its model drug and alcohol preven­tion program, known as WE CAN Works. Program director Pat Fabiano and Kunle Ojikutu, WWU assistant vice president of stu­dent affairs, accepted the honor during a ceremony in Washing­ton D.C. In recognition of WWU's successes, the Department of Education awarded Western a $101,000 grant to maintain and further evaluate its WE CAN Works program.

EXHIBIT, ART SCHOLARSHIPS HONOR CRASH VICTIMSThe families of five art department alumni who died in the

Alaska Airlines crash Jan. 31, 1999 are establishing scholarship endowments through The Western Foundation. An exhibit of the work of Abigail Miller Busche ('96), Ryan Busche ('96), Russell Ing ('96), Deborah Penna and Colleen Whorley ('90) hung in the Western Foyer Gallery from Feb. 26 through March 23.

Campus ConnectionsChemistry professor wins national honor

David Patrick, assistant profes­sor of chemistry, was named one of 59 recipients nationwide of the 2000 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi­neers. The researchers were hon­ored by then President Bill Clinton during ceremonies in Washing­ton, D.C. in November.

The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and en­gineers who are in the early stages of establishing their independent research careers. Awardees must have demonstrated a notable commitment to the integration of research and education.

"These extraordinarily gifted young scientists and engineers represent the best in our coun­try," Clinton said. "Through their talent, ability and dedication, they will quicken the pace of discov­ery and put science and technol­ogy to work advancing the hu­man condition as never before."

Patrick, who came to Western in 1996, received his award for cre­ative research using liquid crystals

Jon Brunk photo

Assistant professor of chemistry David Patrick works with grad students Doug Scott, center, and Rhys Lawson in a chemistry lab. Patrick primarily works with under­graduates in surface and materials chem­istry research.

and for his commitment to edu­cation. He leads a research group of about six WWU students who are using liquid crystals - found in most laptop computer displays - to control the way molecules as­semble on surfaces.

"One goal of this research is to develop new methods chemists can use to design and build mate­rials with advanced properties," Patrick said.

Patrick noted that student in­volvement in research is impor­

tant. He has mentored more than 15 WWU students in his research program over the last four years, with many of them winning awards of their own. "My great­est satisfaction comes from their successes, and in helping them to develop as scientists," he said.

Patrick is one of a relatively small number of Presidential Early Career Award recipients who works primarily with under­graduates. The award will provide $500,000 over five years to sup­

port his integrated teaching and research activities.

"This award speaks not only to David Patrick's commitment to his research, but to his students who have been given the opportunity to learn from one of the nation's leading young scientists," said WWU President Karen W. Morse.

Ten different federal agencies nominated researchers in their re­spective fields, from which the White House selected 59 awardees nationwide. Patrick was one of 20 nominated by the National Sci­ence Foundation.

Patrick earned his bachelor's de­gree in chemistry from the Uni­versity of California, Davis in 1990 and his Ph.D. in physical chemis­try from the University of Utah in 1995. In 1996, he studied as a postdoctoral fellow at the Univer­sity of Cambridge, England.

An independent, non-technical description of Patrick's research is located at:http://focus.aps.org/v5/stll.html

WWU study: Significant shift in U.S. familiesM

any American children experience three or more different family struc­tures while growing up, an analy­

sis of the nation's shifting demog­raphy over the past three decades shows. Half of white children and two-thirds of African-American children are likely to spend at least part of their childhood in a single­parent family.

According to a study by three sociologists at Western, Ameri­cans are marrying later, divorcing more frequently and remaining single at a greater rate, resulting in dramatic changes in the com­

position, economic prospects and diversity of American families over the last 30 years.

The analysis reflects the rela­tionship between increased eco­nomic opportunities for women and the apparent declining value of marriage, historically perceived as a source of economic stability for women and families.

What isn't known, the research­ers concede, are the long-term consequences of these different relationships and family experi­ences for children whose environ­ments and circumstances are sub­

stantially altered by the choices of the adults in their lives.

"There is no monolithic Ameri­can family," says lead author Jay Teachman. "People still need to make a living and want to have families. But there is more diver­sity in the way people form unions outside of marriage and construct their family lives.

"Researchers often tend to fo­cus on the individuals and the choices they make about relation­ships and living arrangements without considering the other people linked to them," he adds.-

"Children are attached to adults and what we do affects them."

Western sociologists Teachman, Lucky Tedrow and Kyle Crowder pooled their expertise for the study and came up with a closer look at the very fluid portrait of Ameri­can families.

Reported in the November De­cade in Review edition of the four- nal of Marriage and the Family, the study adds fuel to the ongoing debate about the future of the American family. The study is par­ticularly significant because the data also track variations by race and ethnicity.

Presidents of public baccalaureates join forces in Olympia

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Presidents of Washington public baccalaureates gathered in Olympia Feb. 15 to celebrate the state's Second Biennial Higher Education Day and to share with legislators their enthusiasm for public colleges and universities.As chair of the Council of Presidents, WWU president Karen W. Morse (front row, right) hosted the first joint press conference ever held in Olympia by the public baccalaureates.Shown with Morse outside the Legislative Building are: Central Washington University president Jerilyn Mclntire; and (left to right in the back row) The Evergreen State College president Les Puree; Washington State University president Lane Rawlins; and Eastern Washington University president Stephen Jordan.See Grist of Goldsmith, page 9.

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Write to WWU President Karen Morse c/o Alumni House, MS- 9199, WWU, Bellingham, WA, 98225.Send e-mail to: [email protected]

Class Notes1950 & 1951 - Bonnie and William Kearnscelebrated their 50^*^ wedding anniversary on Aug. 19.

1951 - Harold Fisher ('69 MED), a veteran of WW II, has a restored U.S. Army Jeep that he drives in the Memorial and Veterans Day parades. Fisher retired in 1982 as principal at Washington Elementary in Mount Vernon.

1957 - Joel Carlson retired from the Sandia National Laboratory in October. Carlson will continue to consult on issues involved with weapons of mass destruction incidents.

1959 - Dick Dixon will not seek re-election as county commissioner in Montesano. Dixon has served as county commissioner for the last 10 years.

1960 - Barbara Tam ReuI is a travel counse­lor in Kirkland. ReuI has been a travel counse­lor for the past 24 years. ...Gary ReuI ('69) retired from the Northshore School District as director of Instructional programs after 40 years in education. ReuI is now doing some work as a consultant and living in Issaquah at Provi­dence Point, a retirement community.

1963 - Gerald Schmidtke is superintendent for the Naselle-Grays River Valley School Dis­trict in Long Beach.

1965 - Shelly Thiel retired after 35 years from the Enumclaw School District. Thiel is now the executive secretary/treasurer of the West Cen­tral District.... jack Wardlow retired from the Kelso School District.

1966 - Karen Worthy is co-owner of Worthy Enterprises Inc., a real estate development company.

1968 - Bruce Schieck was granted a license by the state of Washington to be a real-estate appraiser.

T969 - Richard Hovde Is the executive vice president of Horizon Bank in Bellingham. ... Mike and Jadyne Reichner's Purple Haze Lavender Farm, was featured in several maga­zines and on The Home & Garden Network (HGTV). The Reichners have a Web site http:/ /www.purplehazelavender.com. ...Diane Senter retired from the KeLso School District.

1970 - Nancy (Visser) Nyland, a first grade math specialist with the Lynden School Dis­trict, was one of 24 public school teachers, principals, parent volunteers and school staff across the state to receive the 2000 Professional Excellence Awards from Woodring College of Education. Nyland is a first grade teacher at Lynden's Bernice Vossbeck Elementary School. Her name was Inadvertently left out of a story about the awards in the fall 2000 issue of Win­dow on Western.

1971 - Hester Hill, who teaches fourth and fifth grade at Franklin Elementary School in Port Angeles, Is the Olympic Peninsula's Teacher of the Year for 2001.

1972 - Jim LeMonds is an English teacher at R. A. Long High School in Olympia. LeMonds' new book. Deadfall, is about logging, loggers and forests.

1973 - Samuel Green (MA '81) was the Dis­tinguished Visiting Northwest Poet at Seattle University winter quarter 2001. ... Lawrence Newton is an insurance broker with Bush, Cotton & Scott in Seattle. ...Mark Radel Is the accounts control manager for Industrial Credit Union in Bellingham. ...Elaine Webber, an investment representative with Edward Jones office in Snoqualmie, was named to the All-American Team of the Ameri­can Funds Group of mutual funds. Webber was cited for outstanding service to investors.

1974- Rick Bathum is a judge in King County District Court, Aukeen Division. ... Robert Smith is an artist with Archie Comics in New York.... Joel Thaut is superintendent

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of the Eastmont School District In Wenatchee.

1975 - Kim Shillinger is the director of the Sedro-Woolley Job Corps.

1976 - Dennis Braddock is the director of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.... Mark Machin is head of the Shelton High School NJROTC program. Machin recently retired from Navy Aviation as a squadron commander.

1977 - Randy Aianko is practicing solo fam­ily medicine In Baker City, Ore. Aianko and his wife have six children and are involved in Bible quizzing, soccer, 4-H and too many other things to list.... James Fred Ledbetter is gen­eral manager, value added services, and CEO of the Internet Group for Czesky Telecom in Prague. ... Jim Williamson received the Grumbacher Gold Medallion and was inducted into the Grumbacher Hall of Fame for his on­going contribution to the world of art.

1978 - Beth Spearman joined Veritas Medi­cine in Cambridge, Mass., as director of mar­keting. The new start-up provides online pa­tient recruitment for clinical trials combined with original content to create a decision-mak­ing tool for treatment options for serious and life-threatening diseases. Spearman was for­merly the VP of marketing and business de­velopment of Emory Vision in Atlanta, Ga.

1979 - Martin Brown was elected "Coach of the Year" in the Nassau-Suffolk Catholic High School Athletic Association of New York for the 2000 cross-country season. Brown is the head coach for cross-country and track and field at Kellenberg Memorial High School.... Michael Edmonson is the band officer for the 1 Ma­rine Division Band located at Camp Pendleton, Calif.... Peter Roberts, an agent with John L. Scott Real Estate of Bellingham, earned the e-pro certification by the National Association of Realtors.

1980 - Jim Sterk is the athletic director at WSU.

1981 - James M. Cannon IV is project man­ager for the Office of International Safety and Cooperation for the U.S. Department of En­ergy in Washington, D.C. Cannon works on special projects In support of the nuclear power industry in Ukraine. Cannon says he's spending too much time in airplanes, but studying Russian and having a blast working in a former Soviet Union state as they have moved towards democracy and Indepen­dence. He was promoted to commander, U.S. Naval Reserve, and has assumed command of a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Re­serves Unit in Houston, Texas. ...Tom Lenderman is the vice president of informa­tion services for Olympic Health Management in Bellingham.

1983 - Jon Mutchler is the pastor of the Fern- dale Alliance Church. Mutchler is an accom­plished pianist and has released several CDs. ... Lt. Col. Robert Sinclair, USMC, assumed command of the 1 Battalion, 4^^ Marines at Camp Pendleton.

1984 - Carolyn Casey is the new communi­cations manager for the Port of Bellingham. ...Dan O'Donnell is a town council member in La Conner. ...Chris Vance ends seven years as a Metropolitan King County councilman after being chosen chairman of the state Re­publican Party in January. ...Curt Weigel is an account director with The Domain Group in Seattle, a full-service advertising agency working with non-profit clients.

1986 - Larry Hofer is the vice president for human resources with AT&T Broadband. Hofer was formerly the director of human resources for The Stanley Works. Larry, his wife, Karl (Sangren,'87), and his daughter, Gabrielle, live In Portland, Ore. ... Sue Miller is the pro­gram director for the Boys and Girls Club in Mercer Island and was given the Everyday Hero award by the Kiwanis Club. ... Renee Riedel Nelson and her husband Chad

welcomed the birth of their son. Sage Michael Joseph on Aug. 18. Nelson teaches French and English at Page High School in Page, Ariz.

1987-Terri Echelbarger was ordained a min­ister In the Universal Fellowship of Metropoli­tan Community Churches in San Francisco. ... Toni Taft is a financial consultant with A.G. Edwards & Sons in Bellingham. ... John Vodopich was appointed director of planning and building services for the city of Gig Har­bor. Vodopich was the assistant director of plan­ning for the Kitsap County Department of Community Development for nine years.

1988 - Tim Dejong is an attorney in Port­land, Ore., where he recently became a share­holder in the law firm of Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Schlachter. Dejong's practice fo­cuses on class action securities fraud cases, other financial fraud and business litigation. E-mail him at: [email protected]. ... Steve Kersey is a financial consultant for Whidbey Island Bank Financial Services, Inc. ... Catherine Lawson is a tenure-track assistant professor in the geography and planning de­partment at the University at Albany in New York.

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Weddings1972 - 5. Louise Bushnell and John Helliwell, May 2000.

1976 - Bellingham Mayor Mark Asmundson and Tanya Kupro, on Nov. 4 in Russia.

1982 - Doug Benjamin and Lisa Neufeld, Sept. 2.

1984 - Curt Weigel and Julie Jowers, Sept. 16.

1991 - Tara Haskins and Michael Gray, Aug. 5.... Scott Ottaway and Stephanie Dohrmann, July 15. ... Tina Pappas and Robert Aigner, May 27, 2000.

1992 - Michelle Bell and David Andrews, June 24. ... Kristie Chandler and Karl Fasten, Oct. 28.... Stephen Coker and Gretchen Nowak, Aug. 12.... Janet Millet and Randal Shewmaker,Nov. 11.... Steven Oviatt and Cynthia Ackerman, July 1__ Norm Smith and Kristi Olsen, July9.

1993 - Rick Biankenburg to Rebecca Smith, Dec. 4. ... Cole Jessup and Tamara Thompson, June 24. ... Julie Nordiund and Dale Kapsandy, July 22. ... Christine Rojas and Lance Cook, Junes.... Lara Symonds and David Weed,July 15. ... DennisTerenzio and Allison Meyer, Sept. 3.

1994 - Cathy Belben and Colin Lowin, Aug. 18. ... Marcie Honegger and Chris Ollestad, Nov. 10. ... Lisa Levinson and Giles Cobb, July 22. ... Gregory Robertson and Kelly Paetz, Mar. 18, 2000. ... Christy Waite and James Kessel, Sept. 4.

1995 - Heath Hoffmann and Sara Arnold, June 3. ... Trisha Kean and Devlin Sturdevant, Aug. 12. ... Joshua McBee and Mary Fleming, Sept. 2. ... Lisa Motoyama and Paul VanDenBerg, July 29.

1996 - Ian Bowling and Jennifer Bush ('97), Feb. 19, 2000. ... Greg Daley and Molly McMahon, Aug. 5.... Megan Eichmann and Gregory Gilday ('96), July 22.... Dawn Fidler and Urie Lambert, Sept. 30. ... Brandi Goodman and Eric Dagg ('97), Aug. 19. ... Jared Hawkins and Wynden Sage ('97), Sept. 30. ... Lonna Hodgin and Stevan Feemster, Aug. 12. ... Stephanie Krebs and Andrew Gomsrud, June 17. ... Kristy Leuenberger and Chad Davis, May 27, 2000:... Diana Phillips and Robert Brower, May 26, 2000.... Kurt Schmid and Kristin Kaehler, June 23. ... Rebecca Stitt and Scott Meisenheimer, Sept. 16. ... Merina Warnstadt and Kurt Hanson ('98), May 27, 2000.

1997 - Kevin Ardt and Wendy Mathis, June 17. ... Jennifer Bush and Ian Bowling ('96), Feb. 19, 2000.... Kelly Carey and Mark Indrebo, Sept 2.... Eric Dagg and Brandi Goodman ('96), Aug. 19.... Kendra Dunn and Alan Brush, July 8.... Katie Hagen and Frank Sherman, Aug. 7. ... Tami Keaton and Frank Mitchell, May 28. ... Treg Kessler and Katie Keim ('98), July 7— Carmen Lamkin and Bill Dooley, June 3.... Brady Miller and Megan Waldher, Sept. 5. ... Wendy Quesnel and William Fortson ('97), June 25. ... Cori Ann Rasmussen and Michael Lisonbee ('97), Aug. 26. ... Wynden Sage and Jared Hawkins ('96), Sept. 30. ... Kelly Smedley and Peter Simkins, Sept. 30. ... Jolene Stygar and Eric Revier ('97), July 15. ... Regan Wesley and Mac Kirschner ('97), Dec. 2.

1998 - Alison Bruns and Todd Clevenger ('98), Sept. 30. ... Mandy Kaylene Carey and Stephen Carey, July 9. ... Kindra Dunn and Alan Brush, July 8. ... Dana Franz and Melissa Davis ('00), July 8. ... Kurt Hanson and Merina Warnstadt ('96), May 27, 2000. ... Paul Henderson and Jessica Robinson, June 17. ... Katie Keim and Treg Kessler ('97), July 7. ... Deborah Kisselburgh and Richard Vanderkolk, Dec. 1. ... Sari Kittelson and Jamie Burnett, July 28. ... Krista Knies and Darren Eerath, July 8. ... Andrea Larson and Jeff Leischner, Sept. 23. ... Joshua Martin and Shanna Blair, Aug. 19. ... Kimmie Marton and Jonathan Provost, July 22.... Alicia Schieuse and James Mattler ('98), Aug. 26.... Collin Morrow and Jennifer Mancuso, Sept. 2. ... Breeze Shaw and Colin Potts, Aug. 18. ... Nathaniel Spitzer and Karrie Mickelson, Sept. 2. ... Jessica Thuot and David Heyting, Aug. 19. ... Dennis Tienhaara and Kathie Lloyd, July 8.

1999 - Erin Armstrong and Matthew Renschler, May 20, 2000. ... David Ayer and Julie Weinz ('00), July 15.... Trisha Bouma and Daniel Miller ('00), July 29.... Diane Eason and Cameron Birman, Aug. 5.... Lance Fisher and Kathy Gilbert, Mar. 4, 2000. ...Jeffrey Harper and Kelly Reynolds, July 22. ... Jennifer Wells Jones and Benjamin Dotson, Aug. 11. ... Michal Mansfield and John Vanderhage, May 20, 2000. ... Keelan McPhee and Jonathan Morse, July 30. ... Andrew Sampson and Shannon Easterbrooks ('00), Aug. 5. ... Joel Saxman and Denice Doll ('00), July 22. ... Amy Summers and David Akana In July. ... Heather Tremaine and Cole Moline, Sept. 30.... Julie Young and Jeffrey McGregor, May 20, 2000.

2000- Kevin Bean and Raelyn Porter, June 25.... Megan Bodeen and Craig Johnson, Sept. 9. ... Melissa Davis and Dana Franz ('98), July 8. ... Shannon Easterbrooks and Andrew Sampson ('99), Aug. 5. ... Regina Green and Justin McGary, May 28, 2000. ... Kennethe Harp and Jeffrey Osborn, Sept. 9. ... Kristin Hibler and Nuno Luz ('00), July 15. ... Daniel Mosely and Kristi Steinbach ('99), June 25. ... Kelly Reynolds and Jeffrey Harper ('99), July 22.... Chad Sparber and Sarah Doyle, July 15 ... Kristi Steinbach and Daniel Moseley, Aug. 5.... Marcie Stromberg and Trevor Turnbull, Sept. 2.... Sarah Thorburn and Christo­pher Bogosian, July 29. ... Debi Tognazzini and Ben Stabler, Aug. 5. ... Julie Weinz and Ronald Ayer ('99), July 15. ... Heather Wight and Matthew Axling, July 29.

Continued from page 41990 — Kristy Edmunds is the executive di­rector and curator of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. ... Daniel Mead Smith is the president of the Washington Institute Foun­dation, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank, promoting limited government and free mar­ket solutions for state and local issues.

1991 — Scott Boyd and wife Suzanne cel­ebrated the birth of their first child, Emma Eliza Boyd, Nov. 1. Scott plays in a band called An)AA/here and works for Green Mountain Homes in Bellingham.

1992 - Scott Ayers is the new assistant city editor at The Bellingham Herald. ... Sara Cotwals is youth organizer and mentor for the Hennepin County division of Target Mar­ket, a youth-generated public health move­ment funded by the settlement between the state of Minnesota and the tobacco industry. ... Damond Morris is the technical director in Seattle University's fine arts department.... Dan Shephard works at The Evergreen State College and is a free-lance writer. He writes arts and entertainment previews for The Olym­pian. He has written about Ricky Martin and the KISS farewell tour.

1993 - Dana Erickson was accepted to the Peace Corps and will be serving In Paraguay for two years In a program called Urban Youth Development where she will be living and working in a low-income, marginal commu­nity, assisting youth with basic life skills and self-esteem issues. Erickson worked as a volun­teer in an orphanage in Morelia, Mexico, un­til she left in January 2001 for her Peace Corps assignment. ... Cheryl (Carr) Greenland is the marketing coordinator for Providence Busi­ness Health Services at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. ... Mike McQuaide, a free-lance writer living In Bellingham, is the editor of Kulshan.com, and his book Trail Run­ning Guide to Western Washington was pub­lished by Sasquatch Books.

1998 - Charlotte Belcher joined the Belling­ham office of FaIrPoInt Communications as an account executive— Autumn Gerth took the uniform final examination to receive a desig­nation as a chartered accountant in Canada. Gerth received the fourth highest mark in Brit­ish Columbia. Gerth works as a tax specialist for CPMG in Vancouver, B.C. ... Ian Home and his wife, Anna-Sara, teach at Purdy El­ementary School in Gig Harbor. ... Lorin McCollum graduated from Seattle University with a master of public administration degree in December 2000.

1999 - Amanda Ayers is an assistant graphic designer with Ellis Paguirigan Designs in Olym­pia. ... Julie Graham covers education for The Chronicle in Centralla. ... Consuelo Guandique is working with Yakima Valley OIC Washington Farmworker Investment Program in Mount Vernon. ... Toby McEvoy and his friend, Casey Routh, hiked 2,648 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. ... Katherine Schiffner Is the police and courts reporter for The World\n Wenatchee.... Carlie Sumter is a commercial insurance agent with The Unity Group In Bellingham. ... John Theine Is the band director at River Ridge High School In Olympia. ... Heather Mills is the marketing and communications coordinator for XCache Technologies, (formerly Post Point Software) in Bellingham where her former WWU computer science professor Martin Osborne has also been working as a software test engineer. "Over half of the employees (here) have taken courses from me at one time or another," Osborne said. Wayne Berry ('94), founder and president at XCache, Is also an alumnus. Other Western grads who work there are: Glenn Gervais ('95); Ryan Grams ('97); and Nick Ericson ('98).

Memoriams1922 Carroll Haeske, 96, the Whatcom County native whose vision gave Western students the Lakewood recreational facil­ity, jan. 28, in Arcadia, Calif. Haeske was honored as one of 21 Exemplary Alumni during Western's Centennial. He was Asso­ciated Students president at Bellingham Normal School in 1921 - 22 when he convinced skeptical fellow students to purchase 9.8 acres on Lake Whatcom for what was considered the ex­travagant sum of $800. The purchase spurred the creation of a college crew program, and Haeske created an endowment in 1996 to support men and women's crew. He also joined a group of donors in 1997 to purchase a five-acre tract adjacent to Lake- wood for $510,000. The new crew headquarters is named for Haeske and his late wife, Carmelita. Haeske taught music and English from the K-12 to university level for 43 years, retiring In 1966 after 30 years as a high school teacher in Arcadia. As director of a junior college ROTC band, he held the rank of major in the California National Guard.

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1994 - Danielle Frye is the marketing coor­dinator for FSi Consulting Engineers in Seattle. ... Darcy Pearce handles print and Web-based design projects for CommuniCreatiolns In Port Orchard.

1995 - Douglas Booth Is vice president of engineering services at Focus Computers in Redmond— Kirk Moore teaches biology and chemistry in the Arlington School District. ... Becky Sears works for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation In Seattle. Sears travels throughout the country to rural libraries install­ing computers and networks and providing training for library staff.

1996 - Lisa Chang owns two clothing stores in Seattle: Broadway Boutique and Rockin' Betty's. Chang can be reached at [email protected].... Minday Hamstra joined the firm of Larson Grossas a staff accountant. ... Karin Hovdesven was promoted to customer service lead for Woodstock International in Bell­ingham. ... Dan Monaghan di­rected the film The Quest for the Noble Desert Poodle.

2000 - Marisa Bender is serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps: Southwest in Berkeley, Ca­lif., as project coordinator with the Interna­tional Committee of Lawyers for Tibet. Brynn Bond teaches second grade at Serene Lake Elementary School in Edmonds.... Sherri Damon is a financial analyst for Brown & Cole.... Jennifer Smart is substitute teaching in the Coeur d'Alene schools. ... David Toyer is the Snohomish County director for the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish counties.... Holly VanderSchaiie is a staff ac­countant with Moss Adams LLP in Bellingham.

1923 - Louise Pallas Saunders, 97, a retired teacher, in January.

1924- Helene Zatterlow, 96, a retired teacher, Oct. 8.

1926- lone Miles Sether, 95, Oct. 13.... Margaret B. (Fisher) Atkinson, 95, on Jan. 16, 2001.

1929 - Claire Wise Galbraith, 92, Dec. 17.

1934-Thelma Bloom Willard Hall, 87, a retired teacher. Sept. 15. ... Dr. George Hobson McMeen, 88, a retired educator and author, Dec. 14.

“ Herbert Wilkinson, 88, a retired junior high school teacher, Nov. 19.

1936 - Gwendolyn Van Over, 86, a retired teacher, Nov. 21.

1941 - Betty lola Phillips, 86, a retired teacher, Dec. 8.

1942- Ernest Hemingson, 88, a retired educator. Sept. 14.

1944-Vincella Cundiff, 76, a retired physical therapist, Oct. 22.

1949 - Leo Lange, 85, a retired teacher and administrator, Aug. 6. ...Gus Paqels 76 a retired professor. Sept. 23. ^ ' f

1958 - Jack Donaldson, 71, a retired schoolbus driver for Granite Falls School District, Nov. 2.

1962 - Charolette (Grinton) York, 60, an Olympic College teacher, athlete, coach and soft- ba umpire, Nov. 26. She coached volleyball, basketball and tennis and served as Olympic College's women's commissioner for the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Col­leges and as a Washington state Junior Olympics commissioner.

1963 - Helen Fuller, 90, a former teacher, Aug. 28.

19^ - Karen Kjellberg Munro, 57, a Seattle school teacher, Dec. 21. ... Karen Carlson Robinson, 58, a former teacher, Dec. 29.

1971 - Judith Adele Olsen, 54, a former teacher, Dec. 16.

1972 - Stephanie (Scowcroft) Feeney, 52, an author, avid gardener and founding member of the Whatcom Horticultural Society, Dec. 5.

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1975 Ellouise Petchnick, 71, an ombudsman for senior housing rights, Nov. 5 Sandra Ramiskey, 48, May 22.

1981 - Steven Epperson, 41, a controller for Cascade Coffee and a volunteer with Fire Dis­trict 14, July 11.

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1986 - Jon Persson, 38, husband, father and cost analyst, June 15.

1989 - David Kuester, 38, owner of an import business, Jan. 3.

1998 - Dr. David Fryer, 72, a retired physician, artist, gadgetter and life-long scholar, Jan. 9.

WWW.WWU.edu/^alUtnni ' McNelll, 25, a graphic design and Illustrator, Sept. 17.

2000 - Michael Yarborough, in an auto accident on Jan. 18.

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1997 - Debra Barnes Is a plan­ner with the city of Port Angeles. ...Gabe Galanda received a ju­ris doctor degree from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona on May 13. Galanda joined the Seattle law firm of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs. ... Dana Robinson is an account executive with the social marketing firm of DeLaunay/ Phillips, now Community Market­ing Strategies, in Seattle.... Joel Runnels Is pursuing his M.Ed. for the deaf and hard of hearing, K- 12, at Lewis and Clark College. Runnels can be reached at: [email protected].

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Ruth Kelsey, 95, asso­ciate professor emerita of art who was known for her generosity and spirit, Dec. 4. A painter who established en­dowment funds for art students at Western, she exhibited at numer­ous galleries In Wash­ington and California, holding her last one- woman exhibit at the VU Gallery in 1995. Her paintings of Nez Perce Indians are now on ex­hibit at Washington State University. She joined the Western Washington State Col­lege faculty in 1948 and retired in 1972.

David Merrifield, 52, director of Western's Center for Economic and Busi­ness Research since 1985, Jan. 24. Merrifield received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 1990 for involving stu­dents in "real world" research. He was founding editor of the Northwest Journal of Business and Economics and was known to the business community and media for his economic analysises and forecasts. The Merrifield Memorial account at Whatcom Educational Credit Union (600 E. Holly St, Bellingham 98 225) wil I s u p p o rt his children's education.

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August Radke, 78, a professor emeritus of history who retired in 1989 after more than three decades teaching American diplomatic history, the American Civil War and Reconstruction and other classes, on Dec. 31. Donations in his honor may be made to the August and Carol Radke Scholarship Fund through the Western Foundation, MS-9034, Belling­ham, 98225. The fund provides scholarship assistance to Sehome High School graduates at Western.

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Student diversity pfvgrams celebrate 10 yearsBy Tanya Kerstiens-Rowe

Over the last decade, the Ethnic Student Center has fulfilled its dual mission of "empowering stu­

created by Rand Jack, an environ­mental attorney and professor at Fairhaven.

ship that shows them the many relationships between law^ diver­sity and social justice.

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dents of color" and providing a focus for multicultural experi­ence on the Western campus.

From five member organizations 10 years ago, the ESC is now home to 12: the African American Al­liance, African Carib­bean Club, Asian &Pacific Islander Stu­dent Union, Filipino American Student Association, Hui 'O Hawai'i, International Stu­dents' Club, Khmer Student As­sociation, Korean American Stu­dent Association, Lao and Thai Student Association, Men of Color, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan and the Na­

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began in 1991, and today it is a rigorous, two-year in­terdiscipli­nary course of study for upper-level undergradu­ates who want to de­velop skills and knowl­edge for suc-

Expanding the face of diversity in the legal profession is a prior­ity for new LDP director Julie Helling. "As an attorney, I know that the legal profession desper­ately needs a multiplicity of voices and viewpoints," she says.

Helling is planning a 10th an­niversary celebration of the pro­gram on Oct. 20 at Fairhaven College.

tive American Student Union.

LDP works to prepare and sup­port students whose ethnic, social or economic community is underrepresented in the legal pro­fession and who have the poten­tial to act as role models in their community.

ESC sparks campus events that celebrate, and bring greater un­derstanding of, a multiplicity of cultures.

The program leads to a bach­elor of arts degree, but many stu­dents pursue higher degrees.

Since 1995, 58 students have graduated from the program. Of those, 12 are known to have graduated from law school and 10 are currently enrolled. This year, an LDP graduate is serving as a law clerk on the Washington State Supreme Court. Other LDP students have gone on to pursue master's and Ph.D. degrees or to work in juvenile justice, city gov­ernment and domestic violence legal advocacy.

ESC Coordinator Michael Vendiola ('94,'97 MEd) says when he thinks about the center that he helped to found 10 years ago "words like family, community, togetherness come to mind."

K. Mauricio Pena, for instance, graduated from LDP in 1999 and is currently a graduate student at Western. Pena, 39, hopes to work at a community college, provid­ing student services with a focus on minority retention.

Also during last decade, Fair­haven College's Law and Diver­sity Program has played a signifi­cant role as an advocate for ex­panding diversity in the justice system, in law schools and in law- related professions.

"Studying law has been a life changing experience," he says.

A 1995 LDP graduate, Raul Martinez will earn his juris doc­torate from Seattle University in May and has already accepted a job at a corporate law firm in Se­attle. Martinez, 28, is the child of migrant farm workers and spent much of his childhood living out of tents on riverbanks and in the back of the family's station wagon.

The program, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, was

The program's success is due, in large part, to partnering with law schools and criminal justice insti­tutions. In addition to class work, students hear guest speakers, work with attorney mentors and un­dergo a quarter-long legal intern-

"Many law students tend to think of earning their degree in terms of accumulating things - an avenue to having a stable career and living comfortably," Martinez says. "Having come from the background that I've come from, I see it as more than that - as an instrument of change."

LDP graduate serves on Alumni Diversity CommitteeAngelique Robertson ('95), a

Seattle area attorney and graduate of Fairhaven's Law and Diversity Program, serves on the Alumni Association's Diversity Commit­tee.

versity with issues of diversity.The six-member committee is

chaired by Walter Smith ('72, '86, '96), a Seattle elementary school teacher.

The committee was established by board president Larry Taylor ('72) last summer to assist the uni-

Also serving on the committee are Yvonne Kinoshita Ward ('86), a Seattle area attorney; Mel

Blackman ('74), a retired educa­tor from Nanaimo, B.C.; and Marty Chorba ('66, '75), part- time faculty member at Woodring College of Education and a retired high school principal.

Taylor, who owns an auctioneering company in Seattle, also serves on the committee.

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"It's always inspiring for audiences to see such young musicians perform­ing at a professional level," says Stuart Wolferman, marketing director of the Marrowstone Festival.

The campus will also host five con­certs during the ninth annual Belling­ham Festival of Music July 27 to Aug. 13. Music on the stages of the PAC, the Mount Baker Theatre and the Re­sort at Semiahmoo range from classi­cal to chamber to ethnic to jazz.

Frederica von Stade, the world-re­nowned mezzo-soprano (pictured on cover), opens the 2001 festival in con­cert with the American Sinfonietta, Michael Palmer conducting, at the Mount Baker Theatre.

The PAC will be the setting for other concerts, including an Aug. 1 recital witli marimba artist Kevin Bobo; an Aug. 3 Sinfonietta and Festival Cho­rus production; and an evening of Brahms on Aug. 8.

In addition, two weeks of Elderhostels will include festival per­formances and pre-concert lectures on the great composers. The week-long Elderhostels begin July 29 and Aug. 5.

Summer Stock, meanwhile, will pro­vide five shows in repertoire format on campus between July 11 and Aug. 25.

The oldest theatre program of its kind in the Northwest, Summer Stock provides students with an opportunity to experience first-hand what it is like to be a part of a professional acting company.

This year's series will feature Fiddler on the Roof, the lively musical tale of

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shop aimed at French teachers in com­munity colleges and high schools.

The center has been offering sum­mer workshops for teachers since 1978 when STUDY CANADA Summer Insti­tute began. The week-long workshop provides U.S. teachers and librarian/ media specialists with information and curriculum resources to teach about Canada in their elementary, middle and high school courses.

The STUDY CANADA Summer Insti­tute begins the week of June 24 and covers Canadian history, geography, government, culture, environmental issues and other topics. One field trip to Vancouver, B.C., is included in the $271 for fees and tuition.

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love, tradition and endurance in the lives of Jews in turn-of-the-Century Russia, and Red, Hot and Cole, featur­ing works by Cole Porter.

Bellingham community members will also once again have the oppor­tunity to enjoy Shakespeare in local parks as the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet strive to overcome familial obligations and prejudice in their quest for true love.

The award-winning Crimes of the Heart, a painful yet heartwarming glimpse into the lives of three eccen­tric sisters in a small Mississippi town, will be staged as well as To Kill a Mock­ingbird, the story of a wrongfully ac­cused black man, told through the eyes

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of the children who encounter and confront fear, hatred and prejudice.

Sponsors for the 2001 season include Village Books in Fairhaven, which has been a longtime supporter of the arts and especially Summer Stock; KVOS TV-12; and Key Bank.

Village Books is sponsoring To Kill a Mockingbird and will aid with the pro­motion of the play by placing ads in local media and hosting promotional events at the bookstore. The bookstore also serves as a ticket office, provid­ing community members an off-cam- pus location to purchase Summer Stock tickets.

Key Bank, another sponsor from the 2000 season, has signed on to sup­port Fiddler on the Roof this summer while KVOS will once again be the main media sponsor.

Courtesy photo, Marrowstone Music Festival The Marrowstone Festival of Music comes to WWU this summer for three weeks

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for everyone in the familWestern's Summer Session offers courses in professional developme^

and skill enhancement for students working on degrees and certificateSj alumni returning for continuing education credits and anyone inter­ested in an excellent academic experience.

Summer Session students explore opportunities for career change and partake of personal enrichment experiences on the Bellingham campus during the six- and nine-week sessions beginning June 26.

For information on Summer Session, call (360) 650-2841.

In addition to regular university classes, youngsters come to campus to take part in science and arts camps during the summer and senior citizens come from around the country for WWU's popular Elderhostels.

Adults who are 55 and older can choose between Elderhostels focus­ing on Pacific Northwest naturalist programs and arts and humanities programs during week-long Elderhostels beginning July 29, Aug. 5, Aug. 12 and Aug. 19. Two weeks of Elderhostels are offered in conjut with the Bellingham Festival of Music and include concerts an concert lectures. Call (360) 650-7754.

erican Studies r workshops

The new workshop this summer. Atelier de Francais: Language Acquisi­tion, Technology & Quebec Theater, will be held Aug. 5-10. Its goal is to introduce French teachers to resources for the study of French language and culture through the Internet and other commercially produced materials.

The language acquisition workshop will focus on Quebec theater programs created by two Western faculty mem­bers, which have resulted in the pro­duction of interactive French language software.

French professor Robert Balas and visiting assistant professor Anne George provide hands-on instruction with new technology in a 62-station video-computer language laboratory.

For more information, contact Canada House at (360) 650-3728, or e- mail [email protected]

The Adventures in Science and Art camps are also back this with residential and commuter programs for the younger set. Program participants, entering grades five through 12, take learning to new heights. Session dates vary depending on grade and program. Call (360) 650-6822 or visit www.wwu.edu/~adventur for more information.

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Sculptor Tom Ottemess' "Feats of Strength" figures grace the boulders of Haskell Plaza and are part of Western's growing Outdoor Sculpture Collection

An innovative arts partnership developed at Western provides blocks of free concert and theater ticket5_yearTrpund to elementary and middle scfibol students study­ing' music; art an^ drama....''—'' -

Thue Youth-anjl i^^]|ts Experience 'Fund„,,begun4n\|999 during 'Western's Centenr^|celebration, makes it possible'fo5^|ellingham- area studenjts fo ^j)|rience the world of'the fine ind Jierforming -arts at the prf^essiph^ (level.

A signlficant''^ft/frdm AT&T firdadband initiated the program and ah-difionajl i^pprt is pend-

I tljihl^il's Ip^excellent oppor­tunity to give kids a chance to see arts beyoiid television and video games," said Mike Hudson, com-

"munlty affairs manager for AT&T Broadband. Since many people choose a vocation at an early age, the program might open the eyes of a Bellingham youngster to a career in conducting, performing

or directing, Hudson added.

Sponsors share a commitment to introducing children to the world-class performances that are part of the Performing Arts Cen­ter Series. The series offers a di­verse selection of artists and pro­grams, from the Lincoln Center Chamber Society to Mummen- schanz, from the jazz of Freddie Hubbard to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

The College of Fine and Per­forming Arts plans to create a per­manent endowment, thus provid­ing a continuous source of finan­cial support for the free tickets.

"Connecting young people to the arts ensures the preservation of all forms of artistic expression for future generations," says Su­san T. Bakse of The Western Foun­dation.

For more information, or to make a donation to the fund, call Bakse at (360) 650-7283.

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Accent on AlumniAlumni bring Western experience to Legislature

J. Darneille (71) Hans Dunshee ('95) "Ike" Eickmeyer ('68) Doug Ericksen ('95) Kelli Linville ('74, '81) Barry Sehlin ('92)

WWU grads have 30+ years experience on "the hill"By Judy McNickle ('66)

Seven Western alumni are work­ing hard this legislative session to help lawmakers complete capital, operating and transportation bud­gets for 2001-2003 by April 22, the end of the regular 105-day session.

The seven - one senator and six representatives - have more than 30 years experience working "on the hill" in Olympia on a variety of legislative assignments.

Sen. Don Carlson ('61, '66), R- Vancouver, a retired teacher with Western bachelor's and master's degrees, is serving his first four- year term in the Senate after com­pleting three terms in the House. Carlson was appointed Republican assistant floor leader during his first month in the Senate. He also serves on three committees: Edu­cation, Higher Education and Hu­man Services & Corrections.

Across the rotunda. Vikings comprise 6 percent of the 98- member House, which is tied with 48 Republicans and 48 Democrats for only the third time in state his­tory.

Three alumni began their legis­lative careers in 1993: Rep. Hans Dunshee ('95), D-Snohomish; Rep. Kelli Linville ('74, '81), D- Bellingham; and Rep. Barry Sehlin ('92), R-Oak Harbor. Rep. William "Ike" Eickmeyer ('68), D-Shelton, began legislative ser­vice in 1998 when he was ap­pointed to the House. He and Rep. Doug Ericksen ('95), R-Belling- ham, were first elected the follow­ing November.

Jeannie Darneille ('71), D- Tacoma, was elected last fall.

Dunshee, a septic designer, co­chairs the Local Government & Housing Committee. He also

serves on House Appropriations and Agriculture & Ecology.

Linville, a former speech thera­pist with bachelor's and master's degrees from Western, co-chairs Agriculture & Ecology and serves on Appropriations and on Tech­nology, Telecommunications & Energy Committees.

Sehlin, a retired commander of the Whidbey Island Naval Air Sta­tion, earned a master's degree from Western in 1992. He was elected to the House a year later, served three terms, retired for two years, then returned to the Legislature in January. He co-chairs House Ap­propriations.

Eickmeyer is executive director of the Sound Institute of Family and Children Services. He serves as CO-vice chair of the Juvenile Jus­tice Committee and as a member of the Natural Resources and Trade

Sen. Don Carlson ('61, '66), right, with WWU intern Karen Harris, who will graduate this year.

& Economic Development Com­mittees.

Ericksen, who completed a master's degree in environmental policy from Western, serves as co­vice chair of the Transportation Committee and as a member of the Education and Natural Re­sources Committees.

Darneille, who earned her bachelor's degree in art history, is executive director of the Pierce County AIDS Foundation. She serves on Children & Family Ser­vices, Healthcare and Juvenile Jus­tice committees.

(Editor's Note: Judy McNickle is WWU's legislative liaison in Olympia.)

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jon Brunk photosTAILGATE PARTY PRIZE: Valerie Pennylegion ('83), right, was the winner of the tailgate party prize at the Central game Feb. 15: a basketball signed by all the members of the Viking men's basketball team. At left, Jonathan Larson, left, son of Tony Larson ('88), tries to "steal" the ball.

Mary Ann Harrington photoVIKINGS at ST. MARTIN'S COLLEGE: The steering committee of the newly^formed South Puget Sound WWU

Alumni chapter warms up for the Jan. 18 game with WWU men's basketball coach Brad Jackson, at the pre^ game tailgate party. Front row Ur: Brad McGarvie (chapter liaison); Debby Pattin; Lisa McGarvie (chapter liaison); Paul Gillie; Joyce Gillie. Standing in back Ur: Bob Pattin; lodi Suminski; Tony O'Leary; Coach lackson; Susan Kaelin; Ceclia Bond; Nick Bond.

WIRINGS vs.CENTRAL: Diane ('74) and Mike ('75) Bates came to the big game Feb. 15 with their sons (and future WWU alumni) Adam and Ryan. At right, Ted ('88) and Angela Mischaikov were in the Viking spirit with their two daughters.

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By Chris Goldsmith, Alumni Director

Western alumni, faculty, supporters and administrators joined similar groups from each of Washington's other five public baccalaureate in­stitutions on Thursday, Feb. 15 in a show of unity and rousing support for Higher Education Day in Olympia.

State legislators were in­vited to two events that day - a lunch and panel discussion held at Lacey's Indian Sum­mer Golf and Country Club and an evening reception at the governor's mansion hosted by Gov. Gary and Mona Locke.

Prior to the event, alumni and others from each institu­tion had personally contacted legislators in every district and encouraged their atten­dance at the events. With WWU Alumni Association President Larry Taylor serving as emcee, luncheon attendees

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At the Higher Education Day briefing are: former Alumni Board president Chuck ('55) and Pauline ('54) Le Wame of Edmonds

heard WWU President Karen W. Morse outline a unified legislative agenda for this year's session. The Council of Presidents, which Morse chairs, developed that agenda this year.

Lunch attendees also heard Sen­ate and House leaders discuss the major issues facing lawmakers during this session. David Ammons of the Associated Press served as moderator. Presidents of

Catherin Nordmark ('90) ofAnacortes, alumni chapter liaison for Skagit County, and Elizabeth D'Alessandro ('92) of Bellevue

all six public four-year institutions attended the events, along with faculty and student leaders, trust­ees and others.

A major goal of the day's events was to show lawmakers that a large cadre of their constituents from across the entire state - alumni, parents, students and others - are committed enough

to public higher edu­cation to devote a full day to demon­strating their support at the state Capitol.

After lunch, alumni and others departed for the Capi­tol campus to visit with law­makers in their offices and at­tend committee hearings. Alumni later joined lawmak­ers at a reception at the governor's mansion.

Alumni directors across the state join me in thanking those legislators, graduates, current students and others for making Higher Education Day a success. We think the effort went a long way in showing the high level of sup­port for public colleges and universities in this state.

Golf classic set for Aug. 3By Andrea Abney

The Alumni Association wel­comes all alumni and friends to tee off Aug. 3 in its annual golf tournament to benefit the Alumni scholarship and the Athletic Suc­cess Funds.

In its seventh year, the Bill Wright Alumni Golf Classic will again use a four-person scramble format through 18 holes at Semi- ahmoo Golf & Country Club in Blaine.

Registration is $120 per person for Alumni Club members and $145 for non-members. The reg­istration fee, which must be re­ceived at Alumni House by July 25, includes greens fees, cart rental, commemorative Jack

Nicklaus shirt, golf balls, lunch and a barbecue dinner.

The tournament honors Bill Wright ('60), who brought the first NAIA national championship (in golf) to Western in 1960.

First USA Bank is again co­sponsoring the tournament at Semiahrrioo, rated in Golf Digest as one of the top courses in Wash­ington state and one of the best courses in the United States.

For more information, or to register for the tournament, call Alumni House at (800) 676-6885 or (360) 650-3353.

Registration fees can be sent to WWU Alumni House, Western Washington University, Belling­ham, WA 98225-9199.

Reunion Weekend! 19511950 1952

The reunion weekend for classes 1950, 1951 and 1952 takes place on June 22-24 on Western's campus.

A lively reunion committee is comprised of co-chairs Kathleen "Kappy" Britain ('52), Harry Pagels ('51) and Duane Anderson ('51), and committee members Bob Baker ('52), Louella "Lolli" Lapsley ('52), Britt Marie Lee ('53), James and Persis Shook ('51) and Ruby With ('51).

They met over the winter to plan the weekend's activities, which will include a welcome reception on Friday; brunch, campus tours and an entertaining evening dinner on Saturday; and a fun activity for Sunday.

Mark your calendar and plan to attend this reunion - the best reunion ever!

Call Kristie Lundstrom at Alumni House, (800) 676-6885, if you haven't already received information about your class. The official in­vitation is on its way.

Bill Roe

Bill Roe is new USA Track & Field presidentAs a sophomore at Seattle's Nathan Hale High

School, he was "too slow" to be a competitive cross­country runner. But at 50, Bill Roe ('89) is clearly out in front as the newly elected president of USA Track & Field, the governing body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States.

Roe, who works in educational technology and desktop publishing at Woodring College of Educa­tion, is also a brand new member of the U.S. Olym­pic Committee's board of directors and a delegate to the International Amateur Athletic Federation, which will stage its eighth World Championships in Edmonton in August.

Roe has coached men's and women's cross country and middle dis­tance programs, since he was a Western student in 1988, as assistant to Kelven "Pee Wee" Halsell, Western's cross country/field and track coordinator.

Roe coached about 400 men and women at Western. Among them are athletes who have set 22 school records, been conference All-Ameri­cans 21 times, and won national scholar athlete honors on 14 occa­sions. He was northwest regional cross country Coach of the Year in 1995 and earned the conference coaching honor in 1997, sharing both awards with Halsell.

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Investments in ExcellenceGifts to WWU funds make a difference

Your gift to The Western Foundation makes the difference at Western.

The generosity of thousands of alumni, parents and friends has a direct impact on the educational experience at WWU. Private gifts help create learning and teaching opportunities that help Western maintain its standard of academic excellence.

During the 1999-2000 academic year, scholarship awards total­ing nearly $680,000 were made to 572 students. All were funded by private gifts for both endowed and annual scholarships.

Unrestricted gifts to the foundation's Campus Enrichment Fund□ Enabled 249 faculty, staff and students to attend professional

conferences□ Brought Ira Glass, Oliver Sacks, and Edward Said to campus

for the Distinguished Lecture Series□ Supported the 1999-2000 production of The Magic Flute□ Provided $100,000 to upgrade student computer labs with

new servers and other equipment□ Supported the teaching and learning mission of the univer­

sity in many other waysContributions to the athletics program also fund scholarships,

equipment purchases and travel.Library gifts help with the purchase of reference and circula­

tion materials, periodicals, media materials and information tech­nologies.

On behalf of Western students and faculty, The Western Foun­dation sends a heartfelt "thank you" to all of you who have made a gift to Western since July 1, 2000.

If you have not had the opportunity to make a charitable con­tribution to Western, there is still time to do so by or before the end of the university's fiscal year on June 30. No gift is too small,

f and each has an immediate impact.Gifts can be designated for any academic department, the per-

r forming arts, athletics, scholarships or the Campus Enrichment Fund. No matter which area you choose to support, 100% of your gift is immediately put to work for the benefit of WWU faculty and students.

For more information or to make a pledge online, please go to i I The Western Foundation Web site at http://www.ac.wwu.edu/

-foundatn/.Or, send your check, made payable to The Western Founda­

tion, to 516 High Street, MS-9034, Bellingham, WA 98225-9034.For more information, please call 360-650-3612.

Stephanie Bowers leads The Western Foundation

Munros receive honors July 8

Ralph Munro, one of Western's best known po­litical science graduates ('66) and a former student body

president, will be honored this summer when the Taft Seminar for K-12 Social Studies Teachers is renamed the Munro Seminar.

tions to the state, to his alma mater and to civic education, more than 385 individuals, cor­porations and foundations have raised more than $110,000 through The Western Foundation to create the Ralph Munro En­dowment in Civic Education.

Munro, a steady contributor to his alma mater, re­tired as Washington's longest serving secre­tary of state in Janu­ary, wreathed in honors following a retirement gala at­tended by more than 800 guests. He was Western's 1989 dis­tinguished alumnus and was recognized last spring as one of 21 exemplary alumni of the 20^^ Century.

For 20 years, Munro served as Washington's chief elections of­ficer, to ensure fair and accurate elections, increase voter partici­pation, promote improved voter understanding of ballot measures and establish a state presidential primary election. He also earned acclaim as Washington's most tenacious diplomat for efforts to promote international under­standing, trade and economic de­velopment through diplomacy and trade missions.

Munro also set an enduring ex­ample of positive, bipartisan civic leadership, and he contributed regularly to Western's annual Taft Seminar for K-12 social studies teachers.

In recognition of his contribu-

Celebration of the endowment will continue this summer when Munro and his wife Karen return to cam­pus to launch the Munro Seminar for K- 12 Teachers with an afternoon barbecue in their honor July 8 on Red Square.

Details about the seminar and the Munro barbecue will be available later this spring from Don

Alper and Gene Hogan. The two professors are co-founders of the Munro Seminar, which annually attracts legislators, lobbyists, me­dia experts, and a wide array of elected officials to campus to dis­cuss how government works.

The week-long seminar will be supported in part by the Munro endowment, which also will help fund presentations by distin­guished faculty and guest lectur­ers to Western's civic education and political science programs.

In addition, the endowment will recognize citizens who have contributed significantly to civic education in Washington through an annual awards pro­gram named in honor of Karen Munro.

The new endowment will support the summer seminar for K-12 social studies teachers

Stephanie Bowers joined The Western Foundation in February as its executive director and direc­tor of development. Bowers pre­viously served as executive direc­tor of development at the Smith School of Business at the Univer­sity of Maryland, College Park.

Bowers brings to her new post nearly 20 years of experience in both development and alumni affairs at the University of Mary­land and at the University of Bal­timore. She was selected from a slate of 32 applicants to succeed Jean Rahn.

Bowers' outstanding skills in university development "will greatly enhance our efforts to broaden the university's partner­

ships with do­nors, corpora­tions, and the community," said University President Karen W.Morse.

Bowers said she looked for­ward to join­ing a talented Stephanie Bowersteam thatwould reach out even more to Western's alumni and corporate communities.

"Together we will be able to cre­ate partnerships and increase manyfold the university's private resources," she said.

Alumna's bequest will create new Alumni Association scholarship

Mildred Trunkey, a 1922 graduate of Bellingham Normal School, has left a bequest of more than $33,000 to the WWU Alumni Asso­ciation.

Trunkey, who taught in Bellingham public schools for a number of years, died in March 2000 in Port Angeles. Her will provided that one-eighth of her residual estate be passed on to her alumni associa­tion.

"We were saddened to learn of Ms. Trunkey's death," said Chris Goldsmith, executive director of the Western Alumni Association. "We are also very grateful that she made this quite generous provi­sion in her estate plan."

The WWU Alumni Association board of directors will invest these funds to provide at least one annual $1,500 scholarship in her name.

The award will be in addition to the Alumni Association's other annual scholarships.

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Campus ConnectionsVRl founder wins "Triple E" award

^ I 'he Society of Automotive En- A gineers (SAE) has awarded

Michael Seal ('65), founder and director of Western's Vehicle Re­search Institute, its prestigious Excellence in Engineering Educa­tion (Triple "E") Award.

The only nominee of nearly 60,000 engineers, business execu­tives, educators and students for the 5-year-old award. Seal was honored for his outstanding con­tributions made to Engineering Education Board activities. He re­ceived the award March 6, during the 2001 SAE World Congress and Exposition in Detroit.

"His work has been so notable for so long," nominating engineer Charles Allport said. "He is an ex­ample of combining the practice of engineering with the theory of engineering. The list is very long of how he's taken undergraduate students and the5^ve excelled in many different arenas."

Seal foimded the VRI, part of Western's engineering technology department, in 1974. Since then, experi­mental vehicles produced by VRI students have drawn worldwide atten­tion. Current VRI projects include the Viking 29, a ground-up designed two- seater that runs on ther- mophotovoltaic (TPV or "Midnight Sun®") gener­ators; Viking 23, a sporty two-seater powered by Michael Sealelectric power and reformulated; and a clean snowmobile.

In 1996, the SAE named Seal one of the nation's 10 best faculty ad­visers. In 1990, he was one of five Washington citizens the Seattle Times cited for their contributions to science. He also received the 1983 Ralph Teetor Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the International Society of Auto­motive Engineers.

at the VRI Tanya Kerstiens-Rowe photo

A native of Vancouver, B.C., Seal is a technology educator by training and an automotive hob- bjdst since his youth. He received his doctorate in education from Texas A&M, his master's from Western and his bachelor's de­gree from the University of Brit­ish Columbia.

Two NSF awards go to Shannon Point scientistSuzanne Strom, a marine scien­

tist at the Shannon Point Marine Center in Anacortes, has received two awards from the National Sci­ence Foundation amounting to almost $1.1 million.

role of light in the transfer of en­ergy from microscopic algae - re­sponsible for much of the world's photosynthesis - to the tiny ani­mals that graze on them. In turn, those tiny animals pass on that energy to organisms higher in the food chain.

The grant will provide support for a graduate student and will bring to Shannon Point a post­doctoral research scientist to as-

She will use the three-year award from the biological ocean­ography program at NSF to ad­dress a fundamental question re­garding the marine food chain.

The research will explore the

Athletes study peak performance at new centerPhysical education professor Ralph Vernacchia, who accompanied

the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team to Sydney, Australia, as a sport psychology consultant, has launched the new Center for Per­formance Excellence at Western.

The Center for Performance Excellence is an educational program and community service dedicated to enhancing the performance of those who seek personal excellence.

Vernacchia taught the first course during winter quarter, targeted at recreational and competitive athletes, coaches and community members looking to enhance their performance in a variety of per­sonal and professional endeavors.

The course was team taught with students enrolled in Western's sport psychology program and introduced students to the following attributes and mental skills of peak performance: Attitude, confidence building, concentration, composure and commitment.

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sist with the project.The second award from NSF

and the National Oceanic and At­mospheric Administration will support a five-year project that is part of a large-scale effort known as GLOBEC, the Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics Program.

GLOBEC's prime objective is to describe the role of the world's changing climate in regulating populations of fish, such as salmon.

Strom's study will examine the responses of tiny organisms at the base of the food chain to changes in the physical environment in the Gulf of Alaska. This project will also support graduate student re­search and will engage Western in a research program of global, as well as regional, significance.

In addition to her research ac­tivities at Shannon Point, Strom is an adjunct professor in Huxley College of Environmental Studies and teaches graduate courses as well as oceanography to students participating in an undergraduate minority program.

Tent Show:Whisenhunt book paints history of tumultuous times

From the 1920s to the mid- 1940s Arthur Names and His Fa­mous Players brought one of the last surviving tent theaters in America to the rural communities of Kansas, western Oklahoma, eastern Colorado and West Texas.

History professor Donald W. Whisenhunt explores the Names company's quixotic journey in Tent Show, published last year by Texas A&M University Press.

Tent Show is also a history of a tumultuous time: The Names company struggled through the Dust Bowl and Depression, com­petition from the rising Holly­wood movie industry and the tragedy of World War 11.

The historian writes from a uniquely personal perspective: His father Bill, who had no theater experience, became Arthur Names "unlikely" partner during World War 11, the final years of the showman's career.

"Arthur Names," Whisenhunt says, "was a remarkable man who faced adversity, wrote his own plays, wrote poetry, and even en­tered politics." Before becoming a tent theater impressario. Names was a World War I flight instruc­tor, a law student and a teacher as well as a city councilman and mayor of his hometown of McCracken, Kansas.

Drawing much of Tent Show from family records and personal interviews, Whisenhunt portrays Names' days on the road, and his father's part in it, as the pursuit of the American dream.

Names' decision, after several career changes, to make the the­ater his vocation "is merely an example of how Americans have been free to do as they please and to achieve to the best of their abili­ties," Whisenhunt writes.

A native Texan, Whisenhunt taught or was an administrator at colleges and universities in six states before joining the Western history faculty in 1991. He is co­editor of a collection of Eleanor Roosevelt's letters scheduled for publication later this year.

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Spinnaker restaurant, Sausalito 9 Commencement22-24 50-Year Reunion for classes of 1950, '51 and '52, VU24- 29 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for teachers, librarians and

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