Event Highlights

2010-2011

Scholars Week Presentation

May 19, 2011

As part of Scholar's Week 2011, WWU student Daniel Espinoza-Gonzalez shares his spoken word poem to presentation spectators in conjunction with five other students who also participated in last quarter's LDST 497 Leadership and Pedagogy class taught by Joseph Garcia.

Joining Espinoza-Gonzalez in the presentation were Andrew Dyer, Maddie Neuman, Ben Neyman, Brennan Taylor and Christina Van Wingerden. Group members shared their experiences as facilitators and teachers of the winter 2011 LDST 197 class, as well as statistics and a video regarding the course's successes.
Leaders in Service Panel

  • Kenneth Bothman, Co-owner of La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza and Fiamma Burger

  • Timothy Costello, Director of the Center for Service-Learning

  • Anjali Englund, Graduate of Fairhaven College

  • Mary Swenson, recently retired as Executive Director of LAW Advocates

Guest speakers at Leadership Studies classes.

March 7, 2011
Jim Donald, President and CEO Haggen, Inc.Jim Donald

Guest speaker at Leadership Studies classes.

March 2, 2011

 
Young Alum Panel
  • Nicole Ferrer, Area Administrator for State of Washington's Employment Security Department
  • Mathew (Mat) Questad, Program Integrator and Lead Analyst - Boeing Company
  • Ryan Scott, Financial Advisor with the Principal Financial Group

Guest speakers at Leadership Studies classes.

February 18, 2011
Sue Sharpe, St. Luke's Foundation

Guest speaker at Leadership Studies classes.

February 16, 2011
Greg Baker, Superintendent of Bellingham Public SchoolsGreg Baker

Guest speaker at Leadership Studies classes.

February 2, 2011
Former Senator Dale BrandlandDale Brandland

Guest speaker at Leadership Studies classes.

January 19th, 2011
Bill AyerWilliam S. Ayer, Chairman and CEO of Alaska Airlines

Conversation hour with LDST 497 students.

January 2011
Keysa Minnifield, Vice President Human ResourcesKeysa Minnifield
Sodexo, North America

November 2010

Biography

2009-2010

Gifty Asmah

Gifty Baaba Asmah

"Microfinance in Ghana: Empowering people at the bottom of the economic pyramid"

The Institute welcomed Gifty Baaba Asmah, founder and executive director of Daasgift Quality Foundation on April 14, 2010. Gifty presented at Fairhaven College's World Issues Forum.

 

 
Co-Sponsor for "Go for the Gold": Performance Perspectives of Olympic Athletes, hosted by the Canadian-American Studies Center.

Featured Speakers:

Erin Porter Bembry, US Olympian, Short track speed skater who competed in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Donovan Tildesley, Canadian swimmer and multiple medalist who, blind since birth, competed in the past three Summer Paralympics.

Through the personal stories of these remarkable athletes, WWU students and community members learned about the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, the challenges of world record athleticism, and the importance of striving for excellence in life.

Allen Institute for Brain Science

Panelists

Press Release

Video of Elaine Jones, chief operating officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, presenting “A Business Model for Changing the World,” on October 2, 2009 at WWU.

Video of the “Women and Leadership” panel discussion on October 2, 2009 at WWU. Panelists included: Elaine Jones; Maja Chaffe, general counsel; and Carol L. Thompson, program manager, all from the Allen Institute for Brain Science. The panel moderator was Kristi Tyran, WWU associate professor of Management.

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