Announcements, remarks and media

News and Announcements

2009-2010

• Faculty and Staff are invited to attend the annual Holiday Celebration featuring "A Season of Giving," on Tuesday, December 1, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the
  Viking Union MPR - featuring a 50/50 drawing to benefit a WWU Employee Scholarship and a Food Drive and student entertainment.
• Approximately 200 members of the campus community and members of the public attended the 2009 WWU Veterans Day Celebration on Tuesday, November 10 from 10:30-11:30 in the Viking Union Multi-purpose room. A reception followed the ceremony.
• President Bruce Shepard's address to the fall faculty and staff Opening Convocation is available here.
• President Bruce Shepard's white paper on the publicly purposed university is available here.
• Western welcomesProvost Catherine Riordan and Dean of Fine and Performing Arts, Dan Guyette to the community.

2008-2009

• President Shepard conferred Exceptional Effort Awards for excellent service on 27 staff members at the Employee Awards Ceremony on June 2, 2009. Individuals nominated received high praise of colleagues and supervisors. For the comments expressed at the ceremony, click here.
• President's Statement on the Legislative Budgets, 3/31/09
• Bulletins sent "From the President's Desk" to the campus community by email are posted on the president's web page
• Participate in discussion on the President's Corner of the new Community Forum on the web.
• The Bellingham Herald | Shepard named 13th WWU president, 4/26/08
• The Bellingham Herald | New Western president talks about campus, community, 9/13/08
• President Bruce Shepard releases preliminary findings
• Oregonian | WWU board picks Wisconsin chancellor as choice for president
• The Bellingham Herald | Shepard named 13th WWU president

Speeches

• Full address to WWU Faculty and Staff (with active links to referenced documents) -->Or Download the speech (.doc)
• Archive of 2008-2009 speeches and reports

Photos

See the photo gallery at FAST online.

Video

Quicktime Video of September 16, 2009 Faculty and Staff Opening Convocation (loads slowly)

 Mid-Year Report, February 12, 2009 (wmv)

Fall Faculty and Staff Convocation, Wednesday, September 17, 2008.

 "Convocation Address" .mov        "Convocation Address" .wmv

From introductory presentations on Thursday, April 24, 2008.

 "Presidential Flashcards" 3:10 minutes .wmv

 Introduction to Bruce Shepard (Full Version) 20 minutes .wmv

 Introduction to Bruce Shepard (Edited Version) 11 minutes .wmv

Audio

An interview with Western President Bruce Shepard from The Chronicle of Higher Education on 10/29/09 is available at the Chronicle's Web site. No extra hardware or software needed.

Podcast of Western President Bruce Shepard's interview on the "PM Bellingham" radio show, KGMI Radio (AM 790) 11/17/08 available on KGMI's podcast center and FAST Online. No extra hardware or software needed.

Introduction to Bruce Shepard, Friday, April 25, 2008

•  By President Morse
•  By Kevin Raymond
•  Bruce Shepard and his wife, Cyndie
•  Q&A period with Bruce