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Some Recent Video Conferences at WWU

  • A class on Education Theory and Indigenous Populations taught by Dr. William Demmert, a professor with Western’s Woodring College of Education and Director of the Native American Education Program.  Dr. Demmert holds a doctorate in education from Harvard and is a former commissioner of education for Alaska, a former U.S. deputy commissioner of education and a former director of education in the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. He is of Tlingit and Oglala (Sioux) heritage and is currently working with the Rand Corporation, the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Educational Testing Services and other national studies regarding the education of native peoples and influence of culturally-based educational programs.
  • NO LIMIT! A Statewide Initiative to Integrate Technology in the Middle Level Math Classroom with Kate Popejoy and Joanne Carney, Ph.D. of the WWU Woodring College of Education.
  • The North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership which is a National Science Foundation funded project involving 26 school districts, two education service districts, four community colleges, Washington State LASER, the Naval Undersea Museum, Washington State MESA, and Western Washington University.
  • Environmental Studies  441 – A class taught out of WWU’s Huxley College in understanding and managing parks & protected areas and taught between WWU and Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA.
  • Environmental Studies 464 – A class taught out of WWU’s Huxley College on U.S. environmental policy and taught between WWU and Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA.
  • The Integrated Laboratory Network (ILN) Working Group at Western Washington University, including representatives from Huxley College, the Department of Chemistry, SciTech, and Academic Technology and User Services (ATUS).  Working with the University of British Columbia, this group’s primary goal is to develop the ability for students and researchers to operate instruments located at different locations around campus from any Internet-equipped computer.
  • Various workgroup and quarterly certification video conferences for the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Video Conference Information