Collaborative efforts such as this have become an invigorating new force at Western. Smith envisions further ties between business and environmental studies in emerging fields such as eco-tourism. The surrounding environment is one of our strengths at Western. We are creating a national and international reputation based on it. As I look at this university I see a need to play to our strengths, which are enhanced by these new types of partnerships.
Further collaboration abounds.
Huxley students are among those involved in using the instrument to study microscopic marine organisms. Georgia Pacific's pulp mill in Bellingham is also helping to finance environmental research projects, particularly graduate fellowships for the study of water quality. As a staff of chemists, enviromentalists and business people, we depend upon and enjoy the mutual exchange we have with Western, and we consider it of real value to the community.