Janice Lapsansky's Homepage
Biology Department
Western Washington University
Office: BI 305
Phone: 650-7337
E-mail: janice.lapsansky@wwu.edu

Spring 2008 Office Hours: (please sign-up at my office to reserve a time)
Monday and Wednesday 11-12, and by appointment. Updated 4/2/08

"To ask well is to know much" - African proverb

Biology Building Hours:
Monday - Thursday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday/Holidays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

My Schedule for Spring Quarter 2008 (Requires Adobe Acrobat)

BE SMART (and honest)! Educate yourself about Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism, because "I didn't know" is no defense!

Western Libraries and the Writing Center have produced a FREE Assignment Planner . This tool is especially helpful for planning your writing assignments that require library research, plus the site has several links to other valuable resources on campus.

I was honored to be one of the faculty selected for the 2005 Innovative Teaching Showcase, sponsored by the Center for Instructional Innovation

Personal Stuff:

More pictures to come...

I have a new nephew, Aidan! My brother Tom and sister-in-law Sunny are obviously fabulous first-time parents!

My daughter Erin (age 13) and my sister Viv, on our way up to the top of Mt. St. Helens. They're "Soul Sisters" (they share a birthday on Sept. 29th). Here's my husband Frank and my son Tony (age 10) at the crater rim. And this is a picture of the whole crew, with Mt. Adams in the background: (left to right) me, Viv, Nancy, Tamara, Erin, Frank, and Tony (foreground).

Whatcom County Fire District # 17. It's an honor and a privilege to work with these people, and to provide fire and rescue support in our community.

My husband Frank is a wildlife biologist, and frequently uses radio-telemetry and remote cameras to study large carnivores and birds of prey. In this photo, he is banding and radio-tagging baby prairie falcons in their nests along the cliffs of the Snake River in Idaho.