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

“The master in the art to living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.” ~James A. Michener, attributed

Fall 2009 Office Hours: (please sign-up at my office to reserve a time)
Monday & Friday 1-2pm, Wednesday 2-3pm, and by appointment. Updated 8/31/09

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 Fall Quarter 2009 (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 service in our community.

My husband Frank worked for several years as a wildlife biologist, and frequently used 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.