Risk, Ethics, Safety, Resilience & Enterprise Operations
Risk, Ethics, Safety, Resilience, and Enterprise Operations (RESR-EO) leads functions that ensure a nurturing, healthy, safe, resilient, and supportive university environment. This includes Campus Recreation Services, the Child Development Center, Conference Services, environmental and occupational health and safety, fire safety, emergency preparedness, business continuity, compliance, ethics, and the Western Bookstore. The team provides comprehensive services that support leadership in managing risks, enhancing safety, ensuring regulatory compliance, and developing university policies.
Bookstore
The Western Bookstore has supported academic success and campus life by offering course materials, supplies, technology, and Western gear.
Campus Recreation Services
Campus Recreation Services supports the physical and mental well-being of the Western community through inclusive fitness and wellness programming.
Child Development Center
The Child Development Center (CDC) provides early learning experiences in a nurturing and inclusive environment for children of Western students, faculty, and staff.
Conference Services
Conference Services connects university departments and external groups with everything they need to host successful events.
Emergency Management & Business Continuity
Western Washington University’s emergency management program works to strengthen university-wide emergency and disaster resiliency by encouraging prevention and mitigation actions, collaboratively planning, educating about preparedness, and supporting response and recovery efforts.
Environmental Health and Safety
The overarching responsibility of Environmental Health and Safety is to support the efforts of the university community in remaining healthy and safe.
Ethics and Compliance
Western's Ethics and Compliance program promotes a responsible, efficient, and effective risk based approach to managing the myriad of regulations allowing the University community to focus on achieving its University Strategic Plan. Despite the challenges, Western is committed to compliance while upholding its value of integrity, ethics, and accountability among its workforce and students.
Risk Management
Risk Management acts as a consultant and service-provider to executive, division, college, and unit leadership who have substantive responsibility for managing risk.
University Policy, Rules & Public Records
University Policy, Rules and Public Records is responsible for the development of university policies and rules and the fulfillment of public records in response to public records requests.
Interim Associate Vice President (AVP) for Risk, Ethics, Safety, Resilience, and Enterprise Operations
Darin Rasmussen, the Interim Associate Vice President (AVP) for Risk, Ethics, Safety, Resilience, and Enterprise Operations (RESR-EO), oversees various functions to ensure WWU is a safe, resilient, and supportive place to live, learn, and work. Darin began his career at Western in 2012 as the Interim Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, and in 2014, he was appointed to the permanent role. He transitioned into the AVP position in April 2022. In addition to his experience at WWU, Darrin brings over 22 years of public safety experience, including a distinguished career with the Marysville Police Department.
