Nov 8: WSU ‘Cougar Conversations’ Offers Classes from Nine Members of World Class Faculty

PULLMAN, Wash. — As part of Washington State University’s enhanced home football weekends, free classes will be offered from 10 a.m.-noon, Nov. 8, during Cougar Conversations Face to Face with World Class Faculty.

The nine one-hour classes, taught during 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. sessions by nine faculty members, are open to everyone on campus for the WSU-UCLA Armed Forces Day football game on the same day.

“These will be enjoyable and educational sessions. Our faculty members are excited about the opportunities to share their knowledge with the whole family,” said Sonia Hussa, WSU director of university events.

Complete Cougar Conversations details, including online registration, are available at Web site football-weekends.wsu.edu. Click on the Nov. 7-8 sidebar.

Classes will include:

–“Why Buildings Fail” with Ken Carper of the School of Architecture and Construction Management in the College of Engineering and Architecture. The class will be at 10 a.m. in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 209.

–“From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution” with R. James Cook, interim dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. The class will be at 10 a.m. in Smith Center, Room 219.

–“Micropower: Big Ideas Using Small Devices” with Cill Richards and Dave Bahr of mechanical and materials engineering in the School of Architecture and Construction Management. The class will be at 11 a.m. in Smith Center, Room 419.

–“Learn all You Can” (T. Jefferson): Science of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Lynda Paznokas of the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education. The classes will be at 10 and 11 a.m. in Smith Center, Room 202.

–“The Enormous Little World of Nanotechnology” with Tom Dickinson of the Department of Physics in the College of Sciences. The class will be at 11 a.m. in Smith Center, Room 207.

–“What is Considered the First Rock and Roll Record?” with David Jarvis of the School of Music and Theatre Arts in the College of Liberal Arts. The class will be 11 a.m. in Kimbrough Hall, Room 245.

–“Principles of Community Oriented Policing” with Otwin Marenin, director of the criminal justice program in the College of Liberal Arts. The class will be at 11 a.m. in Smith Center, Room 319.

–“Universal Chaos, Universal Order” with Guy Worthey of the Department of Physics in the College of Sciences. The class will be at 10 a.m. in the WSU Planetarium, located in Sloan Hall, Room 231.

For additional information, call Hussa, (509) 335-1990.