Human Resources

WSU launching new online career database — Handshake replaces CougLink

By Beverly Makhani, WSU Office of Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – A new online career database named “Handshake” will go live July 1 for Washington State University students and potential employers. It will replace the current “CougLink” system.

Cider industry gains WSU Extension ally

By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Washington State University is helping bolster the surging hard cider industry with the hiring of Bri Ewing as a food and fermentation specialist at the Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center.

WSU Spokane hires vice chancellor for student services

By Lorraine Nelson, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A professional in student services in higher education has returned to Spokane as the vice chancellor of student affairs at Washington State University Spokane.

New chief of Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health

By Laura Lockard, College of Veterinary Medicine PULLMAN, Wash. – Professor Tom Kawula will be the new director of the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health at Washington State University beginning Oct. 1.

April 6, 20: WSU offers free branding webinars for job-seekers

By Richard H. Miller, Academic Outreach & Innovation PULLMAN, Wash. – People under 25 sometimes delete social media posts to prepare for employer scrutiny. Older job-seekers may worry less about deletion and more about addition, such as of posts that show professional accomplishments and capabilities.

Presidential transition co-chairs named

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Regent Lura J. Powell and Bob Drewel, former chancellor at WSU North Puget Sound at Everett, will co-chair a presidential transition team as the university plans for the appointment of its next chief executive this spring.