Campus and Community

Corey Hines will be responsible for supervising facility and staff, and providing oversight for the safe and secure operations of the NSC.

WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center will celebrate its centennial at two special events: an Oct. 2 opening ceremony featuring WSU dignitaries, and a family-friendly community celebration on Oct. 5.

Daniel Petek developed a semester-long curriculum that creates a conduit of employment for Murrow students and delivers an instant pool of potential advertising candidates to Amazon.

The Cashup Davis Family Endowed Dean honors the spirit of James S. “Cashup” Davis, an enterprising English immigrant who homesteaded on the Palouse, building a now-vanished three-story hotel atop 3,612-foot Steptoe Butte in 1888.

Puyallup mayor and Coug alum John Palmer said the city wanted to show how much it appreciates the connection between WSU and Puyallup residents during Higher Education Appreciation Week, Sept. 23-28.

All of the input gathered during the conference will be compiled and considered during the drafting of the first iteration of the WSU system strategic plan, which will be shared with the university community in January.

Nearly one out of every three WSU students are the first in their family to attend college, peaking at WSU Vancouver, where more than 40 percent are first-generation college students.

Jessica Willoughby received a third place teaching award from the Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

The latest awardees bring to 82 the number of WSU students receiving Gilman awards since 2006.

Seven undergraduates from WSU’s student chapter of Material Advantage will participate in competitions, presentations, and a poster session at the weeklong Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) conference in Portland, Oregon.

The Sept. 25 address from Robert D. Bullard is part of the biennial William Julius Wilson Symposium, which enables students and the wider community to honor and engage with leading figures in the promotion of social inclusiveness and diversity in social policies.

Faculty, staff, and students from both colleges are invited to join President Kirk Schulz and new Provost and Executive Vice President Mitzi Montoya on Sept. 18 for separate town halls in Pullman.

The report discusses projects like WSU’s new cloud authentication, Zoom teleconferencing, and enhanced connectivity across the state via the ongoing CougNet project.

The survey results will be compiled during the next few weeks and incorporated into a discussion about what spells success for the WSU system from 2020 to 2025.

The new Contracts and Real Estate Office (CREO) will draft, negotiate, and execute all real property transactions and business contracts for the university.

Darrell Jackson wants to train a new generation of healthcare practitioners in the Inland Northwest to help people with ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases live longer, healthier and happier lives.