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SPOKANE, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University will be asked to authorize capital construction expenditures – the largest $10 million for land acquisition, design and preconstruction for a classroom and office building at North Puget Sound at Everett – when it meets in regular session on the WSU Spokane campus Thursday and Friday.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – What do college freshmen really want to know?
Find out at Freshman Academic Showcase where students display posters of their first research projects.
By Sue McMurray, College of Business
SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State University’s College of Business will hold a free, public networking event focusing on its online master of business administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programs, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront, 1800 Old Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – For the first time, tomato growers using high tunnels (low-cost greenhouses, http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/hightunnels/) in western Washington can manage one of the most serious plant diseases organically, said plant pathologist Debra Inglis.
SEATTLE – Alumni gathering to watch Cougar football on Saturdays, Nov. 16 and 23, are asked to bring donations of food and supplies as Washington State University observes National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Nov. 17-23.
By Sue McMurray, College of Business
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University College of Business will hold a free, public informational meeting on the 1-year MBA program 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Todd Addition 268 at WSU Pullman.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Stephanie Hampton has been named the new director of the Washington State University Center for Environmental Research, Education & Outreach (CEREO). The deputy director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California-Santa Barbara, she is expected to assume her new duties in January.
By Richard H. Miller, Global Campus
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Global Campus is introducing a new way for students to get ahead: One-credit online seminars.
By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. – Compost produced from urban food and yard waste could be “black gold” to farmers wanting to increase their yields and profits while improving soil and water quality. Washington State University Extension in Snohomish County is exploring how urbanization, long considered a threat to local agriculture, might actually help farmers keep up with demand for local food while recovering a valuable resource from the urban waste stream.