WSU Spokane News

Tri-Cities, Spokane, Pullman honorees among MLK winners

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Yuliya Ardasheva, an education professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities, and James Bledsoe, a longtime advocate for underrepresented students at WSU Pullman, are among those selected to receive the annual WSU Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award.

Dec. 11: WSU students to present University District designs

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – Job growth, parks and plazas, “smart” stormwater systems and alternative transportation are some of the ideas for improving Spokane’s University District and nearby neighborhoods that will be presented to the public at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the Spokane Public […]

Dec. 10, 11: Regents to hold regular meeting at WSU Spokane

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Dec. 10 and 11 on the WSU Spokane campus, College of Nursing Building, Room 205, to consider action items, including approval of schematic design documents for the Chinook (Old Bookie) project on the campus of WSU Pullman and […]

From big wind to big chill

By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – On Nov. 17, a giant windstorm roared through the region to a balmy high temperature of 54 degrees. A little more than a week later, temperatures plunged to 7 degrees and we saw barely any wind at all.

WSU submits materials to medical accreditation agency

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University took a huge step toward accreditation today. College administrators uploaded foundational documents to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or LCME, the national accrediting agency for allopathic medical schools in the U.S. and Canada.