PULLMAN, Wash. — The 2000 Washington State University Employee Excellence Awards winners have been named. Selected by WSU President Samuel Smith upon recommendation of a president’s committee are Thelma Willett of Pullman, fiscal specialist I, civil and environmental engineering; Richard A. Rupp of Colton, agricultural research technologist III, crop and soil sciences; Larry Gilbert of […]
MIDLAND, Mich. and EAST LANSING, Mich. — An innovative research alliance is joining scientists from private industry and the public sector to create new industrial products from agricultural plants, rather than petrochemical plants, and to improve nutritional content for certain plant oils. Through the Oilseed Engineering Alliance, announced today between The Dow Chemical Company, Dow […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — April 28-30 are the new dates for the Washington State University VIBES Conference for African American high school and college students. Originally scheduled for March 3-4, Visionaries Inspiring Black Empowered Students was postponed last week due to timing and budget, according to J.J. Oliver, VIBES chair. Oliver and another staff member served […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — For more than a dozen years, industry journalist Charles Bernstein has recruited speakers for and helped design the annual Donald I. Smith Chain Restaurant Management Conference at Washington State University. At this year’s March 7-8 event, Bernstein received his deepest “thank you” yet from WSU’s Hotel and Restaurant Administration. WSU President Samuel […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Two Washington State University fraternities have been suspended after a weekend fight. Members of Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Theta will lose recognition and privileges pending completion of a conduct investigation. Pullman Police allege the fraternities were involved in a brawl that included members hitting each other with golf clubs, sticks, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — More than 800 high school students and their parents who are looking at colleges and universities will be on the Washington State University campus April 1 to get a taste of what it is like to be a Cougar. “WSU Preview” begins at 8:30 a.m. in Beasley Coliseum with check-in and a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Thomas L. “Les” Purce, Washington State University vice president for extended university affairs and dean for extended academic programs, has been named the new president of The Evergreen State College in Olympia. He was appointed today by the Evergreen Board of Trustees. The college received more than 100 applications to replace Jane […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University student vocalist Julie Silvera-Jensen will present her senior recital of works by Rossini, Bizet, Literes and Burliegh on March 21. The 8 p.m. program is planned for Pullman’s St. James Episcopal Church, 1410 N.E. Stadium Way, and is open to the public without charge. A reception follows the recital. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Middle East scholar and author Cornell Hugh Fleischer will visit Washington State University Tuesday, March 7, as part of the Visiting Scholar Program. The University of Chicago faculty member will speak at 4 p.m. in Todd Hall, Room 133. A reception follows the lecture. His speech, “Religion and State are Twins: Mysticism […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — An authority on European politics, Karlheinz Reif, will present a public lecture at Washington State University later this week. His talk, “Challenges and Problems in the European Union,” is slated for 11 a.m. Friday, March 10, in Lighty Student Services Building, Room 405. Employed by the European Commission as advisor to the […]