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Critically Acclaimed Artists to Perform at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — Mother/son duo Berkeley and Deon Price will present “Music for Springtime” during a program March 23 on the Washington State University campus. The 8 p.m. concert is planned for Bryan Hall Auditorium and is open to the public without charge. The Price duo will perform music by women composers, including “When Night […]

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Tickets Still Available for Bob Dylan Concert at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — There are still tickets available for the March 21 Bob Dylan concert set for 7:30 p.m. at Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. The tickets are $36 and $26 and are available at the Coliseum box office and all G&B Select-A-Seat outlets. Tickets also can be ordered by phone at 800/325-SEAT […]

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Sculptor Doug Hollis to Speak April 6

PULLMAN, Wash. — Nationally known sculptor Doug Hollis will present an overview of his past work in an April 6 lecture at Washington State University. The 7:30 p.m. talk is sponsored by the WSU Museum of Art as part of its spring 2000 “Redefining Landscape” lecture series. The talk will be held in the Fine […]

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Awards Reception for 2000 WSU Employee Award Winners

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 […]

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$10 Million Research Agreement Aims at New Uses for Plant Oils

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 […]

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WSU VIBES Conference Reset to April 28-30

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 […]

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WSU Launches Bernstein Volunteerism Award in Hospitality

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 […]

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Two Fraternities Suspended in Wake of Fight, Arrests

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, […]

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High School Students, Families Due for WSU Preview

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 […]

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WSU’s Les Purce Named President of Evergreen State College

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 […]

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