PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Professor of English Louise Schleiner died Feb. 22 at Davis, Calif. Schleiner received her doctorate from Brown University in 1973, and was hired by WSU in 1984. She was promoted to associate professor in 1987, and to full professor in 1994. She was named the department of English’s first […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The co-founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken enterprises, the CEO of Outback Steakhouse, Inc., the managing director of The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, and the man who oversees new concepts and menu management for McDonald’s are among food industry leaders coming to Washington State University March 7 and 8. They will […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University is one of 40 public and private colleges and universities in the country selected to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ American Commitments project. Called “Boundaries and Borderlands III: The Search for Recognition and Community in America,” the two-year project includes a 10-day institute, associated learning […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Black History Month activities continue through Feb. 29 at Washington State University. On the agenda for Feb. 23 is a presentation by the Moscow School of Massage, sponsored by WSU’s chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the African American Student Center, located in the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Tickets go on sale Feb. 25 for a concert by folk-singing legend/composer Bob Dylan at Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum on March 21. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. event are $26 and $36, and will be available from the coliseum box office and all G&B Select-A-Seat outlets. They also can […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Faculty nominations for and applications from interested juniors at Washington State University in Pullman are being accepted through April 3 for fall 2000 participation in the WSU McNair Achievement Program. The program, funded by a five-year $190,000-per-year federal grant to the WSU Graduate School, encourages and prepares low-income, first-generation college students to […]
PULLMAN Wash. — Highway funding issues such as I-695 may be driving record attendance for the annual Road Builders’ Clinic, which will take place March 7-9 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The clinic is designed to explore significant technical and managerial topics critical to highway, city, county and state road engineers, as well as designers and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — More than 200 minority high school students and community college transfer students are registered for the Future Teachers of Color Conference at Washington State University Feb. 25-27. The conference is designed to reach out to students from under-represented groups who are considering careers in education or considering attending WSU, explained Milton Lang, […]
PULLMAN Wash. — Highway funding issues such as I-695 may be driving record attendance for the annual Road Builders’ Clinic, which will take place March 7-9 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The clinic is designed to explore significant technical and managerial topics critical to highway, city, county and state road engineers, as well as designers and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Award-winning author Carlos Muñoz Jr. will deliver the keynote address during Washington State University’s annual Semana de la Raza. Muñoz, an ethnic studies faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley, speaks about this year’s Semana theme, “Celebrating Our Past, Embracing the Future,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 29 in the Compton […]