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Scholarship Endowments’ Growth Offer Support to Top Students

PULLMAN, Wash. — During Washington State University’s highly successful fund-raising drive called Campaign WSU, scholarship endowments tripled in dollar value, producing more annual income to help students afford to attend the university. Now, the Provost’s Office and WSU’s academic colleges are collaborating to offer more attractive scholarship support to talented prospective students. According to Rom […]

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Ted Turner to Deliver Annual Murrow Symposium Address at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — Ted Turner, founder of CNN, the world’s first all-news television network, will deliver the annual Murrow Symposium Address at Washington State University on April 21. The free public lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in WSU’s Beasley Coliseum. Prior to the lecture, Turner will receive the Murrow Award from WSU President […]

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Regents Reviewing Short List of Presidential Candidates

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s regents are mulling a short list of recommended candidates for the successor to President Samuel H. Smith, board President Peter Goldmark announced Friday at a public meeting here. The Board of Regents has received from the search committee a number of names, in the range of two to five […]

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MLK Celebration Features Address by Dorothy Cotton, King Colleague

PULLMAN, Wash. — Dorothy Cotton, a colleague of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., will deliver the keynote address Jan. 18 during Washington State University’s annual program celebrating the life of the late civil rights leader. The address is part of a program beginning at 7 p.m. in the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. It is […]

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Architecture Students See Different Face and Spirit for Downtown Pullman

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University architecture students have some ideas about how they might remake downtown Pullman into a livelier, more family- and student-friendly place. Community members may see displays and models of the students’ projects at the historic Gladish School throughout the month of January. The visionary ideas of architecture professors Tom Bartuska’s […]

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WSU Students Can Earn Credit for Microsoft Certification Classes

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University students may now enroll in four academic credit classes in the College of Business and Economics leading to Microsoft certification. The four sections of Management Information Systems 499 (Special Topics) will be offered in consecutive three-week intervals, says Jonathan Johnson, program coordinator. All of the courses will be taught […]

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WSU Appoints Spitzer as Associate Vice Provost for Research

PULLMAN, Wash. — Ken Spitzer has been appointed associate vice provost for research at Washington State University. The term appointment becomes effective Jan. 31 and will run through June 2001. As associate vice provost for research, Spitzer will be directly involved in the promotion and coordination of WSU research initiatives. He will provide liaison to […]

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Association for Faculty Women Establishes Sam Smith Leadership Award

PULLMAN, Wash. — A leadership award honoring Washington State University’s president has been established by the Association for Faculty Women of WSU. The AFW Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award will be presented for the first time in the fall of 2000. An AFW committee recommended the award to honor Smith’s commitment to women faculty during […]

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Friel Art Lecture Features Matthew Kangas, Norman Lundin

PULLMAN, Wash. — Art critic and writer Matthew Kangas and artist Norman Lundin, both from Seattle, will be the featured speakers for Washington State University’s 2000 John Mathews Friel Memorial Art Lecture. The Jan. 20 program, set for 7:30 p.m. in Bryan Hall Auditorium, is hosted by the WSU Museum of Art. The two speakers […]

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Work by Seattle Artist Opens WSU Museum’s Spring Schedule

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Museum of Art at Washington State University begins its spring schedule Jan. 19 with “At 60: Norman Lundin, Landscapes and Still Lifes.” The display continues through March 26 at the museum gallery in WSU’s Fine Arts Building. The exhibition, featuring work completed by the well-known Northwest artist, was organized by Seattle’s […]

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