PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University police department will sponsor a Citizens’ Police Academy beginning Feb. 17. The 10-week program is designed to educate the public about police operations at WSU. The Citizens’ Academy will meet twice a week from 7-10 p.m. on Monday and Thursday. Academy coursework is designed to give community members […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University students can now get themselves highly organized, better informed, and more involved on campus with the help of a unique, Web-based, personal portal to online WSU resources. The academic and personal planning tool, called My.WSU, allows students to customize a Web site to fit their academic major and interests. […]
Washington State University President Sam Smith and CBC President Lee Thornton will share the podium Thursday at Pasco at a news conference announcing a newly established faculty position for their two institutions. In their announcement to Tri-Cities media, the presidents will outline both a new approach to sharing faculty by the two institutions and their […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University will put its technological wares on display at an interactive forum on Feb. 18. The daylong forum, titled “Resources for Teaching and Learning @ WSU,” will take place in the Compton Union Building and will also be video-streamed to distant sites. Judith Boettcher, executive director of the Corporation for […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s first online, noncredit computer certificate program has its first graduate. Beth L. Buchanan, who coordinates several volunteer programs for the elderly in Bremerton supported by Lutheran Social Services, recently completed the university’s Volunteer Management Certificate Program. “The program has had an enormously positive impact on my work as a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — “DNA Repair: Protecting Cells from Chaos and Cancer” is the topic of Washington State University molecular biosciences professor Michael Smerdon’s Feb. 17 Distinguished Faculty Address. The 7:30 p.m. public talk is set for Daggy Hall’s R.R. Jones Theatre. According to those who nominated him to present the talk, Smerdon is internationally known […]
Upcoming events will take place around the state recognizing Sam Smith’s 15 years of service as Washington State University president. He retires July 1. Both President Smith and Pat Smith will be honored. Planning is ongoing and some events are subject to change. President Smith has been at WSU since July 1, 1985. Under his […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Maryrose Beasley, a senior at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Lloyd’s of London. The Lloyd’s scholarship is awarded to final-year veterinary students who have financial need and whose intention is to specialize in some area of work within the equine industry. Beasley intends […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University and the Washington National Guard have formed a partnership to provide tuition waivers for guard members who want to complete a college education. The incentive program is the first of its kind and is expected to be a national model for military student recruitment. The program will reduce WSU […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Each year, communities throughout the U.S. face short-term water quality problems when microorganisms make their way into public and private water supplies at levels that can cause disease. Often this occurs in the Pacific Northwest in late winter when flooding inundates wells and septic systems, mixing drinking water with contaminated water. Carol […]