PULLMAN, Wash. — Newly released data indicates that Washington State University students are drinking far less than they were in years past. While alcohol abuse remains a serious problem among college students, it has declined substantially at WSU over the past eight years. Data collected from campus-wide, random sample surveys in 1991, 1995 and 1999 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The search for the next dean of Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine continues this week with the visit of candidate Alastair J.S. Summerlee, currently acting associate academic vice president for the University of Guelph at Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Summerlee earned his degrees at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, including […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University football fans don’t need to worry about searching for a parking spot near the stadium. The WSU Visitor Center will sponsor free football shuttles during each Cougar home football game. The shuttle will provide transportation from the Cougar Depot, located at Grand Avenue and Davis Way in Pullman, to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University football fans traveling to games are urged to avoid highway construction delays by using one of several alternative routes to Pullman. Football season begins Saturday, Sept. 4. Road construction is currently slowing traffic on Highway 195 between Colfax and Steptoe. The work is expected to continue through September. Vehicles […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University music faculty members Julie Anne Wieck and Sheila K. Converse will perform a recital of vocal duets Sept. 7 on the WSU campus. Included on the 8 p.m. program in Bryan Hall Auditorium are duets for soprano and mezzo-soprano by Purcell, Vivaldi, Rossini, Bellini, Schumann, Offenbach and Berlin. The […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University will move the Washington Small Business Development Center state headquarters from the Pullman campus to WSU Spokane by the end of this year, officials announced Friday. The SBDC has been part of the WSU College of Business and Economics (CBE) since 1984, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Visitors to Washington State University will have a chance to sample on-campus living this fall. WSU Housing Services is bringing back its popular Football Weekend Hotel, which makes dorm rooms available to visiting fans. Pullman area motels are generally booked full for the upcoming football weekends and the dorm rooms will help […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Board of Regents announced Wednesday the 14-member committee that will assist the regents in searching for a successor to President Samuel Smith. The search for WSU’s ninth president is expected to take six to eight months and involve the entire university community, said Peter Goldmark, Okanogan, board president […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A new policy for awarding scholarships, established in response to the passage of Initiative 200, will enable Washington State University to continue to support a diverse campus community while meeting the parameters of the legislation, WSU Provost Gretchen Bataille announced this week. The policy, which incorporates a “student-to-fund matching” criteria into the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Turkish Interest Group is starting a fund-raising drive to help victims of last week’s devastating earthquake. The group includes international students and others with ties to Turkey. Organizer Baris (Barr) Karagozlu, an electrical engineering senior and TIG president, says the group hopes to place donation “piggy banks” at businesses […]