PULLMAN, Wash. — Anne Harrington, coordinator, nonproliferation/science cooperation programs of the Political-Military Affairs Bureau of the U.S. State Department, will replace Steve Aoki in several Palouse area appearances next week. Aoki, a physicist responsible for weapons nonproliferation programs for the State Department, is on assignment and unable to participate in programs at Washington State University […]
How does the present economic crisis in Asia affect the quality of Japanese schools? What discipline problems are Japanese educators now facing in their classrooms? Are Japanese educators concerned that their students are working too hard and studying too much? Japanese educators and their counterparts from the Pullman School District will discuss those questions and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Seattle Times Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Frank Blethen has received the Washington State University Foundation’s highest honor for volunteer service. The Weldon B. Gibson Distinguished Volunteer Award, presented to a surprised Blethen at a recognition dinner gala Friday night, recognizes individuals “whose exemplary service to the University has had a profound […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A campaign recognizing the centennial celebration of Washington State University’s Alumni Association began this week at 75 McDonald’s restaurants in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. More than a million paper tray liners being distributed through Nov. 21, the date of the annual Apple Cup between WSU and the University of Washington, boast […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Professor Warwick M. Bayly has been named interim chair of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Bayly succeeds Shirley Johnston, who recently left the university to accept a position as the founding dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — More than 50 donors to Washington State University of $100,000 or more and four of $1 million or more will be recognized during the WSU Foundation 19th Annual Meeting of Members Oct. 15-17. Some 500 Foundation members — donors and volunteers — began arriving on the Pullman campus today (Oct. 15) for […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University President Sam Smith will present a State of the University Address Monday, Oct. 19. The president will address the university priorities, including faculty salaries, enrollment management, two research initiatives and WSU’s direction during the next 3-5 years, including the Spokane expansion. For those who plan to attend the address, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — More than 400 students from 32 schools throughout Washington and northern Idaho will compete for Washington State University scholarships at the eighth annual WSU Math Day, Thursday, Oct. 22, on the Pullman campus. Math Day will open with a general meeting featuring a welcome address by Ronald Brosemer, associate dean of the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The former publisher of SUNSET Magazine, books and films, and former ambassador to Australia and Nauru, L.W. “Bill” Lane, Jr., will deliver the 1998 Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Science at Washington State University on Oct. 29. His lecture, titled “The Environment into the Next Millennium,” will focus on future challenges and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Representatives of the U.S. State Department will take part in a Foley Institute policy forum on the Washington State University campus Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 212 of the Compton Union Building. Mark G. Hambley, a career diplomat, and Steve Aoki, a physicist involved in controlling weapons proliferation, also […]