PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Board of Regents today approved a 7 percent salary increase for President Samuel Smith in recognition of his leadership of WSU’s statewide growth. The increase brings Smith’s base salary to $155,150 a year, effective July 1. The president’s additional $70,000 annual retention package in private funding from the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Board of Regents today authorized the statewide delivery of a bachelor’s degree in business administration through the use of distance education technologies. Provost Gretchen M. Bataille said the WSU classes are the first to be offered through a developing consortium of the state’s baccalaureate schools. Over time and as […]
If architecture is a material manifestation of society’s immaterial ideals, what would houses for Plato, Confucius, Descartes and LaoTzu look like? These and other influences of East-West culture and philosophy on architecture are being explored in a new senior capstone class this term at Washington State University. Architecture Professor David Wang teaches Philosophy 435 to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Abayomi “AJ”Adejokun, a graduate student working on an MBA degree, has been named graduate student ombudsman for Washington State University. The new ombudsman has more than eight years of managerial and leadership experience, including six years of advanced academic personnel management and conflict resolution training. Adejokun earned a doctorate in educational administration […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Applicants are being sought to represent Washington State University on the Pullman Human Rights Commission being established by WSU, the City of Pullman, the Pullman School District and the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. WSU representatives may be faculty, staff or students. Individuals interested in serving are asked to write to the Office […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University regents will be asked to approve several new degree programs and construction proposals when they meet on campus Friday, Sept. 4. The first regular meeting of the 1998-99 academic year is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Regents Room of the Lewis Alumni Centre. The degree programs, […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The cast of Washington State University’s Summer Palace production of “The Mikado” will bring the play back to campus for a two-night series next week. The play is set to perform on Daggy Hall’s R.R. Jones Theatre stage Sept. 11-12 at 8 p.m. The comic operetta, written by Gilbert and Sullivan, is […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University graduate student Douglas Ouellette will give a vocal recital of Joseph Haydn and Vincent d’Indy pieces Sept. 15. The 8 p.m. program is set for WSU’s Bryan Hall Auditorium and is open to the public without charge. The tenor will also present a collection of Spanish art songs by […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Some 28 panels of early photographs and text by Jane Gay produced during three years she spent in Idaho on the Nez Perce Reservation are on exhibit this fall at Washington State University’s Museum of Anthropology. The exhibit, “With the Nez Perce During Allotment: E. Jane Gay, Her Majesty’s Cook and Photographer,” […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A vocal concert by Washington State University music faculty member Julie Anne Wieck opens a series of performances this fall at the university. Wieck’s 8 p.m. recital is set for Thursday, Sept. 3, at Bryan Hall Auditorium, and is open to the public without charge. She will be accompanied by faculty pianists […]