PULLMAN, Wash. — A unique alliance between academia and a software powerhouse promises to boost learning opportunities for thousands of information systems students worldwide starting immediately. Just arriving in campus bookstores this month for use with fall classes are two new editions of successful database management and systems analysis textbooks — and right next to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — More than 400 worldwide visionaries about mechanical and materials development will gather at Washington State University in Pullman Sept. 27-30 for the 35th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science. These international scientists and engineers will share new knowledge and discoveries in many areas, including how to design a new […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — With the largest freshman class in nearly two decades, Washington State University’s fall enrollment is up more than 2 percent to 17,912 students on the Pullman campus, and its system-wide registrations are 20,998, both record numbers. There are 2,877 new freshman, the largest incoming class since 1980 when 2,970 enrolled. This year’s […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Western Opera Theater brings Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” to Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum stage for a Sept. 25 performance. “La Traviata” tells the story of the tragic romance between Violetta Valery, a Parisian courtesan ill with tuberculosis, and Alfredo Germont, a sincere and poetic young man of a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Registrations are being accepted for the 8th annual Washington State University Veterans Memorial Golf Tournament set for Saturday, Sept. 26, at the WSU Golf Course. Proceeds from the event support the Veterans Memorial Scholarship Fund and help pay for maintenance on the WSU Veterans Memorial. A $25 per-player entry covers green fees […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Saving a biodiversity hotspot in Chile will be the topic of the 1998 Philip C. Holland Lecture at Washington State University. Mary Kalin Arroyo, professor of biology at the Universidad de Chile, will present a lecture titled “Saving Biodiversity in Chile: How, with Whom and at What Cost?” on Thursday, Sept. 17 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Phillip Senger, honored in 1995 with Washington State University’s Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award, is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award from the American Society of Animal Sciences. The national honor was announced last month at the society’s annual meeting in Denver, Colo. Senger was recognized for his dynamic, innovative and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — It’s not “business as usual” for some 70 Washington State University students taking a unique course in the College of Business and Economics this fall. While their first day in Professor Wayne Joerding’s Economics 102 (Macroeconomics) class was in person, they are taking the rest of the course, “102V,” completely online over […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The managing director of world trade for McDonaldÃs Corp., Ray Cesca, will spend two days at Washington State University this week to discuss “McDonald’s Key to Global Success” with students and faculty. His public address by that title is set for 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in Room 216 of Todd Hall. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Works by members of the Washington State University’s Department of Fine Arts faculty are featured in the Museum of Art’s first exhibit of the fall semester. The exhibit that runs through Sept. 27 highlights various media by long-time faculty artists such as Patrick Siler, Frances Ho and Keith Monaghan and faculty newcomers […]