PULLMAN, Wash.–Washington State University communication faculty member Erica Weintraub Austin will address the uses of media and decision making and social development in a keynote address Tuesday, June 30, at the 1998 National Media Education Conference at Colorado Springs, Colo. In her keynote address, “What Makes Media Literacy a Public Health Issue,” Austin will discuss […]
SEATTLE, Wash.–Washington State University regents approved a biennial operating budget request of $492.3 million, 7 percent above current funding, during a meeting today on the Seattle Central Community College campus, the location of WSU’s Seattle Center for Hotel and Restaurant Administration. Budget priorities for the 1999-2001 biennium include 4.5 percent annual salary increases for employees […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University is beginning a search for two individuals to fill the role of ombudsman, each working on a half-time basis, WSU Provost Gretchen Bataille announced this week. One individual will be a tenured faculty member, while the other will be from the administrative/professional ranks. The provost said her aim is […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–The Washington State University Board of Regents will consider the 1999-01 biennial budget requests when it meets Friday, June 26, at 9 a.m. on the Seattle Central Community College campus. The two-year operating budget proposal of $492.3 million is 7 percent higher than the university’s current biennial funding. The request includes additional funds for […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–Washington State University’s Summer Palace 1998 opens its season Friday, June 26, with the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “The Sorcerer.” The plot is as light and airy as all of the Gilbert and Sullivan offerings, said director Paul Wadleigh. Alexis, a young aristocrat played by Andrew Mielke, is in love and engaged to be […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–Ralph C. Richardson, head of veterinary clinical services at Purdue University, will be the first candidate to interview for the position of dean of the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Richardson is scheduled to visit the WSU campus June 29-30 to meet with administrators, faculty, staff and students. He will present an […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–A former Washington State University student who spent more than four decades in professional broadcasting has received the WSU Alumni Achievement Award. Art Gilmore of Sherman Oaks, Calif., was recognized for “distinction and innovation in the radio and television profession.” Gilmore got his start in Hollywood in 1936 as staff announcer for KFWB, a […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–Washington State University has selected English professor and former administrator Barbara Couture of Wayne State University in Michigan to become dean of the College of Liberal Arts, effective July 1. Couture was associate dean of the Division of Metropolitan Programs and Summer Session at Wayne State from 1993-97, and served as associate dean for […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — When students are upset and need a hug or pat on the back, should educators override their concerns about potential sexual harassment charges and offer that physical reassurance? When education administrators are asked to provide a job reference, how complete should that reference be? Should an incompetent teacher who is a year […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Jim Coolican, state deputy superintendent of public instruction, describes the new certification program for school superintendents offered by the Washington State University College of Education as “a national model that teaches not only how to survive as a superintendent today, but also how to excel as a superintendent.” On June 23, the […]