PULLMAN, Wash. — Educators from around the country will gather in Bellevue next week to showcase new programs and discuss the rapidly growing area of distance education in the 21st century. More than 300 faculty, staff and administrators are expected to attend the second annual “Distance Education: Designing for Success” conference in the DoubleTree Hotel […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Joseph Kerr, general manager of the Florence, Ore., Events Center, will become the new director of Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum effective June 1. Kerr succeeds James Crow, who retired recently from the university after serving as coliseum director since its opening in 1973. A 1981 graduate in technical theater […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — For centenarian Mae Sherman Johnson and her daughter Joyce Johnson Hansell of Umatilla County, Ore., it was a nostalgic trip. They returned to Pullman May 9 to relive memories of their college days and be honored at Washington State University’s 102nd commencement. Johnson and Hansell were honored with other family members in […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Juli Sherwood and Eric Schmieman, engineering Ph.D. students who did collaborative research through WSU’s Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, not only have contributed new knowledge to the environmental cleanup efforts, but received doctoral degrees at the May 9 graduation. Both are superior scholars, say their faculty in chemical and civil engineering, and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Of the 3,000 students who will pick up their sheepskins from Washington State University May 9, none will take their walk with more purposeful strides than the 20 graduates beyond age 50. This group of “senior seniors” and graduate students who now comprise 1 percent of the WSU statewide enrollment is a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — C. James Quann, registrar emeritus at Washington State University, will receive the WSU Alumni Achievement Award May 9 during the university’s 102nd Commencement. He served on the university’s Graduation Committee from 1971 to 1990. The Spokane resident is being recognized by his alma mater “for superb executive leadership to the American Association […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–Washington State University’s Board of Regents today addressed issues of last weekend’s riotous disturbance and adopted a resolution commending the actions of the area law enforcement officers and public safety personnel for their courageous and professional conduct. Regent Ken Alhadeff said viewing two hours of videotape of the incident was a “hard thing to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University is listed in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education journal’s “Top 100” schools granting doctoral academic degrees to Chicano/Latino students. According to the web site of the journal, published in Paramus, N.J., WSU is one of 16 universities with four Chicano/Latino doctoral graduates. The “100” list ranges from the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Pledging the largest individual gift for minority teacher education ever offered in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle businessman, philanthropist and Washington State University Regent Ken Alhadeff has guaranteed scholarship support totaling approximately $500,000 to the students who participated in the spring 1998 Future Teachers of Color (FTOC) recruitment event at the WSU campus […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University this morning notified six fraternity chapters that they will be barred from rushing for new freshmen members in August unless exonerated of involvement in the May 3 riot adjacent to campus in which 23 law enforcement officers were injured. Conduct board hearings could lead to more severe penalties, including lifting of […]