Congressman James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Science Committee, will comment on key national science issues at a news conference at Washington State University Monday, Oct. 13, at 1:15 p.m. in the Lewis Alumni Centre’s Regents Room. Sensenbrenner and Rep. George Nethercutt will be on the WSU Campus to learn about the university’s scientific research […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Academic advisers for Washington State University’s Extended Degree Program continue a series of west-side information sessions with an appearance at Skagit Valley College on Wednesday, Oct. 15. The Extended Degree Program offers individuals an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree without attending classes on campus. Advisers will be available to answer questions […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Stanley O. McNaughton, chair and president of PEMCO Insurance Companies, is this year’s Walter Lecturer at Washington State University. McNaughton’s public address, “Leadership for Tomorrow,” will be delivered at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Todd Hall, Room 276, on the WSU Pullman campus. The annual Walton Lecture is sponsored by the […]
WENATCHEE, Wash.—An anonymous gift of $1 million brings Washington State University and Wenatchee Valley College one step closer to a WVC-based bachelor’s degree program in pomology or tree-fruit management. The gift will create an endowed chair. The interest income will help support Kent Mullinix, director of the WVC tree fruit program and teacher of pomology, […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–R. Wes Leid, professor of animal sciences, has been appointed interim vice provost for research at Washington State University, effective immediately. Announcing the appointment, Provost Gretchen Bataille said, “I am extremely pleased Professor Leid has accepted this important assignment. He is an excellent scientist with the experience necessary to advance the university’s efforts in […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–The “anonymous rational urban spaces” — home offices, wired “virtual” environments, mobile homes, phones and services … fast food outlets, corporate offices, hotels, freeways, suburban tracts, multiplexes, hypermarkets, malls — are as much a part of today’s urban scene in Saigon as in New York City. So too are the disenfranchised on the fringe […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–“Soft Skills Aren’t Soft Anymore” is the title of a presentation by Roz Mallet, vice president of human resources and operations services for Friday’s Hospitality Worldwide Inc. Mallet will deliver the speech as the Burtenshaw Distinguished Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 16, in the Todd Hall Auditorium on the Washington State University campus. “Hospitality […]
PULLMAN, Wash.- Washington State University’s Intensive American Language Center reports a scholarship for female residents of Whitman, Latah or Nez Perce counties. The Violet M. Yates Scholarship Fund was established by the Yates’ family in celebration of her 80th birthday and her lifelong concern for the education of foreign-born women residing in the area. The […]
SPOKANE, Wash.–Let’s hope for no power failures during Oct. 21-23, while many of the country’s leading experts on prevention and recovery of such mishaps attend the 24th Annual Western Protective Relay Conference in Spokane’s International Ag Trade Center. About 450 power protection relay engineers and manufacturers will learn about such problems as voltage collapse, “The […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–Two students, a student organization, and two admissions leaders were honored during the 1997 Washington State University Multicultural Convocation. Alma Montes de Oca, a student from Yakima, received the Office of Multicultural Student Services Director’s Award. As part of the honor, she will serve as MSS director for one day during the 1997-1998 academic […]