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 […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–A 1976 Washington State University graduate has been honored for long-time volunteer service to his alma mater and the Longview community. Dave Andrew received the WSU Alumni Achievement Award Thursday, Oct. 2, in Longview. The occasion was at a tailgate party leading up to Saturday’s WSU-University of Oregon Pac-10 Conference football game in Eugene. […]
SPOKANE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS LEARN ENGINEERING AT WSU About 150 middle schoolers in MESA from Spokane will be in Washington State University’s Sloan Hall 175 from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9, to learn the excitement of engineering. Engineering students in WSU’s Robotics Club will demo their robots and flying machines and tell the youths a little […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Christine Cooper, a Washington State University senior from Marysville, is looking forward to graduation and entering the work force. She is excited about her future because she finally found a degree program to match her interests and goals. Cooper was one of the first to sign up for the bachelor of arts […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–More than 140 educators have preregistered for the day-long regional conference of the Washington Association for the Education of Speakers of Other Languages on Saturday, Oct. 4, on the Washington State University campus. Featured speaker will be Robert Kaplan, a specialist in cross-cultural writing. The conference, “Taking it to the Classroom,” will include workshops […]
PULLMAN, Wash.–Washington State University history professor LeRoy Ashby has been invited by university honor students to give a special lecture next week. Ashby’s lecture, “From Easy Rider to Apocalypse Now: Hollywood’s Brief Moment of Doubt 1969-1979,” is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Room 13 of Wilson Hall on the WSU campus. His […]
PULLMAN, Wash.- James W. Wogsland, retired vice chairman of the Caterpillar Corp., is the fall DeYoung Executive-in-Residence for the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University. The retired executive will be on the Pullman campus Oct. 14 and 15 to talk with several classes and present a talk “Caterpillar: A Global Competitor.” The […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Academic advisers for Washington State University’s Extended Degree Program continue a series of west-side information sessions with an appearance at Bellevue Community College on Oct. 6. 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 concerning […]