By Caryn Lawton, WSU Press PULLMAN, Wash. – In 2015 Washington state supplied 75 percent of the U.S. hop harvest. This important agricultural commodity’s early Northwest cultivation can be traced to remarkable 1852 Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker, and Washington State University Press has just released a new title that unfurls the story.
PULLMAN, Wash. – “Encounters with the People: Written and Oral Accounts of Nez Perce Life to 1858,” published by Washington State University Press, has won an Idaho Book of the Year honorable mention from the Idaho Library Association.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – The Palouse offered some of the best seats in the house for stargazers during the recent Perseid meteor shower. The convergence of warm temperatures, cloudless skies and scant light pollution made for prime viewing.
EVERETT, Wash. – Randy Bolerjack recently joined Washington State University North Puget Sound at Everett in the new position of director of communications and public relations.
PULLMAN, Wash. – CBS News Correspondent Clarissa Ward has been selected to receive the 2015 Murrow Award for International Reporting from The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
By Robert Strenge, WSU News SEATTLE – After 10 good years at Westlake Center, Washington State University‘s downtown Seattle retail store, Washington State Connections, has moved three blocks away to Rainier Square.
By Robert Strenge, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University communicators earned two Gold Awards in the international 2014 Circle of Excellence communications competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).