SEATTLE – Efforts to establish a new college of medicine at Washington State University received a boost of private support from Bellevue, Wash., businessman and WSU alumnus Mikal Thomsen. He has committed $100,000 to directly support founding and operation of the WSU medical college proposed in Spokane.
By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Edmund O. Schweitzer III, founder and president of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and a pioneer in digital protection for the electric power grid, will receive the 2014 Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award, Washington State University’s highest alumni honor.
By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – A naming celebration for the Carson College of Business will take place Oct. 24 on the Pullman campus. The celebration is free to the public.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication will name its broadcast building in honor of journalist and sports broadcasting icon Keith Jackson, a 1954 WSU graduate.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Lynn Carpenter-Boggs, a Washington State University alumna and faculty member, was honored recently with the Washington State University Alumni Association (WSUAA) Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments as a researcher, professor and scientist in the fields of soil microbiology,sustainable agriculture and crop and soil sciences.
By Trevor Durham, WSU Foundation PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Board of Regents today approved renaming two of the university’s most prominent colleges.