WSU Pullman

Serve a great turkey, not salmonella, for the holiday

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, WASH. – This month’s Thanksgiving turkey might contain more than bread stuffing. It could also harbor salmonella, a bacterial pathogen that causes foodborne illness in 1.2 million Americans each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New online course evaluation system launches

PULLMAN, Wash. – Students in about half of fall 2014 classes will use a new online course evaluation system at Washington State University. By spring 2016, all WSU classes will be phased in to using eXplorance Blue rather than paper forms.

Alum honored for tech career achievement, student support

By Tina Hilding, Voiland  College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Gaymond and Cindy Schultz of Reno, Nev., were honored recently by the Washington State University Alumni Association for cutting-edge work in the telecommunications industry and for mentoring students in the WSU Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute.

Dec. 8: Urban stream restoration plan presented

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – A restoration and management plan for Mill Creek west of downtown will be presented by landscape architecture students from Washington State University at 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, in a Walla Walla City Council work session in council chambers on the second floor of 15 N. Third St.

Dec. 6: Fiddler Geoffrey Castle brings Celtic holiday to WSU

By Gail Siegel, WSU Performing Arts PULLMAN, Wash. – Back by popular demand, “twisted fiddler” and master of the electric six-string violin Geoffrey Castle will bring his exuberant Celtic holiday celebration to Washington State University at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, in Daggy Hall’s Jones Theatre.