By Trevor Durham, University Development PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University supporters committed $21.6 million in private support in June — a record for that month — to bring WSU’s total fundraising activity to more than $122.6 million in gifts, grants, revocable commitments and other contributions during Fiscal Year 2017.
During the month of November, the Public Employees Benefits Board will hold its Annual Open Enrollment. This month-long event is the one time a year that WSU employees can change or update their medical or dental benefits for the upcoming year.
Everett Murray, who worked at WSU Prosser from June 1958 to Nov. 1983, died at home in Prosser on Sept. 4, 2017.
By Stephanie Rink, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – Take a pause to celebrate the hard work of WSU staff at Staff Appreciation Week events from Sept. 11-15, sponsored by the Administrative Professional Advisory Council.
By Ann Goos, Director of Public Affairs PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University President Kirk Schulz has elevated the university’s Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors program to a Presidential Task Force status and appointed associate professor Amit Dhingra to lead the program.
By Addy Hatch, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Peer and mentor support can help students succeed in high-stress, accelerated nursing degree programs and might be especially important for men in those programs, according to a study conducted by faculty from the Washington State University College of Nursing.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News WENATCHEE, Wash. – An alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears that was a favorite drink of Napoleon’s is gaining popularity in the United States, thanks to a wave of hard apple cider producers in the Pacific Northwest.
PROSSER, Wash. – The Center for Precision & Automated Agricultural Systems at Washington State University will host Agricultural Technology Day, 1-6 p.m. Monday, July 31, at Prosser, Wash.
By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – When Gizelle Sandoval arrived on the Washington State University campus a few years ago for the Dare to Dream Math and Science Academy, the high school junior wasn’t sure wasn’t sure she wanted to be here.
By Niki Jones, Human Resource Services PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU employees can now participate in a pre-tax commuter benefit program to address commuter, parking and vanpool expenses.