WSU Spokane

May 8: WSU Spokane to celebrate commencement

By Kevin Dudley, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – About 400 students will graduate from Washington State University Spokane at 2 p.m. Friday, May 8, at the INB Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 1 p.m. and family, friends and faculty are invited. Tickets are not required for the free commencement ceremony.

WSU student pharmacist receives national award

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – Jeff Crouch, a student in the class of 2017 at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy, is one of 17 students nationwide to receive the 2015 Outstanding Student Member Award from the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation.

Student selected for national pharmacy business training

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University pharmacy student Derek Matlock of Tucson, Ariz., is one of 14 student pharmacists from across the United States selected to participate in the 2015 Live Oak Pharmacy Student Program intensive business training for future pharmacy owners in August.

Chancellors mark 25 years of regional campuses at capitol

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington State University chancellors traveled to the state capitol this week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the regional campuses and to witness passage of Senate Resolution 8663 honoring their 1989 founding.

WSU part of White House health and climate change discussion

By Alli Benjamin, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Leaders in medicine, nursing and public health who recently participated in a White House roundtable on the health impacts of climate change included Patricia Butterfield, dean emerita and professor at Washington State University College of Nursing.

Five win awards for international research collaboration

By Craig Lawson, International Programs PULLMAN, Wash. – Five faculty are recipients of the third annual International Research Travel Awards (IRTA) at Washington State University. Each will receive $2,000-$5,000 to promote and strengthen their international research collaborations.