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Taking part in local Juneteenth celebrations can be as important to understanding the spirit of the holiday as learning about the history behind it.

A retirement celebration for Frances K. McSweeney, vice provost for faculty affairs and the Regents Professor of Psychology, will begin 5 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the Lewis Alumni Centre.

By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business PULLMAN, Wash. – The School of Hospitality Business Management (SHBM) at Washington State University will celebrate its 85th anniversary at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 24, in the CUB senior ballroom. The public is invited.

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will bring together past, current and future Cougs as part of the university’s inaugural Crimson Fest on Saturday, April 9.

PULLMAN, Wash. – A community celebration of Washington State University’s successful $1 billion fundraising campaign will be Friday, Sept. 18, on Terrell Mall and the Library Rooftop on the Pullman campus. A barbecue for the first 1,200 guests will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by a program at 12:30 p.m.

WHO: • Washington Gov. Jay Inslee • WSU President Elson S. Floyd • WSU Spokane Chancellor Lisa J. Brown WHAT: All three will speak at a celebration of the passage of legislation allowing a WSU medical school in Spokane

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – For four decades, the Kate Webster Physical Sciences Building has towered over Washington State University.

By Madison Rosenbaum, WSU Tri-Cities intern RICHLAND, Wash. – The family-friendly Coug Jubilee will cap a week of 25th anniversary celebrations at Washington State University Tri-Cities. The free, public jubilee will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2710 Crimson Way, Richland.

SPOKANE, Wash. – A community celebration marking the 25th anniversary of creation of the Washington State University Spokane campus will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, on the campus lawn, 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Student-led tours of campus will be conducted at 4 p.m.

By Kate Wilhite, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences COLFAX, Wash. – Whitman County will participate in the 100th anniversary celebrations for Washington State University Extension with an open house, ice cream social, time capsule collection kickoff and food drive noon-4 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the Public Service Building in Colfax, Wash.