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CAHNRS awards recognize students, employees, volunteers

By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – The people who show Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at its best were recognized recently at the annual CAHNRS Honors awards ceremony.

Priorities, budgets, mergers, updates

WSU may be going back to the future. It is considering merging the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences, 15 years after the original College of Sciences and Arts was split.   These discussions are occurring at the same time the university ponders refreshing its strategic plan and debates program priorities and […]

Faculty form council for undergraduate research

Twelve faculty from seven WSU colleges have formed the school’s first Undergraduate Research Faculty Council. “We are counting on the members to help us define ‘What is research?’ in terms of the undergraduate experience,” said David Bahr, director of Undergraduate Research, a core unit formed in fall 2006 in the Office of Undergraduate Education. Bahr, […]

Student Learning Academy aims to improve education

Students now have an additional opportunity to speak directly to the Washington State University administration and encourage change. The new President’s Student Learning Academy will give students a chance to voice concerns about their education and overall experience at WSU. The academy aims to be the student’s version of the President’s Teaching Academy for faculty. […]