commencement

Commencement ceremonies announced

PULLMAN – More than 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to participate in WSU’s 112th spring commencement, Saturday, May 3, at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Three ceremonies will be held. At 8 a.m. graduates in the agricultural, human, and natural resource sciences; engineering and architecture; pharmacy; sciences; and veterinary medicine will receive their degrees.  […]

Dunbar to speak at commencement

RICHLAND – Bonnie J. Dunbar will be the keynote speaker at the WSU Tri-Cities commencement ceremony in May 2008. NASA Mission Specialist astronaut and veteran of five space flights, Dunbar has logged more than 50 days in space. She served as the Payload Commander on two flights, including the first space shuttle docking mission to […]

Faculty, administrator receives honorary degree

PULLMAN — Johnnetta Cole, an educator and humanitarian, will receive an honorary doctoral degree in humanities and deliver an address during Washington State University’s 2007 Fall Commencement.  A former WSU faculty member and administrator, Cole is president emerita of Spelman College in Atlanta and Bennett College in North Carolina.   The event — the seventh […]

215 grads receive diplomas at WSU Tri-Cities

RICHLAND — At least 215 graduates will shake Gov. Chris Gregoire’s hand as they walk across the stage during Friday afternoon’s commencement at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Commencement starts at 4 p.m. Friday, May 11. For the first time, it will be held outside on campus, 2710 University Drive, Richland. The stage is between the […]

Spokane commencement to honor its 17th Class

SPOKANE – Washington State University Spokane will celebrate the accomplishments of 437 graduates when diplomas are handed out at the INB Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 4. This will be the final Spokane Commencement presided by V. Lane Rawlins, WSU’s ninth president, as he approaches his retirement date. The commencement program begins at 2 […]

WSU Vancouver prepares for commencement

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver will honor the 740 members of the class of 2007 at the annual commencement ceremony, May 12 at 1 p.m. at The Amphitheater at Clark County in Vancouver. This eighteenth class from WSU Vancouver is the largest ever, with 590 undergraduates and 150 graduate students. The guest speak […]

Rawlins and alumnus Mark A. Suwyn to speak

Pullman – Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins and Mark A. Suwyn (pictured), a WSU alumnus and NewPage Corp. chairman of the board and chief executive officer, will address graduates during the university’s 111th spring commencement on May 5. Held in WSU’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Rawlins will address graduates during 8 a.m. and […]

Ruckelshaus urges graduates to become forces for change

PULLMAN–William D. Ruckelshaus, who has compiled an impressive record of public service at the highest levels of government, urged Washington State University  graduates to become positive forces for political  change during his commencement address on the Pullman campus Saturday. “What really must commence today is your journey as a citizen  your willingness to change and […]

Ruckelshaus to speak at Dec. 9 commencement

PULLMAN-– Williams D. Ruckelshaus will speak at Washington State University’s fall 2006 commencement set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 in Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Ruckelshaus is well known for his service at the highest levels of federal government by presidential appointment. In the 1970s, he was the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency. […]

WSU Tri-Cities to hold commencement at Toyota Center

TRI-CITIES, Wash. — WSU Tri-Cities will honor its 17th graduating class Friday, May 12, at the Toyota Center (formerly the Tri-Cities Coliseum) in Kennewick. The program begins at 6 p.m. A total of 325 students will receive diplomas this year. There are 241 undergraduate and 84 master’s degree candidates eligible to participate in the 2006 […]