SPOKANE – Following the recommendations of a panel comprised of academic and community experts, nurse practitioners at WSU will develop a clinical practice contract with one or more existing clinics in Spokane. This action will allow the nurse practitioners to continue to offer services within the community, but without the administrative responsibilities of operating a […]
The six-member faculty committee charged with recommending whether the College of Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts should be merged into a single College of Arts and Sciences sent its report and recommendation to the office of the provost and the president’s office just before Thanksgiving. John Paznokas, chair of the committee, referred all […]
The last university admitted into the 62-member Association of American Universities was Texas A&M in 2001. In that year, according to the Center for Measuring University Performance, Texas A&M ranked in the top 25 in three AAU-like criteria and in the top 50 in four others. Membership in the AAU came only three years after […]
Comments on updating WSU’s strategic plan are due by Oct. 26, so the recently named committee can review them and prepare draft proposals for university leadership. The committee will review responses to the strategic plan survey (ONLINE @ www.provost.wsu.edu), input from forums held on all four campuses, and comments addressed to strategic.plan@wsu.edu. The Strategic Planning […]
The search committee seeking a new police chief for WSU will be doing more interviews, after three finalists who were originally identified all withdrew their names from consideration. Rich Heath, senior associate vice president for business affairs who oversees the WSU police department, said the search committee met again on Friday and will be interviewing […]
The Washington State University Horticulture Club and the WSU Arboretum Committee continued an annual tradition this morning by planting a tree to honor WSU’s 2007 graduating seniors. The tree was planted at the WSU Arboretum east of Hulbert Hall and north of the Lewis Alumni Centre. The tree chosen to honor this year’s graduates was a White Oak (Quercus […]
A goal of education reformers nationwide is a seamless system that encourages student success by creating easy connections between preschool programs, the K-12 schools and vocational or college options. A recent report comparing the seamlessness of different states (see accompanying story) published in Education Week shows that Washington is rated just above average in that […]
The search committee has named four finalists for the position of new director of WSU Libraries. Candidates will visit the WSU-Pullman campus in April to interview. Faculty and staff are invited to attend the open sessions, which will be announced through WSU Announcements after schedules are finalized. The four candidates are: Scott Walter, Roxanne Sellberg, […]
A third major proposal by the university’s Committee on Academic Structure (CAS) calls for the creation of a school of environment and a multidisciplined environmental research center. The proposal, which could affect 18 departments across the state, will be up for public discussion at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17. The CAS, formed in 2004 by […]
Nominations for recipients of honorary doctoral degrees from Washington State University are being accepted by the Honorary Doctoral Degrees Committee. The nomination period is open from September 29 to October 24. Nomination forms can be found at: http://www.wsu.edu/president/documents/NominationForm.pdf.Recipients must have achieved eminence in their fields and made literary, artistic or scientific contributions that enhance the […]