community

Yellow Knot: CUB art installation adds vibrant twist

    PULLMAN, Wash. – The CUB’s dynamic as a hub of energy and diversity tying together the Washington State University Pullman campus is embodied in “Yellow Knot,” an art work that will be installed Monday, July 22, in the CUB west end atrium.   Installation will begin about 8:30 a.m., when the work is […]

Students spearhead sustainable village plan

      SPOKANE, Wash. – The concept of an experimental, self-sustaining community in the Hillyard neighborhood has been approved by the city and its department of health, and citizens have volunteered to live there for a five-year trial.   Washington State University landscape architecture students led by associate professor Bob Scarfo spearheaded planning for […]

Is a college degree still worth the cost?

      WASHINGTON, D.C. – People with bachelor’s degrees, on average, currently earn about 66 percent more than those with a high school diploma, during their lifetime, and about 42 percent more than those with an associate degree, according to a new study by the College Board.   The College Board today, Sept. 21, […]

Helping with move-in a pleasurable semester start

    Photos, article and SoundSlides by Tim Marsh, WSU Today   Student move-in began Sunday, Aug. 15               Bob Tattershall assists students with move                     Horn PULLMAN – When does WSU’s fall semester 2010 begin? Look at the academic calendar and you see classes start Aug. 23.   But, for Sarah Horn, Stephenson Hall […]

Health outreach program reaches 10-year milestone

Wagner SPOKANE – This year marks the 10th anniversary of Project H.O.P.E. (Health Occupations Preparation Experience), an annual summer internship program for high school students coordinated by Washington’s two Area Health Education Centers in partnership with the Washington State Office of Community and Rural Health.   Unfortunately, this is also the year the program saw […]

Beasley hosts rummage sale

  Rummage sale at Beasley draws crowd Thursday. Photo by Tim Marsh, WSU Today     PULLMAN – WSU’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum is a beehive of activity Thursday-Saturday, July 15-17, during the 81st annual St. James Episcopal Church Rummage Sale. Held on a major portion of the coliseum concourse, the sale runs 11 a.m.-6 […]

Design class reaches out to community

Robert Barnstone with one of the nine doghouses being built and donated for Latah County Humane Society PULLMAN – Design Studio 303, a class taught by professor Robert Barnstone, is designing and constructing three projects that will help the WSU community. The first is for a large canopy type structure located near the Pullman softball […]

Mt. Vernon pathologist earns CAHNRS award

Inglis Debra A. Inglis will receive the 2009 CAHNRS Women’s History Recognition Award for Professional and Academic Leadership.   Inglis is an associate professor of plant pathology at WSU. From 2004 through 2008, she served as interim director of WSU’s Northwest Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. As interim director, Inglis led the […]

Students create new website for CREDC

Nine students enrolled in the Digital Technology and Culture Program at WSU Vancouver partnered with the Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) to create a new website aimed at business owners interested in expansion and relocation.   “One of the responsibilities of a land grant university, such as WSU Vancouver, is to give back to […]

WSU holds “Civic Leaders Change Your World” community involvement fair

PULLMAN – The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at WSU is hosting a community involvement fair for students and the campus community: Civic Leaders Change Your World, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Compton Union Building Junior Ballroom – room 210.   This is a drop-in event for students and members of […]