SPOKANE — Despite eight years of effort, minority enrollment is still down at Washington colleges and universities after voters passed an initiative outlawing racial preferences in admissions.Black, Hispanic and Native American students are less likely to go from high school to college, and more likely to drop out, than their white peers. And fewer than […]
Beverly R. Singer, filmmaker and associate professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of New Mexico, and Kathy Hytten, associate professor in the department of Educational Administration and Higher Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, will be the April guest speakers at the WSU College of Education “Globalization, Diversity and Education” lecture […]
The Center for Social and Environmental Justice at WSU-Vancouver will hold its second spring conference, titled “Justice in Education, Educating for Justice,” from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 23.The keynote lecture, “Diversity and Democracy in American Education: Making Multiculturalism Work,” will be presented by Manning Marable, professor of History, Public Affairs and Political […]
WSU Vancouver will host “Many voices, one nation, one night @ your library,” an engaging evening in which community members are invited to join faculty and staff in reading aloud from book passages that represent the community’s rich heritage, on Monday, April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Library Building, Room 100.Faculty, staff and students will […]
International consultant, author and playwright Deryl G. Hunt will speak at Washington State University on Friday (April 15) on the subject “From Diversity to Unity to Community.”The talk will be held from 1-3 p.m. in the Compton Union Building Auditorium on the Pullman campus.Hunt is known for his ability to motivate people to work together […]
Michael J. Tate, who became interim vice president for equity and diversity for Washington State University in September 2004, has agreed to remain in the position on a permanent basis. “Our regents, our internal administration and many other groups have been deeply impressed with the vigor, energy and expertise in community building that Dr. Tate […]
Washington State University officials did not have to look far to find the next leader for the Center for Human Rights. Raúl Sánchez has accepted an 18-month interim appointment to direct the office, which monitors the university’s hiring practices and affirmative-action efforts. His appointment began Jan. 3.His previous experience includes four years as the special […]
Motivational speaker and actress Yolanda King will lecture and perform a one-woman show Jan. 12 at Washington State University in the first of a series of Pullman and Moscow events celebrating the life and work of her father, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King will perform “Trippin’: A Journey Home” at 7 p.m. […]
For nearly five years, James Bledsoe has worked to serve multicultural students at Washington State University. After about a year as coordinator of multi-ethnic relations in the Admissions Office, he recently was hired by the Office of Multicultural Student Services as counselor in the African American Student Center. The new job is a coming home […]
Bernardo Gallegos was WSU’s first “cluster hire.” Gallegos started in August as the College of Education’s Distinguished Professor of Multicultural Education. However, the cluster hire program that brought him to Pullman actually began several years ago, in discussions between Provost Robert C. Bates and Dean Judy Mitchell of the College of Education.To further the university’s […]