Washington State University College of Education faculty, staff, and students have arranged three ways to fill Backpacks for Hope with age-appropriate children’s books.Backpacks for Hope is a WSU effort to collect backpacks filled with school supplies to aid some of the estimated 250,000 children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.Dawn Shinew, associate professor in the college, said […]
Dean Judy Mitchell of the College of Education invites everyone to the opening celebrations for the new education building addition.The addition is the $11 million classroom and office building constructed next to Cleveland Hall, home of the College of Education at the Pullman campus. In the photograph, Mitchell is on the Cleveland Hall balcony, with […]
Washington State University’s International Students’ Council will welcome American University professor Clovis Maksoud to campus Sept. 28 when he will discuss “Prospects and Problems, Democracy in the Arab Countries” as part of International Education Week at WSU.As former ambassador of the Arab League in India and chief representative of the Arab League States to the […]
Engineers are essential for industry to keep a competitive edge in the global marketplace. But American students are less and less interested in entering the field compared to their foreign counterparts. Working to change that on a national level is Norman Fortenberry, director of the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for the Advancement of Scholarship […]
PULLMAN — The Washington State Board of Education approved full accreditation for the preparation program for school counselors at Washington State University’s College of Education at its June 16 meeting. The WSU program was approved for the maximum five years, said assistant professor Tina Anctil, who participated in the accreditation presentation. All 18 preparation programs […]
The newly formed WSU Graduate Education Commission has organized into five task forces to collect information in order to present initial recommendations for improving graduate education to the Graduate Enhancement Commission in October. Those wishing to offer input to the Graduate Education Commission (GEC) may contact any member, said co-chair Richard Shumway, or send comments […]
Providing excellent educational services to a diverse community requires thinking outside the box to reach individuals who might not otherwise be touched by educational opportunities. At the WSU Learning Center, Pierce County, at Salishan, providing education and learning assistance is all about innovation, creativity and stepping beyond the boundaries. The only land-grant university entity in […]
Washington State University senior Patricia Madrigal often thinks back to her childhood when her parents labored in the apple orchards near the Tri-Cities. They wanted a better life for Patricia and her siblings, so they pushed them to study hard and prepare for college. Madrigal will graduate in May with a degree in sociology and […]
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 […]
Last spring the state Legislature gave WSU Vancouver, WSU Tri-Cities and the University of Washington branch campuses an assignment: to conduct a study gauging current and future higher-education needs in the areas served by their branch campuses. Now those studies are being reviewed by the WSU Board of Regents. The Legislature stated: “Each branch campus […]