Several grants totaling more than $1.57 million were awarded recently to faculty and administrators at the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing in Spokane. One of the grants will establish a rural nurse internship program, the first of its kind in the U.S. It will complement formal nursing education programs through continuing education, helping […]
Following is a summary of the impact on Washington State University of Initiative 884, if it were approved by the people of Washington state who will vote in the Nov. 2 elections. The summary is provided for information purposes. WSU takes no position on the initiative. Summary of the ballot measureAccording to the Washington secretary […]
WSU’s second annual International Education Week will be Oct. 16-23 and will include not only WSU students, faculty and staff, but also the greater Pullman community.Schedule• The week will start off with a party in Reaney Park, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17. Open to the public, the party will feature the Seattle steel drum band […]
A recent change in WSU policy will make faculty involvement in graduate education more efficient and more responsive to the needs of students. The former status of “graduate faculty” — which most faculty attained permanently after years of scholarly creative work and involvement in graduate education — has been replaced by a policy that allows […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington State University Vancouver has been awarded a grant worth more than $346,000 by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Working with Educational Service District 112 and six school districts, WSU Vancouver faculty members David Slavit and Tamara Nelson will use the grant to focus on professional development for science and […]
Janet Gail Donald, from Canada’s McGill University, will be the distinguished speaker at this year’s CO-TEACH Education Forum Lecture Series, hosted by the College of Education. Donald will present “Learning to Think” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 203. Donald is a professor in the Department […]
Washington State University Vancouver’s education programs are hosting the third annual Sherry Vaughan Distinguished Lecture in Education at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the Student Services building lecture hall. Dr. Sonia Nieto, a professor of language, literacy and culture within the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will present the topic […]
Twelve faculty and doctoral students from Khon Kaen University in Thailand will visit the Pullman campus April 14 – 18 for a research symposium at the College of Education. Following their visit, they will travel on to Chicago for a featured presentation about their collaboration with WSU at the American Educational Research Association national conference. […]
She’s a professor, educator, mother of three and winner of this year’s Distinguished Service Award for faculty. Susan Banks, assistant professor in Teaching and Learning, is also co-director of the WSU and Northwest Indian College Teacher Training Program, which is working off a $950,000 Kellogg grant. “This program was important because it allowed NWIC students […]
A new initiative titled “Undergraduate Teaching an