WSU Vancouver honors employee service milestones VANCOUVER, Wash. Washington State University Vancouver will host an employee recognition breakfast Dec. 7 for eighteen staff members to recognize service milestones at the University in 2006. Chancellor Hal Dengerink and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Bruce Romanish will give a brief presentation to kick off the breakfast. The […]
The annual State Employees Day WSU baseball game will be 6 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at Bailey-Brayton Field, when the Cougars take on Utah Valley State. The activity is part of the nationwide Public Service Recognition Week.Each WSU employee may purchase up to four tickets at $1 each. Employees may print a copy of the […]
Behind every smoothly running operation is an operator. Such an “operator” can be found in Linda Chesser, administrative manager and adviser for the Department of Women’s Studies. As the only staff member for the growing Women’s Studies program, Chesser must tackle a myriad of tasks as she works side by side with faculty and students […]
As a student at WSU in the early 1970s, Donna Robinson, program administrative manager for the CUB, planned on going into the field of speech apathology and audiology. However, a simple twist of fate intervened. Rather than speaking and hearing, Robinson became an integral part of meeting and eating at WSU. “I began working at […]
Some people are naturally gifted with the ability to multi-task. One such person is Keri Druffel, research technologist III for the Department of Plant Pathology. Her ever-present energy, hard work and accomplishments have earned her a 2005 President’s Employee Excellence Award. “I keep asking her what type of coffee she drinks,” said Hanu R. Pappu, […]
Patience is a virtue. Some people have it more than others, and Don Holbrook, area finance officer for Student Affairs, is one of them. His patience, diligence and concern with helping others are among the virtues he is recognized for as a 2005 President’s Employee Excellence Award recipient. “He is never too busy to listen,” […]
Updates on employee benefit orientation Prices for health and life insurance in 2005 can be viewed on Powerpoint training materials used for WSU Employee Benefit Orientation at http://www.wsu.edu/benefits. Click on Hot Topics, then Employee Benefits Orientation. Orientation sessions in Pullman are planned 1-4 p.m. Feb. 9 and 24 in Lighty 405. Future dates can be […]
WSU alumnus George Brunstad on Sunday became the oldest person to swim the English Channel between Britain and France. He is the son of former WSU employee Art Brunstad and also happens to be the uncle of film star Matt Damon. Brunstad, 70 years and 4 days old, completed the 21-mile swim in 15 hours and 59 minutes. […]
When Craig Mayers goes home after a long day at work, he has more than a family waiting for him. He has plenty of accounting homework to do, too.Mayers, an accountant for Business Services in French Ad 240, has been taking two classes a semester for two years while working full-time to support his family. […]
Over the course of their careers at WSU, faculty, staff and retirees give their best to the university in their offices, classrooms, laboratories and in venues as varied as committee meetings to music recitals. Many of them also give back to WSU through gifts of money to various programs. Julie Smitt, a 1977 WSU graduate […]