executive

Veteran faculty members join WSU provost’s office

Austin Rose PULLMAN, Wash. – Long-time Professors Erica Austin and Jerman Rose are the newest additions to the Washington State University provost’s office, as a result of recent appointments by Interim Provost Dan Bernardo. “Both Dr. Austin and Dr. Rose are leaders within their fields of expertise nationally, their colleges and the university,” Bernardo said. […]

WSU Vancouver names vice chancellor for academic affairs

Christopher VANCOUVER, Wash. – Renny Christopher has accepted the position of vice chancellor for academic affairs at Washington State University Vancouver. She will take her post on Aug. 5. Christopher most recently served as associate provost at California State University, Channel Islands. The vice chancellor for academic affairs is WSU Vancouver’s chief academic officer. Christopher […]

Public forum set for 11 a.m. Monday in CUB ballroom

WSU President Elson S. Floyd has scheduled a public forum for Monday at 11 a.m. in the Compton Union Building Senior Ballroom to answer questions and hear comments related to an administrative reorganization that was announced on Friday.   President Floyd’s memorandum to the university community can be found here. The university’s new organizational chart […]

Leaders trained to manage in Cougar Country

      PULLMAN – The fifth annual Managing in Cougar Country conference, held Thursday, Aug. 5, in Smith CUE 203, drew 126 managers and supervisors universitywide to the training event.   The event offered employees a variety of workshops focusing on the theme “Vision and Collaboration in the WSU Community.”    The conference is sponsored by WSU Human Resource […]

Teachers join administrators for ‘educational boot camp’

  Summer Institute participants (front to back) Brianne Tuura, Jennifer Brown, Degen Bushman, and Cynthia Townsend. Photo by Julie Titone, College of Education     PULLMAN – Veteran high school teacher Matt Coulter has no desire to sit behind a principal’s or superintendent’s desk.    Instead, the career possibilities that spark his ambition ignition include […]

Three science dean candidates to visit in August

PULLMAN – Three finalists for the position of dean of the WSU College of Science will be separately visiting the Pullman campus in August.   The three candidates are Ellen Fisher, professor and department chair of Chemistry at Colorado State University; Daryll DeWald, professor and department head of Biology at Utah State University; and Peter […]

Haarsager elected NPR chairperson

PULLMAN – Dennis L. Haarsager, general manager of Northwest Public Radio, today was elected to a one-year term as chair of the National Public Radio Board of Directors. Haarsager has been a member of the NPR board since November, 2005. NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. […]

Floyd moves toward completing leadership team

PULLMAN — President Elson S. Floyd has moved toward completing his leadership team, naming two new administrators — a vice president for information services and a vice president for enrollment management. Viji Murali (Mer-ahl-e), who has served as vice president for information technology and chief information officer for Western Michigan University since 1999, will assume the role of […]