The length of service of more than 500 WSU employees will be celebrated at a public reception including light hors d’oeuvres at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, in the CUB ballroom. The first of planned annual receptions, this year’s also will recognize those staff members who may have been overlooked in the past. Those who […]
Along with the graying of the general populace comes the widespread aging of America’s university faculty. In 1994, the tenure exemption of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) expired — no longer giving colleges the right to enforce mandatory retirement of faculty members at age 70. According to a recent article on faculty […]
When Barbara Ward (shown here being filmed for a Tri-Cities TV news station), a 25-year veteran public school teacher, was plucked from the attic of her flood-swept New Orleans home in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, she had no idea where she would end up.It turned out to be Richland, with a faculty position in […]
The second annual Gendering Research Across the Campuses (GRACe) symposium will be held all day Saturday, Oct.15, in the Multimedia Classroom Building at WSU Vancouver. GRACe is comprised largely of female faculty members at WSU. The group provides a framework for discussion of scholarly work on gender and plans collaborative research and teaching activities that […]
A Service-Learning Course Construction workshop held in October at Seattle University’s Campion Ballroom will allow two- and four-year faculty and staff to learn more about constructing courses that include service learning elements.The workshop, which will take place from 8:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, is sponsored by Washington Campus Contact, Seattle University’s Center […]
Bryan Vila, a nationally recognized expert on crime control and human performance issues and a former law enforcement officer, is joining the criminal justice faculty at Washington State University Spokane.Vila most recently directed the Crime Control and Prevention Research Division of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) the research arm of the U.S. Department of […]
Jazz Northwest, Washington State University’s renowned faculty jazz band, will perform at Tula’s jazz club in Seattle on Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m.“Tula’s is known in the industry as a great venue,” said Greg Yasinitsky, Washington State University professor in the School of Music and Theatre Arts and coordinator of the school’s award winning […]
A national survey of faculty members done every four years by the U.S. Education Department recently revealed that, as of fall 2003: • 56 percent of faculty and instructional staff members were employed full time and 44 percent were employed part time. At WSU, 87 percent of faculty and instructional staff were full time, and […]
PULLMAN — The Museum of Art will present the annual Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit Aug. 19 – Sept. 17, with a public opening reception at 7 p.m. Aug. 29. The exhibit is an opportunity to celebrate the creativity of both emeriti and current Fine Arts department faculty members, said Anna-Maria Shannon, the museum’s assistant director. Each year, the […]
Nearly a third of WSU’s faculty members have been working without recognition, representation or job security, but the Faculty Senate is laboring to change that. As a result of current discussions, temporary faculty members stand to gain both a voice and a vote by electing eight representatives to the Faculty Senate over the next few […]