PULLMAN – The WSU Education Abroad Fair will be from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., on Tuesday, January 20 in the CUB Junior Ballroom Students in any field of study can find cost-effective programs to enhance their education and give a global perspective on their area of study. Visit the fair to talk with more […]
WSU Vancouver is launching a new lunchtime presentation titled the Chancellor’s Seminar Series, running 12-1:30 p.m. Fridays March 7, April 4, and May 16 in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Ticket price for each seminar is $30 per person, including lunch and parking, or $80 all three seminars. For more information and to register, go ONLINE […]
The Global Learning Community, which began this semester at Coman Hall, brings the world to Pullman. The goal of this unique melding of learning and living with an international focus is to meet one of the university’s most important challenges: student retention. “How do we keep students at Pullman? One answer may be to provide […]
Following are links to several recent media articles regarding WSU faculty and staff, or addressing issues in higher education. To see a full article, just click on the live URL link. * New York Times — ”A perennial search for perfect wheat,” in which WSU geneticist Stephen Jones sees a simple answer to life-and death […]
Hailey Gentile, a veterinary medicine student who just returned from an externship in Oman, presented on her experiences Wednesday afternoon. “The middle east doesn’t have many veterinarians,” Gentile said. “That would be a great place if you want to go somewhere as a veterinarian.” Gentile, who is graduating this May, is the first student to […]
Policy-makers and practitioners in the arena of international affairs and business will visit the Washington State University Pullman campus and meet with students as part of the new “Global Learning Community.” The project is set to debut in Coman Hall in the fall semester 2007. “The Global Learning Community is a cutting edge innovation for […]
Photo: Professor Dogan Gursoy, front right, with WSU and other students and faculty in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Gurosy is in charge of the Thailand summer study abroad program. (Photo courtesy of Dogan Gursoy). It’s one thing to look at a world map and find Nanjing; it’s another thing to be in […]
PULLMAN – A new study by a Washington State University researcher and his colleagues pinpoints the causes of a recent finding by a working group of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change that global climate warming is due to human activities. The principal factors affecting climate change are the growth of human population and consumption, […]