Overviews and recommendations from major reports focusing on graduate and undergraduate issues will be presented as part of a university dialogue with Provost Robert Bates at noon Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the CUB Cascade rooms.Questions can be submitted in advance to Donna Clark, assistant to the provost, at donnac@wsu.edu. Live audience questions also will be […]
Some 640 graduates are expected to participate in the Washington State University’s fall commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 in Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum.Phyllis J. Campbell, president and chief executive officer of the Seattle Foundation, is scheduled to speak. A WSU graduate and former regent of the university, Campbell was born in Spokane and […]
Potential graduate school students will have the opportunity to peruse more than 50 booths Thursday (Oct. 13) at Washington State University Spokane’s second annual Graduate School Fair. The event is from 3-6:30 p.m. at the Riverpoint Campus in the Health Sciences Building, 310 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Spokane. Admission is free. On-campus parking is free from […]
The newly formed WSU Graduate Education Commission has organized into five task forces to collect information in order to present initial recommendations for improving graduate education to the Graduate Enhancement Commission in October. Those wishing to offer input to the Graduate Education Commission (GEC) may contact any member, said co-chair Richard Shumway, or send comments […]
Efforts to improve undergraduate education at Washington State University are beginning to yield results. Now the university wants that success replicated for graduate education.Faculty members have been crucial to the gains — they’ve vied for undergraduate teaching, learning and assessment grants; conducted pertinent research; and/or made recommendations as members of the President’s Teaching Academy. Now […]
As faculty and administration turn to the task of improving graduate education (see related article above), the students themselves have been achieving success on many fronts. A case in point is WSU’s Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), whose members earned two national awards this year and whose president, DaVina Hoyt, is the new vice […]
A major objective of the Washington State University Graduate School has been to increase the number of Ph.D. students enrolled and graduating in Pullman. Recent data compiled by the Graduate School show a shift in that direction. However, the figures also show a decline in the total number of graduate students — master’s and Ph.D. […]
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 […]
Charles L. “Chuck” Munson, associate professor of operations management, has been named the new director of the Office of Graduate Programs in the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University. Munson’s appointment begins August 1. He succeeds professor Val Miskin, who will return to teaching in the fall. Miskin led the graduate programs […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Allan Osberg’s grandparents passed away before he was born, but he has always considered their 1914 farmhouse west of Mount Vernon to be part of his family heritage.Today the refurbished historic house is taking on a new role in the agricultural heritage of Skagit County, thanks to Osberg’s generosity and the […]