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WSU commencement ceremonies and speakers for Spring 2009

PULLMAN – More than 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to participate in Washington State University’s 113th spring commencement, Saturday, May 9, at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum.   Three ceremonies will be held.   Bob Watt At 8 a.m. graduates from the College of Communication and the College of Liberal Arts will receive their […]

Nursing Graduates will be recognized in candlelight ceremony

RICHLAND — Graduates of the WSU Tri-Cities College of Nursing will be recognized at Convocation, a special pinning and candlelight ceremony, at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Battelle Auditorium, 904 Battelle Blvd., Richland.   Convocation is a thoughtful occasion where faculty, staff, medical professionals and students’ family members celebrate the hard work and […]

Alumnus Lewis Lee to speak at Honors College commencement

  PULLMAN – Lewis C. Lee, a Spokane entrepreneur, will deliver the commencement address to graduates of the WSU Honors College Dec. 12 in Pullman.   Lee is the managing partner of Lee and Hayes PLLC, an intellectual property law firm.   “We are delighted that Lewis, who is one of our own Honors graduates, […]

WSU Vancouver grads and faculty honored

VANCOUVER – May 10 is graduation day for 711 students of WSU Vancouver. Each year, one undergraduate student as well as two faculty members receive a special mention during the ceremony. The Chancellor’s Award for Student Achievement will go to David Neuhauser, 44. Despite great personal difficulty in recent years, Neuhauser is receiving his Bachelor […]

Commencement ceremonies announced

PULLMAN – More than 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to participate in WSU’s 112th spring commencement, Saturday, May 3, at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. Three ceremonies will be held. At 8 a.m. graduates in the agricultural, human, and natural resource sciences; engineering and architecture; pharmacy; sciences; and veterinary medicine will receive their degrees.  […]

Dunbar to speak at commencement

RICHLAND – Bonnie J. Dunbar will be the keynote speaker at the WSU Tri-Cities commencement ceremony in May 2008. NASA Mission Specialist astronaut and veteran of five space flights, Dunbar has logged more than 50 days in space. She served as the Payload Commander on two flights, including the first space shuttle docking mission to […]

Cole receives honorary degree, says ‘just do it’

(Photos by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services.)   PULLMAN — Johnnetta Cole reflected on her time at WSU and urged graduates at the Dec. 8 commencement ceremonies to make a difference in their world .   “It is here at WSU where I first came to fully appreciate that an education is about coming to understand the […]

Faculty, administrator receives honorary degree

PULLMAN — Johnnetta Cole, an educator and humanitarian, will receive an honorary doctoral degree in humanities and deliver an address during Washington State University’s 2007 Fall Commencement.  A former WSU faculty member and administrator, Cole is president emerita of Spelman College in Atlanta and Bennett College in North Carolina.   The event — the seventh […]

215 grads receive diplomas at WSU Tri-Cities

RICHLAND — At least 215 graduates will shake Gov. Chris Gregoire’s hand as they walk across the stage during Friday afternoon’s commencement at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Commencement starts at 4 p.m. Friday, May 11. For the first time, it will be held outside on campus, 2710 University Drive, Richland. The stage is between the […]

Rawlins presides at final Pullman commencement

PULLMAN – Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins urged graduates to discover their own truths and live by them as he presided at his final Pullman commencement ceremonies Saturday as the university’s president. Rawlins, who has served as WSU president for seven years, is retiring. Elson S. Floyd, formerly the president of the University […]