Four WSU faculty members have been promoted to the standing of Regents professor. This promotion honors the highest level of international distinction in the discipline that raises university standards through teaching, scholarship and public service. Here are the recipients: • Michael D. Griswold, dean of the College of Sciences and professor in the School of […]
PULLMAN, Wash.– Four WSU faculty members have been promoted to the standing of Regents professor. This promotion honors the highest level of international distinction in the discipline that raises university standards through teaching, scholarship and public service. Michael D. Griswold, Norman G. Lewis, B.W. Poovaiah and Gregory W. Yasinitsky will be honored March 28 during […]
PUYALLUP – WSU State 4-H Teen Leadership Coordinator Jan Klein was honored Wednesday by the Washington State Legislature as an Outstanding Civic Educator. Klein, who is from the Lincoln County town of Edwall, was recognized for her work with youth on the local, regional, state and national level. The Legislature recognized Klein during the second […]
The WSU community is invited to attend a farewell reception in honor of Karl Boehmke, executive director of Planning and B udget, who is retiring after 32 years of service. The reception will be on Thursday, Dec. 13 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The reception will be held in the Lewis Alumni Centre Great Hall […]
Doris Lohrey-Birch has worked with the Combined Fund Drive for 16 years. “It’s an easy way to contribute to things that are important to you,” said Lohrey-Birch, a senior secretary with the entomology department. The CFD is Washington’s authorized and supported workplace giving program for state employees. For more than 20 years, employees have been […]
Thirty-nine years ago this fall, J. Thomas “Tom” Dickinson, a Regents Professor in physics, came to WSU. Since then, he has created an internationally recognized surface-science laboratory in his department. “I came to WSU right out of graduate school at University of Michigan,” said Dickinson. “It was a very wise decision.” Dickinson’s research is recognized […]
PULLMAN– Dr. Guy Palmer, a veterinary pathologist at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM). Election to this prestigious body is one of the highest honors for those in biomedical research and human health care. The institute announced the election […]
The Global War on Terrorism in the past two years has claimed the lives of three Washington State University students and alumni. Due to the limited size of WSU Pullman’s veterans memorial, there is nowhere to inscribe their names and permanently recognize their sacrifice. Recently, the university designated $15,000-$20,000 to have the memorial (located east […]
Washington State University physicist J. Thomas Dickinson was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this week.A member of the AAAS physics section, Dickinson was cited for “fundamental contributions to understanding the underlying mechanisms involved in fracture, tribology and laser interactions with materials.”Dickinson was the first director of the WSU […]
In compliance with a newly implemented law requiring all federally funded schools to honor the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17 of each year, WSU has scheduled various local events to present students with U.S. Constitution information. The date marks the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. The law was inserted into a spending bill […]