WSU professor John MacNamara monitors as Johnson works to solve cube and break the Guinness World Record PULLMAN – Mats Johnson, a Pullman High School senior and a WSU Running Start student, earned a potential spot in the Guinness Book of World Records by unscrambling 64 Rubik’s Cubes in one hour on April 10 at […]
PULLMAN — StoryCorps, a national initiative to document the voices of Americans, will be in Wenatchee from June 4 through June 27 to collect conversations between residents of North Central Washington. The project is sponsored by Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort and KOHO Radio. The StoryCorps mobile StoryBooth — an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording […]
• WSU recently was named among 119 national university and college recipients of the 2008 “Community Engagement Certificate” from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Washington D.C.-based foundation selection recognizes higher education institutions that demonstrate excellence in “alignment between mission, culture, leadership, resources and practices that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement.” […]
PULLMAN — Teaching writing skills, recruiting school principals, and tracking sports-related concussions are among the array of research topics that will be explored with the help of $75,000 in Faculty Funding Awards presented by the WSU College of Education. The awards, ranging from $2,500 to $6,000, were announced by Dean Judy Nichols Mitchell. […]
PULLMAN–Despite the economy, a fire alarm and time constraints, Northwest Public Radio staff and volunteers took 2,400 pledges from listeners in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia for a total of $260,000 in just one day of on-air fundraising Thursday. More calls are expected in the next few days. “We expect to make our […]
Five WSU employees will receive President’s Employee Excellence Awards at the Celebrating Excellence recognition banquet March 24, part of WSU’s annual World Class. Face to Face. Showcase festivities to honor the outstanding achievements of faculty and staff across campus.The awards recognize outstanding contributions to WSU by administrative professional and classified employees from across the state. […]