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PULLMAN, Wash. – President Elson S. Floyd issued the following statement about Tuesday’s federal budget agreement.

Reynolds PULLMAN, Wash. – The art of creating an outstanding experience for a guest doesn’t just “happen” in the hospitality industry. There are 528 accredited hospitality schools in the country, including Washington State University, and hundreds more outside the country that prepare future hospitality professionals though extensive training. They learn food management and lodging – […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Ohio State University will convene a panel of five national higher education leaders to help select its next president, and the group includes Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd. “This is truly an all-star assembly of leaders in American higher education,” said moderator Richard Chait, professor emeritus at the Harvard Graduate […]

PULLMAN – WSU’s president is back in the classroom. Elson S. Floyd is teaching a weekly, three-hour graduate seminar this fall. It is something he has done at each of the four other universities where he served as president or vice president. During last spring’s intense discussions about how to cope with sharply declining state […]

PULLMAN — Forty-four undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to receive the 2009 President’s Award at WSU. For more than a decade, the President’s Award has been bestowed annually to less than one percent of the university’s undergraduate and graduate students who exemplify exceptional leadership and service to the university and the community. Students […]

    PULLMAN — Please join the WSU community for President Elson S. Floyd’s second State of the University Address to students, faculty, staff and friends, 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Bryan Hall Theatre. Floyd will present his perspectives on WSU today and his vision for the future.   For those on other campuses, […]

PULLMAN – Ron C. Mittelhammer, a Regents Professor and director of WSU’s School of Economic Sciences, has been elected President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, his professional organization.   The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association is a non-profit organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. The AAEA is committed to furthering knowledge about the economics […]

Portraits of the three most recent past presidents have joined those of earlier WSU chief executives on display across campus.   Private funds paid for the paintings of V. Lane Rawlins and Samuel H. Smith. The portrait of Glenn Terrell was donated by Glenn and Gail Terrell.    Portraits of other past presidents, and their […]

PULLMAN – The Board of Regents Executive Committee of Washington State University will hold a special meeting on Nov. 8, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to consider a matter that should not be delayed until the board’s next regularly scheduled meeting: a delegation of authority to the president to approve […]