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 a […]
PULLMAN – Elson S. Floyd assumed office Monday, May 21, as Washington State University’s 10th president. During his first several days he has been meeting frequently with students, faculty, staff and administrators across the Pullman campus, as well as with media. Because students are the first priority, President Floyd began his administration by meeting with […]
A pensive president talks about his work during an interview with a graduate student who shadowed Rawlins on the job as part of his studies. Rawlins hadn’t been president long when he was photographed sharing a story with two former presidents, Glenn Terrell, center, and Sam Smith. Rawlins helps flip burgers for an alumni gathering […]
ALBION, Mich. – Albion College on Friday, Feb. 23, announced the appointment of its 15th president, Dr. Donna M. Randall, who is currently the provost at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Randall is the first woman president in the college’s 172-year history. She succeeds Dr. Peter T. Mitchell, who is retiring in June after […]
Elson S. Floyd, president of the University of Missouri system, will assume his role as the 10th president of Washington State University this summer. Floyd, 50, who will succeed President V. Lane Rawlins, plans to begin meeting with university and state officials in early February. To give faculty and staff a clearer picture of who […]
The dates and locations have been determined for the spring semester dialogues for President V. Lane Rawlins and Provost and Executive Vice President Robert Bates. All dialogues are for WSU faculty, staff and students. The Provost’s Dialogue will be held at the Museum of Art at noon on Tuesday, February 20. Before or after that […]
During the recent search for Washington State University’s new president, committee members were reminded of the university’s growing national reputation. More than 15 candidates, including presidents and provosts from major universities across the United States, were interviewed. By their presence and by their comments, those well-connected administrators provided a window into the ephemeral world of […]
PULLMAN – The Washington State University Board of Regents will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in Room 405 of the Lighty Student Services Building to appoint the university’s 10th president. This meeting will culminate an intensive process of nine public forums around the state, meetings of the 20-member Presidential Search Advisory Committee, and […]
Scott E. Carson, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has been named as the 20th member of the Washington State University presidential search advisory committee. Carson’s appointment was announced Thursday, Oct 5, by the Board of Regents Chair Kenneth Alhadeff. “Scott Carson is a most accomplished and supportive alumnus of WSU. He […]
Sociologist James F. Short Jr., a nationally respected researcher and university leader, received the WSU President’s Award for Lifetime Service March 24.One of the nation’s leading authorities in juvenile gang behavior, delinquency and criminology, Short joined the WSU sociology faculty in 1951 and retired in 1997, when he became an emeritus professor. Although retired, he […]