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Looking back, looking ahead

You might say that the 2005-06 year will be President V. Lane Rawlins’ golden year at Washington State University. Rawlins, who will turn 68 on Nov. 30, began work at the university in ’68 as a faculty member in the Department of Economics. No, he hasn’t been at WSU the entire time. He left in […]

State of the university address set for Sept. 20

WSU President V. Lane Rawlins will review change and progress over the past five years and discuss important next steps during his annual President’s State of the University Address at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Bryan Hall auditorium. The address also can be viewed live online at www.wsu.edu/dialogues-forums. Captioning will accompany the videostream for […]

Widening salary gap may demand cuts

The Faculty Senate recently completed a faculty salary study, comparing Washington State University’s pay levels with those of 19 peer universities. The conclusion, said Robert Rosenman, professor of economics who chaired the study committee, is that WSU faculty are “horribly underpaid.”WSU President V. Lane Rawlins and Faculty Senate President Chuck Pezeshki agree.“We fell from about […]

Employee recognition enhanced, expanded

Today, March 4, is National Employee Recognition Day, and WSU is celebrating the event by announcing a significant revision to its Employee Recognition Program. Students and faculty are the obvious components of a university, but their work would be impossible if not for the staff who support their learning, teaching and research missions. Recognizing this, […]

President and students to discuss racism issue

President V. Lane Rawlins, spurred by student concerns regarding an alleged harassment incident at the Compton Union Building, has tentatively scheduled a meeting with Nina Kim and other students for March 8. However, details of the meeting are still in the process of being arranged.“In the nearly 15 years that I have served as a university […]

WSU President Rawlins hosts community conversation Nov. 10

Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins will host a communitywide forum on the north Richland campus at 7 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the East Building Auditorium. The forum is designed to solicit community comments on the university’s plans for the future development of the Tri-Cities campus and the academic programs it offers. WSU Tri-Cities […]

Rawlins announces plans to create VP for diversity

PULLMAN, Wash. — President V. Lane Rawlins has announced university plans to create a new vice president position that will focus on diversity issues.The position will be titled vice president for equity and diversity.Rawlins made the announcement after consulting with a wide range of the university community on the issue of how best to achieve a diverse mix of faculty, […]

Rawlins names appointees to race, ethnicity commission

Washington State University President V. Lane Rawlins has announced the creation of a university Commission on Race and Ethnicity, appointing 12 members to the new panel, most of whom were elected by faculty, students and staff. The commission will serve as a forum for communicating issues, ideas and proposals on minority affairs to the university […]

Vision for the future

The following article reflects comments from two interviews that WSU Today had with Washington State University’s President V. Lane Rawlins on April 15 and 28. Q: In your Quarterly Messages to employees, you consistently point to the progress WSU has made in the past several years through prioritization, pursuit of its strategic plan, and the […]

Brigham new faculty liaison

WSU psychology Professor Tom Brigham recently was named executive assistant to President V. Lane Rawlins in charge of facilitating interaction between the faculty and administration. “Over the next two years we have many academic and structural issues that will involve a high level of faculty input,” Rawlins said. “Tom Brigham is finishing his term as […]