Spokane

Career fair welcomes recruiters from many states

The Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing will host its biannual career fair event March 10. More than 20 health care and nursing recruiters have already reserved space for the event, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing campus.Representatives from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, […]

Spokane school administrators show leadership excellence

WSU Spokane recently helped establish the Excellence in Leadership Award to recognize exemplary leadership and achievement by local elementary and secondary school administrators. “Our certification programs at WSU Spokane prepare principals, program administrators and superintendents for the complex roles of leadership in today’s schools,” said Joan Kingrey, director of programs in education at WSU. “We […]

‘Father’ of longevity studies to lecture Feb. 24

Pulitzer-Prize-winning researcher Robert N. Butler, M.D., will deliver the Washington State University Spokane Robert F. E. Stier Memorial Lecture in Medicine 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, Spokane. Seating is limited; contact the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) at 358-7640 or ahec@wsu.edu to […]

Open house for People’s Clinic YWCA site expansion

The People’s Clinic operated by the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing has recently expanded its services and moved into additional quarters at its flagship location on the second floor of the YWCA in downtown Spokane. The move adds 1,350 square feet of additional space directly across the hall from the existing 900-square-foot clinic […]

New appreciation, vision for WSU Spokane

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear…— From “The Road […]

Pitcher will lead WSU Spokane campus

Brian Pitcher, who has served as provost at the University of Idaho for seven years, has been named the new chancellor for Washington State University Spokane. WSU President V. Lane Rawlins announced Pitcher’s appointment at the WSU Spokane Riverpoint campus Friday. “We are pleased to have Brian on board. These are exciting times on the […]

Awards & Honors

• WSU Spokane interior design graduate student Kate Hauge received the grand prize of $3,500 in the 2004 International Interior Design Association Sustainable Design Student Competition. Each year the IIDA sponsors the contest, open to interior design students from around the world. Sustainable office design seeks to create a healthy and productive working environment while […]

Spokane to offer new degree

Washington State University Spokane has become one of a few universities in the nation to offer an interdisciplinary degree integrating concepts and principles of exercise science and nutrition.The Bachelor of Science in exercise physiology and metabolism focuses on biological interrelationships between exercise and nutrition, as well as social/psychological aspects on exercise and nutrition and the […]

Interview set for chancellor candidate at WSU Spokane

Sharon Davidson Hoffman, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Clayton College and State University, Morrow, Georgia, has been selected as a candidate for the chancellor’s position at Washington State University Spokane.Hoffman will be interviewed 2:30-4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, in the Phase I Auditorium on the WSU Spokane campus. Employees and community members […]

Spokane celebration moves indoors

The Spokane Academic Center celebration set for 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, will change location due to predicted bad weather. “Building for Excellence” events will be held in the WSU Spokane Health Sciences Building, rooms 110A, B, C and D, 310 N. Riverpoint Blvd.WSU Pullman parking permits are honored in WSU Spokane parking lots. Those […]