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Football planning begins for next season

The dimmed lights in Martin Stadium signal the end of Cougar football season for some, but for others the work has just begun. Football operations coordinator Shawn Deeds is busy planning the teams’ travel schedule for next year. “It’s a process that takes about three-quarters of the year,” he said. “We plan for the entire […]

New site features annual WSU facts

  A new website highlights the annual WSU statewide Facts & Figures brochure. Contents include various statistics and information about enrollment, campuses, national recognition and more. To download a PDF of the brochure or find out how to request a copy, see ONLINE @ http://facts-figures.wsu.edu.

Sports, other broadcasts keep him hopping

(Photo by Kelly Peterson, WSU Today intern).  Jerry Kyllo has always loved electronics. While growing up in LaCrosse, Wash., he got his start helping out at his uncle’s radio and TV repair business. After experimenting with sound systems and demo recording, Kyllo eventually landed a role at WSU as the chief broadcast engineer for the […]

WSU x 4

Lonny W. Waddle follows his heart, which is why he’s been a staff member at all four WSU campuses during his career at the university. Waddle works as a media technician lead at WSU Spokane Information Technology, but this is not where his story begins. His wandering WSU career started in 1993, when he was […]

WSU Today online traffic up 7,000 percent

Traffic at WSU Today online, www.wsutoday.wsu.edu, has grown substantially over the past three years from 300 visitors a month to 24,000 in January.And there’s a good reason. In addition to providing university news — updated on a daily basis — it also offers up-to-the-minute headlines and live links to stories from the WSU News Service […]

Tour campus… right from your office

Checking out the Pullman campus is just a click away with the new WSU Virtual Tour website. The newly updated website guides students and visitors — as well as WSU employees — as they photographically navigate the campus. Designed to present a broader, richer view of WSU, the site provides information including academic offerings, campus […]

New website raises visibility of research

A new website aims to raise the visibility of research, scholarship and creative activities carried out by Washington State University faculty. The site, http://researchnews.wsu.edu, will be unveiled officially the first week of March. As the site’s content expands, it will have stories from seven areas of academic emphasis, including arts and culture, environment, health and […]

Managing crises, keeping lab safe

Sitting in her office, surrounded by motivational posters, she seems calm. But at any moment, Jennifer Hogan, 32, may have to dash out to save the day … or at least an experiment. “I put out fires … or mop up water,” Hogan said with a chuckle in reference to a recent incident involving a […]