Service can be recognized through awards, praise and paychecks. But on Tuesday, April 22, the 75th annual gathering of the Quarter Century Club will recognize service based on longevity — and celebrate the total accumulation of 3,000 years at WSU. The celebration kicks off with traditional breakfast items at 8 a.m. in Ensminger pavilion. The […]
PULLMAN – Faculty and staff of WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences and WSU Extension were honored Saturday (April 12) at the 49th annual CAHNRS awards banquet. William Johnston, professor of crop science, received the R.M. Wade Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Johnston, who grew up working […]
John Vanderschalie (left), Andrew Appleton (center), and Rich Alldredge (right) stretching before a little run. Three members of the Pullman community and WSU staff have qualified to run April 21 in the Boston Marathon, one of the world’s most prestigious running events and oldest annual marathons. John VanderSchalie, immunodiagnostics section manager; Andrew Appleton, director […]
WSU’s annual Academic Showcase will be March 28, and abstracts will be accepted through Feb. 1 for this celebration of creative scholarship and research. Guidelines for submission, as well as a submission form, can be found ONLINE @ showcase.wsu.edu, said subcommittee chair Mary Sanchez-Lanier. Faculty, staff and students are invited to present original scholarship, research […]
President Elson S. Floyd will present his third in a series of five question-and-answer forums for faculty and staff, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in FSHN T-101. The session will be available live via videoconference to all WSU campuses and WECN sites. The remaining forums will be: • 8:30-9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, Todd […]
VANCOUVER, Wash.- Twelve family nurse practitioner students from Washington State University Vancouver will be helping the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington staff their Monday and Wednesday morning hours, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. until May 2. Located in Vancouver’s Jim Parsley Center at 4100 Plomondon St., the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington seeks to provide free, […]
Photo: Linda Jusza-Schaff Six people from the WSU community were honored as Mentors of the Year for 2007 at the April 5 Mentor Recognition Ceremony sponsored by the 2007 Women & Leadership Forum. Denise Blacker and Vickie Chalmers, ceremony co-chairs, read the names of more than 120 WSU staff, faculty and students nominated as outstanding […]
(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 […]
Colleges and universities are requiring background checks of new staff members far more often than of their faculty members, but there are signs that trend may be changing. A limited survey of colleges last year showed that nearly three-quarters of colleges checked for criminal records of newly selected staff members, while about one-quarter made the […]
Jade plants, ferns, Christmas cacti, philodendrons, dieffenbachias and hoyas line the windowsills of Fischer Agricultural Science Library at WSU Pullman, thanks to Rhonda Gaylord, Fischer’s library specialist and resident gardener. In a small library with limited staff, Gaylord’s job tasks are broad, including working at the circulation desk, processing reserve materials, checking in journals, overseeing […]