The president and provost have approved the use of one hour of work time for all WSU employees to attend the Academic Showcase, which will run 9 a.m.-noon Friday, April 1, in the CUB. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to schedule attendance with supervisors so university operations aren’t disrupted and so all can enjoy […]
The number of students attending classes on the campuses of Washington State University is up by 4.1 percent at the beginning of spring semester 2005 over comparable figures from last spring. Total spring enrollment is 21,894. The Pullman, Vancouver, Tri-Cities and Spokane campuses all report increases in headcount enrollment and numbers of full-time equivalent (FTE) […]
Rebecca Larsen knows first hand the pitfalls involved in transferring to Washington State University. The senior sociology major, who transferred from Olympic Community College in Bremerton two years ago, now works in the WSU Transfer Center, where she confronts similar problems among students on a daily basis. Like many transfer students, Larsen arrived at WSU […]
Giving students an up-close opportunity to experience the materials that they will need in their professions, John Neary, assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Construction Management, is coordinating the construction on an 8-foot tall, steel, teaching structure behind Carpenter Hall. The American Institute of Steel Construction provided the design. The steel structure, along […]
Enhancing learning and improving quality at Washington State University are the common goals of all who work here. That includes Michael J. Tate, the new interim vice president for equity and diversity, appointed this summer by President V. Lane Rawlins. He will start the job on Sept. 1. Although he hasn’t yet had time to […]
Charii Higgins, coordinator of Veterans Affairs at WSU, stands with recent student veterans from the war in Iraq: Nicholas DeSelle, U.S. Navy, left, and Ashley Monfort, U.S. Army National Guard. Scores of students, torn from their regular academic lives and dropped into the volatile world war on terrorism, will begin returning to Washington State University […]
A team of food science students, led by Stephanie Clark, assistant professor of food science have won first prize in the inaugural Danisco Knowledge Award product development contest. Elly Soeryapranata and Dewi Scott, both graduate students, and Jennifer Smith, an undergraduate, share a $10,000 first prize. Their winning entry was Yosha (pronounced yo-shay). Yosha is […]
Doctoral candidates from across the country arrived the weekend of June 19 to begin work with faculty during WSU’s six-week Summer Doctoral Fellows Program. The program’s purpose is to offer graduate students the opportunity to prepare for academic careers as future faculty members. During the program, the Fellows will participate in seminars on the changing […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Student teams from across Washington will be in Spokane on Wednesday, May 26, to compete in the 2004 Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement state competition, hosted by the Spokane MESA Center housed at Washington State University Spokane.Building the tallest tower for the lowest cost with Tinkertoys, creating a catapult that launches a marshmallow the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – More than a thousand seventh graders from communities across south central Washington spent a day on the WSU Pullman campus on May 25 as part of a program intended to help school districts serving low-income students demonstrate that a college education is an achievable ambition. Along with more than 40 chaperones, the […]