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Grief is a normal response to loss and many throughout the WSU community are grieving right now.

By Addy Hatch, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Peer and mentor support can help students succeed in high-stress, accelerated nursing degree programs and might be especially important for men in those programs, according to a study conducted by faculty from the Washington State University College of Nursing.

By Richard H. Miller, Global Campus PULLMAN, Wash. – Faculty seeking help with Blackboard Learn can go to the transition page, select the live chat button, and get a quick personal reply from Geoff, Cassie, Grayson or several other Washington State University Global Campus experts.

By Steve Nakata, Student Affairs & Enrollment PULLMAN, Wash. – The First Scholars program has helped Washington State University surpass the national percentage of first-generation students who complete a bachelor’s degree within six years of enrollment. Yet the program only has capacity to accept 20 new students each fall.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s new Advisory Board for Undocumented Students will hold its first meeting 10-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Lighty 260W.

    Photos, article and SoundSlides by Tim Marsh, WSU Today   Student move-in began Sunday, Aug. 15               Bob Tattershall assists students with move                     Horn PULLMAN – When does WSU’s fall semester 2010 begin? Look at the academic calendar and you see classes start Aug. 23.   But, for Sarah Horn, Stephenson Hall […]

 PULLMAN—The couple whose company is the longtime sponsor of the state’s Teacher of the Year Award have themselves been honored by the WSU College of Education. Charles and Virginia Beresford of Manson, Wash., received the 2008 Advocate for Education Award. It was presented by Dean Judy Nichols Mitchell at the college’s Scholarship and Excellence celebration […]

Academic advising and training took a step forward recently with establishment of a WSU chapter of the national Academic Advising Association (ACADA). “WSU has a core group of people from across the university who interact with students on a daily basis,” said Lisa Laughter, WSU ACADA president and Student Advising and Learning Center coordinator of […]

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., was on the WSU Pullman campus this (Tuesday) morning to tour the site of the proposed federal Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility, the third building in WSU’s planned research and education complex. In the photos, Pete Jacoby, associate dean, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, shows Murray plans for […]

PULLMAN– Regardless of academic potential, many students living in Northeastern Washington, where towns are often separated by seemingly endless and desolate roads, don’t show-up on the radar screen at most colleges and universities. This is especially true if they are from impoverished families that have no experience with higher education. With the help of a […]