The 2010-11 Leadership Training Workshop Series, designed for new department chairs, school directors and other university leaders, is slated to begin Sept. 1. This year’s series includes 10 workshops, 90 minutes in length each, that are scheduled from Sept. 1-March 24. The workshops are are offered both via classroom and via WSU Videoconferencing Services. […]
Rosa PULLMAN – A renewed federal effort to fix the nation’s stalled nuclear waste program is focusing so much on technological issues that it fails to address the public mistrust hampering storage and disposal efforts. Writing in the latest issue of the journal Science, 16 researchers from around the country say a special White […]
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 […]
Margolis VANCOUVER – The federal government’s Race to the Top program for improving American education won’t work because it’s based on a faulty assumption, according to a WSU expert in teacher development. “There is no one national version of a quality teacher,” said Associate Professor Jason Margolis. “Successful teaching depends on where teachers are, […]
Al Howell and Russ Savadalena (l-r) with 23-year old Cougar Gold cheese, cracked open on Aug. 12, 2010 at Ferdinand’s Creamery. Photo by Tim Marsh, WSU Today Related Fall 2010 Washington State magazine – W19: The secret to Cougar Gold Cheese 08-18-10 Wall Street Journal – Cougar Gold puzzles Obama press corp […]
WSU President Elson S. Floyd has scheduled a public forum for Monday at 11 a.m. in the Compton Union Building Senior Ballroom to answer questions and hear comments related to an administrative reorganization that was announced on Friday. President Floyd’s memorandum to the university community can be found here. The university’s new organizational chart […]
Photos by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services Cougar defense shines in first 2010 scrimmage By Joseph Nickell, WSU Athletics PULLMAN – The WSU football team held its first scrimmage of fall camp Saturday at Martin Stadium, and the Cougar defense held its offensive counterpart in check for most of the […]
PULLMAN – WSU and TIAA-CREF will be conducting financial education seminars on Aug. 18-19 at the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) room 219. Each seminar will begin with a “benefits discussion” presented by the benefits staff from WSU Human Resource Services. That session will address: Life changing events Life insurance Long-term […]
Telephone above resembles standard model to be provided by university at no additional charge. Photo courtesy of Information Technology Services PULLMAN – Washington State University plans to upgrade its telephone system over the next 18 months and is initiating an e-mail system upgrade with anticipated completion of the e-mail system migration […]
PULLMAN – WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine has reintroduced ophthalmological services at its Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman. Dr. Terri Schneider, former head of the hospital’s community practice service, has completed a three-year residency with Dr. Bill Yakely of the Animal Eye Clinic of Spokane. She is now in the process of completing board certification […]