COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – A one-day conference designed for a wide range of healthcare providers, agency personnel and seniors will be held May 22 at North Idaho College, Edminster Student Union Building. The conference is presented by the Area Agency on Aging of North Idaho.   “Pathways to Financial Health” is designed to provide a unique opportunity for sharing and support between financial representatives, health care providers, agency personnel, and seniors throughout Idaho.  It will provide a forum for addressing the ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash.--The Washington State University Solstice Wind Quintet will present a special summer concert at the WSU Art Museum at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17. The concert is free of charge and the public is invited to enjoy music and art in an intimate setting. The Solstice Quintet features WSU School of Music faculty members Ann Marie Yasinitsky, flute; Shannon Scott, clarinet; Keri McCarthy, oboe; Jennifer Scriggins Brummett, horn; and Ryan Hare, bassoon. Solstice has presented hundreds of concerts throughout the ... [more]

SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University has selected NexCore Group of Denver to enter into negotiations for possible development of the Pine Street Project at the Riverpoint Campus, the subject of a request for proposals the university published in late March. The proposals were reviewed by the WSU real estate committee and an independent consultant. Their consensus was that the NexCore Group proposal best met the goals outlined in the RFP for several reasons: The financial proposal was strong (lease term, ... [more]

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Washington State University Vancouver presents the third in the Chancellor's Seminar Series’s spring season, entitled “Climate Change: Fact or Fiction?” This campus lunchtime presentation takes place noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Ticket price for each seminar is $30 per person, including lunch and parking. For more information and to register, see [full article contains link] "The Chancellor's ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will release a 2 year-old bald eagle back to the wild in the Asotin Creek drainage Thursday  (May 8). The release group will rendezvous at approximately 9:30 a.m. Thursday near the turnoff of Asotin Creek Road and Hwy 129.  The public is invited to attend the release. “Maverick” came to WSU’s veterinary college almost a year ago after being found unable to fly near Winthrop, Wash.  The bird had many missing and broken ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Museum of Art at Washington State University will exhibit Palouse artists Louise Colson, Gina Murray, Nicole Taflinger and George Wray in the 2008 “Curator’s Choice” exhibit. The show opens May 15 and will run through July 18. A public reception will be held on May 15 at 6 p.m. at the Museum of Art/WSU. The “Curator’s Choice” exhibition is a focus on local artists. Keith Wells, Museum of Art/WSU Curator said, “We are fortunate to live ... [more]

RICHLAND, Wash. — Graduates of the Washington State University Tri-Cities Intercollegiate College of Nursing will be recognized at Convocation, a special pinning and candlelight ceremony, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Shilo Inn, 50 Comstock St., Richland.   Convocation is a thoughtful occasion where faculty, staff, medical professionals and students’ family members celebrate the hard work and special relationships of the Spring 2008 graduating class.   The ceremony features student speakers Dianna Carroll, Nichole Sharp, Elaine Heatherington and Tracy Moran-Patton; faculty speakers ... [more]

VANCOUVER, Wash. – "Visionary Landscapes: The Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference," will be held May 29 – June 1 at the downtown Hilton Vancouver Washington, at Clark College, at WSU Vancouver (bus transportation provided), and at the downtown North Bank Artists Gallery, 1005 Main St. More than 120 digital media artists and critics from around the world will participate in the event. The keynote speaker is internationally renowned artist Mark Amerika, one of Time magazine’s "100 Innovators." Featured speakers include ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – The final two candidates for the position of provost and executive vice president of Washington State University are scheduled to visit the university next week. Jeffrey Armstrong, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University, will be on campus May 13. He will appear at an open forum at 3 p.m. in Room T-101 of the Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Building on the Pullman campus. Cheryl Achterberg, dean of the College of Human ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash.—A 2005 murder victim and a beloved honors graduate from Washington State University’s neurosciences program, Peter A. Zornes, is being memorialized with a scholarship in his name. This year was the first time the award was presented. A check for $500 went to Emiko Namatame. Namatame is a junior majoring in neuroscience from Kent, Wash., who has been accepted into the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program at Washington State University. Namatame was selected as the student who this year showed ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University undergraduates Ian Thomson, Amanda Yates and Kristen Sukraw will all be working hard in the laboratory this summer, thanks to microbiology fellowships they have received. Thomson, of Kenmore, will travel overseas to the National University of Ireland through the international UREKA program run by the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science. He will be working on new test methods for quick identification of infectious bacterial diseases in humans. Yates, of Brier, will be heading off to ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Graduates of Washington State University heard words of inspiration and challenge from a distinguished faculty member, a leader in the effort to fight world hunger and disease and the head of a nonprofit institute seeking innovative solutions to global problems at the university’s 112th annual spring commencement ceremonies. More than 2,400 students took part in the three ceremonies held Saturday at the Beasley Performing Arts Center on the Pullman campus. “If we on the faculty and your classmates have ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University approved the university’s capital and operating budget requests, which will be considered by the State Legislature in the 2009 session, at the board’s regular meeting Friday in Pullman. Leading the list of capital requests are $38.6 million for construction of the Applied Technology Classroom Building at WSU Vancouver, $7.4 million in design funding for a veterinary medical research building in Pullman, $15.75 million for a Pullman wastewater reclamation project and ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will host some 500 high school students from across the state May 9-11 as they participate in “Imagine Tomorrow,” an inaugural competition that asks students to envision viable solutions to the planet’s growing energy needs. Meant to prompt students to explore actionable ideas to address the variety of energy issues that will shape their future, this year’s competition attracted about 140 teams of students from grades 9 through 12. The teams will present their ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Ralph Young is looking to the future for the Colville Tribe, working on developing biofuels from canola in north-central Washington. He is also developing the human side of the equation through education and community engagement programs for Native Americans at Washington State University. And he’s accomplishing this even before he receives his Bachelor of Science in general physical sciences Saturday at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. The biofuels research effort grew out of a visit by Young to the ... [more]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Two of the four candidates for the position of provost and executive vice president of Washington State University are scheduled to visit the university next week. Eric James Barron, dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences and Jackson Chair in Earth Systems Science at the University of Texas Austin, is scheduled to visit May 5-6. He will appear at an open forum at 3 p.m. May 5 in Room T-101 of the Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Building ... [more]

RICHLAND, Wash. — Washington State University Tri-Cities will confer 314 diplomas during an outdoor ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday, May 9, on the campus at 2710 University Drive, Richland.   The class of 2008 includes four students who have earned their doctoral degrees, 74 with master’s degrees and 236 receiving a bachelor’s degree. More than 200 students will participate in the ceremony.   WSU President Elson S. Floyd will preside, along with WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Vicky L. Carwein. The keynote speaker is Bonnie J. ... [more]