Dean Steven Hoch is the new provost and executive vice president of Washington State University.
May 26, 2008
Washington State University has selected a new Provost. Steven Hoch, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky has been selected as the new Provost and Executive Vice President at WSU. ...
I’m off now for a long weekend in Bellingham to watch “number one son” in what he calls an alternative “outdoor” performance of Shakespeare’s Macbeth on the Western Washington University campus. This should be interesting. ...
Since the arrival of President Elson Floyd last year, Washington State University (WSU) has been looking critically at its current academic structure with the notion of focusing limited resources on its highest academic priorities, ...
April 29, 2008
ATTORNEY GENERAL COAKLEY WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST FUNG WAH BUS COMPANY FOR REFUSING TO SELL TICKETS TO BLIND COUPLE. BOSTON – The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has ruled in favor of the Commonwealth in Attorney ...
You may recall that since the passage of legislation in the 2007 session establishing the so-called “global challenge states” as the official comparison states for measuring Washington’s progress in improving education funding, ...
He also spent more than two decades at Oregon State University as a political science faculty member and as state government liaison and in other administrative posts. Shepard replaces Western president Karen Morse who is retiring ...
State: Washington (State) The Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Library is recruiting for one permanent Technology Consultant (Information Technology Specialist 2 in training to Information Technology Specialist ...
April 9, 2008
... institutions which was the top 2008 legislative priority for the Washington Student Lobby. The funds were split evenly between the Higher Education Coordinating Board and the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. ...
Alum Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Meyer Distinguished Professor of Music at Washington State University, has played the saxophone with such jazz greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Ray Charles and Sarah Vaughan. He is also a noted composer. ...
Just got word this morning that the Governor will take action on the 2008 supplemental operating and capital budgets tomorrow, April 1, at 2:00 pm Apparently the Governor has been working her way line-by-line through both budgets and ...
University of Mary Washington center Liz Hickey (Virginia Beach, Va./Bishop Sullivan) concluded her brilliant career as a 2008 Women's Basketball Coaches Association State Farm All-America selection, as was released today. ...
March 27, 2008
The Columbian daily newspaper, which covers Vancouver, Wash., is cutting back on the printed stock listings in both its daily and Sunday newspapers, according to a short item on Tuesday. Staff writer Julia Anderson wrote, “Today, ...
Here’sa link to a nice profile of Rep. Helen Sommers (D-Seattle) in Sunday’s Seattle Times written by Andrew Garber.
March 20, 2008
The final 2008 UW legislation session summary is now available on the State Relations website in the “Spotlight” section. Download and share to your heart’s content.
Helen Sommers decision to not seek another term in the state House rightly dominated much of the end of session press coverage, a number of other legislators have decided to call it a day at the end of their current terms. ...
The decision came in the consolidated cases of Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party and Washington v. Washington State Republican Party [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIST.
March 14, 2008
One thing I forgot to mention in the last post is the ultimate fate of the UW North Sound campus. In short, it’s not happening this year at all. All that’s left in the operating or capital budget is a $100000 appropriation to the Higher ...
Well, now that we’ve all had a chance to digest the details of the final legislative supplemental operating and capital budgets, I’ve come to the conclusion that given the Governor’s desire to maintain a large budget reserve, ...
Sommers has been a strong advocate for higher education and the University of Washington in particular for much of her legislative career. On a personal note, I post this entry with a mix of both admiration and sadness. ...
