WSU Pullman campus – The Daily Evergreen

Students with disabilities program hires director

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter

January 16, 2019

Filed under Faculty, News, Pullman Community, Showcase, WSU Pullman campus

WSU ROAR (Responsibility Opportunities Advocacy and Respect) has recruited a new director for the program. WSU ROAR is a post-secondary education program designed for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). It is a two-year, non-degree seeking program which guides students toward ...

Vandalized cable to cause landline outage

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter

January 15, 2019

Filed under Local, Moscow Community, News, Pullman Community, WSU Pullman campus

Frontier Communications customers will experience a landline network outage starting at 11 p.m. tonight, which may last until 2 a.m. Wednesday. The telephone interruption may last from 30 minutes to three hours, according to a press release. A fiber optical transmission cable along U.S. 95 b...

Artist uses multimedia to talk about racial violence

RACHEL SUN, Evergreen reporter

January 15, 2019

Filed under News, Showcase, Top-feature, WSU Pullman campus

Paul Rucker wants people to talk about slavery. An activist, musician and artist, Rucker creates multimedia and fine arts projects to address issues of mass incarceration. But to do that, he said, first you have to go back in history. As one of his projects, Rucker animated data pinpointing hundreds...

Art exhibition features concepts drawn from math, philosophy

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter

January 15, 2019

Filed under Arts, News, WSU Pullman campus

A new art exhibition featuring the work of economist and artist Michael Schultheis will be available for the public in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art from Jan. 15 to June 29. Schultheis’ work features paintings and sculptures influenced by mathematicians, philosophers and artists, he said. The exhibi...

WSU waits on funding from 2018 Farm Bill

HANNAH WELZBACKER, Evergreen reporter

January 14, 2019

Filed under News, Pullman Community, Research, Top-feature, WSU Pullman campus

WSU is waiting to hear how the 2018 Farm Bill funds will be allocated. Colleen Kerr, vice president for external affairs and government relations and chief legislative officer at WSU, said the $867 billion bill was approved by both houses of Congress and signed Dec. 20 by President Donald Trump. “The...

CougarCards now accepts preferred names

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter

January 14, 2019

Filed under News, Showcase, WSU Pullman campus

As a part of WSU’s gender inclusivity initiative, CougarCard Services is now allowing changes to first and middle names for students and faculty who wish to be addressed by preferred names. CougarCard Services began a project to provide cards with preferred names in 2016, before the gender inclusivity...

Schulz requests pay raise for staff

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter

January 11, 2019

Filed under Administration, News, Top-feature, WSU Pullman campus

WSU President Kirk Schulz and other presidents of public universities in Washington sent a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee asking for a pay raise for faculty and staff. Schulz said pay raises will come from funding provided by the state. Every two years, the university asks for a certain percentage of salary...

Anime teaches culture, history

RACHEL SUN, Evergreen reporter

January 10, 2019

Filed under Arts, Faculty, News, Showcase, WSU Pullman campus

For many casual viewers, the thought of anime may first bring to mind images of vibrant characters like the bubbly and carefree Sailor Moon or pull at nostalgic heartstrings with the thought of childhood favorites like Totoro or Chihiro from Studio Ghibli productions. But anime is more than just pure...

Website brings WSU’s history to life

CODY SCHOELER, Evergreen reporter

January 10, 2019

Filed under Local, News, Research, WSU Pullman campus

The Historic Preservation Committee has created an online platform dedicated to the history of WSU’s campus. The project is funded by the Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections unit and the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation at WSU, Andrew Gillreath-Brown, creator of the website...

ASWSU emphasizes support for mental health support in colleges

DAISY ZAVALA, Evergreen reporter

January 10, 2019

Filed under ASWSU, News, Top-feature, WSU Pullman campus

The ASWSU Senate discussed a resolution supporting mental health resources and Pat Chun, WSU athletic director, spoke about the WSU athletic department at Wednesday night’s meeting. Resolution to support mental health resources ASWSU Senators passed a resolution that will call on state legislator...

Pullman Transit update on community service routes

KAYE GILL, Evergreen reporter

January 9, 2019

Filed under Local, News, Pullman Community, Top-feature, WSU Pullman campus

Pullman Transit received feedback from bus drivers and riders about reduced wait times for community service routes including the Blue and Silver routes. Changes in the waiting time took effect in August 2018, according to an Evergreen article. Brad Rader, Pullman Transportation operations supervisor, said by adding a new route Pu...

GPSA discusses possible fees for lobbying group

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter

January 8, 2019

Filed under GPSA, GPSA, News, Showcase, WSU Pullman campus

GPSA senators discussed potentially splitting the membership fee for the Washington Student Association with ASWSU for this year at Monday night’s meeting. The Washington Student Association is a lobbying group made up of Washington state universities, such as WSU. The association includes the ...