News from University College units, programs, initiatives, and affiliates
Undergraduate Education
11-2-09 President, Provost Call for Advising Retreat 12-2-09
10-24-08 WSU Appoints General Education Visioning Committee
Writing Program
11-16-09 WSU Writing Program Presents Biennial Report on Junior Portfolio Findings (2007-9)
10-12-09 WSU Students Innovatively Pursue the "Write Way" on Oct. 20
8-07-09 WSU Writing Program Presents at National WPA Conference; Patrick Johnson Lands Award
2-03-09 WSU Writing Program Recieves National Certificate of Excellence (2009)
4-11-08 Writing Program Administrator Diane Kelly-Riley Lands National Research Grant
1-18-08 WSU Students Access 24/7 Northwest Online Tutoring Consortium
1-04-08 Writing Program Opens New Graduate Student Center
10-29-07 WSU Student Writers Well Prepared for their Disciplines, New Study Reports
Undergraduate Research
3-29-10 Four Students Land WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium Awards
3-04-10 WSU Undergraduate First-Year Students Invited to Summer Week to Explore Research
3-02-10 WSU Undergraduate Research Announces Spring 2010 Symposium
1-20-10 Information Sessions Set for Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 (2010)
10-23-09 Twenty-two Receive Auvil Scholars Awards for Fall 2009
8-27-09 Auvil Fellowship Applications Due by Sept. 15, 2009
3-13-09 Seven Students Awarded Weir, Auvil Fellowships for Spring 2009
11-19-08 Six $2,500 NASA Space Grant Applications Due Dec. 22 for WSU Undergraduates
10-21-08 Eight Students Earn Awards at WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium 2008
10-02-08 Auvil Fellows for Fall 2008 Announced by WSU Undergraduate Research
9-04-08 Auvil Fellowship Applications for Fall 2008 Due Sept. 12
9-08-08 UGR Gets New Home in Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 509
Learning Communities
6-08-10 Greg Mortenson to Visit WSU in January 2011 for Common Reading Lecture
5-22-10 WSU Selects "Stones Into Schools" by Greg Mortenson as 2010 Common Reading Book for Freshman
2-05-10 Learning Communities Director Named to State Consortium
5-27-09 Omnivore's Dilemma Back on Menu for Common Reading
3-31-09 Common Reading Book Whets Appetite for Learning
3-26-09 WSU Selects "Omnivore's Dilemma" as 2009 Common Reading Book for Freshmen
Honors College (an affiliate unit to the University College)
5-18-10 Honors Students Take Off on Foreign Adventures
5-18-10 Honors Students Focus on Biophilia in New UH 390 Course
5-11-10 Honors Student Kristofor Nyquist Wins Alumni Association Award for Academics
5-10-10 Honors Student Alan Emanuel Receives Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
4-27-10 Three Honors Students Selected as Highlight Students for WSU’s Spring 2010 Commencement
3-29-10 Honors Students Participate in Three Undergraduate Researh Events; Seven Land Awards
3-24-10 WSU Honors College Represented by 27 Students at Two March 29 Research Events
3-24-10 Honors Council Member Rebecca Craft Named WSU Woman of the Year
1-27-10 Assistant Dean Jessica Casslesman
Receives WSU Outstanding Academic Advisor
Award
12-29-09 Honors College Presents Faculty, Students with Awards at Fall 2009 Commencement
12-17-09 Honors Student and WSU Wide Receiver, Jared Karstetter, Receives Pac-10 Awards
12-14-09 Honors Students Submit Study Abroad Photos for Education Abroad Contest
12-12-09 Honors Student Samuel Kammerzell Highlighted at Fall 2009 Commencement
10-19-09 Eight Honors Students Receive Fall 2009 Auvil Scholars Awards
9-29-09 Rachel Halverson Receives Washington Service Award
9-03-09 Honors Faculty Member Carol Anelli Receives National Teaching Award from Her Discipline
7-29-09 Kristen Kopczynski Helps Evaluate the REU LAR Program
7-15-09 Honors College Students Participate in WSU REU Program
6-27-09 Libby Walker Named Dean of WSU Honors College
5-27-09 Pass with Distinction Spring 2009
4-27-09 HSAC Lands WSU Award for Educational Impact
4-06-09 Honors Junior Whitney Patterson Recieves Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
3-24-09 Rachel Halverson Presents Honors Invited Lecture March 26 in Honors Hall Lounge
3-17-09 Junior Derick En'Wezoh Elected President of WSU Student Body
3-10-09 WSU Honors Dean Libby Walker Named President of the Western Regional Honors Council
3-03-09 WSU Honors College Hosts Green-Themed Conference in Spokane
2-26-09 Eleven WSU Honors Students Present Work at Western Regional Honors Council Conference
2-04-09 Carol Anelli Recieves WSU Sahlin Faculty Excelelnce Award for Instruction
12-12-08 All Nine Nominees Receive "Pass with Distinction" on Their Fall 2008 Theses
12-01-08 Additional Courses for Spring 2009
11-18-08 Honors' Alumnus Lewis Lee Guest Speaker at December Commencement Ceremonies
11-12-08 Rachel Halverson Receives Teaching Award from Professional Society
11-04-08 Selena Galaviz Named Highlight Student for WSU Commencement Fall 2008
10-27-08 Honors Hosts Regional Conference March 2009 in Spokane; Norton Keynote Speaker
10-06-08 Philosophy Chair Shier Joins Honors Council
10-02-08 Eleven Honors College Students Named Auvil Fellows for Fall 2008
Center for Advising and Career Development
1-27-10 Jane Parker Receives WSU ACADA "Outstanding Advisor Award"
12-30-09 WSU Career Expo Brings Recruiters to Pullman Feb. 9 in Beasley Colliseum
10-21-09 WSU Career Expo Leads to 245 Student Interviews for Career Positions
9-22-09 More Than 100 Recruiters Converge on WSU for Career Fairs Oct. 6-7
New Student Programs
General Education
12-18-09 Gen Ed Report
Approved by Provost
5-15-08 World Civilizations Partners on Information Literacy Project with WSU Libraries
4-24-08 World Civilizations Names Outstanding Students for Spring 2008
Teaching Academy (an affiliate unit of the University College)
1-11-10 WSU Offers Graduate Teaching Workshop Jan. 16
12-28-09 WSU Teaching Academy Seeks Nominations for 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award by Jan. 29
5-18-08 Provost's Speaker Series Welcomes Quantitative Reasoning Experts to WSU April 10-11