January 2019 Dear Faculty and Staff: Greetings as we approach completion of the fourth week of spring semester. I trust that you enjoyed some downtime during the holiday period and that the semester is off to a good start. Noel and I returned from the break feeling refreshed and excited about the spring after some family travels. […]

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students: What are you doing for others? That simple question calls us to pause, to reflect on our own life and the lives of those around us. What core principles guide our daily decisions and actions? Does our hectic day‑to‑day schedule allow us to consider, and then incorporate, service to others into […]

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students: Washington State University is committed to preventing sexual violence (including stalking, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault), and to providing an appropriate response when such incidents occur. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding university processes for responding to sexual […]