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Spring 2016

Talkback for Spring 2016

 

Traditions

Thank you for the article in your Fall 2015 issue about Stevens Hall and their tea cups. I lived there from 1968–1972. It was a great place to live and an interesting time of old traditions (passing an engagement ring around a circle of residents until it stopped at the engaged) to moving on to more modern ones (like allowing men to visit up on the floors and rooms). Through it all were the beautiful teacups and wonderful friends, some of which I still keep in touch with after 43 years!

Gayle Hunt ’72

 

Serving with distinction

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Talk Back
Summer 2016

Talkback for Summer 2016

 

Police training

Congratulations for this important and excellent story [Spring 2016] that WSU grads are creating concerning the much needed training of first responders in handling potentially explosive and often tragic situations. It is of interest that the technology (smart phone cameras) that brought to the country’s attention the several recent lethal police encounters with escalating situations, is also being used to assist the training (dash and body cams) to defuse contentious confrontations.

I am pleased to see that the researchers and trainers involved in this project are expertly fusing psychology, criminology, and technology into their training programs and that they take seriously … » More …

Cover of Washington State Magazine, Fall 2015
Fall 2015

Digital magazine

The FALL 2015 issue is available in the following digital versions:

A MagCloud webviewer version for online reading

Downloadable full-screen magazine-spread PDF (best viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader, right-click link to download)

Downloadable tablet PDF — optimized for tablets and smaller screens

Downloadable special supplement PDF — The Legacy of a President: Elson S. Floyd, 1956-2015 — optimized for tablets and smaller screens

Print-on-demand and iPad app from MagCloud

Welcome new WSU president thumb
Summer 2016

Meet the new WSU president

Washington State University’s next president, Kirk H. Schulz, sees his new role at WSU as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead a university poised to launch a medical school, continue its commitment to accessible higher education, and further its research mission.

Schulz will join WSU on June 13 from Kansas State University, where he has been president since 2009.

Schulz has a long commitment to land-grant universities and their historical mission to provide accessible, affordable higher education. He earned his degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech, a university similar to WSU with strong agriculture, veterinary medicine, and engineering components.

Virginia Tech, Kansas State, WSU, and … » More …

Book - Briefly Noted
Summer 2016

Briefly noted

 

Immortal of the Cinder Path: the Saga of James “Ted” Meredith

By John Jack Lemon ’78

2015

In this first tribute to early twentieth-century athlete James “Ted” Meredith, Lemon introduces a mostly forgotten, and sometimes heartbreaking, story of a world-record breaking runner, Olympic gold medalist, and all-around sports star.

 

Hope

By Suzanne D. Lonn ’67

WestBow Press: 2014

This third novel from Lonn explores family dynamics through adoption, obsessive compulsive disorders, and salvation. Hope is a sequel to Lonn’s earlier novel The Game of Hearts (2003 Exlibris). She also published Mixed Nuts in 2008, a novel about elder abuse, alcoholism, depression, and dementia.

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Class Notes
Summer 2016

Class notes

To read more class notes or post your own, visit the online class notes site, MyStory

1950s

William Minshall (’51 Geog.) worked as a cartographer for 25 years with an aerospace firm in Glendale, California, where he also met his wife. After owning and operating an RV park near Tillamook, the Minshalls are now retired in Cloverdale, Oregon.

1960s

Northwestern Mutual honored Albuquerque financial representative William E. Ebel (’65 Ag. Econ.) with membership to its 2015 Forum Group in recognition of his helping clients plan for and achieve financial security. This is the fifteenth time Ebel has received the Forum honor.

Utah State … » More …