Summer 2015

by Brian Clark

Billions to be served

Shattering some glass

Women in sports broadcasting jump hurdles and work hard to succeed in the traditionally male-dominated field

At home at school

Homeless and impoverished children in southwest Washington receive educational opportunities thanks to WSU Vancouver program

Mashing up new landscapes

GIS coordinator Rick Rupp guides hundreds of students and other scholars through the joys of mashing up seemingly disparate data sources and viewing them on a map

A perfect vessel for wine research

New research and teaching winery serves students, scientists, and industry

Videos: WSU alumni sportscasters

Highlights of sportscasters who graduated from WSU's Murrow College of Communication

Maps: Mashups from the WSU GIS Laboratory—a sampling of studies and classroom exercises

Trout, heal thyself

A simple and effective method to combat coldwater disease... with gut bacteria

At center STAGE

When Benjamin Gonzales arrived as a student, STAGE existed, but it lay dormant; now, it thrives

Drawing on Paris experiences

Sketchbooks in hand, students document their voyage with striking illustrations

Letters to the future

Keepers of the Capsule swear a 300-year oath

John Barleycorn lives

"No Barley, No Beer"

Seeing Selma

After “Bloody Sunday,” residents from campus and town sent a contingent to Selma—including photographer Jim Barker

How to make artisan bread

Tips and video of breadmaking

Gallery: Images from the Selma March, 1965

Eat like an athlete

To keep student athletes going strong, they eat healthy food, guided by sports nutrition coordinator Lindsay Brown

Global War and Christian Nationalism

An excerpt from Matthew Avery Sutton's American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism

The right work

A nanny and a street photographer, all about artisanal bread, and much more

Posts for Summer 2015

Letters from readers in the Summer 2015 issue

Elaine Thomas ’76

At 3,000 degrees, she's showing some metal

Howard Copp ’57

He was a houseboy at Alpha Gamma Delta at WSU, until his future wife Martha pulled him away

Guillermo “Billy” Pimentel ’99

On the biodefense with the US Navy's mobile laboratories

Cougar pride on the road and into scholarships

WSU Alumni Association News

19,500 Cougar license plates are on the road in Washington—and every one drives a scholarship

The Clark Family

Pets, vets, and architects

Images iconic and intimate

Images from Vivian Maier and Corbis

The Awakening: A novel of intrigue, seduction, and redemption

By Allen Johnson ’85 PhD

Key to My Cage

By Michael Kirkpatrick ’01

Coal Wars: Unions, Strikes, and Violence in Depression-Era Central Washington

By David Bullock ’85 MA

In the Path of Destruction: Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount St. Helens

By Richard Waitt

Gallery: Wine Science Center

Photos of the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates WSU Wine Science Center at the Tri-Cities, by Zach Mazur

Digital magazine

The Summer 2015 issue in full-screen PDF, tablet-friendly formats