Summer 2022
Chasing Ghost Trout
Review of book by Dennis Dauble » More ...
Notable Alumni
Summer 2022
Chris Winkler
The WSU alum rode his bike coast to coast. » More ...
Summer 2022
A burning issue
A more native approach to managing our Northwest’s natural fire cycles » More ...
Summer 2022
Pickleball, inside and out
A new sport sensation becomes a positive volley in some innately negative spaces. » More ...
Summer 2022
Easy rider
Chris Winkler found himself wanting to conquer a longer ride. He had already biked from Seattle to Portland a half-dozen times. Once, he even cycled from Tri-Cities to San Francisco. That particular trip “kind of whet my appetite,” he says. “I toyed with a forty-eight states ride. Then I thought: how about a coast-to-coast ride?”
From June through August 2021, Winkler (’86 Chem. Eng.) cycled from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Maine. Technically, he started his ride on the Oregon Coast, so it was truly a coast-to-coast tour.
In all, the former Coug basketball player biked 3,797 miles in 69 days across the northern US, pedaling … » More …
Spring 2022
Designing women
Personal space changed during the pandemic. Washington State University interior design graduates applied some clever ideas. » More ...
Spring 2022
Tunnel visions
Washington State University's wind tunnels helped pilot and educator understand aerodynamics. » More ...
Spring 2022
Pathways for a new education
Washington's superintendent of public instruction imagines the high school of the future » More ...
Spring 2022
Standing tall
Washington State University and NBA star James Donaldson turns his struggles with mental health into hope. » More ...
Spring 2022
Video and stories about James Donaldson
Former Coug and NBA basketball star James Donaldson (’79 Socio.) faced a lot of adversity over the last decade. He has turned his struggles with mental health into a new purpose: helping others through sharing his experiences.
Video: Eric Johnson (’84 Comm.) interviews Donaldson for Eric’s Heroes on Seattle’s KOMO-TV
Donaldson is a guest on Chino y Chicano, co-hosted by Enrique Cerna (’75 Comm.). (Read more about Cerna and his podcast)
Your Gift of Life: Donaldson’s nonprofit to increase awareness of mental health
Read more about Donaldson’s journey back in “Standing tall.”