Fall 2020
Call to duty II
Vice Admiral (ret.) Raquel Bono (’15 MBA) answered the Washington governor’s call to serve as Washington state’s COVID-19 hospital “czar” and manage the hospital surge capacity. » More ...
Notable Alumni
Fall 2020
The building of social empowerment
Tobias Jimenez spent his childhood in the type of settlement that he and his colleague Sean Anderson are now striving to improve.
The structures “have no electricity,” Jimenez says. “None have potable water. They’re not connected to the sewer. It’s not sanitary.”
Jimenez (’17 Arch., ’19 M.Arch.) was born in Pasco but moved to Colima, Mexico, with his parents as an infant. They raised him in an informal settlement— “like a favela,” he explains—on the city’s outskirts. “You’re focusing on surviving. You’re spending most of your time and energy trying to meet your basic needs. Living there is one of the reasons I decided to … » More …
Fall 2020
Up, up, and beyond
Jerry Jaeger washed dishes as kid, launching him to a 50-year career in hospitality. » More ...
Fall 2020
Generations of hospitality
Four decades of hospitality business graduates from Washington State University have crafted their own version of success in the hospitality industry.
Joe Fugere ’84
Seattle
Joe Fugere’s family influenced his meteoric rise in the food industry, albeit indirectly. His accolades including founding an award-winning Neapolitan pizza company in Seattle and advocating for small businesses on a local, state, and national level.
Fugere was actually considering architecture when he enrolled at WSU and attended an School for Hospitality Business Management open house.
“I liked the idea of getting a business degree and a degree in hospitality business … » More …
Summer 2020
Consider the butterfly
Washington State University alumnus Krist Novoselić embraces rural life and the natural world through music and community connections. » More ...
Summer 2020
A new terroir
Washington State University alumna Nicole “Coco” Umiker and her husband launched Clearwater Canyon Cellars, and a new era of winemaking in Lewis-Clark Valley. » More ...
Summer 2020
Steve Gleason receives Congressional Gold Medal
Steve Gleason, WSU standout football player and fierce advocate for people with ALS, received the highest honor from Congress. » More ...
Summer 2020
Back on Track: Sound Transit’s Fight to Save Light Rail
Review of "Back on Track: Sound Transit’s Fight to Save Light Rail" published by WSU Press » More ...
Summer 2020
“Living with the Volcano”
From the eruption of Mount St. Helens emerged art. » More ...
Summer 2020
Butterfly Launches from Spar Pole
Krist Novoselić, Ray Prestegard, and Robert Michael Pyle
Murky Slough Music: 2019
This eleven-track acoustic folk offering celebrates the natural world with profound but approachable spoken-word verse inspired by the cycles of life and sciences of ecology and geology. Armed with a PhD from Yale University and sense of curiosity about and reverence for the biosphere, Robert Michael Pyle—a lepidopterist, naturalist, and award-winning writer—presents compelling poetry that explores the intertwined fates of humans and nature.
Pyle, largely considered the godfather … » More …