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PULLMAN, Wash. – A variety of local one-time service projects will be available for student participation on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 19, at Washington State University.

By Marc Robinson, WSU Culture & Heritage Houses director PULLMAN, Wash. – In January, Washington State University will celebrate its 28th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Community Celebration. The excitement for this event has been building, especially because of the guest speaker, Angela Y. Davis, an internationally known scholar and activist.

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – In in the early 1960s, Diane Nash dared to sit at a restaurant counter that served whites only. She directed the famed Freedom Rider buses across the Deep South. She served time in a Jackson, Miss., jail. Pregnant.

By Steve Nakata, Student Affairs and Enrollment PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University history professor Ken Faunce and Women’s Resource Center director Turea Erwin are among those selected to receive the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Students, employees and community members are invited to serve and learn during Martin Luther King, Jr. events hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement at Washington State University.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Monday, Jan. 20, will be a day of service for Washington State University students, faculty and staff and community members. Projects available through the WSU Center for Civic Engagement will be posted online at http://cce.wsu.edu in early January.

PULLMAN, Wash. – The deadline for nominations for Washington State University’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards is Friday, Nov. 22.

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks during the March on Washington. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)   Related Former WSU Cougar Basketball Coach George Raveling, who stood nearby Martin Luther King, Jr., at the event, also received his written speech. Read the story at WSU Cougars website. To read more about the Ashbys’ experiences, see http://diversity.wsu.edu/. They […]

  PULLMAN – WSU Tri-Cities history professor Robert Bauman will deliver the keynote address during WSU Pullman’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in Smith CUE 203. Dedicated in memory of Dean Judy Mitchell and Interim Dean Lenoar Foster, College of Education, the event’s other highlights will include: • “Blues for a […]

Pullman United Way Executive Director Debbie Jo Sherman and the Common Ministry at Washington State University are among those being honored Monday, Jan. 15, with the Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award. Also receiving the award are WSU students Justin Guillory and Lauren Hubbard. Every year a review committee analyzes written nominations for the […]