The ASWSU will host “As Seen on TV? A Discussion on Real Life in the Military” Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in Todd 116.The event will consist of a panel of military veterans who will discuss and answer questions from the audience about what is and is not real in the way the military […]
The Global War on Terrorism in the past two years has claimed the lives of three Washington State University students and alumni. Due to the limited size of WSU Pullman’s veterans memorial, there is nowhere to inscribe their names and permanently recognize their sacrifice. Recently, the university designated $15,000-$20,000 to have the memorial (located east […]
After 10 years of research and writing, C. James Quann, WSU registrar emeritus and coordinator of veterans research, is finally telling the heroic stories of WSU veterans. Quann’s new book, titled “WSU Military Veterans: Heroes and Legends,” recounts stories of WWII, Vietnam, Korean and Persian Gulf war soldiers with strong ties to WSU. His research […]
A group of staff and faculty members is volunteering to help student soldiers returning from combat readapt to college life. About 40 members of the Faculty and Staff Veterans’ Liaisons program attended a two-hour workshop at the beginning of the semester. They discussed how to assist student war veterans who may have problems separating their […]
Representative Cathy McMorris will speak at this year’s Washington State University Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony Friday, Nov. 11 on the WSU campus.The annual ceremony is set for 11 a.m. to noon at the WSU Veterans Memorial, located on Veterans Way near Murrow Hall. Military veterans, past and present, will be honored at the public event. […]
Among them, they’ve donated thousands of volunteer hours and have answered just as many questions about every bug and blight known to Washington state gardening.WSU Extension Master Gardeners honored four members, each with more than 20 years of experience in the program, at its conference on the Pullman campus this week. Marilyn Tilbury of Seattle, […]
The 14th-annual WSU Veteran’s Memorial Golf Tournament will take place on April 16 at the Colfax Golf and Country Club.The best ball tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Prizes will be awarded throughout the day, including a chance to win a car for a hole-in-one. A barbecue will follow the tournament.Entry forms may be picked […]
A Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremony at Washington State University will salute those who have served or are serving in the U.S. military.Army Capt. James Shull and Air Force Capt. Ralph Gehringer, both WSU alumni who died while on duty, will be honored, said Charii Higgins, WSU Veterans Affairs coordinator.Shull, originally from Moore, Idaho, graduated from […]
Charii Higgins, coordinator of Veterans Affairs at WSU, stands with recent student veterans from the war in Iraq: Nicholas DeSelle, U.S. Navy, left, and Ashley Monfort, U.S. Army National Guard. Scores of students, torn from their regular academic lives and dropped into the volatile world war on terrorism, will begin returning to Washington State University […]
Veterans Day, a salute to all those who have died or served in an effort to protect this nation’s freedom, will be observed nationwide on Nov. 11. The original holiday, previously known as Armistice Day, was inaugurated by the U.S. Congress in 1926, in recognition to those who served in World War I, which ended […]