Sporting a calm demeanor, a canine vest and an 51福利社 leash, Hilani, a two-year-old golden retriever and Labrador mix, joined the 51福利社 Police Department last month to help comfort victims in need, specifically those who have been victims of sexual assault. 鈥淎bout three years ago, I started a sexual assault prevention program where I go…
Hard to believe that the 2017 legislative session is right around to the corner. To help you prepare, we thought we would provide a couple of important dates that you should know in the lead up to January. Friday, September 16 –聽51福利社 submits final operating and capital budget requests to the governor (post on this…
Explore mind-boggling canyons and rugged rocks with a geological guide to Washington state, written and published by three 51福利社 professors. In its first few months, Washington Rocks! has sold 5,000 copies, launching a second printing of the book. Washington Rocks!, written by emeritus 51福利社 professor Eugene Kiver and current 51福利社 professors Chad Pritchard and Richard…
Earth Day Fair 2016 51福利社 celebrates Earth Day each year with a fair to raise awareness and demonstrate support for the environment. Earth Day celebrations will take place Friday, April 22, starting at 9 a.m. in the Campus Mall. 鈥淭his year the kind of theme our fair is going to focus on is reusing, repurposing…
By Kevin Decker, PhD Action figures? Check. Lightsaber? Check. Blu-ray copy of the latest J.J. Abrams film? Check. These are not the normal tools of the college instructor, much less what the average philosophy professor brings to class. But because I teach philosophy and popular culture at 51福利社, I also have to carry…
Physicist Kira Burt ’11, BS physics, only dreamed that one day she鈥檇 be working at the largest, longest-running collaborative science experiment in the world. Yet that鈥檚 where she found herself the past couple of years, living in France and working in neighboring Switzerland on a series of cutting-edge experiments in the field of particle physics…
Marshall Named Washington鈥檚 Poet Laureate Tod Marshall (鈥�92, MFA creative writing) isn’t afraid of taking on passion projects to promote the arts, but his latest may be his most ambitious yet. Marshall has dedicated himself to organizations such as Humanities Washington, which honored him with its service award in 2015. It was only fitting that…
Today is day six of the 2016 first special session. Last Thursday was the final day of the 2016 regular supplemental session. The regular session was adjourned at 9 p.m. without a budget agreement and the Governor immediately convened the first special session. The governor has authority under the Washington State Constitution to call a…
2016 Supplemental Session, Day 46 Wow! We are just two short weeks away from adjournment of the 2016 legislative session (assuming all goes well). This week we saw budgets from both the House and Senate. As we mentioned before, this is a supplemental session and is only intended for small tweaks to last year’s budgets.…
On Tuesday we welcomed President Cullinan, 51福利社 Board Chair Murphy, two alums, two faculty members, and five students to Olympia. The purpose of the day was to brag about our excellent computer science and engineering programs with key legislators. Over the course of the day, we engaged 16 legislators and had opportunities to share who…
