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WSU students have a chance to learn about many aspects of Pacific Northwest history through their work on the Kimble Northwest History Database, a compilation of roughly 300,000 newspaper clippings collected and organized in the late 1930s by the Works Progress Administration to document life in the Pacific Northwest from 1900-1938. Subjects include Bonneville and […]

Peregrine falcons, the fastest birds in the world, can reach speeds of up to 240 miles per hour while diving. Third‑year Washington State University veterinary student and wildlife artist Charlie Kittridge drew the bird of prey in October 2017 as a tribute to its impressive qualities. “I admire their speed, precision and power,” he said. “Animals are my […]

(Most Fridays from 12:15 – 1:00pm) WSU Libraries’ Atrium Music is an informal series of free concerts in the Terrell Library Atrium. Drop in for all or any part of the concert as your schedule allows!   October 25 Sarah Willhoite, Flute November 1 Saxophone Studio Recital November 8 MTNA Flutes November 15 Low Brass […]

Part two of a two-part series describes changes in the WSU Libraries over 25 years. Part one covered the history of Terrell Library. About the time Terrell Library was being constructed in the early 1990s, the Washington State University Libraries as a whole had yet to launch a website. Today, the libraries’ website, which recently […]

Part one of a two-part series covers the history of Terrell Library. Part two will describe the changes in the WSU Libraries over 25 years.   It’s hard to imagine what the Pullman campus would be like without Terrell Library. On any given day, visitors stream through the atrium area on their way to Terrell’s […]

Kim Andersen will receive the 2019 WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award during a 1 p.m. reception Wednesday, May 15, in the Terrell Library Atrium.Andersen is a clinical professor in the Honors College. The award recognizes a non-library faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries.

Faculty at WSU are invited to explore open educational resources (OER) and apply for funding to adapt or create them for their own courses. March’s Faculty-Led Workshops will feature pertinent OER information and perspectives. Many WSU faculty members are employing OER and other textbook alternatives, with great success. They often report higher levels of engagement and positive […]

Illustrations from the WSU Veterinary History Collection are on display now through summer session at the Animal Health Library in Wegner Hall 170, part of the twice‑yearly “Art in the Library” program. “We hope that in some small way, the exhibit might bring greater student awareness of the collection, greater faculty awareness of the process and work […]

In her 1957 book “All But My Life,” Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Gerda Weissmann Klein wrote, “The part of my formative years over which fate cast such a large shadow imposes an enormous burden and is not fully sorted out even now. No manual for survival was ever handed to me, nor were any […]

Soon to be 100 years old, the Washington State Fight Song is the Cougar Nation’s familiar and much‑loved anthem. A new exhibit at WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections celebrates the iconic song as well as the two women who wrote it. “When you think about the things that make WSU unique, the fight song is certainly one of them,” […]