CAHNRS has great alumni! This is no surprise. It was so much fun to spend some time with graduates from the 1950s, ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s! We had a couple master gardener volunteers in the group and many attendees were 4-H’ers! We had a great turnout from a number of department chairs and faculty as […]
Thanks for the feedback on the photo by my sister that was included in last week’s post. I have passed on the comments to her. She has many nice photos from traveling around the world to places where the weather cooperated a bit more than it did during this trip. I need to clarify: When […]
I had a sister in town last week. She spent the nights outside, looking up for the Milky Way. Haze and clouds made it difficult to snag the perfect shot, but she managed to take a few at night and during the day out on the Palouse. I am in Finland this week, starting the […]
Congratulations to the horticulture department for its success in receiving a new faculty member through the Office of the Provost’s cluster hire program! Lisa DeVetter and Stephen Ficklin proposed a position to develop a research, teaching, Extension, and outreach program centered on addressing the renewal of knowledge and crop improvement of traditional plants for Indigenous […]
Congratulations to our graduates and the faculty and families who provided support along the way! Nancy Deringer and I had fun distributing diploma jackets while many CAHNRS faculty hooded doctoral students or cheered on the graduates. The energy of commencement is infectious, only dampened by the gravity of awarding of posthumous degrees. With the exception […]
Last week ended with great weather and a great trip to tour agriculture in the Columbia Basin. Thanks so much to Karen Lewis and the broader Columbia Basin ag team in Extension for planning the day. While we missed Andy McGuire’s participation on the trip itself, his presentation earlier in the week helped us better […]
It is hard to believe we are less than two weeks from spring commencement! There is much to do between now and then with banquets and student recognition events continuing. Everyone involved in teaching is working hard to get our students past the finish line while continuing to engage with next year’s prospective students. April […]
This week I wrap up annual review conversations with chairs and directors. I’m inspired by the accomplishments of the departments and units and their leaders. In general, the challenges and needs were not surprising, but serve as a good reminder for where my efforts should be focused. A challenge I have observed here, like at […]
Success is blooming this April. As of last week, we have 337 CAHNRS students who have applied for graduation. Of those students, 146 have a cumulative GPA of ≥ 3.5! I want to send a huge “thank you” to the advisors, instructors, and faculty who helped these students achieve this success. We also just learned […]
Thank you to President Schulz for calling out the great work of WSU Extension in his State of the University address last week! I had no idea he had a strong interest in gardening. I am headed to the Puyallup Research and Extension Center on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the WSU Master […]
