ID | Title | Sub headline | Start Date | End Date |
3438 | WSU celebrates its 125th anniversary | | 20150328 | |
4691 | WSU declares intent to open a WSU Medical School | | 20140912 | |
4689 | WSU creates the College of Medical Sciences at WSU Spokane | | 20140509 | |
2568 | Ask Dr. Universe makes a comeback | | 20140430 | |
4685 | Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences building dedicated at WSU Spokane | | 20131206 | |
4687 | University District Health Clinic created by consortium of WSU Spokane, Providence Health Care, and Empire Health Foundation | | 20131101 | |
585 | The FAA awards WSU and MIT a grant to co-lead the new Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment | | 20130913 | |
4149 | Bob Robertson announces 520th Cougs game | | 20121123 | |
4091 | Longtime WSU teacher Donald Wayne Bushaw dies at 85 | | 20120115 | |
583 | U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” praises the WSU writing program for the ninth time in ten years | | 20120101 | |
2748 | WSU ranks safest among universities in Washington | | 20111205 | |
4763 | Washington State University the leading institution for the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) and the five-year, $40 million grant to help develop wood-based alternatives to petroleum-based fuels and chemicals | | 20110928 | |
579 | WSU launches $1 billion fundraising effort | | 20101202 | |
2769 | Three faculty members inducted to the Academy of Sciences | | 20100916 | |
2773 | Gary P. Brinson receives 41st Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20100909 | |
4683 | WSU Board of Regents designate WSU Spokane the University’s Health Sciences campus | | 20100903 | |
2767 | G.I. Jobs magazine salutes WSU efforts | | 20100817 | |
2765 | New headquarters for the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | | 20100625 | |
2763 | Cougar baseball and rowing head to NCAA championships | | 20100528 | 20100607 |
2761 | Women’s rugby team wins national championship | | 20100501 | |
2737 | The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges recognizes water conservation efforts on the WSU campus | | 20100420 | |
2759 | Bill Moos hired as Director of Athletics | | 20100224 | |
2739 | WSU Museum of Art is a player in one of the biggest art donations in state history | | 20100211 | |
2741 | Cougs raise money for Haiti | | 20100112 | |
2753 | President Floyd announces statewide tour of Washington counties | | 20100101 | |
2755 | National Institutes of Health funds WSU research to improve life for people with memory loss | | 20100101 | |
2771 | Despite economic downturn, research opportunities flourish | | 20100101 | |
4772 | Engineers at WSU’s Sports Science Lab revolutionize sports equipment safety testing and works with major sports industry companies and player associations. | | 20100101 | |
4879 | School of Molecular Biosciences and the Center for Reproductive Biology join the College of Veterinary Medicine | | 20100101 | |
3771 | An arboretum for WSU | | 20091201 | |
2735 | Dwight Damon receives 40th Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20091009 | |
4681 | Nursing Building dedicated at WSU Spokane | | 20090507 | |
2731 | Helen Thomas and Bob Schieffer are honorees at Edward R. Murrow Symposium | | 20090407 | |
2725 | Robert Nilan receives President’s Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service | | 20090327 | |
2729 | Michael D. Griswold receives Ninth Eminent Faculty Award | | 20090327 | |
2721 | The School of Music holds the 20th Annual Festival of Contemporary Art Music | | 20090205 | 20090207 |
2727 | Douglas Epperson, formerly of Iowa State University, becomes Dean of College of Liberal Arts | | 20090108 | |
3291 | WSU professor’s art on Antiques Roadshow | | 20090105 | |
570 | Cougar Pride statue dedicated to past live mascots | | 20081122 | |
4770 | School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering to be named for Gene and Lina Voiland after record-breaking $17.5 million gift | | 20081019 | |
2605 | Roger O. McClellan receives the 39th Regents’ Distinguished Alumni Award | | 20081017 | |
2715 | Warwick Bayly, previously WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine dean, becomes University Provost | | 20081010 | |
2711 | WWAMI medical students begin classes at WSU Spokane | | 20080825 | |
3276 | The Ferry Hall cupola relocates to the arboretum | | 20080730 | |
2705 | The Murrow School of Communication becomes the College of Communication | | 20080701 | |
2709 | Robert Bates steps down from his position as Provost and Executive Vice President | | 20080701 | |
3756 | Love letters from WSC | | 20080601 | |
2698 | Elton John rocks Mom’s Weekend | | 20080412 | 20080413 |
2701 | LeRoy Ashby receives Presidents Award For Lifetime Service | | 20080328 | |
2703 | Anjan Bose receives Eighth Eminent Faculty Award | | 20080328 | |
1044 | The NFL establishes a scholarship at WSU in Michael Utley’s name. | | 20080327 | |
568 | WSU-branded airplane hits the skies | | 20080116 | |
2599 | WSU receives the largest grant in the history of the university | | 20080101 | |
2593 | Scientific American names Patricia A. Hunt one of the top 50 researchers in the world for her research into plastics | | 20071216 | |
2582 | Paul Wulff named WSU football coach | | 20071211 | |
2580 | Johnnetta Cole receives honorary doctoral degree | | 20071206 | |
2557 | Jay Starratt becomes the dean of WSU Libraries. | | 20071201 | |
3235 | WSU celebrates 100th Apple Cup | | 20071124 | |
2555 | Architects David Miller and Robert Hull receive the 37th and 38th Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20071019 | |
3267 | Remembering Clarence A. (Bud) Ryan | | 20071007 | |
2543 | WSU Regents rename two buildings | | 20070904 | 20090918 |
2577 | WSU tests its Emergency Alert System on campus | | 20070815 | |
2550 | George Mount becomes the Director of the Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach | | 20070814 | |
2548 | Patricia G. Butterfield becomes dean of the Intercollegiate College of Nursing | | 20070701 | |
2719 | WSU receives $156 million in new research grant awards | | 20070701 | 20080630 |
563 | Elson S. Floyd named tenth president of WSU | | 20070521 | |
2552 | Travis McGuire receives WSU President’s Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service | | 20070323 | |
2541 | Basketball coaching dynasty leads Cougs to NCAA Tournament. | | 20070315 | 20070317 |
566 | Butch T. Cougar named Capital One Mascot of the Year | | 20070101 | |
2563 | A team of WSU physicists detect shock wave-induced changes | | 20070101 | |
2565 | WSU renovates Martin Stadium and the WSU Golf Course | | 20070101 | 20080818 |
2532 | Spillman Stone rededicated to honor a pioneer wheat breeder | | 20061021 | |
2537 | Guy Palmer elected to the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine | | 20061009 | |
4679 | Academic Center opens at WSU Spokane | | 20060925 | |
2535 | Phyllis J. Campbell awarded 36th Regents’ Distinguished Alumni Award | | 20060915 | |
2530 | Women’s rowing takes fourth place at NCAA Championships | | 20060528 | |
2525 | James F. Short Jr. receives the President’s Award for Lifetime Service | | 20060324 | |
2527 | Jack D. Rogers receives the sixth Eminent Faculty Award | | 20060324 | |
2522 | Carnegie Classifications ranks WSU as one of 94 research institutions with high activity | | 20060301 | |
2518 | The College of Business and Economics is renamed | | 20060127 | |
2466 | WSU molecular biology research featured in “Discover” magazine | | 20051213 | |
2520 | Coug football and basketball “sweep” the UW Huskies | | 20051119 | 20061231 |
2460 | “Good Night, and Good Luck” film honors WSU alumni Edward R. Murrow | | 20051104 | |
2454 | WSU engineering and architecture students display solar home at Solar Decathlon | | 20051007 | |
3116 | WSU buys Adams Mall for $1.5 million | | 20050605 | |
2451 | WSU student becomes youngest person in history to climb highest mountain on each continent | | 20050601 | |
3094 | WSU closes student firefighting services | | 20050517 | |
2449 | Clarence A. Ryan receives honorary doctoral degree | | 20050507 | |
2447 | Yogendra M. Gupta receives Eminent Faculty Award | | 20050401 | |
2456 | R. James Cook receives President’s Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service | | 20050401 | |
2462 | Students approve CUB renovations | | 20050301 | |
2445 | Cougs give to tsunami and Hurricane Katrina victims | | 20050114 | 20060426 |
2443 | Yolanda King speaks at WSU | | 20050112 | |
3112 | Pullman community hospital moves off campus to its new location | | 20041216 | |
3114 | Anna Grant, the first woman to earn a doctorate in sociology from WSU, passes away | | 20041106 | |
2399 | John M. Abelson receives 35th Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20041022 | |
2458 | Dr. Irwin “Ernie” Rose receives 35th Regents’ Distinguished Alumni Award | | 20041014 | |
2464 | WSU opens new Education Addition building | | 20040504 | |
2381 | Murrow School Of Communication expands | | 20040501 | |
3150 | WSU purchases the Friel House and converts it into a home for music | | 20040415 | |
2397 | News anchor Peter Jennings receives Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement in Broadcasting Award | | 20040414 | |
2386 | Spokane Chancellor Rom Markin receives first President’s Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service | | 20040326 | |
2388 | Frances McSweeney receives Eminent Faculty Award | | 20040326 | |
2390 | WSU celebrates the excellence of faculty and staff | | 20040326 | |
2546 | Thomas J. Dickinson receives seventh WSU Eminent Faculty Award | | 20040318 | |
2394 | Ricardo Sánchez memorial dedicated in Holland Library | | 20040305 | |
2401 | President Rawlins creates Commission on Race and Ethnicity and Council for the Advancement of Women | | 20040220 | 20040511 |
2392 | College of Veterinary Medicine earns highest level of accreditation | | 20040101 | |
4877 | Veterinary Leadership Experience | | 20040101 | |
2384 | WSU first in U.S. to diagnose “Mad Cow” Disease | | 20031223 | |
3100 | Raymond Muse, chair of the WSU Department of History, passes away | | 20031028 | |
561 | WSU’s Anjan Bose and Jim Asay join the National Academy of Engineering | | 20031012 | |
2377 | Sherman J. Alexie awarded 33rd Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20031010 | |
557 | Historical entryway arch replica dedicated | | 20031004 | |
2352 | Construction begins on Plant Biosciences Building | | 20031001 | 20051014 |
2344 | Tim Pavish becomes WSU Alumni Relations Director and Alumni Association Executive Director | | 20030908 | |
3097 | Keith Lincoln steps down as alumni director | | 20030907 | |
2362 | WSU enrolls best prepared freshman class in its history | | 20030825 | |
2347 | Pomerenk named to succeed Guzman as WSU registrar | | 20030606 | |
3090 | WSU retires baseball jersey no. 14 in honor of Bobo Brayton | | 20030524 | |
2364 | WSU Foundation moves to downtown Pullman | | 20030417 | |
2357 | Rodney Croteau named third recipient of Eminent Faculty Award | | 20030328 | |
2338 | Branch campus deans become chancellors | | 20030314 | |
2336 | Cougars play Oklahoma in 2003 Rose Bowl | | 20030101 | |
2349 | WSU faculty members Petersen and Grimes named to leadership positions | | 20030101 | |
2368 | Cougar football plays in two bowl games in 2003 | | 20030101 | 20031230 |
2374 | 2003 athletic highlights include NCAA appearances and victories | | 20030101 | 20031231 |
4875 | Dedication of the Dr. Richard Ott Small Animal Medicine and Research Center | | 20030101 | |
2091 | Women’s Volleyball earns ninth NCAA tourney berth | | 20021201 | |
2328 | Dr. Robert W. Higgins wins 32nd Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20021003 | |
549 | U.S. News and World Report ranks WSU in the nation’s top 50 public research institutions | | 20020916 | |
2890 | The Appel Legacy Continues | | 20020901 | |
2829 | Herbert Eastlick passes away at 94 | | 20020620 | |
2838 | Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education opens | | 20020509 | |
2326 | Sociologist James E. Blackwell receives 31st Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20020406 | |
2333 | Distinguished professor Don A. Dillman wins Eminent Faculty Award | | 20020404 | |
2841 | Spokane Health Sciences Building opens with state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories | | 20020222 | |
2104 | Cougar Football wins Sun Bowl | | 20011231 | |
2102 | WSU hosts first fall commencement in the Beasley Coliseum | | 20011215 | |
2299 | Robert Bates becomes Provost and Academic Vice President | | 20011030 | |
542 | Washington State Magazine publishes its first issue | | 20011001 | |
2095 | WSU holds vigil for 9/11 victims | | 20010912 | |
2093 | WSU boasts record fall enrollment | | 20010827 | |
2106 | Scientist Jack Gorski receives 30th Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 20010328 | |
2757 | Ralph Yount receives the President’s Eminent Faculty Award | | 20010328 | |
544 | The $39 million, state-of-the-art Student Recreation Center opens | | 20010222 | |
2083 | WSU unveils its new graphic | | 20001117 | |
533 | The Board of Regents selects V. Lane Rawlins to serve as the ninth president of WSU | | 20000608 | |
2077 | Steve Wymer elected to his third ASWSU presidency | | 20000308 | |
4873 | Professor Warwick M. Bayly named dean of Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine | | 20000105 | |
2906 | Jason Gesser becomes “winningest quarterback in WSU history” | | 19990904 | 20030101 |
4757 | James Petersen transforms engineering PhD education | | 19990804 | |
531 | Yahoo Internet Life magazine rates WSU the No. 1 “wired” public university in America | | 19990515 | |
2071 | Jamie Kern is the 150,000th graduate | | 19990515 | |
2073 | Paul Allen receives 29th Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19990515 | |
510 | William Julius Wilson, Ph.D. receives National Medal of Science | | 19990427 | |
4871 | WSU hosts the Student American Veterinary Medical Association symposium | | 19990318 | 19990320 |
2075 | Admissions office dedicated to long-time employee, Stan Berry | | 19990205 | |
4869 | The Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility Opens | | 19990101 | |
2062 | Kiplinger’s ranks WSU 39th in “Top 100 Values in State Universities” | | 19980901 | |
2060 | Enrollment at WSU reaches 17,912 | | 19980824 | |
2097 | WSU Board of Regents adds first student member | | 19980601 | 19990531 |
2022 | The first Future Teachers of Color graduate | | 19980509 | |
521 | WSU students riot on College Hill | | 19980503 | |
2011 | Governor Gary Locke discussed race and bigotry on campus | | 19980430 | |
2056 | Oldest living graduate of WSU College of Pharmacy dies at 102 | | 19980419 | |
2048 | Bill Chipman Palouse Trail dedicated | | 19980404 | |
2013 | Engineering, Teaching, and Research Laboratory (ETRL) opens | | 19980403 | |
2015 | WSU takes a larger role in education in Spokane | | 19980403 | |
2067 | The Alumni Association celebrates 100 years | | 19980326 | |
516 | The WSU Cougars return to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 67 years | | 19980101 | |
2043 | Pine Manor torn down | | 19980101 | |
4865 | WSU veterinary staff and alumni honored as Legends of Veterinary Medicine in Washington D.C. | | 19980101 | |
2064 | A poetry corner in the library is named in honor of Ruth Slonim, professor emeritus of English. | | 19971115 | |
2000 | Women’s swimming coach Debbie Pipher resigns after 20 years | | 19971101 | |
1986 | Gretchen Bataille named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs | | 19970701 | |
1993 | Consolidated Information Center opens at WSU Tri-Cities | | 19970627 | |
2004 | WSU receives grant to create Institute for Shock Physics | | 19970623 | |
2002 | Dave Cooper retires as manager of the Students Book Corporation after 27 years | | 19970509 | |
1995 | WSU professors Rod Croteau and Linda Randall elected to National Academy Of Sciences | | 19970429 | |
4863 | The Center for Reproductive Biology, an interdepartmental and inter-institutional program involving 16 departments and 7 colleges at WSU and University of Idaho, is established | | 19961201 | |
501 | WSU dedicates Lighty Student Services building | | 19961019 | |
1977 | New high-tech Phi Kappa Theta house dedicated at WSU | | 19960928 | |
496 | WSU opens new $38 million Veterinary Teaching Hospital | | 19960903 | |
2560 | Ask Dr. Universe makes its debut | | 19960801 | |
1971 | Time magazine honors WSU graduate William Julius Wilson | | 19960617 | |
4094 | WSU alum named one of America’s 25 most influential people | | 19960610 | |
1982 | WSU dedicates Foley Institute | | 19960402 | |
4675 | Second building at WSU Spokane, Phase One Classroom Building, celebrated | | 19960221 | |
1965 | President Samuel Smith receives the Boy Scouts of America’s Distinguished Eagle Scout Award | | 19960201 | |
1969 | WSU pilots six Extended Learning Centers | | 19960102 | |
1957 | Legendary men’s basketball coach Jack Friel dies at 97 | | 19951212 | |
1962 | Volleyball coach Cindy Fredrick named PAC-10 Conference Coach of the Year | | 19951120 | |
1813 | Butch T. Cougar spends the day at Disneyland for WSU vs. USC pre-game rally | | 19951014 | |
1946 | Cougar women’s volleyball team ranked fifth nationally | | 19951010 | |
1943 | President Emeritus Terrell returns to campus | | 19951007 | |
1960 | “Common Ground” mural dedicated in the CUB | | 19951004 | 19951006 |
1789 | Stevens Hall celebrates its centennial | | 19950916 | |
508 | “Money” magazine ranks WSU among top 15 best value universities | | 19950911 | |
1939 | WSU opens Yakama Village apartment complex for families and graduate students | | 19950820 | |
1785 | Cougar pride hits the road with the launch of WSU Cougar license plates | | 19950703 | |
1955 | Thomas “Les” Purce announced as Vice President For Extended University Affairs | | 19950623 | |
1822 | Women’s JV crew captures national crown | | 19950610 | |
1967 | Thrifty PayLess donations to School of Pharmacy total $100,000 | | 19950525 | |
1808 | WSU Baseball takes Pacific-10 North title | | 19950513 | |
1948 | Norman Borlaug receives WSU honorary doctoral degree | | 19950513 | |
1953 | U.S. Army General Shalikashvili speaks at commencement | | 19950513 | |
1818 | Golden Grads donate grand piano to WSU | | 19950510 | |
1690 | Plans approved for new Cougar Plaza in downtown Pullman | | 19950508 | |
1803 | Coach Kevin Eastman takes men’s basketball to NIT | | 19950331 | |
506 | WSU beats UW in friendly fundraising competition | | 19950101 | |
1815 | WSU Honors Program ranked among top eight in the nation | | 19950101 | |
1951 | Campaign WSU exceeds $200 million goal | | 19950101 | 19970101 |
1783 | The WSU football team beats Baylor University 10-3 at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. | | 19941231 | |
1781 | Cougs win Apple Cup in the snow | | 19941119 | |
1826 | WSU women’s soccer makes first NCAA Tournament appearance | | 19941109 | |
1740 | WSU Regent Kate Webster retires after nearly 19 years of service | | 19940826 | |
1734 | WSU completes construction on Terrell Library | | 19940825 | |
1773 | Huntleys leave wheat ranch to WSU | | 19940513 | |
503 | Prominent Native American author Sherman Alexie graduates from WSU | | 19940507 | |
1744 | Cougar men’s basketball invited to NCAA Tournament | | 19940313 | |
1738 | WSU’s oldest alumni die at 103 | | 19940211 | 19941022 |
1753 | Army ROTC earns No. 1 national ranking | | 19940101 | |
498 | WSU Veterans Memorial finds home on campus | | 19931111 | |
1717 | Internationally renowned WSU faculty member receives 28th Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19931014 | |
1674 | John Olerud, former WSU baseball star and Toronto Blue Jay, wins the American League batting title with a .363 average. | | 19931003 | |
1678 | History professor LeRoy Ashby receives his second CASE Washington Professor of the Year award | | 19930930 | |
493 | WSU professor R. James Cook selected for National Academy of Sciences membership | | 19930501 | |
1670 | WSU quarterback Drew Bledsoe is the first pick in the NFL draft by the New England Patriots | | 19930425 | |
1667 | Heather Metcalf becomes sixth female ASWSU president | | 19930301 | |
1694 | Boeing donates $7 million to WSU | | 19930120 | |
1700 | WSU College of Arts and Sciences reorganized into two separate units | | 19930101 | |
1525 | WSU Cougars win the Copper Bowl, 31-23, against the University of Utah in Tucson, Arizona | | 19921229 | |
1661 | Women’s volleyball wins NIVC tournament | | 19921206 | |
491 | Patty L. Murray becomes first WSU graduate to serve in the Senate | | 19921103 | |
1529 | Mike Lowry is elected governor of Washington | | 19921103 | |
1601 | WSU alumnus receives 27th Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award for service during the Gulf War | | 19921016 | |
1704 | WSU Multicultural Center opens its doors | | 19921008 | |
4755 | Construction management becomes the first five-year Construction Management program in the nation, bachelor’s degree program receives accreditation. | | 19920824 | |
1610 | Donors contribute record-setting $33.5 million to WSU in 1991-1992 | | 19920724 | |
1531 | Sallie Giffen becomes the first vice president for Business Affairs | | 19920723 | |
1612 | The space shuttle Columbia carries WSU science experiments into space. | | 19920625 | 19920709 |
1577 | Doctor of Pharmacy program approved for WSU Spokane | | 19920506 | |
1571 | Remodeled Carpenter Hall opens as home to School of Architecture | | 19920424 | 19920425 |
1579 | Men’s basketball receives first NIT bid | | 19920315 | |
1591 | Josephat Kapkory wins NCAA track and field, cross country titles | | 19920314 | |
1527 | Former WSU quarterback Mark Rypien is the Super Bowl XXVI MVP | | 19920126 | |
4749 | Alumnus Clint Cole helps to develop the HeartStart portable automated external defibrillator, or AED, which is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives | | 19920101 | |
4860 | The Center for Animal Well-Being opens | | 19920101 | |
1569 | Women’s volleyball invited to their first NCAA tournament | | 19911201 | |
1523 | Barry Serafin receives the 26th Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award for his career in journalism | | 19911031 | |
1329 | WSU Tri-Cities opens its new $12.5 million teaching facility in Richland | | 19910926 | |
1574 | WSU West dedicated in honor of former WSU Regent Michael Dederer | | 19910903 | |
1331 | WSU Men’s Track and Field takes the Pac-10 title and places second in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | | 19910601 | |
1312 | Carolyn Kizer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, receives her WSU honorary doctoral degree | | 19910511 | |
1309 | The math department finds a new home in Neill Hall, a former student residence | | 19910413 | |
1321 | WSU West moves into the Westin Building in downtown Seattle | | 19910401 | |
1323 | Queen of Denmark appoints Vishnu Bhatia, director of the WSU Honors Program, a Knight of the Dannebrog Order | | 19910327 | |
1327 | The women’s basketball team makes first-ever appearance in NCAA Tournament | | 19910313 | |
1325 | WSU basketball coaches Harold Rhodes and Kelvin Sampson named Pac-10 Coaches of the Year | | 19910309 | 19910310 |
1333 | WSU ranked 34th nationally in corporate financial support | | 19910101 | |
1777 | African American Alumni Alliance is born at WSU | | 19910101 | |
1314 | The KWSU-Northwest Public Radio “Bob and Bill” classical music show goes national | | 19901231 | |
1316 | WSU chooses the future home of WSU Vancouver | | 19901214 | |
1533 | The Todd Hall Addition is added to Todd Hall as part of a $5.6 million expansion | | 19901214 | |
1655 | WSU has largest intramural program west of the Mississippi | | 19901105 | |
1065 | “The Caring Call”, a sculpture by Larry Wayne Anderson sculpture, is built on campus. | | 19900929 | |
1059 | Allen C. Wilson receives the Regents 25th Distinguished Alumnus Award for his work in molecular evolutionism. | | 19900927 | |
1061 | WSU pitcher Aaron Sele plays on the USA baseball team at the Goodwill Games. | | 19900726 | 19900730 |
489 | WSU research animal, Morty the Moose, featured on TV’s “Northern Exposure” | | 19900712 | |
1055 | Gary Larson, syndicated cartoonist and creator of the Far Side, receives the Regents 24th Distinguished Alumnus Award and is the Centennial Commencement Speaker. | | 19900512 | |
3629 | Hal Dengerink serves as first chancellor of WSU Vancouver | | 19900501 | 20110815 |
482 | WSU baseball coach Chuck “Bobo” Brayton wins 1,000th game | | 19900412 | |
1053 | Governor signs a $2.9 million appropriation to expand WSU’s telecommunications system. | | 19900330 | |
480 | WSU celebrates its 100th anniversary | | 19900328 | |
1057 | Tony Li takes first place in the 55-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship. | | 19900309 | |
4753 | Dr. Rick Watts leads international research in the development of in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) one of the more rapid methods for treating soil and groundwater pollution. | | 19900101 | |
1046 | Jason Hanson, field goal kicker, is first team academic athletic All-American. | | 19891205 | |
1011 | Fulmer Hall receives a makeover, dedicating a vibration-free laser laboratory and a six-story addition | | 19891021 | |
1034 | WSU signs an agreement with Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok, Russia, to begin an exchange program. | | 19891019 | |
1042 | National Institutes of Health grants WSU $473,000 to train graduate students in the science and applications of protein chemistry. | | 19891016 | |
1027 | WSU dedicates McEachern Hall in honor of former Regent Robert and his wife Margaret McEachern | | 19890929 | |
1038 | AT&T donates $1.8 million in computer-aided design and analysis network equipment for molecular science. | | 19890901 | |
1070 | Howard Nemerov, U.S. Poet Laureate, receives an honorary doctoral degree. | | 19890506 | |
477 | The Lewis Alumni Centre opens | | 19890331 | |
1032 | WSU’s Hotel and Restaurant Administration Program ranks fourth nationally among hospitality programs | | 19890101 | |
4857 | A more humane way | | 19890101 | |
1007 | Cougs defeat the University of Houston at Eagle Aloha Bowl in Honolulu, 24-22 | | 19881225 | |
1017 | Mary Turner DeGarmo, known for transcribing musical compositions into braille, and William Julius Wilson, sociologist, receive the Regents 21st and 22nd Distinguished Alumnus Awards | | 19881007 | |
1020 | Peter Koech wins the silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea | | 19880930 | |
1009 | The first Summer Orientation Program for students and parents welcomes new Cougs to campus | | 19880601 | |
1040 | Neva Martin Abelson receives the Regents 23rd Distinguished Alumnus Award for her work in pediatric medicine. | | 19880507 | |
1063 | Governor signs land purchase bill for the Spokane campus | | 19880423 | |
3733 | Book thief steals rare books from library archives | | 19880411 | |
1013 | Former WSU president C. Clement French passes | | 19880306 | |
1015 | A new monument constructed at the walkway entrance of Bailey Field welcomes fans who come to watch the Cougs play ball | | 19880101 | |
1024 | The Washington State Historical Society recognizes trailblazers from WSU in the Washington Centennial Hall of Honor | | 19871111 | 19881111 |
1003 | Dean Emeritus of the College of Veterinary Medicine receives the 20th Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19871019 | |
471 | WSU branches out to Vancouver, Tri-Cities, and Spokane | | 19870824 | |
996 | Washington Mutual Bank donates a former Union Pacific train depot in downtown Pullman to WSU. | | 19870818 | |
1005 | Students get a jump on registration and pre-register for their 1987 fall semester classes. | | 19870413 | 19870422 |
999 | The first 48 Glenn Terrell Presidential Scholars are named | | 19870326 | |
1001 | WSU Athletics introduces new leadership | | 19870106 | 19870811 |
989 | Students celebrate college-level commencements | | 19860510 | |
468 | National Academy of Sciences honors WSU biochemist | | 19860429 | |
972 | WSU dedicates science building to James H. Hulbert, 50-year advocate of Washington agriculture and WSU. | | 19851025 | |
986 | Washington Higher Education Telecommunications System begins transmitting live courses around the northwest | | 19850826 | |
464 | John Candy immortalizes the WSU fight song as “Tom Tuttle from Tacoma” | | 19850816 | |
461 | Samuel H. Smith named eighth president of WSU | | 19850701 | |
991 | Construction begins on the WSU Research and Technology Park | | 19850629 | |
984 | An act of legislature increases the WSU Board of Regents membership from seven to nine people. | | 19850417 | |
962 | Dan Lynch, WSU offensive lineman, appears on the Bob Hope Christmas Special with the AP All-American team | | 19841216 | |
3737 | Rueben Mayes sets record as NCAA running back | | 19841027 | |
967 | For the first time in the university’s history, WSU uses an early-start semester academic calendar | | 19840827 | |
459 | WSU athletes win three gold medals in the Olympic games | | 19840802 | 19840810 |
4744 | Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, PhD, Electrical Engineering graduate, starts Pullman’s Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories | | 19840405 | |
3108 | L. Keating Johnson named director of bands at WSU | | 19830815 | 20040406 |
457 | Col. John Fabian becomes the first Cougar astronaut aboard the Challenger II space shuttle | | 19830618 | |
958 | WSU’s 100,000th graduate, Cheryl Anne Breen, receives her degree | | 19830604 | |
956 | Hein, Stevenson, and Bigeleisen receive Distinguished Alumnus Awards. | | 19830303 | |
954 | Institutional advancement functions consolidate under new vice president, Stanton Schmid | | 19820823 | 19931231 |
4153 | WSU men’s bowling team wins national title | | 19820501 | |
951 | Jeanne Eggart breaks WSU career basketball scoring record for women and men with 1,967 points. | | 19820213 | |
448 | Jim Walden leads WSU Cougar football against Brigham Young University in the Holiday Bowl | | 19811218 | |
945 | WSU dedicates the Warren G. Magnuson Nursing Education Building | | 19810827 | |
947 | Robert Redford Institute for Resource Management announced at WSU and University of Idaho | | 19810201 | |
2468 | Glenn Johnson begins his celebrated tenure as “Voice of the Cougars” | | 19800913 | |
941 | Connie Kravas, a doctoral graduate in education administration and supervision, becomes director of development | | 19800813 | |
943 | William Bugge, Washington Director of Highways, and Laurence Peter, co-author of the Peter Principle, receive the fourteenth and fifteen Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19800607 | |
376 | Mount St. Helens erupts, leaving a thin layer of ash on campus | | 19800518 | |
3274 | WSU museum surpass teaching mission and become public icons | | 19800430 | |
446 | The home of WSU Baseball, Bailey Field, opens after relocating | | 19800412 | |
937 | Cooper Publications Building is the first building named to honor a classified staff member, Caroline Cooper. | | 19800328 | |
939 | Alumni and Foundation Leadership awards recognize outstanding Cougs | | 19800101 | |
444 | Troubled youth detonates bomb in Streit-Perham Hall | | 19791218 | |
933 | The Campaign For Washington State begins | | 19791108 | |
930 | Gibson, Shroeder, Neill receive the Regents Distinguished Alumnus Awards | | 19790525 | |
3179 | Athletes sue WSU for equal support of women’s sports teams | | 19790406 | |
928 | Jack Thompson’s No. 14 jersey is retired, recognizing his 7,818 yards gained passing | | 19790224 | |
5126 | WSU Foundation established | | 19790203 | |
915 | WSU introduces the Athletic Hall of Fame, which eventually grows to over 150 members | | 19781020 | |
4843 | Veterinary Science Building, later Bustad Hall, dedicated | | 19781020 | |
912 | Butch VI, last of the live mascots, passes at age 15 | | 19780824 | |
4852 | The Hitchcock Research Track, the only horseracing facility of its type built for research purposes on a university campus in the U.S., is begun on the Pullman campus | | 19780616 | |
920 | The tenth Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award goes to ABC television sportscaster, Keith Jackson | | 19780603 | |
2079 | The student show choir, The Crimson Company, debuts | | 19771028 | |
905 | Orville Vogel, developer of the world’s most productive wheat strains, receives Regents ninth Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19770604 | |
440 | Men’s Indoor Track and Field wins the National Championship | | 19770312 | |
422 | Vogel receives the National Medal of Science for his work in wheat breeding | | 19761018 | |
420 | Film actor Dolph Lundgren attends WSU for one year | | 19760920 | 19770603 |
838 | Regent Michael Dederer becomes Board of Regents President for a third time | | 19760416 | |
901 | A $1,000,000 Kellogg Foundation grant creates the Partnership for Rural Improvement | | 19760322 | |
910 | Steve Puidokas sets Cougar men’s career basketball scoring records | | 19760221 | |
4146 | Heart plays at KWSU | | 19760201 | |
923 | Henry Rono sets multiple world records while running for the Cougars | | 19760101 | 19790101 |
908 | Kate Webster and Edith William become the second and third women appointed to the Board of Regents | | 19750502 | |
411 | WSU provides educational services in Jordan | | 19750101 | |
4141 | WSU students dress up as members of “Palouse Country Club” | | 19750101 | |
815 | The Washington, Oregon, and Idaho regional Veterinary Medicine program begins instruction, led by the WSU Veterinary College | | 19740923 | |
418 | WSU creates major exhibit for Spokane World’s Fair/Expo ’74 | | 19740504 | 19741103 |
4839 | Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory approved | | 19740424 | |
413 | First commencement held at Beasley Coliseum | | 19730603 | |
485 | WSU alumnus Edward R. Murrow honored by the College of Communication | | 19730428 | |
408 | Thompson Hall added to National Register of Historic Places | | 19730301 | |
808 | WAMI begins, bringing medical education programs to Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho | | 19720918 | |
406 | Gary Larson and Patty Murray graduate from WSU | | 19720604 | |
2893 | Ki Tecumseh, founder of Native American Student Association, stretched the rules | | 19720604 | |
1779 | WSU names Thompson Hall for former dean | | 19720415 | |
404 | WSU graduates its 50,000th student | | 19710606 | |
3770 | WSU buys former professor’s historic collection | | 19710301 | |
402 | Enrollment passes 15,000 students | | 19700921 | |
416 | Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen attends WSU | | 19700921 | |
800 | The Washington State University Alumni Association introduces the Alumni Achievement Award to honor outstanding Cougar alumni | | 19700921 | 19701109 |
399 | Students gather on Pullman campus to protest the invasion of Cambodia | | 19700501 | |
396 | Fire destroys Rogers Field bleachers and other athletic facilities | | 19700404 | |
3104 | Carlton Lewis, WSU’s first African-American student body president, wins elections in two consecutive years | | 19700330 | 19710326 |
149 | The WSU nursing program accepts its first class | | 19690801 | |
806 | Geologist Roald Fryxell examines lunar rocks in Houston | | 19690726 | |
3764 | Northwest surrealist Robert Helm graduates | | 19690510 | |
147 | WSU dedicates the French Administration Building | | 19680427 | |
143 | Glenn Terrell named seventh president of WSU | | 19670701 | |
388 | WSU graduate George Nethercutt elected to Congress | | 19670611 | |
794 | Matsuyo Yamamoto is presented with the Regents Eighth Distinguished Alumnus Award, the first woman honored | | 19670516 | |
792 | President Emeritus Wilson Compton passes away | | 19670306 | |
790 | R.A. Nilan, geneticist, develops new barley strain with chemical mutagent | | 19670101 | |
856 | After President French retires, Wallis Beasley serves as acting president. | | 19661101 | 19670630 |
734 | Internationally acclaimed scientist receives the seventh Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19661025 | |
141 | President French announces his retirement | | 19661024 | |
798 | Gerry Lindgren, WSU track All-American, wins 11 NCAA titles | | 19660312 | 19691124 |
4737 | Harriet B. Rigas joins the WSU faculty | | 19660201 | 19840731 |
386 | WSU veterinarian develops less painful branding method for animals | | 19660101 | |
732 | Life magazine features WSU animal science reproduction research | | 19650922 | |
3177 | WSU sets record for longest baseball game in College World Series history | | 19650610 | |
730 | Howard B. Bowen, president of the University of Iowa, delivers commencement address and receives the sixth Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19650530 | |
727 | WSU and UW establish the State of Washington Water Research Center | | 19641117 | |
724 | Cougar baseball coaching legend and his wife are killed in an auto accident | | 19641028 | |
3088 | George E. Duvall, the “dean of U.S. shock wave science,” joins the WSU faculty | | 19640901 | 19880501 |
139 | Orton Hall and Rogers Hall are constructed to accommodate “baby boomer” generation | | 19640801 | |
718 | President Emeritus Holland leaves estate of $410,000 to WSU | | 19640201 | |
706 | Hugh Campbell, WSU record-breaking football pass receiver, is voted MVP of the East-West Shrine game after setting a new catching record | | 19631228 | |
720 | Famed “Agony Hall” is torn down to make way for the new Kimbrough Music Building | | 19631215 | |
712 | The College of Engineering builds a radiocarbon dating laboratory | | 19631101 | |
4835 | J. A. Henderson, co-author of Veterinary Medicine, the authoritative text for a generation of veterinary students, becomes Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine | | 19630901 | 19730831 |
714 | Republican campaign finance chairman, biochemist receive the fourth and fifth Regents Distinguished Alumnus Awards | | 19630603 | |
716 | Ivy Lewellen, executive secretary for 37 years, passes at age 83 | | 19630325 | |
367 | Compulsory ROTC program changed to voluntary | | 19620924 | |
369 | KWSU-TV goes on air for first time | | 19620924 | |
137 | WSU joins Athletic Association of Western Universities | | 19620701 | |
205 | Edward R. Murrow delivers the annual commencement address | Edward R. Murrow delivers the Commencement Address in 1962 | 19620603 | |
365 | Distinguished Cougs receive Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award | | 19620401 | 19620601 |
363 | WSU president and regent visit WSU program in Pakistan | | 19620128 | 19620203 |
145 | WSU archaeologists discover 12,000-year-old human remains | | 19620101 | |
696 | Jack Cole named to the WSU Board of Regents | | 19610809 | |
361 | WSU offers first Ph.D. in American Studies in Pacific Northwest | | 19610529 | |
135 | WSU researchers receive grant to purchase a low-grade nuclear reactor | | 19610309 | |
4735 | Research by John Talbott results in development of what are now known as I-joists. | | 19610101 | |
693 | Dr. John Fred Bohler, coach, athletic director, and administrator passes away | | 19600712 | |
2826 | The WSU boxing program ends as all national programs close | | 19600526 | |
133 | WSU establishes the Honors Program | | 19600517 | |
131 | From WSC to WSU | | 19590701 | |
691 | George Marra, WSU wood technologist, develops a high speed lamination process capable of producing a weatherproof beam in seven minutes | | 19590101 | |
689 | History professor Herbert Wood gives the first WSC faculty member-led “Invited Address,” known today as the Distinguished Faculty Address | | 19580115 | |
4731 | WSU begins instruction in computing, one of the earliest programs in the field. | | 19570923 | |
3183 | WSU archaeologist Richard Daugherty and his students excavate two house pits near Lower Monumental Dam | | 19570701 | |
129 | Frances Penrose Owen named to the Board of Regents | | 19570309 | |
687 | WSC graduate Pete Rademacher wins the Olympic heavyweight boxing title | | 19561201 | |
352 | Humorist and outdoor writer Patrick McManus graduates WSC | | 19560603 | |
685 | Scientists Leo Jensen and Igor Kosin refine the hatch process, which will return $9 million in annual savings to turkey producers | | 19560120 | |
4139 | WSU faculty team up to build analog music synthesizer | | 19560101 | |
683 | WSC ties San Jose, 13-13, in a football game played in subzero temperatures in Pullman | | 19551112 | |
355 | Two WSC students win Rhodes Scholarships | | 19541211 | 19551210 |
349 | Legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson graduates from WSU | | 19540530 | |
3142 | Edward R. Murrow, WSU alumnus, challenges Senator Joseph McCarthy on national television | | 19540309 | |
4831 | WSC establishes world-class radiology facilities | | 19540101 | |
681 | Philip Phibbs, a future president of University of Puget Sound, graduates a top scholastic student | | 19530531 | |
4827 | McCoy and Wegner Halls named | | 19521026 | |
125 | WSU dedicates the student union building to President Compton | | 19521025 | |
677 | Eugene “Pat” Patterson is named Director of Alumni Relations | | 19520501 | |
127 | C. Clement French named sixth president of WSU | | 19520401 | |
3146 | WSC ski team places first in the Northern Division, the Pacific Coast Conference, and the North American International Intercollegiate Tournament | | 19520215 | |
854 | After President Compton resigns, William Pearl serves as acting president for WSC | | 19510916 | 19520330 |
3084 | Vishnu N. Bhatia helps build the Honors Program and International Education | | 19510901 | 19980501 |
121 | Budget cuts cut deep | | 19510427 | |
347 | WSU researcher reports berry plant developed at Puyallup Research Center added $15 million to state’s wealth | | 19510101 | |
218 | Edward R. Murrow narrates “This is WSC” | "This is WSC" promotional film narrated by Edward R. Murrow. | 19501201 | |
675 | Plant pathologist Frederick Heald donates his personal library to WSC | | 19500726 | |
667 | Camp Easter Seal, later called Camp Larson, opens on Lake Coeur d’Alene | | 19500716 | |
344 | Cougar baseball finishes second in College World Series | | 19500623 | |
673 | President Emeritus Holland leaves a gift of $72,000, library, and art collection to WSC | | 19500530 | |
4724 | R. L. Albrook establishes the hydraulic research center, which provided assistance in the development of hydroelectric power plants in the Northwest and throughout the world | | 19500101 | |
669 | WSC police department forms after state legislature authorizes WSC Board of Regents that power | | 19490917 | |
2833 | Paul Castleberry, influential political scientist and mentor, serves as a faculty member in the department of political science | | 19490901 | 19821231 |
4158 | “The Reader” sculpture debuts on campus | | 19490818 | 19490831 |
3284 | Elmer Leonard, WSC class of ’49, spends years as teacher and administrator | | 19490529 | |
4825 | The first Junior Review is presented to the veterinary faculty and students. | | 19490101 | |
4885 | Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, WMEL, is founded | | 19490101 | |
665 | The Board of Regents approves a new athletic code, separating student activities and intercollegiate athletics | | 19481228 | |
3106 | Bill Tomaras revamps high school wrestling programs in Washington | | 19480901 | 19590501 |
4823 | College of Veterinary Medicine awards its first graduate degree | | 19480530 | |
671 | Helen Compton renovates Priest Lake “resort” for WSC faculty and staff | | 19480102 | |
123 | Construction begins on Holland Library | | 19470924 | |
319 | Timothy Leary, troubled psychologist and counterculture figure of the 1960s, graduates from WSC | | 19470616 | |
119 | Military veterans enroll as students | | 19460923 | |
321 | Enrollment at WSC exceeds 5,000 students | | 19460923 | |
323 | WSU imports temporary buildings to house returning soldier students | | 19460101 | |
3298 | WSC establishes the Institute of Technology | | 19451123 | |
4728 | Don Adams leads pioneering air pollution research | | 19451015 | 19781130 |
3110 | Kemble Stout joins the WSU music department | | 19450916 | 19790131 |
663 | The football program resumes under Coach Phil Sarboe, a 1932 WSC graduate | | 19450525 | |
658 | Arthur Drucker, Dean of the School of Mines and Geology, donates the Minnie Barstow Drucker Oriental Art Collection to WSC | | 19441125 | |
211 | Liberty ship named after WSC president explodes at naval base | Disastrous end to a ship honoring E.A. Bryan has significant social impact. | 19441017 | |
117 | Wilson M. Compton named fifth president of WSC | | 19441001 | |
2908 | Well-respected professor Charles M. Drake inspires students for 36 years | | 19440916 | 19800915 |
316 | WSC Creamery produces the first can of Cougar Gold Cheese | | 19440101 | |
115 | Cougar football suspended for the duration of WWII | | 19430923 | |
113 | WSC trains soldiers to meet the challenges of World War II | | 19411207 | |
656 | Both President Emeritus Bryan and Dean Emeritus H.V. Carpenter die this month | | 19411106 | 19411115 |
654 | The Board of Regents establishes WSC’s first retirement system | | 19410418 | |
312 | The Cougar basketball team finishes as the runner-up for the NCAA title | | 19410329 | |
310 | The School of Business Administration opens at WSC | | 19400923 | |
3086 | Allen I. White fights to increase pharmacy enrollment | | 19400901 | 19790501 |
3181 | President Holland creates Friends of the Library program to support library programs | | 19381103 | |
303 | School of Social Work opens at WSC | | 19380919 | |
650 | Weldon B. “Hoot” Gibson graduates with a B.A. in economics | | 19380606 | |
216 | WSC gets a ski jump | WSC gets its own on-campus ski jump | 19380201 | |
4817 | WSC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service team up to study diseases in fur bearing animals | | 19380101 | |
641 | Marshall Allen Neill, future Washington State Supreme Court justice, graduates with a B.A. in political science. | | 19370614 | |
647 | Herbert Kimbrough serves as Assistant to the President after Dr. Holland takes ill | | 19370407 | |
294 | WSC boxing team goes to the championships | | 19370403 | |
644 | The football stadium at Rogers Field gets a complete renovation | | 19360901 | |
290 | WSC art student, Randall Johnson, creates the first cougar head logo | | 19360701 | |
111 | Students take to the streets to protest the ultra-conservative policies at WSC | | 19360505 | |
299 | WSC adds Women’s Gym and two more residence halls | | 19360101 | |
3300 | Lee twins sport their WSC shirts | | 19360101 | |
637 | Tragedy ends proposed national debate | | 19350819 | |
639 | On the air, the West Coast radio broadcast highlights the 45th Founder’s Day | | 19350328 | |
4722 | Clarence Zener, inventor of Zener diode, establishes the first degree program in physical metallurgy, the forerunner to materials science and engineering | | 19350101 | 19370101 |
3092 | Walter Clore, WSU horticulturalist, kick starts Washington wine industry | | 19340707 | 19760701 |
4833 | T. C. Jones graduates; in 1957 the distinguished veterinary pathologist will co-author the first edition of the landmark text Veterinary Pathology | | 19340611 | |
287 | “Father of the atomic submarine” graduates with a degree in chemistry | | 19330605 | |
4815 | Catherine Elizabeth Roberts is the first female veterinarian graduate from WSC | | 19330605 | |
297 | The Great Depression hammers WSC | | 19330201 | |
4156 | WSC introduces hospitality program | | 19320923 | |
3269 | How I make both ends meet | | 19320223 | |
4813 | College of Veterinary Medicine maintains unbroken accreditation | | 19320101 | |
107 | Cougars reach Rose Bowl a second time | | 19310101 | |
633 | Hein and Edwards: First Team All-Americans | | 19301215 | |
109 | Edward R. Murrow graduates | | 19300602 | |
306 | President Holland establishes a faculty and graduate student journal | | 19290628 | |
103 | La Verne Almon Barnes receives first doctorate | | 19290603 | |
4720 | Mabel Adams is the first woman to graduate in Civil Engineering | | 19290603 | |
101 | Home Ec building opens | | 19281029 | |
97 | WSC receive a Phi Beta Kappa charter | | 19280912 | |
266 | Silver Lake, also known as Lake de Puddle, is drained | | 19270701 | |
99 | WSC launches its first career placement services | | 19270101 | |
105 | Legendary coach Babe Hollingbery kicks off his Cougar career | | 19261002 | |
69 | WSC closes its “elementary education” program | | 19260617 | |
95 | Herbert “Butch” Meeker stars on the gridiron | | 19251128 | |
4809 | The College of Veterinary Science becomes the College of Veterinary Medicine | | 19250921 | |
630 | Earl Foster: the man who built WSU’s athletic plant and hired some of its most famous coaches | | 19250401 | 19460701 |
262 | Library’s volumes surpass 100,000 | | 19250101 | |
3293 | Worth Griffin helps WSC create an art program | | 19240916 | 19580916 |
4710 | Stanley Albert Smith becomes professor and head of the department of architecture | | 19230911 | 19550916 |
626 | Henry Heald graduates | | 19230614 | |
628 | WSC receives a Mortar Board charter, the first organization to honor senior college women | | 19230203 | |
93 | KFAE goes on the air | | 19221210 | |
4806 | Emerson Anton Ehmer establishes the first small animal hospital in Seattle | | 19210701 | |
624 | WSU celebrates its first Women’s Day | | 19210528 | |
4804 | Winfred A. Jordan, first African-American Student, graduates with a degree in Veterinary Science | | 19200610 | |
188 | President Taft visits campus | Presents student awards, delivers speech | 19200521 | |
91 | The cougar becomes the official mascot of WSC | | 19191028 | |
85 | WSC reorganizes into 5 colleges and 4 schools | | 19190922 | |
620 | Alumni Association names Harry Chambers first secretary | | 19190501 | |
622 | State passes law requiring students to take at least 90 minutes per week of physical education | | 19190311 | |
253 | Class project delivers Cougar fight song | | 19190220 | |
87 | WSC creates the Graduate School | | 19170601 | |
89 | World War I overshadows the college | | 19170406 | 19181111 |
251 | Men’s basketball team achieves season for the ages | | 19170111 | 19170301 |
4800 | First continuing education program for veterinarians begins in Pullman | | 19170101 | |
617 | The college names Bryan Hall library and auditorium | | 19160512 | |
83 | WSC beats Brown, 14-0, in Rose Bowl | | 19160101 | |
81 | Regents select Ernest O. Holland as fourth president | | 19151020 | |
614 | Adams County deeds 320 acres to establish the Dryland Research Station | | 19150608 | |
2822 | William “Lone Star” Dietz joins WSC to coach football | | 19150409 | |
4797 | Veterinarians stop potential Foot-and-Mouth disease outbreak in Spokane | | 19141116 | 19141121 |
75 | Smith-Lever Act establishes national university extension program | | 19140508 | |
77 | The Associated Students create “The Bookie” | | 19140422 | |
4795 | Alumnus Harry T. Graves named Acting Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Washington | | 19140316 | |
243 | Conner Museum named after Regent who kickstarted it | | 19140207 | |
71 | Campus celebrates first homecoming | | 19131108 | |
73 | The president’s house opens | | 19130501 | |
238 | Community joins forces for first Campus Day event | | 19120419 | |
612 | The Crimson Circle, a social organization for WSU senior men, begins | | 19120305 | |
3288 | Training west coast architects | | 19110919 | |
610 | Rhoda White serves as first dean of women | | 19110901 | |
4701 | Rudolph Weaver becomes first architecture professor and first university architect | | 19110901 | |
608 | Campus celebrates first Founder’s Day with downtown parade and dinner | | 19110328 | |
605 | Alumni publish first issue of POWWOW | | 19100701 | |
233 | Campus dedicates Entrance Arch | | 19090609 | |
4787 | Veterinary Hospital | | 19080701 | |
67 | Hall name honors first female faculty member | | 19080617 | |
61 | President Bryan travels to Europe to recover from typhoid fever | | 19071031 | 19080107 |
64 | The college adds education programs | | 19070926 | |
4785 | Veterinary Practice Act furthers the profession in Washington State | | 19070311 | |
4783 | The First Vet-Pharmic Annual Football Game kicks off a fifty year tradition | | 19061208 | |
57 | Ellen and Olaf Abelson enroll | | 19050921 | |
55 | Legislature okays name change to State College of Washington | | 19050302 | |
59 | The college offers first courses in home economics and pharmacy | | 19040922 | |
53 | William Hurford Lawrence earns the first master’s degree | | 19020619 | |
601 | Football team wins the Northwest Championship | | 19011128 | |
2898 | Catherine Matthews Friel: lifetime proponent and friend | | 19011118 | |
224 | Committee approves changing school colors from pink and blue to crimson and gray | | 19001113 | |
599 | The campus hosts its first summer school session | | 19000625 | |
4779 | The “School of Veterinary Science” is born | | 18990928 | |
4699 | Mabel Lambert Taylor is the first female engineering graduate in mechanical engineering. | | 18990622 | |
50 | The first Chinook yearbook is distributed | | 18990601 | |
4960 | WSC students begin intercollegiate debates | | 18990519 | |
48 | The Alumni Association begins | | 18980623 | |
827 | Old Ferry Hall burns down | | 18971123 | |
46 | The first class graduates | | 18970624 | |
597 | WSC student competes in the first intercollegiate oratoricals | | 18970522 | |
592 | Glee club debuts | | 18961121 | |
42 | The School of Veterinary Science opens | | 18950924 | |
194 | The Administration Building opens | | 18950626 | |
44 | The Evergreen publishes its first paper | | 18950325 | |
38 | Winners in first varsity football game | | 18941117 | |
40 | The first experiment station begins in Puyallup | | 18940629 | |
589 | Construction begins on the athletics field | | 18940301 | |
34 | President Heston leaves office | | 18930831 | |
36 | E. A. Bryan named third president | | 18930701 | |
3281 | Harriet Bryan plants the Lowell Elm | | 18930404 | |
30 | President Heston’s arrival spurs student protest | Frozen cabbages! | 18921221 | |
783 | John William Heston named second president | | 18921213 | |
3779 | C.V. Piper and the unique fauna and flora of the PNW | | 18921116 | |
26 | The college opens its first residence hall | | 18921019 | |
4965 | First intercollegiate athletics competition ends in victory | | 18920310 | |
32 | The first student newspaper, The College Record, hits newsstands | | 18920229 | |
24 | Washington Agricultural College and School of Science opens its doors | | 18920113 | |
169 | Construction of the first building, “The Crib,” begins | | 18910523 | |
785 | George Washington Lilley named first president | | 18910501 | |
19 | The legislature picks Pullman as the college’s location | | 18910425 | |
3272 | Artesian wells in Pullman attract residents | | 18900524 | |
17 | The state legislature establishes the Washington Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science | | 18900328 | |