2017

Food scientist Shima Bibi pursues her passion for discovery from rural Pakistan to WSU

Through the leadership of Jim Durfey,  AgTM has become a successful program within the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences. Now, we look to the future of this program by bringing together alumni, donors, and industry members for a visioning session with Jim Durfey and CAHNRS leadership. We invite you to Pullman on […]

Newlyweds Frank and Evelyn Schmidt planted their first trees in 1946 on 10 acres west of Troutdale, Oregon. The rich alluvial soils that sloped gently northward toward the Columbia River were ideal for growing nursery stock. The post-war building boom was on, and there was a great demand for trees in cities, suburbs, industrial parks […]

This scholarship was established through the will of Phlorence E. Rohde. Dr. Everett Martin was the academic advisor to her son, Peter Rohde, in the early 1970’s at WSU. Peter was disabled, having several brain tumors removed, and would need to learn to walk and talk again after each surgery. Dr. Martin and Dr. Scot […]

The Cao and Wang Families created this endowment to establish a scholarship and research fund in the School of Economic Sciences (“SES”) to honor Professor Ernst (“Ernie”) W. Stromsdorfer for his outstanding contributions to Washington State University. Ernie came to WSU in 1983 as Chairman of the Department of Economics and served more than 18 years […]

Ruth Schneiter Henderson passed away in 2012.  She grew up in Longview, Washington, the only child of Robert and Margaret Schneiter. Her parents were dairy farmers of Swiss heritage who knew the value of hard work and frugal living. They loved both the land and their animals and worked together for almost fifty years to […]

Thomas R. Quann and Mary A. Kohli have had a continuing interest and commitment to WSU. Both Tom and Mary believe in “lifelong learning” and served in Cooperative Extension with pride. They believed that giving young people and adults opportunities to learn enhanced the learner’s lives as well as the communities in which they lived. […]

Oliver “Jeff’ Darwin Jeffords was born in Wenatchee, Washington. on March 8, I918. After graduating with Honors from Wenatchee High School, he attended CWCE for 2 years before being drafted into the Army. While serving with the Army Signal Corps in Italy during World War II, he observed the important role that farmers played i […]