As part of the OneWSU initiative and ongoing effort to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts across the system, WSU President Kirk Schulz has appointed seven representatives to a system-wide Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Officers Group.
Clouds blanket the Rogue Valley, from where I write this morning, but I still believe I am going to win the bet with my husband for no “real” snowfall in Pullman before November 1.
Sometimes academia can be rough. We have real challenges with staffing shortages, equipment needs, and turnover without the ability to be fully nimble in our responses.
Fall is in the air. It is true. I try to hide that fact from my husband, but the small herds of students moving around a now vibrant campus, after the quiet days of summer, tell the whole story. At the College of Veterinary Medicine, we welcomed 137 new veterinary students, 143 new undergraduate students, […]
I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Philadelphia to attend some parts of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) meeting. I am always reminded of the amazing differences between East Coast and West Coast cities—architecture, history, food. I am grateful for the very real diversity of our country. It is a constant reminder of […]
The Center for the Study of Animal Well-Being began as a cooperative effort between the College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences’ Department of Animal Sciences in 1993. The People-Pet Partnership, founded by the late College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Leo K. Bustad in 1979, was integrated into the […]
Summer is finally here. The days are long, wow! Early morning light creeps in at 4 a.m., which I love, but it does awaken the quail that sit on rooftops throughout our neighborhood and “kaa” to, evidently, announce their availability to the lovely female quail. We seem to have a number of bachelors near us. […]
I am just beginning to learn the “seasons of academic life” here at WSU.
Watching clouds move over high-rise buildings in the dense urban landscape of Seattle. A very different sort of place than the cattails in my Palouse backyard. Two parts of Washington state, both important, both with their roles to fill. My thoughts circle around how we work together statewide to train the veterinary specialists we need […]
Feeling good this morning, I rode my bike to work for the first time this spring (electric bike, before you get too excited). I had that experience of conversing with myself about all the reasons it would be easier to drive –biked anyway – and was rewarded with a beaver sighting in the South Fork of […]