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‘It’s not impossible’: Yakima Valley College scholarships help ‘Dreamers’ pay for books

Yakima Valley College is offering scholarships to help pay for books and fees for students who may be ineligible for other financial assistance due to their citizenship status.

YVC graduate and Beyond Dreaming Scholarship recipient Xochilt Lopez said prior to receiving financial assistance, she had anxiety surrounding purchasing expensive textbooks — some priced at $300 each.

Lopez is also taking online courses at Washington State University Global Campus to get a bachelor’s degree in political science to help her better advocate for legislative reforms to improve educational opportunities for students.

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YakTriNews

 

2022 Showcase award winners announced

The Office of the Provost has announced the names of faculty and staff to receive this year’s top honors for scholarship, teaching, service, and community engagement.

Keri McCarthy, professor in the School of Music, will deliver this year’s Distinguished Faculty Address on Monday, March 21, in recognition of her scholarly achievements. McCarthy has built global awareness of music from Asia and the United States. She has earned international acclaim as a chamber musician, soloist, teacher, and clinician.

Distinguished Faculty Award

  • Keri McCarthy.
    McCarthy

    KERI MCCARTHY
    School of Music
    College of Arts and Sciences
    WSU Pullman

President’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Career-Track Faculty

  • Ken Faunce.
    Faunce

    KEN FAUNCE  
    Department of History
    College of Arts and Sciences
    WSU Pullman

Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award – Instruction

  • Jesse Spohnholz.
    Spohnholz

    JESSE SPOHNHOLZ  
    Department of History
    College of Arts and Sciences
    WSU Pullman

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WSU Insider

Russia’s war on Ukraine has some Christians wondering: Is this the end of the world?

The war in Ukraine has reignited beliefs among some conservative evangelicals that Russia could help fulfill biblical prophecies about the end of the world.

Matthew Avery Sutton.
Sutton

For many White evangelicals, Russia is part of that narrative, said Matthew Avery Sutton, a Washington State University history professor and author of “American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism.”

“The apocalyptic obsession ebbs and flows in moments of crisis,” Sutton said. “We’re at another moment where prophecy is invoked to make sense of current events.”

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The Washington Post

Podcasters, musicians and other creators can rejoice

Students at Washington State University can now use a new audio lab located in Holland Library to produce podcasts or music recordings with state-of-the-art equipment and technology.

Jason Anderson, who works for the library’s systems department, collaborated with students and faculty to develop a fee proposal to fund the lab. The funds come from a student technology fee, and were awarded in 2019.

Reza Safavi.
Safavi
Ruth Gregory.
Gregory
Scott Blasco.
Blasco

Scott Blasco, associate professor of music theory, composition and electronic music; Reza Safavi, digital media coordinator and associate professor of fine arts; and Ruth Gregory, director of undergraduate studies for the Digital Technology and Culture Program all played a role in bringing the audio lab to life.

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Moscow-Pullman Daily News
WSU Insider

 

Weathercatch: Solving riddle of the milky rain that fell seven years ago this month

The Inland Northwest is used to precipitation in February, but not the kind that fell on Feb. 6, 2015.

That Friday morning, a mysterious milky rain began to fall in parts of Eastern Washington, including here in Spokane, and northeast Oregon. It left a chalky sheen on cars and windshields, people’s coats and along roadside curbs.

And it was a mystery that took weeks to solve. Theories ranged from ash blown by a volcanic eruption in Russia and another in Mexico, a Nevada dust storm and ashy particles from burn scars left by Pacific Northwest wildfires that summer.

Ultimately, all of those sources were ruled out, as were aliens and chemtrails. Working with scientists at Washington State University, including a hydrochemist, two geologists and an atmospheric scientist, our group concluded that the source of the milky rain was an ancient saline lake bed in remote Oregon, nearly 500 miles away.

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The Spokesman-Review