Education & Talent

EWU names new president

Southern Oregon's Mary Cullinan to replace retiring Arevalo

June 16, 2014

Eastern Washington University announced this afternoon it has hired Mary Cullinan as its new president, effective Aug. 1. Cullinan has served as president of Southern Oregon University, in Ashland, Ore., since 2006 and has 34 years of higher education

WSU students recognized for hydrogen-fuel station

Team's concept said to cut construction costs

May 22, 2014

Washington State University

A group of Washington State University students has designed a plan for an innovative and economical fueling station that it believes could help make environmentally friendly, hydrogen-powered cars a viable option for future transportation. The idea took

WSU researcher here targets drowsy drivers

Van Dongen's detection technology earns patent

May 22, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Hans Van Dongen, a researcher at Washington State University Spokane, has received a patent for technology that is designed to detect when drivers are about to go to sleep behind the wheel and thus to help catch fatigue much earlier than video-based syste

GU initiative could boost off-campus business ties

University set to launch project-based class in fall

May 22, 2014

Kim Crompton

Using some seed money donated by Intermountain Community Bank, Gonzaga University says its School of Business Administration plans to launch a for-credit class this fall that will have students leaving campus to work closely with Spokane-area businesses a

Firms here using European travel to promote design fields

Firms here join to launch scholarship for trip abroad

May 22, 2014

Katie Ross

The Spokane office of Seattle-based engineering firm DCI Engineers and Spokane architectural design concern Hurtado|Hissong Design Group LLC have teamed up to develop a scholarship that enables the recipient to travel Europe and blog about engineering and

Avista makes investment in educating prospective entrepreneurs

Students exposed to business practices, real experience

May 8, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Steven Walton, a Dishman Hills High School senior in Spokane Valley, wants to build a business to provide fresh, home-cooked, healthy meals delivered right to your door. Seiji Furukawa, a sophomore at Spokane Valley Tech, dreams of creating a center whe

SNAP Financial Access opens Women's Business Center

Program will offer planning assistance, training classes

April 24, 2014

Katie Ross

SNAP Financial Access has launched a Women's Business Center here that's intended to be a resource for female business owners or women who want to start a business, says Laurie Roth, manager of the center. The center opened earlier this month in the

$15 million health clinic envisioned in Spokane's U-District

Consortium of major players hopes to open facility in '16

April 24, 2014

Linn Parish

A community consortium that includes some of Spokane's largest players in the health care field are planning a $15 million primary-care clinic in Spokane's University District that would serve as a training ground for new physicians and other emerging

Washington state's first charter school targets fall 2015 opening

PRIDE Prep founder work to raise its startup funds

April 10, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Organizers of Spokane-based PRIDE Prep School of Technology and Science, the first charter school approved in Washington state, are laying the groundwork now to open in the fall of 2015. Led by former Spokane public school teacher and administrator Bre

Helping children with autism find their voice

Graduate students assist pre-K autistic children with verbalization skills

April 10, 2014

Katie Ross

Washington State University Spokane has partnered with Northwest Autism Center, of Spokane, to launch an interdisciplinary program for speech and hearing sciences graduate students to gain hands-on experience while helping children with autism spectrum di