We Are Innovators

As we begin the New Year, I am reflecting on how we grow and change as a university. At times, it may feel to some that nothing changes. A closer look reveals there are many new beginnings underway through our planning efforts and the inspired work of groups and...

Hoping and Dreaming Update

We began the year by synthesizing thousands of hopes and dreams that were shared last spring into five simple planning priorities for WSU: people, programs, price, place, and pride. While I’ve asked particular committees and individuals to work on certain aspects of...

Greetings, Warriors!

(With apologies to Roger Angell and The New Yorker) Greetings, Warriors, near and far! Our flame’s become a winter star! It’s time to celebrate that fire that still illuminates desire so to improve our world, you see, while learning in community. So send out a great...

KQAL Playlist December 2013: The Covers

Bangles Hazy Shade of Winter 2:47 Simon and Garfunkle Less Than Zero soundtrack Beatles Roll Over Beethoven 2:23 Chuck Berry U2/Green Day The Saints are Coming 3:21 Skids 1978 … Katrina … Rising Sun Johnny Cash  Hurt 3:36 Nine Inch Nails Bruce Springsteen Trapped...

Charting Our WSU Future

Today, the MnSCU Board of Trustees will review the final version of Charting the Future. Although our Hopes and Dreams process preceded and was quite different in approach from Charting the Future, some areas overlap. You may remember that our process led us to focus...