Washington State Magazine

Gary P. Brinson, nationally recognized investment fund manager and 1968 graduate of Washington State University, gives advice to investors and consumers in the 2010s. He describes the downturn in the economy and possible solutions for people who want to save and weather the storm.Brinson managed a record trillion dollars in investments in the late ’90s, earned the highest honor of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute (an award given to such notables as Warren Buffett), and is a...
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Philanthropist Paul G. Allen helped kick off the WSU Foundation’s billion-dollar campaign in December with a $26 million gift for the School for Global Animal Health. The donation, the largest single gift in WSU history, will support both programs and construction. Photo Robert Hubner...
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"The heartbeat is the basis of rhythm."For 40 years, Washington State University alumnus John Elwood has followed that beat to create music and instruments. Making something from nothing, to share with others, is his delight, he said. He carves wood into a variety of instruments. He also makes "canjos" - a take-off of a banjo made from string, a solid wood neck and a can. The can from Cougar Gold - a cheese made at the WSU Pullman creamery - is a local favoriteTo learn more about Elwood...
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Watch Reid Schilperoort ’10, Brian Boler ’09 and the rest of the EcoWell team share the EcoWell story in their own words. (Video courtesy EcoWell)...
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Nicole Braux Taflinger was only 13 when the Germans invaded France in 1940. She has published a memoir of her time growing up in Nancy, Lorraine, called "Season of Suffering: Coming of Age in Occupied France," published by Washington State University Press in 2010. In it she recalls the severe shortages, collaboration, disappearances, and despair and hope of a teenage girl. After Nancy was liberated, Nicole met a dashing young American airman named Ancel Taflinger, General Patton's personal pilo...
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 John Elwood, a maker of fine musical instruments and a 2001 graduate of Washington State University, crafts banjos from WSU cheese cans (like the iconic Cougar Gold).Watch John play his “canjo” below and read more about his work in the spring 2011 issue....
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Architect Rex Hohlbein ’81 sits with clients Jim and Ann in an open sliding window of their home in Clyde Hill, Washington. The Hinoki House, a new view home in Bellevue’s 1950s Clyde Hill neighborhood, is exemplary of what has become known as “Northwest style.”A hallmark of the house is walls made out of windows which lets in light and views of the trees, pond, and courtyard. In the living room, where the windows slide away, it opens into a stunning view o...
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Jim Haguewood demonstrates how to clean a crab. Haguewood, a 1981 graduate of Washington State University's hotel and restaurant management programs, has been eating and cleaning crab for as long as he can remember. His family owned the Haguewoods Restaurant in Port Angeles, Washington, for 58 years.He is a former director of the Clallam County Economic Development Council and works with the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles.Jim says his favorite way to eat Dungeness crab is th...
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April 23, 2010. Courtesy WSU College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences"It is impossible to imagine a world-class university without an arboretum. It reconnects you to the earth and is an important place for a university community to find peace and balance in a high-stress environment. Im particularly proud that this arboretum will be part of the legacy that my administration will leave for Washington State University, its faculty, student...
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