Tag: Philanthropy
7 article(s) found with this tag.
Patrick Rothfuss ’02—World Builder Life’s a fantasy for best-selling author Patrick Rothfuss. He invites us into his worlds, one real and one of his own invention.
Spring 2013
Categories: Literature, Alumni, Fiction
Tags: Fantasy, Authors, Philanthropy
Doing good through blending
Summer 2012
About three years ago, Monte Regier returned to Seattle from a year working on the hospital ship Anastasis
off the coast of Liberia. Suffering from culture shock, remembering
friends who go to bed hungry every night, he sat with his friend Martin...
Categories: Alumni, Social work
Tags: Wine, Philanthropy, Charity, Food
A plan for Washington
Summer 2011
In 1972, as Scott Carson was preparing to graduate from Washington
State University, a counselor told him he was still six credits shy of
his degree. The Vietnam veteran was astonished. “He said I had to
complete these physical educat...
Categories: Alumni, Education
Tags: Campaign for Washington State University, Philanthropy, Gifts, Volunteer
Living for a cure
Winter 2010
At his home on the banks of the Columbia River just north of Wenatchee is one of Mike Utley’s achievements. A Ford F-350 pickup. Black with blue flames jutting from front to back, the truck gives
off as imposing a
presence as the 6-fo...
Categories: Health sciences, Athletics
Tags: Philanthropy, Football, Spinal cord injuries, Mike Utley
Phyllis Campbell: Being about forever
Spring 2007
Someone recently told Phyllis Campbell '73 that she had the
perfect resume to run for governor.In her office high above 5th Avenue in Seattle, Campbell tells
me this with a mixture of amusement and certitude. Running
for political office is the la...
Categories: Business, Alumni
Tags: Social justice, Philanthropy
Firstenburg family fountain dedicated at WSU Vancouver
Winter 2001
Intermittent spurts of water play on native basalt slabs and columns in the new Firstenburg
Family Fountain at Washington State University Vancouver. Local residents Ed and Mary
Firstenburg, owners of First Independent Bank, donated $500,000 t...
Categories: WSU Vancouver
Tags: Philanthropy, Charity
Rucks consistently responsive to WSU needs
Winter 2001
“We knew it would help students
who were struggling.”
—Jim Ruck Last spring alumnus Jim Ruck of Everett
made Washington State University an offer it
couldn’t refuse. The chemistry graduate visited
his old department and asked for...
Categories: Alumni
Tags: Gifts, WSU library, Philanthropy