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Dear WSU Tri-Cities community,
I want you all to know that we, at Washington State University Tri-Cities, care about you, your families, and our community…
William R. Wiley Endowed Scholarship
William R. Wiley, a WSU alumnus, joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a microbiologist in 1965. He then served as the director of PNNL from 1984 – 1994.
Wiley served on the WSU Board of Regents from 1989 to 1994, where he led efforts to establish the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
Above all else, Wiley was a man who believed that actions spoke louder than words, and personally dedicated his gifts and his genius to promoting progress through education and the creation of greater opportunities for all. Bob Ferguson, a long-time friend of Wiley, established the William R. Wiley Endowed Scholarship in his memory, which provides scholarships for underrepresented students who pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including nursing.
WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor’s Excellence Fund
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, we want to encourage our Tri-Cities community, alumni, family and friends to support the ‘WSUTC Chancellor’s Excellence Fund.’ This fund provides campus leadership with flexibility to fund the campuses most current and compelling needs of our students including but not limited to food insecurity, access to hardship funding, technology and other unexpected but necessary tools to succeed during this unprecedented time. Thank you for your consideration and support of WSU Tri-Cities.
Born and raised in the Tri-Cities, Brad Fisher is a long-time supporter of WSU, WSU Athletics, and the Tri-Cities community. In 1979, Brad graduated from Washington State University with a BA in Business Administration. After graduation, Fisher returned to the Tri-Cities, serving two terms on the Kennewick City Council and one term as mayor. Inclusive of a successful career in wealth management, he retired as the Senior Vice President for RBC Wealth Management. Brad was best known in the Tri-Cities for his work on civic issues, working to advance education, health care and business opportunities in the Tri-Cities.
Brad was a Coug through and through. His legacy will live on through the recently endowed, first-ever WSU Tri-Cities Brad Fisher Butch T. Cougar Fund. This investment made by Brad and his wife, Jennifer, gave Butch a permanent new home on the Tri-Cities campus.
To donate to the endowment, visit foundation.wsu.edu.
Laurie Jean Bauermeister, long-time resident of Tomball, Texas passed away Monday February 11th, 2019 at the family farm in Basin City, Washington after a 10-year battel with cancer.
Laurie grew up in North Franklin county, attending Connell High School and then Washington State University. Her days in both of those institutions were marked by fond memories and tall tales.
Laurie was a daydreamer and an entrepreneur. She left North Franklin county for Texas in the early 1980’s and had worked her way up to small business ownership within a few years of being there. She began with crafts, a family hobby she shared with her mother Jeanene, and then moved on to antiques and fine furniture. She initially shared spaces and stalls in existing stores, but her goal was always to have her own store. Laurie’s Home Furnishings is now a staple in the Tomball area, and through that business venture Laurie traveled the world, making friendships and creating fond memories everywhere she went.
Laurie instilled the belief in those she loved that they were capable of anything, partially because she put no limits on herself, and also because she was willing to help in any way she could in order to see those dreams realized for others. Her generous, friendly spirit and refusal to give up strongly defined her long battle with cancer, and she fought until the very end.
In honor of her sister, Carrie Soggie and her husband Layne are celebrating Laurie’s passion for continuing education and giving back by starting this endowment for the College of Education at WSU Tri-Cities.
WSU Tri-Cities Entrepreneurial Assistance Fund, was created to provide support for educational programs at WSU Tri-Cities that engage students and faculty in the support of small business and the economic development of the region.
The fund provides support for internships or multi-disciplinary team-based projects that engage students in real-world applications benefitting small business and entrepreneurs. Support may also include professional development and lectures related to entrepreneurship, commercialization of new innovations, sustainability practices, business planning and other related areas.
The WSU Tri-Cities Student Veterans Center operates primarily on the generous support of alumni, staff, faculty, community members and others who wish to invest in the success of student veterans at WSU Tri-Cities.
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“Meditations,” by Marcus Aurelius
“Invisible Armies” , by Max Boot
“The Savage Wars of Peace,” by Max Boot
“Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War,” by Robert Coram
“Fighting Power,” by Martin Van Crevald
“One Bullet Away,” by Nate Fick
“Personal Memoirs,” by Gen U.S. Grant
“Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War, Peace and Strategy,” by Colin Gray
“Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American” ,by Liddell-Hart’
Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon,” by Liddell-Hart’
“Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand
“The Far Pavilions,” by M.M. Kaye
“Dereliction of Duty,” by H.R. McMaster’s
“Long Walk to Freedom,” by Mandela
“Military Innovation in the Interwar Period” & “Successful Strategies,” by Williamson Murray
“Once An Eagle,” by Anton Myrer
“The Direction of War,” by Hew Strachan
“My American Journey,” by Colin Powell
“Gates of Fire,” by Steven Pressfield
“The Forgotten Soldier,” by Guy Sajer
“Killer Angels,” by Michael Shaara
“Turmoil and Triumph” & “Issues On My Mind,” by George P. Shultz
“Defeat Into Victory,” by Viscount Slim
“The Cruel Sea,” by Nicholas Monsarrat
“The Greatest Raid of All,” by C.E. Lucas Phillips
“The Lessons of History,” by Will & Ariel Durrant
“Alexander Hamilton,” by Ron Chernow
“A Savage War of Peace,” by Alistair Horne
“Tabea’s Story,” by Betty Iverson & Tabea Springer
“The Rules of the Game,” by Andrew Gordon
“The Rise and Fall of Great Powers,” Paul Kennedy
“National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear,” by David Rothkopf
“March of Folly” & “The Guns of August,” by Barbara Tuckman
“The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat,” by Vali Nasar
“Diplomacy” & “World Order,” by Henry Kissinger
“The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel James Brown
“American Caesar” & “Goodbye Darkness,” by William Manchester
“Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War,” by Max Hasting
“A Peace to End All Peace,” by David Fromkin
“With the Old Breed,” by E.B. Sledge
“Just and Unjust Wars,” by Michael Walzer
“Other Men’s Flowers,” (poetry) by Wavell
“Before the First Shot is Fired,” by Anthony Zinni
“War, Morality and the Military Profession,” by Malham Wakin
“For Country and Corps,” by Gail Shisler
“The Caine Mutiny,” by Herman Wouk
“Never Quit the Fight,” by Ralph Peter
“The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes,” by Max Lerner
“Warfighting,” by Marine Corps Doctrine Publication 1
“Strategy, Ethics and the ‘War on Terrorism,’ ” by Albert Pierce
“Seven Pillars of Wisdom,” by T.E. Lawrence
Named in honor of General James Mattis, these funds will support the library in the WSU Tri-Cities Veterans Center. General Mattis is a Pacific Northwest native who served more than four decades as a Marine infantry officer. Following two years as the Secretary of Defense, he returned to the Northwest becoming an honorary Coug by supporting the WSU Tri-Cities Veterans club.
To help support the Leadership Library and the WSU Tri-Cities Veterans Center you can donate funds below to help purchase materials for the library or you can pick out and purchase a book from the list below and have it sent to WSU Tri-Cities, c/o Kelly Gabel, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354. The books purchased are those hand-picked and read by General Mattis. This list of books can also be found in Call Sign Chaos, Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis and Bing West, p. 258-259.
If you have any questions please contact Kelly Gabel at 509-372-7398. Thank you!
“The problem with being too busy to read is that you learn by experience (or by your men’s experience), i.e. the hard way. By reading, you learn through others’ experiences, generally a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.
Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed (successfully or unsuccessfully) before. It doesn’t give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.”
Read more about General Mattis’ thoughts on the importance of reading.
WSU Tri-Cities is your university — whether that is literally the case because you are an alumnus or simply because we impact your community and the world. WSU Tri-Cities is an institution that educates your children at the university level, prepares a highly skilled workforce for employers, researches issues affecting local businesses and global needs and participates fully in economic development efforts. You know that your gifts to WSU Tri-Cities will make a real difference.
Like every other university in the country, Washington State University Tri-Cities needs private, philanthropic support — your support. State funds alone cannot provide the resources required to achieve the vision of an even greater education for our students. We encourage you to help us to prepare graduates who are industry ready for employment and competitive on a global scale, who will become contributing members of society and make the world a better place.
Your gifts to WSU Tri-Cities remain here on this campus. We will use all the resources at hand to become recognized as a destination campus, valued for the depth and breadth of our academic quality, preferred for personalized education and smaller class sizes, known for our availability of scholarship assistance, and selected for accessibility of meaningful internship opportunities.
We know that every gift has a unique story behind it. We’d love to hear yours.
Funds help purchase items that are not regularly received by donations and to maintain the Cougar Cupboard. Give today.
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Named in honor of General James Mattis, these funds will support the library in the WSU Tri-Cities Veterans Center. General Mattis is a Pacific Northwest native who served more than four decades as a Marine infantry officer. Following two years as the Secretary of Defense, he returned to the Northwest becoming an honorary Coug by supporting the WSU Tri-Cities Veterans club.
To help support the Leadership Library and the WSU Tri-Cities Veterans Center you can donate funds below to help purchase books and materials for the library. The books purchased will be those hand-picked and read by General Mattis. If interested, these books can be found in Call Sign Chaos, Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis and Bing West, p. 258-259.
WSU Tri-Cities Entrepreneurial Assistance Fund, was created to provide support for educational programs at WSU Tri-Cities that engage students and faculty in the support of small business and the economic development of the region.
The fund provides support for internships or multi-disciplinary team-based projects that engage students in real-world applications benefitting small business and entrepreneurs. Support may also include professional development and lectures related to entrepreneurship, commercialization of new innovations, sustainability practices, business planning and other related areas.
Yuliya Baranovskaya, a child of immigrants from the Republic of Moldova and a junior studying business administration, received the Peter Smith Finance Excellence Endowment award. She says, “With this generous gift, you are helping my dream become a reality, as it will be used to further my education and bolster my future prospects. I will continue to pursue excellence in my studies and at work, and will always remember to give back, as you have given to me. I hope to one day be where you are, listening to a student describe this scholarship and how truly valuable it is, not only on a practical level, but as an inspiring vote of confidence. Both are greatly appreciated.”
Executive Director Advancement & Community Engagement
509-372-7207
East 239
Jaime.heppler@wsu.edu