Persistence Pays Off As Staff Member Earns Bachelor's
Friday, May 8, 1992 EXERCISES PLANNED GEOFFREY GAMBLE TO BECOME FOR WSU GRADS WSU VICE PROVOST Spring graduation exercises for WSU begin FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS today (May 8) at4 p.m. today as WSU Spokane's Geoffrey Gamble, professor and chair of the largest class goes through formal ceremonies at Department of Anthropology, will become vice the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center. provost for academic affairs at WSU effective The 105 graduates will receive master's July I. degrees in computer science, electrical engi The announcement was made this week by neering, human nutrition, engineering manage Provost Tom George, who said Gamble ment, and speech and hearing sciences, as well emerged as the choice for the position from a as professional degrees in architecture and field of superb candidates. pharmacy. Max Snyder, acting executive di A member of the anthropology faculty since rector for Spokane's Joint Center for Higher 1976, Gamble, 49, was elected department chair Education, is the featured commencement in 1982. A linguistics specialist, he received his speaker. bachelor's degree from Fresno State College, A convocation to recognize all baccalaure Calif., and earned master's and doctoral degrees ate and master's graduates at the ICNE Spokane from the University of California, Berkeley. He campus is set for 8 p.m. in Whitworth College's has served on many of the university's most Cowles Auditorium. It will feature student important committees, chaired the Academic speakers, announcements of scholarships and Affairs and Second Century committees of the presentation of faculty and student awards. Faculty Senate, and participated in the writing Graduating nursing students from WSU/ of the university's current planning document.
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