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Land Grant Day, October 10, 1998 See pages 8-9 Registration Enclosed

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & HOME ECONOMICS ALUMNI & FRIENDS MAGAZINE F ROM THE ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT

Keep the Alumni Voice Alive through Alumni and Friends

ello again fellow alumni! It’s that we will start right in with our benefit Htime again. Land Grant Day is auction. Remember last year’s? We just around the corner. This year’s event auctioned off everything from a week- will be held October 10—the same day end stay at the dean’s condo at Michael E. Dalziel as WSU’s homecoming football game. Schweitzer to a trip on the Washington We have a lot of fun and interesting Dinner Train. The day will end with events, including the football game, music and dancing. It’ll be a lot of fun, DATES TO REMEMBER planned for the entire day. The festivities so don’t miss it! September get started at 10 a.m. and continue We would also like to thank all of our 9 Future Cougar Day/FFA Day/ through the evening. alumni and friends who attended our FHA Day at WSU/UI Football The day commences with our Ex- annual June event at the Prosser Re- Game. travaganza Fair in the morning. We’ll search and Extension Station. It was one CAHE will host a Leadership have lots of prizes to give away, games of the best events we have had in the Day for FFA/FHA and Family to play, music to hear, and a Cougar past years. So how can we top such a and Consumer Science Brand Smoky lunch for all to enjoy. And stellar event at this year’s Land Grant Students. it’s always fun to see the antique tractor Day? Simply by telling yourself that this exhibit, which will start in the morning is the year that we all can help the 19 Cougar football vs. University of as well. College celebrate its long history, and Idaho We would like to encourage as many more importantly, to celebrate friend- October alumni to attend, especially since the ships from the good ole’ days and to 1-2 CAHE Ambassador Sweep football game could prove to be a good also have a chance to meet new friends 9 CAHE Dean’s Merit Scholarship match against the Ducks of Oregon. If for the next century. Banquet this year’s event proves to be as much I encourage all of you to bring your fun as last year, we are all in store for a family and meet other alumni families. CAHE Advisory Council Meeting whooping good time! WHOA! Did I de- I’d like you to meet mine. I promise that 10 Cougar football vs. University of tect a bit of country back there? But it will be a great time to be had by all. Oregon, Land Grant Day and seriously, we have many events planned SEE YA THERE!!!! Homecoming 2 around the family so please bring the 12 Cougar Monday young ones. It’s truly an event for all Michael E. Dalziel 17 Cougar football vs. USC ages. President, CAHE Alumni Board After the game, we’ll have a social 22-23 Agriscience Leadership hour and a dinner barbecue. Afterwards Experience 26 Cougar Monday 31 Cougar football vs. Arizona State University, Dad’s Day November 21 Cougar football vs. University of Washington, Apple Cup On the Cover: From top to bottom—Campus visitors line up outside Ferdinand’s former location in Fulmer Hall, circa the mid-1960s. Professor Lloyd Luedecke’s dairy products class makes ice cream, circa the mid-1980s. The creamery acquired this truck in the mid-1970s. Students sample the creamery’s products shortly after Ferdinand’s moved to its present quarters in the Food Science Human Nutrition Building in the summer of 1992.

C ONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 C ONTENTS Michael Tate New CAHE Administrator Around the College 2-4

1998 CAHE College Awards 5 process for professional development. Michael J. Tate has been appointed to Private Giving 6-7 replace retired Harry Burcalow as asso- We need to invest in our human re- ciate dean of CAHE and associate direc- sources. People come to extension with Land Grant Day 8-9 tor of WSU’s Coop- education, skills, and erative Extension. credentials, but they A Time of Challenge for Pacific Tate came from need to have training Northwest Wheat Growers 10 Michigan State Uni- to help them grow, to Cover Story 11-13 versity where he was reach their potential, Ferdinand’s Celebrates 50 Years assistant director of and to keep them up- to-date. That will be extension. He as- WSU’s Safe Food Initiative 14 sumed his duties at one of my first priori- WSU in July. ties here.” Welcome New Alumni 15-16 Tate has 25 years In addition to experience in exten- professional develop- Alumni Notes 16 sion, including 15 ment, Tate also aims Dean’s Message 17 years as an adminis- to work closely with trator. His career in counties and commu- extension began in nities to more specifi- C ONNECTIONS MSU’s 4-H program, cally identify their starting as a field needs. He also wants Issue Number Three agent in the 1970s to to build stronger Connections is published two times a year by eventually becoming partnerships with Michael J. Tate the College of Agriculture and Home Economics its director in 1983. organizations and Alumni and Development Office. Readers are He holds three de- other colleges in the encouraged to share their ideas for articles and grees, all from MSU: a state. Another high to contribute items by writing to: bachelor’s degree in food science and priority, he said, will be to capitalize on College of Agriculture and Home Economics Alumni and Development Coordinator human nutrition (‘72), a master’s in the wealth of communication technolo- Washington State University adult and continuing education (‘82), gies in the state, such as computers, PO Box 646228 and a doctorate in extension education satellites, and desktop conferencing, and Pullman, WA 99164-6228 and administration (‘96). use them in extension educational pro- Connections Staff At WSU, Tate has already laid out an grams. Publisher: James J. Zuiches, Dean, CAHE ambitious agenda. His ultimate goal is to Tate said, “Washington state is prob- Alumni and Development Assistant Director: Patrick Kramer better serve the adult, nonformal educa- ably one of the few places in the world Writer/Editor: Joanne Buteau, Jill Welchel, Anna tional needs of Washingtonians. He where you have such a high concentra- Sherwood brings skills that helped him make the tion of software development. Coopera- Graphic Designer: Doug Garcia many successes he realized in Michigan, tive Extension can really take advantage Clerical Assistant: Tiffany Ross 3 including integrating computer technol- of that technological know-how and use Program Coordinator: Britta Nitcy ogy into the educational system, build- it to provide information and learning. It CAHE Alumni Board of Directors ing government and community partner- will give us a competitive edge and help President: Michael Dalziel, ‘92 Vice President: Alison (Strotz) Lane ‘93 ships, and creating a professional us better serve the state.” Secretary: Kristi (Rightmire) Harting ‘95 development program for extension The state’s mecca of communication Board Members: Nancy Boettcher ‘75, Chuck personnel. technologies was a major draw for Tate Chambers ‘59, Lil Freese ‘48, Gayle Jacklin “There is great opportunity at WSU when he was considering leaving Michi- ‘86, Andy Moberg ‘86, Ginger Scobie ‘71, to put together a system for professional gan for WSU. “Washington state is on Clay Sprague ‘80, Mary Palmer Sullivan ‘88, Tedd Wildman ‘84 development training in Cooperative the move in so many ways,” he said. Mission: The College of Agriculture and Home Extension,” said Tate. “There currently “That, and the research and excellent Economics Alumni Board of Directors is the isn’t such a system here and that is how faculty at WSU, were all factors that led catalyst for uniting prospective students, cur- you increase the effectiveness of your to my decision to come here. There is rent students, the college administration, staff. No one is going to succeed now or such great potential for this university.” faculty and staff, industry, and alumni while in the future if they don’t have a solid upholding WSU’s land grant mission. Web Site: cahe.wsu.edu/~alumni/

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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS department this fall. Jinsook Cho-Che is reflect 15 years of professional experi- Jill McCluskey is a new assistant profes- an assistant professor who received her ence in architecture and commercial sor in the department. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin- interior design. Ph.D. in August 1998 from the Univer- Madison in retailing and consumer sity of California, Berkeley. Hong (Holly) science. In addition to teaching courses Wong is another new assistant profes- in apparel merchandising, she will pur- BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS sor in the department. Wong received a sue research interests related to com- ENGINEERING Ph.D. from Michigan State University in puter applications in the apparel indus- Shulin Chen, a faculty member in the 1996. try and global sourcing in retailing. Department of Biological Systems Engi- Other faculty in the department this Robert Krikac is an associate professor neering, is the supervisor of the WSU year will be temporary instructor Bruce who completed a bachelor’s and a Water Quality and Waste Analysis Lab, Walton, who will teach Agricultural master’s degree in design at Arizona which is now certified by the state De- Economics 210, and visiting professor State University. Krikac’s teaching will partment of Ecology. The lab is certified David Smith, from Fresno State Univer- sity. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Staff member Janet Cooper will be retiring after 31 years with Agricultural The Abuela Project Economics and Cooperative Extension. Grandmothers helping to make food safe Departmental awards this year went to: Traci Schoessler, Outstanding Senior in Agricultural Economics, and Ryan Queso fresco is a soft fresh cheese Ells, Outstanding Senior in Agribusiness. used widely in Latin American dishes. Raw, unpasteurized milk is tradition- ally used when this cheese is made at ANIMAL SCIENCE home. Queso fresco made with raw Phil Senger will receive the 1998 Distin- milk has been the source of several guished Teacher Award at the American outbreaks of salmonella infection, Society of Animal Science annual meet- including one in Yakima County where ing in Denver. more than 90 illnesses were reported Roger Cady is the co-recipient of the in the first six months of 1997. 1998 Alfa Laval Dairy Extension Award Extension food safety educators in to be presented at the American Society Yakima and Pullman collaborated with of Dairy Science annual meeting in the Yakima County Health District, the Denver. Washington State Dairy Products Hong Wook Kim, graduate student of Commission, and the Washington 4 Boon Chew, received the Carotenoid State Department of Agriculture to Research Group Travel Award for his educate the public about the dangers abstract at the 1998 Experimental Biol- of consuming raw milk products and workshop attendees now use pasteur- ogy Meeting. to encourage home cheese makers to ized milk to make queso fresco. use a modified recipe substituting One indication of the project’s pasteurized milk for raw milk. effectiveness is the rapid decrease in APPAREL, Extension educators taught 15 salmonella infections. Only 14 infec- MERCHANDISING, AND abuelas (grandmothers) how to make tions were reported in the last six INTERIOR DESIGN the new recipe. Abuelas were chosen months of 1997. And just two cases Joye Dillman, associate professor of because they hold positions of respect were reported in the first five months human development, is serving as in- and authority in the Hispanic commu- of 1998. terim chair of the department. Dillman, nity. In turn, the abuelas agreed to Co-project leaders for the Abuela a family and consumer scientist, has train at least 15 others. More than Project are Val Hillers, extension food advised new AMID students and served 200 people attended safe cheese specialist, and Theo Thomas, Yakima on departmental committees before workshops presented by the abuelas. County Cooperative Extension being appointed as interim chair. Two A follow-up survey indicated that all educator. new faculty members have joined the

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to perform almost three dozen tests that CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES analyze solids, nutrients, water quality parameters, microbial activity, and air Scientists Win National Awards quality. The rate structure allows the lab to charge only half the normal price to agencies within the University. More Mary K. Walker Simmons and Ann C. ments as well as commitment to information is available from the depart- Kennedy, both with USDA’s Agricul- fostering women in science and engi- ment by mail or by sending electronic tural Research Service here, have won neering careers. WISE is a federal mail to [email protected]. national awards for their scientific interagency committee of women achievements. scientists and engineers. WISE gives Simmons, three awards COOPERATIVE EXTENSION a plant physi- annually, one Jim Freed, special forest project coordi- ologist, re- each to a nator, received national recognition for ceived the young scien- an innovative environmental education Arthur S. tist, engineer, program that teaches public and private Flemming and one land managers about managing non- award June 11 lifetime timber forest products as an environ- in Washing- award. mentally and economically sustainable ton, D.C., for As a enterprise. Freed’s program was one of discovering Ann Kennedy Mary Walker Simmons Flemming three across the nation to receive the new plant recipient, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Envi- genes that help wheat and other Simmons was recognized for scientific ronment Award. plants survive drought and cold tem- discoveries in the hormonal regula- Freed is on special assignment work- peratures. tion of seed germination and environ- ing with the U.S. Forest Service at its Kennedy, a soil microbiologist, mental stress tolerance in cereal Olympic National Forest headquarters in received a Scientific Achievement plants. Her research group discovered Olympia, where he manages the Pacific Award in May from Women in Science a new subfamily of plant protein Northwest Special Forest Products Ex- and Engineering (WISE) for developing kinases that respond to drought and tension Education and Research Pro- unique soil conservation practices and cold temperature. They also made gram. actively encouraging young women to significant advances in lab analysis of The Abuela Project is the recipient of pursue careers in science. plant hormones. Simmons leads the the first Dannon Institute Award for “Drs. Simmons and Kennedy repre- ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiol- Excellence in Community Nutrition. The sent the best in scientific excellence, ogy and Disease Research Unit in project will receive $5,000 for use in leadership, and community service, Pullman. She is one of three ARS further developing and expanding the and we’re proud they’ve been recog- scientists receiving the Flemming project to other eastern Washington nized by these award programs,” said award this year. 5 counties. The Abuela Project originated Floyd Horn, administrator of USDA’s Kennedy discovered biological last year in Yakima County. See accom- Agricultural Research Service. control organisms to fight the weeds panying article for a description of the The Flemming award, named for jointed goatgrass and downy brome project. distinguished federal employee and and developed new methods for de- educator Arthur Sherwood Flemming, tecting the source of airborne soil was established in 1948 to honor particles. Each year, she mentors CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES outstanding men and women in the local elementary and high school Mary K. Walker Simmons and Ann C. federal government. Twelve awards teachers and students to increase Kennedy, both research leaders, USDA/ are given annually, four for scientific scientific literacy and works with ARS, received national honors for re- achievement. graduate students at WSU. She leads search. Simmons received the Arthur S. The WISE program, now in its 14th the ARS Land Management and Water Flemming award in Washington, D.C., year, recognizes federal women scien- Conservation Research Unit in Pull- for discovering new plant genes that tists and engineers. The recipients are man. Kennedy is the fifth ARS scien- help wheat and other plants survive honored for their technical achieve- tist to win the WISE award. drought and cold temperatures. Kennedy received a Scientific Achievement Award

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in May from Women in Science and HUMAN DEVELOPMENT at collaborative efforts between the two Engineering (WISE) for developing Jerry Newman, Deb Nelson, and Jan universities. unique soil conservation practices and Hiller conducted the 1997 Summer Wahl also presented a paper at the actively encouraging young women to Science Institute Program Evaluation. International Symposium on Agricultural pursue careers in science. See accompa- Fifty-four elementary teachers partici- Policy for the 21st century in Taipei, nying story for more details. pated in two, one-week elementary Taiwan, in June. The group met with Stephen M. Dofing has been hired as science curriculum workshops at WSU. Taiwan’s President Lee who is a former a Cooperative Extension specialist/ Teachers explored the elementary sci- faculty member at National Chung Hsing assistant crop scientist, effective Decem- ences processes and were exposed to University. ber 1, 1998. Dofing replaces Baird hands-on experiential curriculum in Miller who resigned July 31. Also new to food safety, watersheds, chemicals, and the department in 1998 are Eric food and fiber for elementary children. NATURAL RESOURCE Gallandt, teaching and research in weed They also identified the Essential Learn- SCIENCES ecology, Eric Miltner, turf management ing objectives taught in each of the Robert Wielgus received $150,000 per research, Puyallup, Tim Miller, weed curricula. The workshop evaluation year for four years to study the effects of science research and extension, Mt showed, on a 1 to 10 point scale, that 54 cougar and forest management on pre- Vernon, Dave Huggins, soil science, teachers significantly increased their dation of endangered mountain caribou. cropping systems, USDA-ARS, and knowledge of science processes by 3.32; Current research partners/collaborators Camille Steber molecular genetics re- watersheds by 5.53; chemicals by 5.31; include the Columbia Basin Fish and search, USDA-ARS. food safety by 5; food and fiber by 2.95; Wildlife Compensation Program of Brit- John Burns, Whitman County Coop- and understanding of the Essential ish Columbia, U.S. Fish and Wildlife erative Extension leader, was acknowl- Learning by 5.83. A follow-up survey Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the edged as this year’s recipient of the showed that 26 teachers implemented Washington Department of Fish and Kenneth J. Morrison Extension award at the curriculum in their classroom. The Wildlife. Team members include numer- the annual Spillman Farm/Conservation Summer Science Institute was held again ous agency personnel, two Ph.D. stu- Farm Field Day July 9. This award, es- this summer. dents, one M.S. student, and up to three tablished in 1987, recognizes an exten- undergraduate assistants from WSU. sion faculty member who has made The research team has already captured, outstanding contributions to IMPACT CENTER radiocollared, and monitored about 30 Washington’s agriculture. Juming Tang of the Department of Bio- caribou, 30 mule deer, 20 white-tailed Dwane Miller received the 1997 O.A. logical Systems Engineering recently deer, and will begin capturing up to 30 Vogel/WSCIA Award. At the annual visited Shanghai and Beijing, China, for cougars this winter. Results could be Washington State Crop Improvement on-site visits to processing plants and used to change predator and forest Association banquet last November, research facilities. Tang has IMPACT management to achieve caribou recov- Miller was recognized for his leadership, Center funding for research on micro- ery from endangered status. 6 personal and professional achievements, wave drying and fumigation of Washing- and contributions to the agricultural ton fruits and vegetables. He visited industry in Washington. The crop im- SIAN, the Microwave Application Re- PLANT PATHOLOGY provement award was created in 1973 in search Institute, and presented papers at Guillermo Pimentel, graduate student honor of Orville A. Vogel’s achievements several universities in Beijing. in plant pathology, won the 1998 M.P. and contributions in agriculture. Miller Tom Wahl, Department of Agricul- Backus Award from the Mycological announced he will retire in May 1999. tural Economics and IMPACT, recently Society of America (MSA). In April 1998 R. James Cook was participated in the Pacific Basin Eco- Timothy Murray, a WSU plant pa- appointed as the new R. James Cook nomic Cooperation meetings in thologist, is one of three authors of a Endowed Chair in wheat research. Santiago, Chile. He attended the ses- new book, A Color Atlas of Diseases of James Anderson, USDA/ARS, was sions of the working committee on food Small Grain Cereal Crops, recently pub- selected as the 1998 Young Crop Scien- products, representing the APEC Study lished by Manson Publishing and is tist by the Crop Science Society of Center for Food Systems at WSU, of available through Iowa State University America of Spokane, Washington. which he is interim director. He also met Press (1-800-862-6657). The other two with administrators and faculty at the authors are David Parry, East Malling University of Chile, including the depart- Research Station, and Nigel Cattlin, Holt ment of agricultural economics, to look Studios.

C ONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 1998 ANNUAL COLLEGE AWARDS CAHE Honors Students, Faculty, and Staff

Students Faculty and staff on a sustained program in integrated pest Five outstanding students were honored April Eleven faculty and staff in the College were also management in tree fruit over the past 12 18, 1998, at the College’s 39th Annual honored at the banquet. years. In 1997, Beers won the Entomological Awards Banquet. Gaylon S. Campbell, professor of soil sci- Society of America’s Distinguished Achieve- Melissa Ann Davis, a senior majoring in ences, received the R.M. Wade Excellence in ment Award for Extension Activities and the agricultural education, was named the 1998 Teaching Award. Campbell, a member of the Award for Women’s Leadership through Aggie of the Year. The award honors the top WSU faculty since 1971, teaches upper-level Science in the Washington Tree Fruit Indus- senior in an agriculture major. She has classes in environmental physics, upper-level try. She has been a member of the WSU earned numerous academic honors and also and graduate courses in soil physics, and a faculty since 1985. been active in many organizations during her course that helps students prepare scientific Richard Rupp, a staff member in the Crop academic career. She is a four-year member presentations. and Soil Sciences Department since 1991, of the University’s honors program, a Glenn Campbell, who has written or co-authored received the college’s Staff Excellence Award. Terrell Scholar, has been named to the Uni- three texts and two lab manuals, has been a He works with two soils faculty doing re- versity president’s honor roll seven semes- pioneer in the field of computer-aided instruc- search on remote sensing, geographic infor- ters, and has been inducted into the Golden tion since his text Soil Physics With Basic was mation system, and land use. His current Key National Honor Society. She has also held published in 1985. His texts have been trans- projects include developing software that will several offices in the Elliott Chapter of the lated into Spanish and Japanese. He has taught provide an interactive web-based Washington Alpha Zeta honorary fraternity. short courses in Italy, South Africa, and Spain. soils map. Carrie Bauwens, a senior majoring in James Durfey, an instructor in biological This year, the College’s Team Excellence apparel, merchandising and textiles, was systems engineering, received the CAHE Alumni Award went to six researchers and extension named the 1998 Consumer Scientist of the Association and Friends Outstanding Under- faculty who successfully promoted the use of Year. The award recognizes the top senior in graduate Advising Award. Durfey, a member of pheromones to disrupt the mating activity of a home economics major. During four years at the faculty since 1992, advised 81 students the codling moth. The codling moth is a WSU, Bauwens has served as a student re- during the 1997-98 academic year. Since 1993, major insect pest of apples. Since 1990, use cruitment ambassador for the College, has he has developed internships for students at of mating disruption by Washington orchard- been active on her department’s advisory nine companies. He serves as adviser to the ists has expanded from 1,500 to 32,000 board, and has held key leadership positions Agricultural Technology and Management Club acres, or about 20 percent of the apples in the Apparel Merchandising Student Asso- and co-adviser to the Collegiate Postsecondary grown in the state. As a result, the use of ciation. Agricultural Student Club. broad-spectrum pesticides has been greatly Sherrie Casteel, a human development Zuzanna Czuchajowska, associate food reduced. major, was named the Outstanding Junior in scientist and leader of the Grain Science Group The members of the team are Betsy family and consumer sciences. Casteel is a in the Food Science and Human Nutrition De- Beers, extension entomologist; Jay Brunner, member of the Golden Key National Honor partment, received the College’s annual Faculty entomologist and interim superintendent; Society, serves as president of the Human Excellence in Research Award. Czuchajowska has John Dunley, extension entomologist; Gary Development Student Club and is a member published or submitted for publication 55 Grove, plant pathologist; Tim Smith, WSU of the Alpha Zeta academic fraternity. articles since coming to WSU in 1986. Two U.S. Chelan County Cooperative Extension faculty; Erika Howell, an agricultural economics patents were recently granted for her work on and Ted Alway codling moth IPM coordinator major, was named Outstanding Junior in the fractionation of wheat flour and legumes. with the Chelan County Cooperative Exten- agriculture. Howell, who is enrolled in the Elizabeth Beers, extension entomologist at sion office. Beers, Brunner, Dunley, and Grove University’s honors program, has been named the WSU Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and all work at the WSU Wenatchee Tree Fruit 7 to the president’s honor roll and is a Mortar Extension Center, received the College’s Faculty Research and Extension Center. Board Freshman Scholar. She is president of Excellence in Extension Award. She has carried the CAHE Student Ambassadors and has been active in the Agribusiness-Agricultural Eco- nomics student club. Jamie Meenach, a sophomore in animal sciences, was recognized as Outstanding Freshman for the past academic year. Meenach has served as herds manager for the Student Swine Cooperative, secretary of the Block and Bridle Club, and was initiated into the Alpha Zeta honor society this spring.

C ONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 PRIVATE GIVING Two New Gifts Benefit College of Agriculture and Home Economics Students

RETIRED RANCHERS “This extraordinary gift comes at a a wildlife refuge. The Bergs now make DONATE $500,000 FOR most opportune time,” said Jim Zuiches, their home on seven-and-half acres SCHOLARSHIPS dean of the College. “With rising tuition outside of Omak. During 60 years of raising sheep and and increasing need for financial assis- cattle in the rugged terrain of Okanogan tance, the Ernest and Stanley Berg County, Ernest and Stanley Berg often Scholarships will help four to eight stu- GIFT WILL SUPPORT got through tough times with a little dents from rural communities attend AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH WSU every AND STUDENTS year.” A $763,000 gift from Mel and Donna The Bergs Camp will benefit the College of Agricul- have come a ture and Home Economics and the long way since Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in they joined the Colfax. The donation to the University family sheep was announced June 11 at the annual business in field day at WSU’s Lind Dryland Re- Yakima 60 years search Station. ago to herd Part of the funds— about $168,000— sheep for their will be deposited in the Lind Dryland father, Ernest F. Research Station Endowment. The gift Berg, Sr. Stanley also will support weed research and recalls those field trips for crops and soils students. days as some of “This gift is an extraordinary legacy Stanley, left, and Ernest Berg will help future generations of WSU his happiest. from Mel and Donna Camp,” said Jim students. “I packed Zuiches, CAHE dean. “It will enhance mules and dramatically the funding for research at help from their friends. To help future herded sheep every winter and I packed Lind and increase the ability of faculty to generations of college students achieve every summer until 1956,” Stanley said. take students on valuable field trips.” their goals, they have created a He remembers trailing sheep at the see Camps on page 7 $500,000 scholarship endowment at bottom of the Grand Coulee Dam when WSU. “We wanted to do something good it was under construction. for the kids with our ultimate and final The Berg brothers eventu- 8 gift,” Stanley said. “This is it for us, and ally bought out their father’s there couldn’t be a better way to do it.” share of the ranch and began The first four scholarships, from the acquiring land on the Colville Berg brothers each worth $2,500 annu- Indian Reservation on the ally, were awarded in April at the north bank of the Columbia College’s 39th annual awards banquet. River. Eventually, they pieced Eventually, income from the Berg En- together a 6,000-acre ranch dowment is expected to provide eight midway between Chief Joseph scholarships a year to students in the and Grand Coulee Dam. In College. All are renewable for up to four addition to cattle ranching, the years. Half will be awarded to animal Bergs also grew dryland wheat sciences majors; half to other students and 225 acres of alfalfa under in the College. First consideration will be irrigation. given to high school graduates from They started selling off Okanogan County. their cattle in the early ’90s. Their ranch has since become Mel and Donna Camp

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New Home Economics Scholarship Fund Initiated

The need for scholarships has never they’ll be better prepared in a world been greater. Escalating costs of where we have so many children in higher education have closed the child care centers, preschools, and doors to many students seeking col- other out-of-home programs,” Richarz lege degrees. At WSU, in-state tuition said. has tripled in just the last five years. M. Virginia Schafer, former U.S. To help departments in the College Ambassador to Papua New Guinea of Agriculture and Home Economics and the Solomon Islands and a WSU that have fewer scholarships, the alumna, also established a scholar- College has initiated a new scholar- ship and a fellowship for WSU food ship drive. It is specifi- cally for students in the departments of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Human Development, Camps from page 6 and Apparel, Mer- The Camps farmed east of Lacrosse chandising and Inte- for 40 years before retiring and moving rior Design. to Post Falls, Idaho, in 1985. Last year Currently, the they deeded 1,000 acres of farmland to College is only able to the WSU Foundation. The land was sold award 12 to 18 schol- this year. The proceeds were put into a arships a year to trust which will provide the Camps with nearly 500 certified an income for 20 years. After 20 years, majors in these pro- the trust will be terminated. The remain- grams. Last year more ing amount will be divided, with 55 than 10 well-qualified percent going to WSU and 45 percent to students applied for a the Whitman Hospital and Medical Dean’s Merit Scholar- Center in Colfax. ship, the College’s In deciding to make a gift to WSU, premiere freshman the Camps felt they owed a debt of scholarship, but funds can only sup- science and human nutrition majors. gratitude to Orville Vogel, who led a port one to five a year. And last year, Pullman resident Betty 9 team of scientists in developing winter People have recognized the need to Manring gave a gift of $25,000 to wheat varieties that dramatically in- support students in WSU home eco- establish an undergraduate scholar- creased yields in the 1960s. nomics fields and have contributed to ship for the Department of Apparel, Both Camps attended WSU for a existing scholarships or have estab- Merchandising, and Interior Design. short time, then married and started lished their own, such as Sherrill These donors, along with others farming. They credit Vogel’s wheat Richarz. A retired professor in WSU’s who are helping build the scholarship breeding and Gaines wheat as a main Department of Human Development, fund, will make it possible for more reason they were successful in farming. Richarz established the Sherrill students to enroll in WSU’s home These varieties greatly improved yields. Richarz Scholarship in Human Devel- economics departments. If you would The Camps decided to put their opment last year. like to contribute to the drive for the money to work in areas that haven’t “It is my hope that this scholarship new Home Economics Scholarship attracted much support in the College. will help more students have the op- Fund, contact the CAHE Development “The Lind station not very long ago was portunity to enroll in WSU’s Early Office at 509-335-2243, or e-mail: hurting really bad,” Camp said. “I didn’t Childhood Development Program so [email protected]. realize it until it came out in the news- paper.”

C ONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 Land Grant What is WSU’s Day 1998 Land Grant Heritage? Saturday,

Washington State University was estab- October 10 ! lished in 1890 under the provisions of the Morrill Act. The purpose of the law was to develop colleges in each state that would Since its beginning in 1890, provide a practical education for the public with a special concern for those of Washington State University a rural background. has kept the rolling hills of the The act provided grants of federal land for the support of land grant institutions. Palouse inspired with continu- Washington accepted two grants of land totaling 190,000 acres to support WSU. ous growth and change. Land The federal land grant program was origi- Grant Day 1998 commemo- nated in 1862 by Justin Morrill, a United States senator from Vermont. His intent rates 108 years of progress at was to develop colleges in each state that would provide practical education for the WSU. American public. The land grant mission includes research that can be applied to Land Grant Day was established to College of Agriculture and Home Eco- everyday problems and statewide service draw attention to WSU’s reputation nomics through a series of fun activities. to all citizens in fields such as agriculture, as one of our country’s finest land Your reward? Prizes, prizes, and more 10 home economics, engineering, and me- grant institutions. The College of prizes. You will be able to collect stamps chanical arts. Agriculture and Home Economics is from each event involved with the fair. Land grant institutions, like WSU, are pleased to invite you to this celebra- Once you receive the stamps, place them a major factor behind research, which has tion of our heritage. in a passport book. After filling up the What better place is there to bring book, you may enter a drawing for a increased the productivity of American generations of Cougar alumni, stu- Grand Prize. The drawing will be held at agriculture and enhanced the lives of the dents, and the greater WSU commu- the beginning of the CAHE Alumni and nation’s citizens. nity together than where it all started Friends Benefit Auction. There will be WSU still holds 149,250 acres of the over 100 years ago? Join the College games, club displays, music, a Cougar original 190,000 acres used to fund its in an all-day celebration of Land Grant Brand smoky lunch, and lots of fun. establishment as Washington’s land grant Day 1998 when the Cougars take on After attending the football game, the Oregon Ducks in Martin Stadium you will enjoy a great barbecue beef institution. The University’s land grant Saturday, October 10, 1998. dinner followed by the annual CAHE income is invested in a building fund, Activities begin at 10:00 a.m. on Alumni and Friends Associations Benefit which has supported the construction of the rugby field with the debut of the Auction. The Alumni and Friends Benefit many of the major buildings on campus. CAHE Extravaganza Fair. Explore the Auction raises money for student club

CONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Extravaganza Fair, Rugby Field Experience the debut of the CAHE Extravaganza Fair! Explore the College of Agri- culture and Home Economics through a series of fun activities. Your reward? Prizes, prizes, and more prizes. Collect stamps from each event involved with the fair. Once you receive the stamps, place them in a supplied passport book. After filling up the book, enter a Grand Prize drawing. The drawing will be held at the beginning of the CAHE Alumni and Friends Benefit Auction. There will be games, club displays, music, a Cougar Brand Smoky Lunch, and lots of fun.

10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Antique Tractor and Engine Collection A display of old tractors, engines, and equipment will be on the Rugby Field. Watch the equipment in action as the Inland Empire of Gas Engines present a wonderful historical event.

2:00 p.m. WSU vs. University of Oregon Football Game

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Social Hour Commemorate old times with friends, family, and alumni right after the game!

5:30 p.m. Barbecue Beef Dinner. Consider yourself invited to the best barbecue in town! Great music. Great food. Join Everett Martin and Alpha Zeta for barbecue and many other dishes. Don’t miss out!

6:30 p.m. CAHE Alumni and Friends Benefit Auction Hosted by the Booker Family, the auction will be held under the tents directly awards, Connections magazine, faculty following dinner. Last year’s items included everything from a weekend stay at advising awards, as well as many other the Dean’s condo in Schweitzer to a trip on the Washington Dinner Train. We will alumni activities sponsored by the have great auction items again this year. The Alumni and Friends Benefit Auction CAHE. If you would like to make a tax- 11 raises money for student club awards, Connections magazine, faculty advising deductible contribution to the auction, awards, as well as many other alumni activities sponsored by the CAHE. If you please contact the CAHE Alumni and would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to the auction, please contact Development Office at 509-335-2243. the Alumni and Development Office at 509-335-2243. We look forward to an- What better way to end the day than other fun and enjoyable auction. Hope to see you there! to enjoy and relax to a country western concert and dance. 9:00 p.m. Concert and Western Dance The cost for the dinner is $6 for Featuring a live performance. Dance under the night sky on the rugby field. Bring adults and $3 for children 12 and under. one, bring all, this is open to everyone. Fill out the reply form in the center of this magazine and send us a check Please note that times are tentative due to the possibility of a change in game time. made payable to CAHE Alumni and Please check with the Alumni and Development office, 509-335-2243, prior to the event Friends. Or, register early via the web at for any changes. http://cougnet.wsu.edu/landgrantday. You must RSVP no later than October 5.

CONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 A Time of Challenge for Pacific Northwest Wheat Producers WSU helps arm producers with effective risk management tools

his fall, Pacific Northwest wheat Tproducers face record low prices. A worldwide surplus of wheat, combined with financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, A series of risk management the PNW’s largest wheat market, has workshops will be offered this made this a difficult year for farmers. In year. Washington State Uni- addition, this is the first low-price cycle growers have faced without a govern- versity, in partnership with ment safety net. The Farm Bill of 1996 the University of Idaho, Or- abolished 60 years of farm policy, in- egon State University, the cluding deficiency payments that pro- Idaho Grain Producers Asso- vided the safety net for many farmers in ciation, the Oregon Wheat the past. Growers League, Country “This is certainly a time that requires thinking differently,” said Jonathan Hedging, and the Washington Newkirk, extension economist with WSU Association of Wheat Grow- Adams County Cooperative Extension in ers, received a $236,339 grant Ritzville. “Under the old federal pro- to conduct this series. They gram, the economic incentives were to have scheduled 10 in each of concentrate management time on pro- the three states, beginning duction. Now, financial and marketing management are equally important. later this fall. Farmers must take responsibility for risk The workshops will fea- management as well.” ture marketing topics, finan- To help PNW producers through this cial management, estate transition, WSU, along with the federal planning, cost of production, government, other state institutions, and stress management, and various agricultural associations, will be countants and bankers, and other sub- conducting risk management workshops jects that will help farmers become family finance for agricultural produc- starting this fall. Topics will include least-cost producers and learn market- ers. There will be other extension op- financial management, marketing, ing strategies. portunities throughout the winter. 12 record keeping, preparing a good busi- “It’s important in a time like this that Contact your county’s Cooperative ness plan, effectively working with ac- producers better manage their costs and Extension office for more details. be able to reduce them,” said Newkirk. “They have to pay more belts and remember that prices aren’t attention to book- going to stay down forever. Once we keeping. The eco- pass through this transition and discard- nomic environment ing the old farm policies, we should do they’re working in well here in Washington state.” He be- today is very differ- lieves that the diversity of Washington’s ent prior to April agricultural industry will help in the long 1996.” run and will be its strength. Arming Newkirk’s advice producers with effective risk manage- to grain producers ment tools should greatly aid them is to “Tighten your through this transition.

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1 Mel Ehlers, professor of dairy husbandry (far right), and students at Ferdinand’s first campus location shortly after it nd’s Cre opened. 2 N.S. Golding, for ina am whom Cougar Gold is named, rd er e y checks the vacuum seal on F Celebrating cans of cheese, circa 1954. 50 Years 1 W y as it hin ers gton State Univ F ERDINAND’S One of the Most Successful University Creameries in the Nation

ith a growing mail- around,” said Bates. “What separates us part-time students. In addition, many order business, produc- from the others is that we operate our other students across campus have the tion line expansion facility daily in a business-like manner. opportunity to learn about and experi- 13 Wplans, and new dairy product research, That not only makes us financially suc- ence firsthand the many stages of WSU’s creamery, Ferdinand’s, continues cessful, but it also provides students in Ferdinand’s business operations, from to be a phenomenal success. many different fields an opportunity to processing raw milk into products, to Ferdinand’s serves 19 different flavors of work with us and gain real-world busi- packaging and storage, to retail sales, ice cream and 10 varieties of cheese to ness experience.” including an expanding mail-order busi- tens of thousands of customers a year. After 50 years of fruitful research and ness. While most other university creameries success in producing premium dairy “Our growth over the years has cer- have long since closed their doors, products, Ferdinand’s Creamery has tainly allowed us to be helpful to more Ferdinand’s continues to thrive—far evolved into one of the University’s few students,” said Bates. “In addition to exceeding anyone’s expectations. totally self-supporting units—funded food science and nutrition majors, stu- In fact, according to Ferdinand’s solely by the revenue generated from its dents from bio-engineering, computer, manager, Marc Bates, the WSU cream- products. It supports 6.5 staff positions, business, marketing, English, and com- ery is probably the most successful a full-time faculty member in the De- munications work with us on special university creamery in the country to- partment of Food Sciences and Human projects. We feel this experience will day. “We have a product with a national Nutrition, two research graduate student give them an edge when it comes time to reputation produced in the best facilities assistantships, and employment for 50 see Ferdinand’s on page 12

CONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 nd’s Crea Ferdinand’s ina m rd er from page 11 e y look for a job. F Celebrating Many of our 50 Years students today W y are working in as sit hin ver the Northwest dairy gton State Uni industry. When we work with the dairy industry, we often interact with our own former students.”

SPANNING 50 YEARS From its inception as a land-grant uni- versity in 1890, WSU has always had a dairy herd. Starting in the 1920s, milk 1 from the dairy herd was processed by a private contractor at a creamery located in Troy Hall. The milk was sold to Uni- versity dormitories and at a sales outlet in downtown Pullman. In the 1930s, WSU started research on hard cheese and attempted to pack- age it in metal cans. This was before the era of plastics. The conventional way to

“The most enjoyable aspect of this job for me is to watch students learn and to be able to take that 3 2 knowledge and put it to work in starter bacteria, he was able to eliminate nated from the Walt Disney animated the dairy industry.” the gas—and in the process created a cartoon Ferdinand the Bull. A student unique cheese flavor. The cheese was used that name to sell ice cream to raise MARC BATES, called Cougar Gold, in honor of Profes- money for the Dairy Products Judging MANAGER OF FERDINAND’S sor Golding. Team in 1939. When WSU opened its preserve cheese at the time was to wrap During this same decade, the Univer- dairy bar, they chose to call it it in wax, which tended to crack and led sity took over the creamery from the Ferdinand’s Creamery. to contamination. The problem with private contractor and started producing Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and canning cheese was that the tin eventu- dairy products itself. In 1948, WSU 1970s, teaching and research continued 14 ally bulged due to the formation of opened a retail outlet in Troy Hall, which at the creamery. Milk and ice cream carbon dioxide, making it inedible. they called Ferdinand’s. The name origi- products were made to supply the dining The University’s research effort in canning cheese was bolstered in the 1940s when the federal government and the American Can Company added Ferdinand’s funds to the project. The government’s interest in this work was spurred by the 50th Anniversary Celebration! war years and a need for more canned SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 goods. Ferdinand’s officially celebrates its 50th year September 24 —the day in N.S. Golding, a professor of dairy husbandry, was a key investigator in 1948 Ferdinand’s opened its doors. WSU’s cheese research in the 1930s and Events for the day will include: 1940s. Golding eventually discovered ☞ 49-cent ice cream cones, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. that a bacteria produced the carbon ☞ Cheese samples. dioxide that caused cans to expand ☞ On-site broadcasting from a local radio station. during storage. By adding an additional Come and join us! C ONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 From Milk to Curds to… Cougar Gold

The 15,000 pounds of milk that is delivered every morning to Ferdinand’s from the WSU dairy eventually becomes 1,500 pounds of Cougar Gold cheese.

Just about everyone associated with WSU leased. The whey is then drained off the recognizes the yellow, white, and green curds. Once most of the whey is gone, the circular 30-ounce tin with the WSU logo curds knit together and are then cut into on it as Cougar loaves and turned Gold—a cherished and stacked. This tradition. This white, process, called sharp cheddar cheddering, makes cheddar cheese—a 4 cheese (white be- cause no artificial process used as 1 Don Danielson, ’75, mills the curd, circa 1974. 2 Shannon Herron, ’87, presses coloring has been early as the 1500s in cheese, circa 1985. 3 President Samuel H. added) is aged a England. Smith and KOMO-TV television reporter record 12 months, The loaves are Kathi Goertzen, ’80, whip up a holiday more than most once again cut into recipe using creamery products in the late cheddar cheeses on curds in a milling 1980s. 4 Marci Whitney McAndrew, ’88, the market. Typi- machine. Salt is does some of the cleaning vital to produc- ing quality food products. cally, cheddar added to prevent the cheeses are only cheese from soften- aged 60 to 90 days. Milk delivery in Pullman, circa 1920s. ing and liquefying. halls on campus. During the summer This long aging The curds are placed months and holidays, when students process helps give it its unique flavor. on an elevator and an auger carries them were gone, the extra milk went into Crucial in the production process of into metal hoops that ultimately shape cheese production. To help sell the ex- cess cheese, Ferdinand’s launched its Cougar Gold is the ratio of butterfat to Cougar Gold. Each hoop makes nine cans mail-order cheese business in 1953. protein. Too much of either alters its qual- of cheese; 30 ounces each. By 1979, the campus dining halls ity and quantity; the wrong ratio will lead Next, the cheese press squeezes the found a lower-cost milk supplier and to a cheese that can be too hard or too hoops so that the curds will knit back ceased buying milk from the WSU soft. Needless to say, the first task in together. The cheese is taken out of the creamery. With the large volume of milk, 15 producing this cheese is the careful moni- hoops, wrapped in cheesecloth, and the the creamery went into year-round production of cheese. That was indeed a toring of the two ingredients. Lactic bacte- last of the whey is squeezed out. The pivotal year for Ferdinand’s. ria is added to give flavor and to eliminate cheese is then sliced, put into cans, and “The very next year after this hap- the carbon dioxide—the gas that causes vacuum sealed. The cans are stored in a pened, we produced 30 percent more canned cheese to bulge. 45-degree cooler for an entire year to cheese,” recalled Bates. “Our visibility When the future Cougar Gold is still in enhance the cheese’s flavor—a flavor that picked up immediately at that point, a liquid form, an enzyme called rennet is is unique to Cougar Gold. This cheese has especially during the 1980 holiday sea- son. This was a major shift for us.” added to the mixture that causes it to brought WSU a number of prestigious The University’s dairy herd also thicken to the consistency of jello. The awards. Last year at the U.S. Cheese started growing, increasing from 120 to next step is to cut this jellowy form into Championship Contest, sponsored by the 160 cows; productivity, the volume of small curds and eliminate the liquid, the Wisconsin Cheese Association, Cougar milk per cow, also continued to rise. whey. A computer regulates the process so Gold earned silver medal. This meant even more production for the the proper amount of whey can be re-

see Ferdinand’s on page 14

CONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 Ferdinand’s from page 13 creamery. Ferdinand’s was quickly out- WSU’s Safe Food Initiative growing its location in Troy Hall. In 1992, Ferdinand’s moved to a new, state-of-the art facility, doubling its Helping Agriculture Survive capacity. “When we moved, we were able to increase our cheese production in the 21st Century from three days a week to four.” said Bates. “Since moving from Troy Hall, our Foodborne pathogens cause millions of global markets will insist on a higher production has doubled and so has our illnesses and thousands of deaths each quality, safer food supply. Meeting this revenue.” year in the United States, according to expectation, under even stricter environ- Today, Ferdinand’s annually produces experts in the field. Food safety is a vital mental regulations, will be one of 11,000 gallons of ice cream and 160,000 concern along the entire agricultural agriculture’s great challenges in the cans of cheese, 75 percent of which is spectrum—from the beginning stages of years ahead. Cougar Gold. Its products are marketed production to processing to food prepa- The Food Quality Protection Act, the in Ferdinand’s dairy bar on the WSU ration. The CAHE has recently proposed Endangered Species Act, and the Clean campus, in retail outlets in the North- an ambitious research and extension Water Act will all soon significantly west, and to all 50 states and abroad plan that will help ensure the safety and affect agriculture. It is possible that up through its mail-order operation. Cougar quality of food in the coming years, as to 40 percent of agricultural chemicals Gold is also distributed through a na- well as protect used to grow tional mail-order catalog, Norm Thomp- air and water more than 200 son. quality. “This initiative is a major different crops in After only six years in their new “This initia- the state eventu- facility, Bates said they have already tive is a major investment for agriculture in the ally will be exceeded their location’s capacity. “Our investment for state of Washington. And it is long banned. New current facility really doesn’t address all agriculture in the pest manage- of our needs,” said Bates. “We need state of Wash- overdue. Agriculture is facing more ment strategies more warehouse space and more room ington,” said issues and challenges today than it and improved for our growing mail-order business. We Pete Jacoby, food production are looking at another facility to add to associate dean of has in a long time.” practices are our operations some time in the future. the college. “And - PETE JACOBY desperately This will be needed, since we plan to it is long over- ASSOCIATE DEAN needed and are move into a five-day production week, due. Agriculture major goals of increasing our volume of cheese to is facing more issues and challenges WSU’s proposed research initiative. 195,000 cans a year.” today than it has in a long time.” “These issues are coming at us so Ferdinand’s not only plans to expand Specifically, WSU’s Safe Food Initia- fast, we can’t redirect faculty into them its current production line, but is also tive seeks $7.5 million in state funding overnight,” said Jacoby. “We are in ur- engaged in new dairy product research for the next biennium, which includes gent need of to meet changing consumer demand. money for three WSU colleges and the new re- Some promising product areas include Washington State Commission for Pesti- sources. This low-fat cheeses and ways to utilize cide Registration (WSCPR). The CAHE initiative will 16 whey, a by-product in the cheese-mak- would receive $4.5 million to focus on help us focus ing process. Whey is growing in popu- high-priority issues identified by on some of larity as a health product and alternative Washington’s food production indus- these is- source of protein. Stephanie Clark, tries. In addition, the College of Veteri- sues—not WSU’s new food scientist supported by nary Medicine and the College of Sci- only on when Ferdinand’s funds, will be investigating ences would gain $1.5 and $.5 million, the product possible products using whey, which the respectively, for research in emerging hits the mar- creamery hopes to someday produce. diseases and food safety in veterinary ket, but the Pete Jacoby While WSU’s creamery has been an medicine, and additional funding for the whole pro- extraordinary success story, largely due Center for Reproductive Studies. Cur- cess of get- to its Cougar Gold, Bates believes their rently, WSCPR will seek $1 million to ting it there. Our focus is not just on safe greatest pride is in providing a training expand its capacity to fund research on food, but a safe environment and pres- ground for students. “The most enjoy- integrated pest management. ervation of natural resources. They are able aspect of this job for me is to watch This University team effort will help all tied together.” students learn and be able to take that Washington’s agricultural industry be For more information, visit knowledge and put it to work in the better prepared for the next century, the Safe Food Inititiative site at dairy industry,” Bates said. when consumers in both domestic and http://ext.wsu.edu/safefood.

C ONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 1998 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS GRADUATES Welcome New CAHE Alumni

Congratulations to all of you listed below on your recent graduation from WSU. What an accomplishment! Welcome to the College’s Alumni and Friends Associa- tion. Please stay in touch by attending alumni events and by reading Connections. Mike Dalziel, ’92, President, CAHE Alumni and Friends

Agricultural Economics Jin-Woo Lee Biological Systems Nicole Marie Ananias Debra Alene Heather Brian Edward Adams Sonya Michelle Lenzi Engineering Holly Kohles Angelo Jason C. Helm Justin Thomas Avenell Gena Ashley Lewis Daniel Scott Andrews Matthew Gus Asplund Brian Michael Johnson Robert Steven Aycock Tiehong Lin Derek Paul Appel Dusty Lynn Bachman Robert Larry Parton Amos Isaac Bechtel III Kelsi Kathleen McConville Aaron Edward Bagwell Jacqueline Ruth Helen Baker Kim Marie Thomas Jason Joseph Champoux Katrina D. Melnichuk Chaun Dale Birks Woo Suk Bang Brooke Leeann Wamsley Christopher B. Crider Kimberly Kristine Omlin Justin John Black Misty Nicole Bridges Matthew Carl Whinery Giovanni Battista Drei Krista Lynn Peterson Tina Lou Davault Sara Lynn Council Anthony David Williamson Kailan Clark Elder Marcella Christine Pierro Eric J. Davis Paula Lynn Curry Young Kwon Ahn Ryan Matthew Ells Kelly Nichole Shaffer Melissa Ann Davis Julie Kristine Daw Jennifer Lynn Bair Luis Arturo Gardeweg Lora Beth Sherod James William Eckhardt Mohamed Diarra Tracy Denise Calvert Brian David Gordon Tammy Marie Soldwisch Russell Tyson Finch Michele Leah Dinelt Swee Teck Chong Katie Lynne Gordon Jennifer M. Tarr Holly Jean Gutzwiler Amy Nichole Gibson Craig Michael Cleveringa Xiao Mei Guan Sheila Ann Trowbridge Richard William Hilliker Joy L. Gibson Eric Reed-Owl Eulenberg Peter Lee Hammarstrom Chia-San Tsai Andrew John Hover Keri Jo Haigh Nichole Deanne Gish Richard Jason Hopper Nikki Lynn Wildfang Amy Marie Howard Kristin Marie Hirano Jacob Leo Gutzwiler Jodi Lynn Hubbard Lisa Anne Young Daniel Lee Knapp Linda Sakura Hironaga Jennifer Lynne Halliday Eric L. Jessup Annette Kay Zins Ryan John Kuster Claudia Denise Hume Ty M. Hedges Dennis Lee Jones Brock J. Ledgerwood Esther Jacobson Kyle Jack Kirby Jon Weldon Kincaid Animal Sciences Jonathan Malasa Majula Jeffrey Carl Janssen Karen Ann Kitzmiller Stacy Alan Kniveton Jessica Dayle Adams Lori Michelle Meehan Adrienne Frantonio Jefferson Nelson Loyola-Lopez Mary Ann Elizabeth Kulpaca Kristin R. Behm Brad Allen Miller Amy Jean Johnson Todd Melton Maria Luz Garcia Loureiro Cori Arlene Bumbarger Christopher Louis Nemnich Christy Kadharmestan Jessica Anne Munnell Robert James Mensonides Kenneth Daniel Cain Christopher Karl Perry Karin Adele Keller Nathan Alan Oberg Katsura Nakai José Antonio Eliás Calles Scott R. Picker Amanda Elizabeth Kogle Sean Wayne Sahli Jason Christopher Pabisz Kirsten Leah Capek Darin Arthur Reppe Hee-Young Koh Darren Clifford Sandeno Eivis Petrela-Qenani Kevin Glen Carnahan Christopher Lee Robinson Yoko Kondo Erin Marie Silva Kaarin Jarene Reinbold Nani Cha Robert Francis Roche Li Liang Stephen Tylor Skylstad Eric Ryan Rogers Melissa Florence Close Bianca Anne Schlueter Melanie Marie Longmeier James Eric Vonderahe Traci Schoessler Kimberly Nicole Cooper Christopher Duane Scott Kimberly Sue Marriott Daniel Richard Wesselius Justin Lee Shahan Jacqueline Diane Courneen Daniel Kenneth Sherley Anhtrinh Thi Nguyen Tyler Frank Widner Reid Sean Shahan Eva S. Dwonch Jaya Delynn Smith Linhda Thi Nguyen Andrew Brian Wigen Grant Boyd Shumway Jason Paul Evenhuis Hans J. Weber Katherine J. O’Dea David K. Wood Rex E. Taylor Julie Elizabeth Gerth Quintz B. Whitaker Jeansoon Park Kami Renee Turner Willow Lisa Gooch Erica Rae Willson Yongsoon Park Human Development Jay John Vanderhoek Machele Marie Heck Melissa Ann Pickett Nicole M. Abrahamsen Shawn Michael Ward Jenny Lynn Stiles Hudson Crop and Soil Sciences Karen Jo Preston Jenica Marie Acevedo Gerald Hans Wesselius Andrew Jason Humphrey Brent Arthur Barrett Keri Lynn Shugarts Melinda Jean Alexander Lisa Ann Young Donald Ward Johnston Marco Bittelli Michelle L. Skidmore Crystal Jo Allen Michael Jeffrey Young Jenaya Jan Kinsman Paul Neil Blanusa Robert Skrivanek Manuel Ascencio Stephanie Lynn Kubotsu William Aaron Burkey Alison Michele Smith Tammy Marie Berg Apparel, Merchandising, and Richard Kent Leckie Xiwen Cai Cheryl Denise Stroschein Michelle Kimberly Berry 17 Interior Design Cynthia Lee Loveland Joseph Abram Cazier Elizabeth Sarah Switzky Melissa Lea Bloor Jennifer Dawn Baker Sarah P. Maki Duncan B. Cox Charlotte Jay Thornley Kristian Lee Bly Christina Marie Ballantyne Elizabeth Anne Morton Scott Bryan Dobbins Shannon Elizabeth Turner Erin Elizabeth Brunell Traci Ann Baughman James Patrick O’Dea Chad Douglas Goldsmith Cuong Quoc Vu Tracy Lynn Bumgarner Carrie Patience Bauwens Sandra Elizabeth Proctor Jennifer Leann Reisenauer Tara Denise Williams Carrie Olivia Butterfield Stephanie Louise Benine Iliana Pruneda Sean Thomas Watts Godfrey Chi-Ho Wong Michael David John Buttice Jessica Erin Burkland William Daniel Ratliff Kristine Faye Wingen Nancy Elizabeth Capener Kristina Maureen Chalfant Ronald Jason Reyer Genetics and Cell Biology Taryn Renee Capps Fang-Ching Vivian Chang Christopher Lee Robinson Entomology Sciences Option Michele Yvette Casteel Juo-Lan Chiu Jennifer Elaine Scott Todd Bryon Adams Kaile Anne Adney Tina Ellen Clark Krista Lee Darby Danielle Elizabeth Ann Smith David L. Epstein Sheri Lynn Babb Shannon Lee Curfew Sarah Rose Dehal Kathleen Johanna Smith Christophor Nedd Looney James Leroy Coffield Jacqueline Lee Davis Noelle Renee Gayral Abby Colleen Snodgrass Peter Scott McGhee Andrea Christine Dollahite Charlotte Marie Glen Seth Adam Trachtenberg Christopher Andrew Nobbs Horticulture and Landscape Shelley Marie Downing Annmarie Henning Hasan Ulker John Albert Rumph Architecture Abbie Johanna Durham Melissa Francine Hilmes Angie Lynn Vereb Natasha Katrina Schuyler Timothy Richard Ackerman Kara Anne Ekstran Jennifer Lynn Jameson Mindy Lou Vetter Jennifer Anne Shlichta Aaron Joseph Alt Shelley L. Ewing Amy Lynn Johnson Bor-Chun Weng Evan Thanner Vaughn Jason Micheal Anderson Kristen Jean Fitting Andrea M. Barnes Tami Louise Goodlake Heidi Renea Kihlman Kraig Roy Williams Food Science And Human Theo Kang Chargualaf Crystal J. Gray Krin Kirijas Katherine Elizabeth Yackley Nutrition Michael Dennis Endsley Angela Lee Guinn Michele Ruth Kott Paula M. Zuanich Julie Kae Aldrich Elizabeth Ann Kreid Colin Clare James Hammett see Graduates on page 16

CONNECTIONS — FALL 1998 A LUMNI NOTES

Richard Ballou (’83 Wildlife Biology, Richard Gilbert (’96 Crop Science) is Graduates from page 15 ’93 Mechanical Engineering) has begun currently a field representative for Julie Ann Harris Melissa Dawm Calvert a position as a machine design engineer Rainier Seeds, Inc. in Eltopia, Washing- Douglas Eugene Haugen Brian Matthew Campbell Stacey Elizabeth Hawley Laura Elizabeth Cooke for Ovalstrapping in Hoquiam, Washing- ton. He married Charlette Baker Septem- Deedra Lynne Hayden Brian Marshall Cramer ton. His wife, Lisa Ballou (’83 History), ber 27, 1997. Heidi Lynn Hoeckelberg- Jennifer Maye Croft Waldo Darius Joseph Damonte is a free-lance editor. They have a son, Jennifer Cline (’97 Agricultural Edu- Joann Horal-Walters Adam Joshua Daniel Dana, who is four. cation) has started teaching agriculture Jill Marie Hove Scott Douglas Fielding Jeffrey D. Grossman (’94 Landscape at Wenatchee High School in Amanda Mara Ibach Erich Glenn Gaedeke Jodi Lavaughn Jackson Karleen May George Architecture) recently accepted a job as Wenatchee, Washington. Gabrielle Serena Juanita Maria Gonzalez Assistant Golf Course Architect with Jessica (Hill) Mahan (’94 Child, Jacobson Juley L. Hankins Lisa Ann Kearney Scott Christopher Hanna Case Golf Company in Lake Worth, Consumer and Family Studies) married Heather Marie Keller Hansel Hayden Florida. Scott Mahan October 11, 1997. She is Wendi Anne Kepner Kendrick Ames Lee Ericka (Melin) Suhrbier (’93 Apparel, now a computer teacher for Learning Travis Tyler Kipp Heston Connie Lynne Klein Daniel Steven Howard Merchandising, and Textiles) and her Street USA. Meaghan Marie Kombol David Lee Howe husband, Ben, welcomed a daughter, Tiehong Lin (’97 Apparel, Merchan- Kimberly Lechell LaVigne Peter Jon Douglas Katherine Ann Lum Hughes Mia Irene, on May 21, 1998. dising, and Textiles, M.A.) married Lijian Jennifer Katherine Shannon Michelle Hurn Tiffany Lara (Lasee) Sanders (’96 He (’97 Business Administration, Ph.D.) Maxwell Stacy Gweneth Jenkins Paula Ann McKenzie Michael William Jewell Food Science and Human Nutrition) is in Pullman, Washington, February 28, Jessica Kathleen McNulty Albert Arthur Kassel currently a registered dietitian for 1998. They now live in Olympia, Wash- Tami Lynn Nordquist Jason A. 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e look forward to an exciting The second major is in human devel- Wyear for the College of Agricul- opment. There are now eleven courses James J. Zuiches, Dean ture and Home Economics. We have in this major leading to a bachelor’s greatly expanded our ability to provide degree in human development through continuing education to you and to distance learning. A third degree option create new alumni through distance will be in applied biology; for it, we will to take college courses. The very posi- education technology. Our commitment partner with WSU’s College of Sciences. tive results from a recent survey indicate is to connect as many people as possible A fourth new distance education that we are on the right track in serving to WSU. When we’re done, 95 percent of degree is now available through a place-bound students. Washingtonians will be able to simply unique collaborative effort with Oregon As we celebrate the 100th anniver- make a local phone call and access our and Idaho. Educational institutions in sary of WSU’s Alumni Association this courses and programs. the three Northwest states will make it year, we are reminded of our multi- Our growing Extended Degree Pro- possible for students to obtain a generational commitment to higher gram and community Learning Centers bachelor’s degree in general agriculture. education. And to me, that is one of the make it possible for us to reach far more This will be especially advantageous to beautiful aspects of a land grant univer- people than ever before. We are now students who have started at the fresh- sity. Last spring, we gave degrees to taking higher education to all corners of man and sophomore level at community students whose parents, grandparents the state and the nation, serving a much colleges and want to continue on and and even great grandparents, one hun- wider audience, from single mothers and get a general agriculture degree from dred years ago, also graduated from working adults, to people living in mi- WSU. WSU. nority communities and remote rural Cooperative Extension’s Learning This coming year we will continue to areas. In the past, many of these new Centers are also vitally important to our open the doors to more students every- students would not have had the oppor- outreach success. We now have eight where—to your sons and daughters, tunity to earn a college degree. centers in various regions of the state nieces, and nephews, wherever they live. Some of our recent highlights in and three more are being proposed: one distance education include adding four in Walla Walla, another in the Grays Dean James J. Zuiches new majors. A natural resource science Harbor area, and a third in Skagit degree can soon be obtained from our County. The purpose of the Learning 19 WSU Vancouver campus. This is an Centers is again to help people continue Editor’s note: If you would like more infor- important field for many western Wash- their education wherever they live. Since mation on WSU’s Extended Degree Program ington residents and we’re pleased to be establishing these centers two years (EDP), call 509-335-3557 or 1-800-222- able to offer it. ago, over 440 students have been able 4978; or, e-mail: [email protected].

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