Lecture

In November 2022, the WSU Regents voted to rename the President’s residence on the Pullman campus in honor of Professor Ida Lou Anderson. Please join Trevor Bond and Phil Gruen for an illustrated presentation on the life of a remarkable Washington State College faculty member and graduate of Colfax High School who trained and inspired a generation of broadcasters including Edward R. Murrow. The panelists will provide an overview of Ida Lou Anderson’s life and an architectural history of the Anderson House.

Meg Daley Olmert, author of “Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human Animal Bond”

Address from an outstanding emeritus honored for achievements while in retirement.

The annual Distinguished Faculty Address honors a faculty member who has risen to the front ranks of their discipline through achievements in research, scholarship, and teaching.

Today’s casinos serve as gathering places for native American communities just as sites of games and competitions did for our ancestors. Dr. Arnold will explain how contemporary Indian gaming connects to cultural traditions of spirituality and gambling that reinforce tribal political sovereignty in the present.