All Aboard! New Provost and VP Move to Ellensburg Central Washington University welcomes Drs. David Soltz, provost/senior vice president for academic affairs, and Charlotte E. Tullos, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, to campus. Both assumed their new roles this summer. Including President Jerilyn S. McIntyre, more than half of the administrative team at CWU has changed within the past year. "That's really exciting for an administrator--to come in with a whole new team with great new ideas and attitudes," Tullos says. Soltz adds, "I think this is going to be a wonderful job and I'm really looking forward to working with the excellent faculty and staff, and being part of President McIntyre's new administrative team."
2+2 = Success! CWU Advances Partnerships with Community Colleges Central Washington University took several steps forward this summer in development of the 2 + 2 program. CWU celebrated unprecedented groundbreaking events at Edmonds Community College and Yakima Valley Community College, announcing the creation of jointly operated higher education centers that will reside on those respective campuses. "These new higher education centers stand as evidence of the Legislature's support for the successful collaboration between our respective schools," said CWU President Jerilyn S. McIntyre. "CWU has long been a leader in partnering with state community colleges and other institutions to provide underserved areas with needed higher education opportunities." CWU was also awarded design money for development of a similar center at Highline Community College.
2 + 2 = Success! Program Gains Recognition The word is getting out! CWU this summer garnered significant media attention and endorsement regarding these new higher ed. centers and the 2 + 2 program. Seattle Times reporter Ray Rivera explained the program's benefits, "The new higher education centers offer a broader range of degrees to more students and capitalize on the state's strong community college network, without the expense of building and operating costly branch campuses." An Everett Herald editorial exclaimed, "These are exactly the kind of higher education opportunities we need for Snohomish County." And the Yakima Herald Republic editorial board referred to the Yakima Valley Higher Ed. Center as a "jewel for the community." Media throughout the state published and broadcast similar reports following the groundbreaking celebrations.
College of Business Receives New Donation Central Washington University's College of Business (COB) will benefit from a new $20,000 donation. CWU alumnus Dennis Weston, senior managing director for Fluke Venture Partners, and his wife Heidi, senior professional in human resources and board president of the Lake Washington Human Resources Association, made the initial $10,000 donation that was then matched by Fluke. Of that money, $5,000 is earmarked for Central's highly successful human resource management academic program under the "Weston Fund for Student Professional Development." The remaining $15,000 will go toward the dean's fund, for uses defined by COB Dean Roy Savoian, which could include assistance with COB accreditation, faculty development and student research and travel.