WSU Libraries celebrate the upcoming graduations of one of the largest contingents of student employees in their history: Some 20 undergraduates will walk during the university’s May 9 Commencement at Beasley Coliseum. Five of these students—representing wsuartdepartment , @carsoncollege , @wsuvoiland , and @cas_at_wsu —are featured in the article at the libraries’ website under News and Events. Congratulations to all our graduating student employees! Photo of Kahyun (Kate) Uhm by Daniel Manwaring.
“Pause,” a curated sensory experience combining live music and guided meditation will be offered this week at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, and at noon on Wednesday, May 6, in the Terrell Library atrium. A finals week and pre-WSU Commencement event cosponsored by @wsupullmanmusic and @wsuhonors , “Pause” supports focus, reflection, and restoration in a busy schedule. Christiano Rodrigues, assistant professor of violin and viola in the School of Music, Karen Nguyen, concert pianist and educator, and Robin Bond, director of the Mindfulness-Based Emotional and Social Intelligence Program in the Honors College, are your guides to a place of calm amid chaos. All are welcome.
Ryan Booth, assistant professor in @thewsudepartmentofhistory , is the 2026 recipient of the Library Excellence Award, which recognizes a non-library WSU faculty or staff member who has shown consistent support for the WSU Libraries. Booth will be presented with the award during an in-person event at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, in the Terrell Library atrium. The presentation is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. To learn more about this year’s award recipient, please see the article at the libraries’ website under News and Events.
With the help of ASWSU, Holland and Terrell Libraries are offering early building hours for WSU students during prep and finals weeks. The buildings will open at 5:30 a.m. Monday through Friday both weeks. To see more library hours, please visit https://libraries.wsu.edu/hours.
Come to Holland Library’s Dimensions Lab in Room 120 on Thursday, April 23, to learn two of the more popular DAWs (digital audio workstations) in electronic music production: FL Studio (4-5 p.m.) and Ableton Live (5-6 p.m.). These back-to-back workshops taught by WSU Digital Audio Collective (DAC) members will include such topics as general operation and workflow, recording sound in, MIDI (musical instrument digital interface), routing/hardware, and automation. The workshops are free and open to the WSU community. Bring your own computer; for those who don’t have the software, downloading the demos to follow along is recommended. For more information about the DAC, please visit /.
WSU Libraries are asking patrons to vote for their favorite furniture samples for the Cougar Commons in Terrell Library through May 1. Help us choose among tables, chairs, desks, and more. You can stop by the Cougar Commons in the Terrell first-floor area near the Ask Us! desk or fill out your choices through a survey at /r/WSU_TerrellLibrary. Thank you for giving us your feedback!
WSU Libraries’ Edible Book Festival on Friday afternoon drew more than 60 attendees to see 15 entries competing for awards. The winning entries included “Croutons,” inspired by the book “Bread Crumbs,” submitted by Cindy Bauer, for the People’s Choice Award; “Game of Scones,” inspired by the book “Game of Thrones,” submitted by Payton Brinkley, for the Punniest Award; “Pomegranate Soup,” inspired by the book by the same name, submitted by Golrokh Rose Maleki, for the Best Visual Presentation Award; and “Crimson Whispers on a Chocolate Spoon,” inspired by the WSU Press book “The Crimson Spoon,” submitted by Arpita Sinha, for the WSU Press Award. Congratulations to the award winners, and thank you to all those who participated in this year’s Edible Book Festival for showcasing their creative talents for Family Weekend visitors. See you next year!
Today's the day in less than an hour: the Edible Book Festival at 2 p.m. in the Terrell Library ground-floor atrium! This popular Family Weekend event starts at 2 p.m. in the Terrell Library ground-floor atrium. Come on down to see creative edible book entries vying for awards.
We have six more hours before the end of CougsGive, and supporters of WSU Press can make a meaningful contribution to a nearly 100-year-old university treasure. Good friends and donors Bob and Kittie Tucker (Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture ‘87 and Carson College of Business ‘87, respectively) have pledged $3,750, combined with a match from Boeing, for a total challenge gift of $5,000 to the press, which will be unlocked by 30 new pledges to the WSU Libraries or the press.
WSU Press became part of the WSU Libraries in fall of 2024, and both share a mission to advance the university’s research and teaching. WSU Press publishes unique, focused stories of the Northwest—lesser-known yet fascinating accounts of people, places, and events that matter in the region’s history or culture. Help the press to tell more of these kinds of stories through a gift today! To learn more about library giving opportunities, please go to https://cougsgive.wsu.edu/librariesandpress. #CougsGive
Are you ready to vote for the winning People’s Choice Edible Book Festival entry this Friday? Come to the Terrell Library ground-floor atrium at 2 p.m. to see all the creativity on display during this revival of a Family Weekend tradition. For more information, please read the story at the libraries’ website under News and Events. Hope to see you there!
CougsGive donations to our Library Excellence Fund make it possible for WSU Libraries to fund priorities and areas of greatest need that help augment our students’ academic success, such as the creation of the Cougar Commons in Terrell Library this year. In partnership with the WSU Academic Success and Career Center and the WSU Undergraduate Writing Center, the Cougar Commons is available to all WSU students, offering drop-in research help, by-appointment tutoring, and drop-in writing consultations.
During CougsGive today, the WSU Libraries can receive a challenge gift of $35,000 to the Library Excellence Fund from an anonymous donor, which will be unlocked with 30 new gifts. We have received a third of those new gifts—11—so far, so please consider giving to the WSU Libraries today. To learn more about library giving opportunities, please go to https://cougsgive.wsu.edu/librariesandpress. #CougsGive
CougsGive, our annual day of promoting philanthropic support of WSU, starts in seven hours! This is a great opportunity to support all WSU students and faculty by making a gift to WSU Libraries and WSU Press. When you give to the libraries and the press during CougsGive, you help us unlock some exciting challenge gifts that have been pledged by our most generous supporters. To learn more about library giving opportunities, please go to https://cougsgive.wsu.edu/librariesandpress. #CougsGive
