WSU Puyallup Highlights

The WSU Puyallup Highlights is a periodic posting of selected program highlights from WSU faculty and staff. Our goal is to share current projects, events, and other successes at the WSU Puyallup Center. These are short informative articles to inform people about the exciting things occurring in each of the different programs throughout the year.

Previous Highlights

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2008

January 7 - New Stormwater Management Implementation Grant Awarded to Puyallup Center
January 17 - A Simple, Easy-to-Read Food Pyramid
February 6 - New Molecular Lab Helps WSDA Track DNA Changes
March 12 - 2008 Agricultural and Natural Resources Days
April 2 - Water Quality and the Effects on Salmon
July 16 - Operation Military Kids Program Assists National Guard Families


2007

February 16 - Research on Wheels Monitors 2006 Capitol Christmas Tree
March 9 - WSU and Weyerhaeuser: A Tree-growing Research Partnership
March 19 - Susan Smith Becomes 2006 Employee of the Year
April 2 - Award-winning Programs Honored at All-Extension Conference
April 24 - Urban Structural Integrated Pest Management Facility Grand Opening
May 2 - Clarks Creek Restoration Continues
May 30 - Food Scraps Provide Research Material for WSU Scientists
June 8 - WSU Puyallup Contributes to Science Education in Local Schools
June 13 - Regional Chefs Visit Strawberry and Raspberry Fields
July 20 - Summertime Workers Make an Impact

August 21 - Inexpensive, Temporary Irrigation System Could Save Newly Planted Trees

September 28 - Harvests for Research and the Community

November 5 - New Focus on Environmental Education for High School Students


2006

January 3 - Graduate Research Assistantships
February 10 - WSU Puyallup Participates in High School Science Week
February 17 - Master Gardener Program at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
February 24 - Biomass for Bioenergy?
March 3 - Westside ANR Days Conference
March 10 - Women of the Year Award
March 17 - Clarks Creek Initiative Partnership
March 24 - Small Farms Conference
March 31 - Pest Management Strategic Plans
April 7 - Nutrition Education Program Improves Family Nutrition
April 14 - Northwest Income Indicators Project
April 21 - Turfgrass Research Helps Sports Field Managers
April 28 - New Sudden Oak Death Research Lab
May 5 - Puyallup District Science Fair
May 19 - Groundskeeper: Rick Olexick
May 26 - WSU Puyallup and Organic Agriculture
June 2 - WSU Plant and Insect Diagnostic
June 9 - WSU Puyallup Summer Workers
June 16 - Strawberry Field Day
June 23 - Farmers Markets Get Boost
June 30 - Spring REC Luncheon
July 7 - Waste Pesticide Identification and Disposal Program
July 21 - Technology in Kigali, Rwanda
July 28 - BIOAg-Small Farms Program Field Day
August 4 - R. L. Goss Research Farm Dedication
August 11 - Congressional Staff Tour Puyallup
August 18 - Organic Farm Walk
August 25 - 30th Anniversary for WSU Puyallup Entomologist
September 8 - Joe Harrison Founding Member of New Learning Center
September 15 - Employee Barbeque
September 22 - Ph.D. Candidate Receives Master Gardeners Scholarship
September 29 - WSU Puyallup Staff at Puyallup Fair
October 6 - Urban Structural Pest Management Facility Opens
October 13 - Christmas Tree Growers Field Tour
October 20 - PHS Students See Research in Action
October 27 - Annual Compost Training
November 3 - Grant-writing Seminar
November 10 - Recycling Program Expands
November 17 - Avian Influenza


2005

January 4 - Raspberry Cultivars
January 10 - Childhood Obesity
January 21 - Hygrothermal Research Project
February 10 - WWA Horticultural Association
February 28 - Organic Food Certification
March 21 - Climate Friendly Farming Project
March 28 - Interior Plantscaping
April 14 - Turfgrass Courses
April 21 - Riparian Buffers Project
April 26 - Conference for Food Entrepreneurs
May 2 - Puyallup District Science Fair
May 4 - Water Quality Education Workshop
June 7 - Operation: Military Kids
June 22 - International Visitors
July 27 - Work Study Student
August 11 - Natural Resource Sciences Topics
August 15 - World Congress Meets in Australia
August 18 - WSU Graduate Student Tour
August 23 - Small Farm Field Day
August 26 - Dr. Peter Bristow Retires
September 8 - Probabilistic Risk Assessment
September 21 - Chambers Bay Golf Course
September 26 - Barry Douglas Research Award
September 29 - NWREC Crabapple Trees
October 14 - Small Farms Programs
October 21 - Compost Training Class
October 28 - WSU Employee Development
November 4 - Feise Co-Chairs Ag Session
November 11 - 4-H 59th Annual Meeting
November 18 - Living Well with Diabetes
November 25 - Avian Health and Food Safety
December 2 - Tree Brochure
December 9 - Harrison Award
December 16 - Upest Programs

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