Washington State University Libraries Pullman

06/18/2026

June 19, or Juneteenth, marks the day in 1865 when freedom for enslaved Black people in Galveston Bay, Texas, was officially announced by Union troops, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. According to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Juneteenth is recognized as the country’s second independence day, long celebrated in the African American community, yet largely unknown to most Americans. It shows “the value of never giving up hope in uncertain times.” Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons: Moses Brantford Jr. leads an Emancipation Day parade down Dalhousie Street, Amherstburg, Ontario, in 1894.

05/09/2026

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 the Washington State University Department of Art, WSU Carson College of Business, WSU School of Design + Construction, College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University, and WSU Electrical Engineering & Computer Science—are featured in the article at https://libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/05/04/library-student-workers-embark-on-new-journeys-after-graduation/. Congratulations to all our graduating student employees! Photo of Kahyun (Kate) Uhm by Daniel Manwaring.

05/08/2026

Thanks to a $1.2 million gift from Fluke Corporation, engineering classrooms and labs across five campuses are being equipped with professional-grade tools for students to gain hands-on experience with as they build skills for their industries.

At WSU Pullman, the Owen Science and Engineering Library is offering several of these tools for student checkout, giving WSU Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture students the opportunity to use testing devices that may not be readily accessible to them otherwise.

Hear from Owen science, engineering, and mathematics librarian Chelsea Leachman about the capabilities of these tools and how they will elevate development and discovery for students.

Read more about the impact and uses of these Fluke resources:

libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/05/06/fluke-equipment-ready-for-checkout-at-owen-library-through-wsu-company-partnership/

05/02/2026

“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 the WSU Pullman School of Music and the WSU Honors College, “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.

04/30/2026

Ryan Booth, assistant professor in the WSU Department of History, 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 https://libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/04/30/historys-ryan-booth-named-2026-library-excellence-award-recipient/.

04/23/2026

At the request 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.

04/21/2026

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 https://www.digitalaudiocollective.com/.

04/20/2026

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 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WSU_TerrellLibrary. Thank you for giving us your feedback!

04/20/2026

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!

04/17/2026

We're less than one hour away from this year's Edible Book Festival! 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. Learn more at https://libraries.wsu.edu/blog/2026/03/12/libraries-edible-book-festival-returns-after-six-years-for-wsu-family-weekend-april-17/.

Libraries’ Edible Book Festival Returns After Six Years for WSU Family Weekend April 17 March 12, 2026 After a six-year hiatus, WSU Libraries will bring back the Edible Book Festival, a popular event during Mom’s Weekend, now Family Weekend, since it began in 2016. This year’s festival is at 2...