PULLMAN, Wash., Sept. 15 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer, III built a company out of an invention and a basement workbench. Beginning this fall, a few thousand Cougs will have a chance to do the same-albeit with a much bigger "workbench."
On Friday, Sept. 18, Washington State University celebrates the grand opening of Schweitzer Engineering Hall (SEH), the new front door to the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture and home to academic advising, tutoring, career development, and open space for collaboration and building.
That focus on students is deliberate. "When people are free to pursue their dreams, I am convinced folks invent things," Schweitzer has said. Now, than...