Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County,located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population was 29,799 at the 2010 census,and estimated to be 34,506 in 2019. Originally founded as Three Forks,the city was renamed after industrialist George Pullman in 1884.
Washington State University is a public land-grant research university with its flagship,and oldest,campus in Pullman,Washington. Founded in 1890,WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant universities in the American West. With an undergraduate enrollment of 24,278 and a total enrollment of 28,581,it is the second largest institution for higher education in Washington state behind the University of Washington. It is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita,Kansas,United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in nine colleges. The university's graduate school offers more than 50 master's degrees in more than 100 areas and a specialist in education degree and 13 doctoral degrees. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
Wayne State University is a public research university in Detroit,Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868,Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 24,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Wayne State University,along with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University,compose the University Research Corridor of Michigan. Wayne State is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn,Ohio. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University,it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright,who were residents of nearby Dayton. The university offers bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees and is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". Its athletic teams,the Wright State Raiders,compete in Division I of the NCAA as members of the Horizon League. In addition to the main campus,the university also operates a regional campus near Celina,Ohio,called Wright State University–Lake Campus.
Richard Bernard Stone was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark.
Dr. Samuel H. Smith was the eighth president of Washington State University,serving for fifteen years.
Elson S. Floyd was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21,2007 to June 20,2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be named president of Washington State University. Floyd also served as president of the University of Missouri System and president of Western Michigan University. Floyd was the Chairman of the Pac-12 CEO Group.
Samuel L. Stanley Jr. is an American educator and biomedical researcher. He was the President of Michigan State University from 2019 until November 2022,and he was the President of Stony Brook University from 2009 to 2019. Stanley is one of the founding directors of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research.
David Huebner is an international arbitrator based in Southern California. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was the first openly gay ambassador in the Obama administration and the third openly gay ambassador in United States history. His tenure was marked by significant improvement in bilateral relations,with commentators observing that relations are stronger and closer than they have been in decades. Called an “excellent public face for the United States,”he has been widely praised as a successful Ambassador including for his accessible,inclusive approach,his emphasis on students and future leaders,and the innovative restructuring of his Embassies around social media and other nontraditional tools and approaches of diplomacy. Before being appointed Ambassador he worked as an international lawyer in Los Angeles,Shanghai,and New York City,specializing in international arbitration and mediation. He is licensed as an attorney in California,New York,and in the District of Columbia,and as a solicitor in England and Wales.
Stephen A. Seche was the United States Ambassador to Yemen from September 2007 to May 2010.
The Embassy of Pakistan in Washington,D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United States.
Charles C. Adams Jr. is the former United States Ambassador to Finland.
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is a Pakistani diplomat and Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and was succeeded by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Previously,he served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan,as the Pakistan's Ambassador to the Netherlands and the spokesperson of the Foreign Office.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is a public medical school headquartered in Spokane,Washington. Founded in 2015,it is part of Washington State University,and is the second public medical school in the state of Washington. It welcomed its inaugural class in the fall of 2017,joining the University of Washington and Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences as one of three medical schools in the state.
Roxanne Cabral is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,class of Minister-Counselor. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of the National Defense University. She has served as the United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands and served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargéd'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Panama from 2017 to 2020. After joining the State Department in 1997,she has served at Consulate General Guangzhou as Public Affairs Section Chief (2010-2013) along with other overseas assignments including Embassy in Tirana,Albania (2004-2006),Mexico City (2001-2003),Embassy in Kiev,Ukraine (1998-2000),and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Domestic assignments including public diplomacy advisor in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs,and Office of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2015-2017). She is a co-author of "Diplomacy for a Diffuse World."
Yogendra M. Gupta is an Indian-American physicist. He is a Regents Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Washington State University (WSU).
