The president is the chief executive officer of the multi-campus Washington State University system and reports to a 10-member Board of Regents.
As the University’s leader, the president collaborates with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to define the vision and set the direction for the institution. As the champion of its reputation, the president articulates the strategic goals and messages of the University in order to build broad support for and ownership of WSU’s aspirations among its many constituents, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, the Board of Regents, the WSU Foundation, local communities, government, business, and industry leaders statewide, the media, and the general public.
The collection includes the personal papers of WSU President Sam Smith.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Items are in their original order. Some files are labeled and dated, while others are not. Box 1 contains personal papers of former WSU President Sam Smith. Box 2-3 includes discussion notes and speeches.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Office of the President Sam Smith Papers, 1984-1998 (UA2017-13)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Jackie Jacobs and Kendra Carlson of the former president Sam Smith's office in Seattle on March 20, 2017 and retained as UA2017-13.
(MASC STAFF USE) Needs Appraisal - permission was granted to discard (shred) tax returns and other items bearing personal data without consulting donors. This was preliminarily done in 2017-12-28 by MOE, but more may remain. IN processing, treat as president's papers. Some items may duplicate UA 223 or UA2002-18.
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