Office:  Thompson Hall, Room 110
Phone:  335-4136
FAX: (509) 335-3708
Email:  heustis@wsu.edu
 

Laurie is the primary contact for matters relating to the management of academic and student records, including WSU and departmental policies and procedures, time schedules, enrollment statistics, language majors and graduate students, degree clearances, education abroad, Master's Program applicants and teaching assistants. Laurie also manages the departmental scholarships.  She assists the Chair of the Department and faculty with special projects and the implementation of Departmental academic policies and procedures.

Graduating from Potlatch High School, Laurie continues to work towards a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Sociology-Personnel and Human Relations, with a minor in Spanish and English.  Laurie is also pursuing a Master Herbalist Certificate with Clayton College of Natural Health.

Her career at WSU began in 1976, and she has worked in various offices on campus, including Geology, KWSU Radio and TV, Dean's Office-College of Sciences, Dean's Office-College of Liberal Arts, Department of Forestry, the School of Music & Theatre Arts, Facilities Operations, Department of Sociology, and Foreign Languages & Cultures.

Laurie has been active in the WSU community, and has served on many committees.  She has served as Chairperson on the WSU Staff Senate Classified Staff Handbook Committee, which included extensive work that produced the new Staff Handbook for WSU.  She is also a member of Local #1066 of The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and a member of Chapter D on campus. She serves as a steward, and is also Chair of this Chapter.  Most recently from January 2004 through December 2004, she has served on the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) Negotiating Team for the new classified staff employees master contract that is part of the new Washington State Collective bargaining laws and the new HR Civil Service Reform 2005.

Laurie has developed and team teaches Filemaker Pro database classes on the WSU campus, and serves as a resource consultant for Filemaker. Classes that are offered through Human Resource Services (HRS) are: Filemaker: An Overview; Creating a Database; Importing and Exporting/Controlling Data; Creating and Editing Scripts. Courses currently being developed for the 2005-06 year are: Relational and Look-up Databases, and Creating Reports.

In May of 2001, Laurie became a new 25-year member of WSU's Quarter Century Club.

In May of 2004, Laurie was nominated for and received the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Staff Award.  

Strength and Courage

It takes strength to be certain, It takes courage to have doubts.

It takes strength to fit in, It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to share a friend's pain, It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pain, It takes courage to show it and deal with it.

It takes strength to stand guard, It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer, It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to endure abuses, It takes courage to stop them.

It takes strength to stand alone, It takes courage to lean on a friend.

It takes strength to love, It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive, It takes courage to live.

May you find strength and courage
in everything you do,
And may your life be filled with
Friendship and Love!