John Harbaugh — Department of Music Master of Music Education, University of North Texas
Professor Harbaugh has over 45 years of college teaching experience. His professional experience includes touring two years each with Tom Jones and Paul Anka, and touring with Buddy Rich. He appears on three Grammy nominated albums, on a Dove Award album, and has recorded as a jazz soloist with the London Symphony. In 2010 he released his first solo trumpet CD ‘New Vistas” and in 2016 his first jazz CD. He continues to tour with IHS World Orchestra performing in Israel, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Cuba, and Taiwan. His students serve in the Army and Marine bands, have completed doctorates, toured on Broadway musicals, worked on cruise ships, were awarded teaching assistantships and won the 2024 undergraduate solo division of the National Trumpet Competition.
Laurie Moshier — Department of World Languages and Cultures DA in Germanics, University of Washington
Dr. Laurie Moshier directed the German program while also teaching French language courses for the Department of World Languages and Cultures for over a decade. During her time at CWU, she developed innovative courses such as WLC 341: Spells of Enchantment: Re-interpreting the Fairy Tale. In 2018, CWU awarded Dr. Moshier the Distinguished Non-Tenure Track Teaching Award. Thank you, Laurie, for your commitment to CWU!
Karen Turcotte — Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion MA History of Continental Philosophy, Central Washington University
Karen Turcotte came to Central as an undergraduate in 1992, eventually earning her BA in Philosophy with a Religious Studies Specialization. She went on to get an MA degree in Individual Studies at Central, specializing in the History of Continental Philosophy. Since getting her MA in 2000, Professor Turcotte has taught as a non-tenure-track faculty member in the department, earning the title of Senior Lecturer in 2007. She has mostly taught introductory courses in both philosophy and religion, although she has occasionally taught upper-division courses (Philosophy of Love, Religions of India, and Special Topics: Religion and Humor) and a course in the Douglas Honors College. She will retire at the end of the spring term.
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