Another work session was held on cross laminated timber this week, this time in the Senate Ways and Means Committee, as lawmakers seek to educate themselves on this developing material and its possible utilization in planned construction projects. Dr. Dan Dolan, WSU Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, briefed the House Capital Budget Committee on […]
Some 100 WSU students turned out for the annual Coug Day at the Capitol today to advance the cause of higher education. Some 65 meetings with legislators and staff were scheduled, a slate that approached half the offices in the state Legislature. Students came not only from the Pullman campus but also from Vancouver, the […]
Local efforts to keep the doors open at the Small Business Development Center in Snohomish County show it to be a resource worth keeping. For 34 years the center has assisted local businesses and entrepreneurs with technical support, development, and consultations at no cost, but nearly closed last year due to a lack of funding. […]
Governor Inslee honored the life of the late WSU President Elson Floyd during his State of the State Address Tuesday, speaking of Dr. Floyd’s key role in shaping his administration and also how he considered Dr. Floyd to be one of his “most-trusted advisers.” President Floyd’s widow, Carmento Floyd, was also in attendance as the […]
Washington State University’s 2016 legislative agenda, found here, is appropriately modest heading into this year’s 60-day supplemental session. Gavels fall at noon Monday for a session scheduled to adjourn March 10. The Legislature is tasked, in part, with making mid-term adjustments to the two year budget it approved in July. The university’s four point agenda […]
The Everett Herald this week editorialized in support of WSU’s supplemental operating budget request for $832,000 to develop academic programming to support agriculture in Western Washington. You can read the editorial here. If funded, the program would be centered at WSU North Puget Sound at Everett, though some instruction would also be available at WSU research […]
Dr. John Tomkowiak, Founding Dean of the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, told members of the Senate Higher Education Committee on Thursday that the state’s next medical school is being developed “on Elson time.” The college is preparing to submit a 700 page accreditation document by Dec. 1. Affiliation agreements have been signed […]
Six members of the House Higher Education Committee visited the WSU Tri-Cities campus on Tuesday to learn about the University’s academic programs and research at the urban campus in Richland. Students thanked the delegation for their efforts to support college affordability, faculty expressed their appreciation for state supported research, and administrators thanked legislators for the […]
University administrators and legislative leaders broke ground this afternoon on a new academic building at the Everett University Center. The ceremony drew community leaders, educational partners and members of the Legislature, which approved $54.6 million in funding for the expansion during the 2015 legislative session. The 95,000 square foot building will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty […]
WSU News Washington State University again experienced record enrollment this fall, registering a total of 29,686 students statewide. The additional 1,000 students represent a 3.5 percent increase from the previous record, set during the fall semester last year. The enrollment increase occurred across all WSU campuses, with WSU Tri-Cities and the WSU Global campus registering […]