Live video of today’s university wide celebration of life of President Elson S. Floyd will be available via live stream when the event begins. The live link can be found here. The event is scheduled to begin promptly at 3:00pm in Beasley Coliseum on the Pullman campus and is scheduled to run until 5:00pm. It […]
Today the House and Senate honored the life and legacy of WSU President Elson Floyd, who passed away last Saturday after battling cancer. Resolution 4645 was passed through the House early this morning and a simiar resolution, SR 8685, passed through the Senate at noon. Legislators spoke on behalf of the many great achievements Dr. Floyd […]
All of Washington State University was united in its grief this week with the announcement that President Elson Floyd passed away early Saturday morning in Pullman due to complications from cancer. He was a respected leader, not just for the tremendous achievements he made for WSU, but also his personable and inspirational attitude towards the […]
The Legislature adjourned its 2015 regular session this evening and has been called back for a 30 day special session beginning Wednesday. Most notably, lawmakers still must agree on a two-year operating budget and a capital budget. You can learn more about the differences between the various proposals here. You can view WSU’s testimony on […]
Governor Inslee signed House Bill 1004 into law this afternoon, allowing students under 21 enrolled in enology and viticulture programs at four year universities to taste but not consume wine as part of their instruction. The bill previously passed in the Senate with a vote on 38-6 last week and it passed through the House with […]
The state Senate this morning approved a resolution honoring the distinguished career of retiring Evergreen State College President Thomas L. “Les” Purce, a former vice president at WSU. Also recognized was his wife Dr. Jane Sherman, WSU’s retiring vice provost for academic policy and evaluation. Having served as president of Evergreen since 2000, Dr. Purce […]
This past weekend the Spokesman-Review published an op-ed piece co-written by Washington State University Spokane chancellor Lisa Brown and Eastern Washington University president Mary Cullinan. The article showcases the benefits of better funding higher education, especially for the Inland Northwest region that needs educational opportunities and graduates in high-demand fields to meet up with the […]
The state Senate passed legislation today that would allow students under 21 to taste but not consume wine in enology, viticulture and related programs. HB 1004 passed with a vote of 38-6 and is on its way to the governor’s desk. Currently, community and technical colleges are authorized to apply for special tasting permits for […]
Both the House and Senate have unveiled their respective operating and capital budget requests and legislators will begin negotiating final budgets to send to the governor’s desk in the coming weeks. The WSU budget office has prepared side-by-side analyses incorporating original WSU requests compared with budget proposals from the governor, House and Senate. You can […]
Governor Jay Inslee and Spokane leaders came together in Spokane yesterday to join Washington State University leadership and the WSU community in celebrating passage of historic legislation allowing WSU to operate a medical school. The medical school bill, HB 1559, was signed by the governor on Wednesday, amending a nearly 100 year old law that limited medical […]