Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5228 into law Thursday, requiring public medical schools in Washington to establish health equity curriculum as part of their instruction. The bill, sponsored by Senator Emily Randall, directs medical schools to include instruction on health disparities, intercultural communication skills training, cultural safety training, and implicit bias into their curriculum. […]
Budget writers in the House of Representatives on Friday unveiled an operating budget proposal that fully funds the final installment of core funding to complete the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. WSU is requesting $3.6 million in the two-year budget cycle that begins July 1 to complete the 20-seat expansion first authorized in 2019. […]
Both the House and Senate have begun unveiling their operating and capital budget proposals on the heels of last week’s strong revenue forecast, with the upper chamber so far checking off Washington State University’s top legislative priorities. The Senate operating budget funded WSU’s $3.6 million request to complete core funding for the Elson S. Floyd […]
Washington State University researcher Elizabeth Weybright on Thursday briefed the state House Commerce and Gaming Committee on a wide array of university efforts to better understand what works when it comes to preventing youth substance abuse. Weybright is the interim director of WSU Extension’s Youth and Families unit and an Associate Professor in Human Development. […]
Washington State University’s Merrianneeta Nesbitt on Thursday briefed the state Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee on three of the university’s many initiatives designed to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The university’s Assistant Director for the Office of Outreach and Education, Nesbitt outlined WSU’s new faculty and staff Community and Equity Certificate Program, calling […]
The state budget outlook continued to improve on Wednesday as the bottom line was improved by $1.3 billion in the current 2019-21 biennium and $1.9 billion in the upcoming 2021-23 biennium, according to an updated state economic and revenue forecast. This stronger economic outlook is largely credited to two federal stimulus packages that were passed […]
Washington state revenue collections between January 11th and February 10th continued to exceed forecasted expectations, according to the February Economic & Revenue Update produced by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. Collections came in $269.5 million higher for this period than forecasted in November. Collections are now $592.6 million or 9 percent higher than forecasted. […]
WSU Student Regent Arleigh Cayanan appeared before the Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee this afternoon during his confirmation hearing. Cayanan, a fourth year student in College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the WSU Health Sciences campus, was nominated by Governor Inslee to fill the student regent position which is designated to provide […]
WSU Director of State Relations Chris Mulick on Tuesday lauded Governor Jay Inslee’s operating budget proposal for keeping to key commitments while asking the Legislature to hold higher education harmless in the budget it sends him this spring. The governor’s proposal funds WSU’s $3.6 million request to complete funding for the 20-seat expansion of the […]
WSU Professor of Entomology Laura Lavine was invited before a virtual committee hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee this afternoon to share about honey bee research being conducted at WSU and comment on recommendations offered by the state Pollinator Health Task Force. The Pollinator Health Task Force was created by […]