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 […]
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 […]
The State Legislature adjourned Friday, closing out a legislative session for the history books at WSU after reaching final agreement on operating and capital budgets for the next two years. Operating budget appropriations fully fund a historic phased in tuition reduction of 15 percent for in-state undergraduate students at WSU by fall 2016. The budget […]
A two-year construction budget agreement reached by the Legislature funds WSU’s top capital priorities to build an Academic Building at the Everett University Center and to design the Plant Sciences Building on the Pullman campus. The agreement, embodied in House Bill 1115, passed the House with a vote of 96-2 and the Senate with a […]
Legislative leaders today introduced and then swiftly passed a compromise operating budget for the next two years that will cut tuition at Washington State University while funding academic expansion at Everett and the medical school the university hopes to establish in Spokane. The final agreement, embodied in Senate Bill 6052, was approved by the Senate […]
By order of Gov. Jay Inslee, the WSU flag was raised at the flag circle on the state Capitol grounds Thursday afternoon to honor university President Elson S. Floyd, who died Saturday at the age of 59. In addition, Gov. Inslee has ordered all flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff on Saturday in […]
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 […]