Plunged deep into Henderson Inlet bordering one of the South Puget Sound’s many crooked fingers you’ll find what was once the largest ever gift to Washington State University, residing on the original homelands of the Nisqually and Squaxin people. For researchers, the Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station northeast of Olympia offers a little bit of […]
We are very pleased to share that we have hired a new Assistant Director of Federal Relations, filling the position formerly held by Jake Dowd who is now Director of Federal Relations. Please join us in offering a very warm welcome to Dr. Bethany Johns, who is joining the EAGR team effective today. She will […]
Dampened sales, business and occupation tax activity is partly to blame for a weakened revenue outlook released today. The state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council adopted an updated revenue forecast this afternoon that projects slight declines in the current 2023-25 biennium and the upcoming 2025-27 biennium. The total amount of the underlying 2025-27 biennium is […]
The trend of flattening state tax collections continued this past month according to the latest revenue update published by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. Revenues were up during the period of May 11th to June 10th $74.4 million or two percent higher than forecast in February. In the months since then, collections have cumulated […]
Compensation enhancements, deferred maintenance efforts and a new health sciences training facility in Spokane feature prominently in state operating and capital budget requests approved this spring by the WSU Board of Regents. Formal requests will be drafted this summer in time for submission to the state Office of Financial Management in September. The president retains […]
WSU’s world-famous Cougar Gold cheese and Huckleberry Ripple ice cream made a 3,000-mile journey to the nation’s capital this week, where they were featured at a reception on Capitol Hill hosted by the Association of American Public and Land Grant Universities. The “Scoops of Science: Public and Land-grant University Creamery Reception” on Capitol Hill highlighted […]
President Kirk Schulz was joined by all six Chancellors in the nation’s capital last week to highlight the university’s federal priorities and campus initiatives. The group also discussed the impacts of ongoing FAFSA delays and the importance of college affordability and accessibility with members of the state’s Congressional delegation and staff, industry leaders, and other […]
A group of third and fourth year medical students from the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine sat down with local state representatives and appointed officials in Vancouver yesterday evening to share their experiences training in Southwest Washington. As a community-based medical school, WSU medical students spend their first two years at the WSU […]
The recent federal funding package for fiscal year 2024 shows support for WSU priorities in the health science space. WSU’s Indigenous Health Simulation Center will receive $1.47 million as part of a congressionally directed spending request that was supported by Senator Patty Murray, a testimony to the importance of WSU’s work in this space. The […]
In its April revenue update, the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council announced Friday that tax collections were up $82.9 million or 4.5 percent compared with what was forecasted in February. Collections for March and April cumulatively returned $53.4 million or 1.4 percent higher than forecasted. Although some of the modest growth can be attributed […]