In an impactful visit to the nation’s capital, a delegation of Washington State University (WSU) student government leaders engaged in a series of meetings with lawmakers and other public officials to champion expansions in financial aid and discuss campus needs. Championing financial aid enhancements The team’s agenda was heavily focused on financial aid, with particular […]
A bill that would increase the amount of time a student is eligible to receive aid from state financial aid programs was voted off the floor of the Senate Friday afternoon. SB 5904 passed out with a vote of 34-14 and would extend the current five years of eligibility for certain programs such as the […]
Leadership from WSU campuses in Vancouver and Everett spent time in Olympia this week advocating for top WSU legislative priorities. Chancellors Mel Netzhammer of WSU Vancouver and Paul Pitre of WSU Everett met with legislators from their respective areas of the state to brief them on the university’s legislative request to establish a supply chain […]
Isaac Marroquin was confirmed today as the Student Regent for Washington State University, following a unanimous vote from the state Senate. Marroquin is pursuing a master’s degree in education at WSU, having graduated with his bachelor’s degree in English from the WSU Tri-Cities campus in the spring of 2023. There, he was elected and served […]
The state Senate today approved legislation that would authorize certain university employees to provide greater guidance to student athletes seeking to benefit from the use of the name, image and likeness. Senate Bill 5913 was approved 47-1 and now heads to the House. WSU testified in support of the bill earlier this month. The measure […]
Jacob Dowd, assistant director of federal relations at WSU, has been elected to the Board of Directors for The Science Coalition (TSC), a nonpartisan organization which advocates for federal support for scientific research. As a member of the board, Dowd will position WSU in key conversations as TSC works with member institutions to articulate the […]
WSU President Kirk Schulz spent last week advocating for WSU’s legislative priorities over a rigorous three-day stretch. The visit to Olympia included a meeting with Governor Jay Inslee at the outset of the week. President Schulz met with the governor along with Regents Marty Dickinson and Jenette Ramos to discuss the status of collegiate athletics […]
Dozens of WSU students flooded the rainy state Capitol grounds today to press their priorities as part of the annual Coug Day at the Capitol. Students from throughout the WSU system returned in force before dawn this morning. Top agenda items for the 95 meetings on their schedules today included legislation extending terms of the […]
Fewer WSU students are taking out loans and graduating with loan debt and average debts are falling since the state began its campaign to enhance college affordability in 2015. The Great Recession drove the Legislature to increase tuition at WSU by 75 percent over four years in order to partially mitigate a near halving of […]
In its January monthly update, the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council announced last week that tax collections from the months of December and January came in $62.2 million or one percent above what was forecasted in November. For the month of January, collections decreased by 4.1 percent or $99.1 million due to lower […]