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 […]
It has undoubtedly been a challenging week as the Cougar Community has been united in its grief over the passing of President Elson S Floyd. Today Congressman Kilmer spoke on the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives in honor of Dr. Floyd. You can read other dignitary tributes to President Floyd here, and […]
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 […]
On the Hill: Last week was a big week in DC. While the House considered a number of appropriation bills, the Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee (CJS) passed the Senate’s FY16 CJS appropriations bill. While the House version of this bill contained language that would direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund […]
Legislators in both the state House and Senate have released updated budget proposals over the past several days that, for WSU, largely reflect proposals they introduced previously. WSU testified in support of both the original House and Senate budgets. A key change in the Senate’s new proposal is to escalate the full implementation of a […]