Last week WSU students met with lawmakers to discuss higher education legislation and policies. Several dozen civically engaged students traveled to Olympia to participate in the Coug Day at the Capitol event organized by the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). It has been tradition for ASWSU and other Washington higher education student associations […]
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) was on the Washington State University (WSU) Pullman campus on Friday. The Senator took time out of her schedule to tour the Plant Growth Facility and meet with students and faculty from the College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS). In addition, to meeting with local growers and key […]
The Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee heard public testimony Thursday on House Bill 2029, which would transfer two Innovate Washington buildings located in Spokane to Washington State University. Created in 2011, Innovate Washington is the successor agency to the Washington Technology Center and Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, serving as the primary agency […]
A highly anticipated forecast of tax collections is basically flat, adding $30 million to the state’s bottom line. That’s a very small change in a $33 billion, two-year budget. This gives the Legislature a key piece of information it can use to write a supplemental operating budget it may send the governor before the March […]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to a measure that will provide access to the State Need Grant to undocumented students. The bill now goes to the governor’s desk for signature. Senate Bill 6523 — dubbed the Real Hope Act — was approved 75-22. You can read the Seattle Times coverage here. […]
WSU priority bills House Bill 2613 and Senate Bill 6362 were passed off their respective House and Senate Floors Friday and now go to the opposite chamber for consideration. HB 2613 passed the House with a vote of 96-0 and SB 6362 passed the Senate with a vote of 48-0. One of the two bills […]
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Today, the Washington State University (WSU) Office of the President posted the following blog regarding the Office of Commercialization’s new streamlined processes to better support faculty with patents, intellectual property and other areas around commercialization. WSU Streamlines Processes to Stimulate Research Commercialization February 13, 2014 Universities play a critical role in the commercialization of new […]
On Wednesday, the House Higher Education Committee held a work session to discuss campus safety and security policies on higher education campuses. WSU Assistant Police Chief Steve Hansen provided an overview of security practices and challenges on the main Pullman campus, where the university historically ranks high for safety. Assistant Chief Hansen also discussed initiatives […]
The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council released a new report Tuesday finding that tax collections for the past month were up $6.5 million from the November revenue forecast, and are cumulatively $1.7 million higher than forecasted in November. That represents virtually no change in advance of the release of a new forecast next week. The House and […]