On Wednesday, the House Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs Committee held a work session to discuss tribal graduate and leadership programs within the higher education sector. WSU Tribal Liaison and Special Assistant to the Provost Barbara Aston provided the committee a presentation on WSU’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with nine land based indigenous Native […]
On April 5, the Senate approved its proposed 2013-15 operating budget, Substitute Senate Bill 5034, with a floor vote of 30-18. One week later on April 12, the House proposed operating budget, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5034, passed the floor with a vote of 54-43. House and Senate budget writers must now work together to […]
During a work session on Wednesday, the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee discussed and heard a presentation on the agricultural research programs at WSU. Dan Bernardo, WSU’s Dean of the College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) and Vice President of Agriculture and Extension, provided an overview of the agricultural research and […]
White House Releases FY 2014 Budget by Glynda Becker, Director for Federal Relations and Mariah Luft, Assistant Director for Federal Relations It is budget week here in Washington, DC. After a two-month delay, President Obama released his FY 2014 budget proposal. The $3.78 trillion proposal includes a mixture of entitlement cuts to Medicare, Social Security […]
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government heard public testimony last Thursday on House Bill 1888 which would authorize the director of the Department of Agriculture to issue licenses for the growing of industrial hemp. The bill designates industrial hemp as an agricultural product which may be grown, produced, processed, and commercially traded, and authorizes […]
The News Tribune of Tacoma in a Sunday editorial called for an end to the raiding of higher education budgets that typically occurs during an economic downturn. You can find the editorial here. It cites a recent report indicating higher education cuts in Washington have been some of the deepest in the nation. “That kind […]
The Senate Ways and Means Committee Wednesday heard public testimony on Senate Bill 5034, the Senate’s proposed 2013-2015 operating budget, as well as legislation regarding the funding of public higher education, Senate Bill 5883. You can view WSU’s testimony on Senate Bill 5883 and the proposed budget below.
The House Technology and Economic Development Committee Thursday held a work session to discuss technology transfer, commercialization and the entrepreneurial climate in Washington. Anson Fatland, WSU’s associate vice president for economic development and external affairs, presented an overview of the work WSU is doing across the state in commercialization, tech transfer and intellectual property. You […]
The House Higher Education Committee Wednesday learned about WSU’s Global Campus during a work session on innovations in the higher education sector. David Cillay, WSU’s vice president of Global Campus, provided the presentation, which you can view below. The Senate Higher Education Committee heard a presentation on the Global Campus earlier this session.
The Washington Roundtable released a report Tuesday stating that 25,000 high-skill jobs in Washington are going to be unfilled. The Roundtable calls on lawmakers to increase funding in high-demand fields at Washington’s universities to produce more qualified applicants and fill the growing skills-gap. The Seattle Times and Crosscut covered the story here and here. “We’ve […]