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2026 CONGRESSIONAL & LEGISLATIVE STAFF TOUR AGENDA
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
| 2:00PM | Guests Arrive in Pullman, check into hotel hotel address | |
| 2:45PM | Depart hotel for WSU Pullman campus | |
| 3:00PM | President Cantwell Welcome and Athletics Discussion Champions Center BETSY CANTWELL | President, Washington State University AD MOLLY SCHOTZKO BRAD HUTCHINS JON HAARLOW | |
| 5:00PM | Mixer at Martin Stadium Club Level at Gesa Field | |
| 6:00PM | Return to Hotel |
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
| 7:30AM | Guests meet in hotel lobby and check out of hotel | |
| 8:15AM | Depart for WSU Pullman Campus | |
| 8:30AM | Budget 101 / Understand the WSU Budget CUB 204 (ASWSU Senate Room) LESLIE BRUNELLI | Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, WSU | |
| 9:30AM | WSU ROAR Program Cleveland Hall TBD | |
| 10:30AM | Tribal Relations Panel Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center TERRI PARR | WSU Executive Director & Presidential Liaison for Tribal Relations JERRY CROWSHOE | Native American Health Sciences Program Director, WSU CAM MATHESON | Councilman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe | |
| 12:00PM | Lunch Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center | |
| 12:30PM | WSU Wheat Breeding Program at Spillman Farm Spillman Farm MIKE PUMPHREY | Title | |
| 2:00PM | AgAID Spillman Farm ANATH KALYANARAMAN | Title | |
| 2:50PM | AgWeatherNet Ag Weather Net location at Spillman LAV KHOT | Title | |
| 5:00PM | Tour ARS Building ARS Building RAJ KHOSLA | Title SIEG SNAPP | Title | |
| 5:10PM | WSU Food Science Food Science & Human Nutrition Building - 2nd Floor GIRISH GANJYAL | Title | |
| 6:00PM | Al Fresco Dinner WSU Eggert Family Organic Farm | |
| 7:45PM | Return to hotel Address TBD |
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
| 7:30AM | Guests meet in hotel lobby and check out of hotel | |
| 8:15AM | Depart for WSU Pullman Campus | |
| 8:30AM | F&A 101 and Research Security ETRL Conference Room KIM CHRISTEN | Vice President for Research, WSU MARIA HERNANDEZ | Title CHAD KRUGER | Title DAWN DANIELS | Title | |
| 9:35AM | Institute for Material Sciences TBD JOHN McCLOY | Title DAVID FIELD | Title | |
| 10:00AM | Manufacturing Lab utilizing AI TBD TBD | Title | |
| 10:30AM | AI Use with Semiconductors and Health Presentation TBD TBD | Title | |
| 11:00AM | Workforce Development Initiatives - Panel 1 Spark Lecture Hall TBD | Provost? | |
| Optional? | Workforce Development Initiatives - Panel 2 Spark Lecture Hall TBD | Schweitzer Engineering Labs TBD | Pullman Regional Hospital | |
| 12:00PM | Lunch Panel: TRIO/SSS Students and Native Cougs Spark G10 LUCI LOERA | Title AMANDA BOYD | TItle Students | |
| 1:30PM | Nuclear Science Center Tour Nuclear Science Center COREY HINES | Director of Nuclear Science Center, WSU KIM CHRISTEN | Vice President for Research | |
| 2:30PM | Group Photo Gesa Field at Martin Stadium | |
| 3:15PM | Ferdinand's Creamery Tour Ferdinand's Creamery | |
| 4:45PM | Closing Reception WSU Visitor's Center | |
| 00:00PM | Depart for airport | |
| 00:00PM | Plane departs Pullman |