Students return to WSU campuses

By Communications staff, Washington State University
Students walking on the WSU Pullman campus.

It’s that time again. WSU’s campuses are bustling with students, faculty, and staff returning for the start of a new academic year.

Share in the excitement of the first week of fall 2022 classes, which began Aug. 22, with this systemwide photo gallery, brought to you by WSU photographers on each of WSU’s five physical campuses as well as the online Global campus.

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WSU Pullman

  • A WSU Pullman student sitting at a table under a giant WSU Cougars logo.
  • Three WSU Pullman students sitting at a table.
  • A student holding a Cougar-themed umbrella on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • Two WSU Pullman students stop outside and pose for the camera.
  • Two students smiling and talking on the WSU Spokane campus.
  • A student working on their laptop in a building on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • A line of students in a convenience store on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • Students walking on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • A group of students walking on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • Two students, one with an umbrella, walking on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • Two students stop and smile outside on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • Three WSU students pose and smile while riding a Pullman Transit bus.
  • A student stops and stares at a photographer on the WSU Pullman campus.
  • Two WSU Pullman students point and smile at the camera.
Students returned to WSU Pullman en masse for the fall semester.

WSU Spokane

  • Someone wearing a neck tie and white coat from WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • Someone pointing as they give walking directions to a WSU Spokane student.
  • WSU Spokane students walking down a hallway.
  • Two WSU Spokane students walking down a flight of stairs.
  • People gathered around tables and chairs outside a building on the WSU Spokane campus.
  • Three WSU Spokane students walking down a sidewalk.
  • A WSU Spokane student walking under a balloon archway.
WSU Spokane welcomed students back with a campus orientation and ice cream social.

WSU Tri-Cities

  • WSU System President Kirk Schulz and a WSU Tri-Cities employee.
  • People visiting at an information booth on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
  • People visiting at an information booth on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
  • People sharing a laugh with WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Sandra Haynes.
  • People visiting at an information booth on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
  • People visiting at an information booth on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
  • Two students with clipboards and pens talking to one another.
  • A student holding a clipboard and talking to other students.
  • People visiting at an information booth on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
  • Someone takes a picture of a WSU Tri-Cities student against a blue backdrop.
  • People visiting at an information booth on the WSU Tri-Cities campus.
System President Kirk Schulz joined WSU Tri-Cities in welcoming students this year.

WSU Vancouver

  • Employees welcome cars driving to the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • Students walking on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • Student posing for a cell phone photo outside a building on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • Students sitting outside on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • Students walking on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • Students walking past fountains on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • A sandwich board that reads "Check in here! Color Me Coug" on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • WSU Vancouver student painting a shirt.
  • Student using a laptop outside a building on the WSU Vancouver campus.
  • Fountains on the WSU Vancouver campus.
The sun was out, as were the students, as WSU Vancouver started its fall semester.

WSU Everett

  • WSU Everett employees pose behind breakfast to-go containers on a table.
  • Someone poses on the WSU Everett campus with a small food box.
  • WSU Everett students and employees visiting at a table with breakfast items.
  • People posing for a group photo in front of a WSU Everett-themed backdrop.
WSU Everett celebrated the start of school with an early morning Grab & Go breakfast bar.

WSU Global

  • A WSU Global Campus student holding a Cougar-themed drinking glass next to a laptop and notebook.
  • A WSU Global Campus student posing with two children.
  • A laptop displaying a WSU Global Campus Zoom session.
  • A WSU Global Campus student on a couch holding three children.
  • A WSU Global Campus student wearing headphones.
  • Screenshot of a WSU Global Campus Zoom session.
  • Screenshot of a WSU Global Campus Zoom session.
  • Screenshot of a WSU Global Campus Zoom session.
WSU Global Campus and its students shared some photos from their Week of Welcome.

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