WSU Changes College Name

November 24, 2003

By Communications staff, Washington State University

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Board of Regents Friday changed the name of the university’s College of Agriculture and Home Economics to the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.

The acronym for the new college name is CAHNRS, pronounced”conners.”

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