Angie Stewart with WSU Health Sciences was selected as executive director for the Yakima Valley Interprofessional Practice and Education Collaborative.
The move will encourage greater educational partnership between WSU nursing students and osteopathic medical students from the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.
The collaboration means students can remain in Yakima throughout their schooling, first at Yakima Valley College, then at WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences partners with Yakima Valley College to introduce pre-pharmacy track; students can complete all prerequisite courses without leaving area.
The donation will allow WSU and USDA scientists to enhance and update WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension’s postharvest research facilities and equipment.
Eight WSU Extension faculty members and their teams were honored for their community support by the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.
A foundation created by a thrifty farmer in Grant County is making charitable gifts to both the WSU College of Nursing in Yakima and the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane.