The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) on the Washington State University Pullman campus has received a continuation award from the U.S. Department of Education allowing the program to complete the final two years of its five-year grant cycle, which began in 2022.
CAMP started at WSU in 2006 and annually helps 50 first-year students from migrant and seasonal farm working backgrounds transition to college.
The award provides certainty for staff and students that the program will receive its allocation of $475,000 for this academic year as well as the next and is the result of an extremely successful program partnered with strong advocacy by the National HEPCAMP Association.
During spring 2025, CAMP was selected by NASPA, one of the nation’s leading organizations for student affairs professionals, to receive its Golden Excellence Award and Grand Bronze Award. In 2024, it was named an Example of Excelencia, the highest recognition given by one of the nation’s leading Latine organizations.
WSU Pullman’s High School Equivalency Program (HEP) is one of 13 such programs nationwide that did not receive a continuation award. WSU’s ties with HEP date back to 1967, when it became one of the first universities in the nation to be awarded the program. HEP helps seasonal and migrant farm workers obtain a general education diploma (GED).
