During his recent Dialogue, President V. Lane Rawlins discussed:
* the importance of Washington State University to the state.
* WSU’s inclusion among the nation’s top research universities with “very high research” activity in the new Carnegie Classifications.
* strengthening our undergraduate and graduate programs.
* aspects of planning and budgeting..
If you were unable to attend Rawlins’ dialogue, a recorded videostream version can be viewed at https://experience.wsu.edu/depts/depts.asp?dept=16
His new e-mail “Update from President Rawlins,” including details of the newly approved state supplemental budget, is also available online:
https://www.wsu.edu/president/update34.html
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