Philanthropy

PULLMAN, Wash. – A naming celebration for the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture will take place Sept. 18 on the Pullman campus.

PULLMAN, Wash. – A fundraising banquet and silent auction to support Washington State University’s efforts to aid community recovery following the SR 530 landslide near Oso, Wash., will be 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in the CUB on the WSU Pullman campus.

By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – A globetrotting Washington State University researcher’s colleagues in Europe will join others in supporting his work through a 5K fundraiser – and they won’t even have to leave home.

By Madison Rosenbaum, WSU Tri-Cities intern RICHLAND, Wash. – Grab your Captain America shields, cat ears or Doctor Who get-up and suit up as your favorite alter ego for a special cause.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Museum of Art announced today that it received an unprecedented gift of more than 200 fine art prints from internationally acclaimed artist Jim Dine. The gift—valued at nearly $2 million—creates the largest permanent collection of Dine prints at a university in the world.

SEATTLE – Internationally acclaimed artist Jim Dine will join Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 10, at the Wright Exhibition Space here to announce a multimillion-dollar gift to the WSU Museum of Art.

By Trevor J. Durham, WSU Foundation PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University Foundation announced today that The Campaign for Washington State University surpassed the $900 million mark en route to its $1 billion goal.

By Tina Hilding, College of Engineering & Architecture BREMERTON, Wash. – As a teenager in the Great Depression, Bob Stewart made his way from Minnesota to the Bremerton area, where he worked his way up from shipyard apprentice to U.S. Navy and Boeing employee, investor, founder of Olympic Savings and Loan and Bremerton finance commissioner.

By Steve Nakata, Student Affairs & Enrollment PULLMAN, Wash. – The First Scholars program has helped Washington State University surpass the national percentage of first-generation students who complete a bachelor’s degree within six years of enrollment. Yet the program only has capacity to accept 20 new students each fall.

By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will offer student internships to help communities along State Route 530 recover from the mudslide that occurred near Oso, Wash., on March 22.