WSU selects Elizabeth Chilton as next provost
As provost and executive vice president, Chilton will serve as WSU’s highest ranking academic officer, responsible for guiding all aspects of the university’s system-wide academic mission.
Administration
WSU Board of Regents votes to establish new iSchool during meeting on Tri‑Cities campus
The Regents also authorized a ten‑year lease for space on the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences campus in Yakima for the College of Nursing’s educational program.
Board of Regents meeting at WSU Tri-Cities March 12 and 13
Regents are also planning to attend a groundbreaking celebration for WSU Tri-Cities’ new Academic Building, located across from the Consolidated Information Center.
WSU Regents applaud operating budget’s return to the black
The latest figures from the close of the 2019 fiscal year, which ended June 30, show WSU’s operating budget ended with a positive balance of about $7.8 million.
WSU evolving to meet future needs of Washington and beyond
President Kirk Schulz celebrates WSU’s recent accomplishments and urges collaboration in reshaping the University’s land-grant role.
WSU health sciences transitioning to Spokane‑based administration
Deans of the colleges of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences will report to Spokane Chancellor Daryll DeWald, who also will serve as WSU’s vice president for health sciences.
André-Denis Girard Wright named dean of CAHNRS
PULLMAN, Wash. – André-Denis Girard Wright, an internationally recognized researcher and director of the School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences at the University of Arizona, has been named dean of the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences.
Grant to recruit Native American teachers, administrators
By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University College of Education has received a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education (OIE), one of about 20 Indian Professional Development Awards funded by the agency this year.
WSU educational leadership expands in South King County
By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education VANCOUVER, Wash. – To continue improving educational access to teachers, the Washington State University College of Education will launch an educational leadership program in South King County in the fall.
Akmal named chair of teaching and learning department
By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – The College of Education has named Tariq Akmal as chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at Washington State University.