The $2.85 million National Science Foundation grant will be used to develop curriculum and hands‑on projects that use geospatial technologies to improve STEM literacy.
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.
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.
Regents are also planning to attend a groundbreaking celebration for WSU Tri-Cities’ new Academic Building, located across from the Consolidated Information Center.
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.
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.
WSU Tri‑Cities will hold a comprehensive education summit for teachers and other educators on Saturday, Oct. 13, which will welcome National Teacher of the Year and Washington resident Mandy Manning as its keynote speaker.
Four Pasco elementary schools will benefit from a $2.5 million grant to WSU Tri-Cities that will support area after-school programming and extracurricular learning.