Philanthropy

April 14: Crimson Food and Wine Classic at Hamilton Cellars

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – The 2018 Crimson Food and Wine Classic, hosted by Washington State University Tri-Cities, is slated for 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Hamilton Cellars.

WSU Blended Learning wines presented at spring release party

By Kaury Balcom, WSU Viticulture & Enology Program RICHLAND, Wash. – A dinner event introducing new wines from the WSU Blended Learning student-made wine program is slated for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Budd’s Broiler in Richland, Wash. The public is invited to attend.

Jan. 27: Tri-Cities brunch featuring Ryan Leaf to benefit Carson College

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A brunch fundraiser to support the Carson College of Business will be hosted by Washington State University Tri-Cities, 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at Anthony’s at Columbia Point in Richland, Wash.

Private support for WSU tops $122 Million in FY2017

By Trevor Durham, University Development PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University supporters committed $21.6 million in private support in June — a record for that month — to bring WSU’s total fundraising activity to more than $122.6 million in gifts, grants, revocable commitments and other contributions during Fiscal Year 2017.

Schweitzer, SEL gifts energize WSU’s power program

By Brett Stav, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s power engineering program will establish the Edmund O. Schweitzer III Chair in Power Apparatus and Systems in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, thanks to gifts totaling $1.5 million from Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer, and the employee owners of Pullman-based […]

Major gift advances WSU thermodynamics research, careers

By Brett Stav, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University announced today the creation of the Alexandra Navrotsky Institute for Experimental Thermodynamics, made possible by a $1 million gift from Alexandra Navrotsky, Distinguished Interdisciplinary Professor of Ceramic, Earth and Environmental Materials Chemistry at University of California-Davis.

WSU Foundation endowment fund created in honor of John Gardner

PULLMAN, Wash. – In a gesture of support and admiration for John Gardner, who recently announced he is stepping down as vice president for Advancement and CEO of the WSU Foundation, more than $50,000 has been collectively pledged by volunteers, staff, and foundation leaders to create an endowment fund in the name of Gardner and […]