Never mind world-class, the WSU library system isn’t even average in terms of collections, budget, staffing levels and salaries when compared to peer universities. “We are at the bottom in all of these measures even when comparisons are made which account for differences in institutional size,” states a recent report to the Faculty Senate executive […]
PULLMAN – The Board of Regents of WSU will hold a special meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Room 442 of the French Administration Building to consider approval of its supplemental budget request to the 2008 Legislature. Regents will participate in the meeting by teleconference. The request includes funding to make […]
Washington State University will receive a 17.9 percent increase in operating funding over the next two years and the largest biennial capital budget in its history as a result of budgets approved by the Legislature over the weekend. “We are very pleased and grateful about the level of support that the governor and the Legislature […]
The waiting is over. Construction dollars are available in the upcoming budget to finish the Life Sciences Building in Pullman. And in the end, it was not even a debatable issue. It was the highlight of a record $180.6 million WSU construction budget released by Senate and House leaders after completing negotiations on the compromise […]
Legislative leaders believe they have solved the puzzle of the operating budget and the solution will boost Washington State University’s state funding 17.9 percent in the next two years. Student enrollments will increase at all campuses, agricultural research funding will be boosted by $5.3 million, and salaries will increase by an average of 3.2 percent […]
The state Senate Ways & Means Committee released its proposed operating budget on Wednesday, March 28. The budget provides significant new funding for health care education, math and science education, and bioproducts technology. In addition, it addresses most of the priorities contained in the WSU budget request, but creates a significant funding problem by assuming […]
The state House Appropriations Committee released its proposed House operating budget on Tuesday, March 20. The budget provides significant new funding for health care education, agricultural research, math and science education, and bio-products technology. The House budget addresses most of the priorities contained in the WSU budget request. Overall this proposal is similar to the […]
President V. Lane Rawlins, Washington State University, and President Mark Emmert, University of Washington, co-authored an editorial which appeared recently in The Olympian. The editorial focuses WSU’s and the UW’s coordinated efforts towards budget requests and lobbying the Washington Legislature. To see the editorial, click on the following link to The Olympian at www.theolympian.com/209/v-print/story/65270.html.
(Photos by Kelly Peterson, WSU Today intern).PULLMAN- Construction of 12 WSU outdoor tennis courts will hopefully be completed Oct. 26, said Louise Sweeney, project manager for Capital Planning. The project completion was delayed after unsatisfactory soil was found at the existing driving range that needed to be removed. The project, which began in May, is […]
Washington State University executives recently submitted the 2007-09 biennial budget request to the state Office of Budget Management for review. Some of the major segments of the budget request package include: • Reshaping research university enrollment to fill the workforce demand. This item pairs a request for high-demand and general enrollment increases with a request […]