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WSU’s Thomas S. Foley Institute is joining more than three dozen nonpartisan political institutes to promote election integrity and civic understanding as next year’s presidential race approaches.

By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences VANCOUVER, Wash. – Youth in the foster care system receive little support once they turn 18, especially when it comes to pursuing postsecondary education.

PULLMAN, Wash. – A debate between candidates for the state’s 5th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes Pullman, will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the CUB auditorium at Washington State University.

By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – Students and scholars of the U.S. Congress can access historical House and Senate reports and documents through a Washington State University Libraries’ database.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Climate change, income inequality and political polarization will be discussed in three events this week co-sponsored by the Foley Institute at Washington State University.

PULLMAN, Wash. – A political discussion with Cathy McMorris Rodgers, incumbent Republican candidate for U.S. Congress from Washington’s 5th District, will be at noon Friday, Oct. 31, in Bryan 308.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Congressional leaders face a critical deadline next week – they must reach a budget agreement by Dec. 13 or the next round of sequester cuts goes into effect, reducing vital government programs by billions of dollars for the second year in a row.

  PULLMAN, Wash. – Pieces of political history are on display at the Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service, thanks to recently completed renovations and additions. The institute is a place for study and discussion of public affairs and public policy research, as well as student involvement.   “Having our own […]

VANCOUVER – Kweisi Mfume, former U.S. Congressman and CEO of the NAACP, will take the podium at WSU Vancouver’s fifth Annual Public Affairs Lecture Series. Mfume will touch on some of today’s most pressing topics in his address, “Race, Class and Economic Recovery in Obama’s America.” The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on […]

PULLMAN—  Stephen B Krucer, associate professor of language and literacy education at WSU, is a co-author in the new book, What Research REALLY Says about Teaching and Learning to Read, published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).   Krucer contributed a chapter on the nature of the reading process and also edited […]