Elson S. Floyd

Oct. 14: Luminaria lighting, cancer fundraiser honor Floyd

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A public luminaria lighting ceremony to honor the late President Elson S. Floyd and others affected by cancer will be hosted by students at Washington State University Tri-Cities 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, on the Rotary Stage on campus.

President Floyd attends White House education summit

WASHINGTON – Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd is among a number of leaders joining President Obama, the First Lady, Vice President Biden and hundreds of other higher education leaders today to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.

President Glenn Terrell Celebration of Life

PULLMAN, Wash. — A Celebration of Life Ceremony honoring the life and legacy of former Washington State University President Glenn Terrell was held Thursday in the Terrell Library Atrium on the WSU Pullman campus. Dr. Terrell, who served as president from 1967 to 1985, died Friday, Aug. 30, at the age of 93.

Shift focus and celebrate commencement

  Commencement season offers the university a welcome opportunity to celebrate and shift the focus to shared accomplishments and the difference that our university makes in so many people’s lives, notes President Elson S. Floyd in his latest Perspectives column….   According to the Office of  Institutional Research, by the end of this academic year, […]

Floyd, Bayly to co-chair new committee on budget reduction

PULLMAN — WSU President Elson S. Floyd and Provost and Executive Vice President Warwick M. Bayly have formed a university budget committee to assist in the fact-finding and decision-making regarding the budget reductions facing the university for this fiscal year and the upcoming biennium. “This committee is representative of our university community while remaining adequately […]