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Chancellors mark 25 years of regional campuses at capitol

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington State University chancellors traveled to the state capitol this week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the regional campuses and to witness passage of Senate Resolution 8663 honoring their 1989 founding.

President: Medical education bill marks historic moment

http://blog.president.wsu.edu/ SPOKANE, Wash. – Over the course of its 125-year history, Washington State University has enjoyed many moments of great achievement. There is no doubt that today will be listed among its most historic. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee this morning signed into law a bill that paves the way for an independently accredited WSU medical […]

Gov. Inslee tours Allen Center, WADDL

Photos by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services   PULLMAN, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee and members of his executive cabinet visited the Washington State University campus and the Palouse Wind windmill farm near Oakesdale on Monday, July 8. Inslee’s WSU tour focused on the Paul G. Allen Center for Global Animal Health and the Washington […]

Olympia update: Legislators negotiate compromise

The Legislature is now moving into a critical phase as budget writers are negotiating the differences between House and Senate budget versions with just 13 days of session remaining.   Never have the stakes been higher than in the budget discussions. Legislative leaders are talking now to resolve a $47.4 million difference between the House […]

Extension Engaged to focus on greenhouse gas emission reduction

Activity by the Washington State Governor’s 2008 Climate Action Team (CAT) to help reduce Greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State will be the focus of the next Extension Engaged broadcast on Friday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m.   The program will feature a discussion with Jake Fey, director of the Extension Energy Program, and Chad […]

Govenor talks small business with SBDC

LONGVIEW, Wash. – Susan Hoosier, Business Advisor with the Longview Small Business Development Center, had the opportunity to directly thank Gov. Gregoire for her administration’s support for the funding that helps provide business technical assistance to businesses located in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties. Gov. Gregoire was recently in Longview to celebrate some of the opportunities […]

Partnership increases economic growth

VANCOUVER – Washington State Lt. Gov. Brad Owen will visit WSU Vancouver at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 21 to highlight recent grants from the Washington Technology Center (WTC) to researchers at WSU Vancouver. “We are really seeing a trend toward this kind of engagement between the state, university research facilities and private industry,” said Hal Dengerink, […]