Westside

300-mile telecommute supports research

From her home in Gig Harbor, Wash., Lynn Fister plays a dynamic role in helping WSU faculty and graduate students achieve their research goals.Fister, faculty support coordinator for the Office of Grant and Research Development, leads the OGRD Core 1 team. Among other things, the team coordinates with researchers to:• create proposals and find funding […]

Football helps WSU reach all kinds of fans

Hosting one home football game in Seattle has become a Washington State University tradition. But the innovative use the university has made of this access to the west side has been anything but conventional. WSU’s largest alumni base resides in western Washington and northwestern Oregon, with about 45,500 alumni along Washington’s I-5 corridor and another […]

Westside office builds relationships with community

While it may seem like the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse and the Pullman campus are about a million miles away from the fast-paced spectacle of the Westside, WSU West is working to bridge the gap between the two. Originally created for fundraising purposes more than a decade ago, WSU West now hosts seven […]