WSU celebrates Indigenous People’s Day on Monday, Oct. 12

October 9, 2020 To our Cougar community: Please join us Monday in celebrating WSU’s third Indigenous People’s Day. The Office of Tribal Relations and Native American Programs will host a series of events to mark the occasion. On October 8, 2018, we declared through proclamation that the second Monday of October would be Indigenous People’s Day at […]

Categories: Letter to Campus

Serving the state through a stronger WSU system

September 2020 Dear Faculty and Staff: Congratulations on finishing the first 5 weeks of the fall semester. I appreciate the excellent work all of you are doing in using technology to support our students both in and out of the classroom. As I visit with various student groups, I continue to hear positive feedback about the extra efforts […]

Categories: Letter to Campus

Working together to contain COVID-19

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students: The WSU community, like many university families nationwide, has been under the nation’s microscope lately. This has been particularly true on our Pullman campus. Our best efforts to develop strategies to meet the demands of COVID‑19 have, at times, been met with profound obstacles. There is no established playbook for […]

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Take time to balance work-life demands

Dear Faculty and Staff: Welcome back for the fall 2020 semester. Despite lack of the usual visible evidence of the hustle and bustle that takes place throughout the WSU system as we begin a new academic year, I know all of you worked extremely hard to make our opening successful. Thank you so much. The last several months […]

Categories: Letter to Campus

Student Fees for WSU Pullman

To our WSU Pullman Students, As you prepare for fall 2020, we know you have been waiting for a decision on student fees. We recognize and appreciate the significant personal investments you are making in your education. The decisions we make as an institution impact your experience at WSU as well as your financial future. […]

Categories: Letter to Campus

Fall shifting to remote Cougar experience

To our Cougar community on the WSU Pullman campus: We write today with disappointing news. Our fall 2020 semester at WSU Pullman will not be what we hoped, wanted, or planned. Given the alarming rise in the number of COVID‑19 cases regionally and nationally, all undergraduate courses at WSU Pullman will be delivered at a distance and will be […]

Categories: Letter to Campus