Dear WSU community, Happy Spring, Cougs. After spending the first two weeks of May attending back-to-back commencements celebrating our most recent class of Cougar graduates, I find myself reflecting on the reasons faculty, staff, and administrators are called to higher education in the first place. It wasn’t because anyone told us to, but because we want […]
Dear WSU community, As the 2023–24 academic year comes to a close, I am completing my eighth year serving as president of Washington State University. Noel and I were formally introduced to WSU in March of 2016 and have thoroughly enjoyed leading our university since that time. I informed the WSU Regents in June 2023 that it was […]
Dear WSU community, We are not quite midway through the spring 2024 semester, but warmer weather and longer days are certainly in the near future! Throughout the 2023–24 academic year, I have sent monthly updates highlighting success stories at Washington State University. These have included achievements related to our Native American programs, capital projects, and general momentum going into the […]
Dear WSU community, As you may be aware, the Academic Student Employees (ASE), represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), has indicated they intend to strike beginning tomorrow, January 17, if a fair contract is not reached. Unfortunately, after 40+ meetings and the exchange of more than 200 proposals on 40 different contract articles between the WSU negotiating team […]
Dear WSU community, Welcome to the start of another semester! I hope you had a relaxing winter break spent in the company of friends and family. Noel and I were fortunate to spend most of the break moving into our new house in Richland with the assistance of our son, Andrew, who was back home for […]
Dear Cougar Nation, The last few weeks have been tumultuous for Washington State University and the Pac‑12 Conference. The decision by the University of Washington and the University of Oregon to accept offers to join the Big Ten Conference sealed the fate of the Pac‑12. By the end of the day on Friday, only four members […]