May 7, 2021
By RJ Wolcott, WSU News
SPOKANE, Wash. Approving tuition rates and plans to improve the fiscal health of WSU Athletics were among the actions taken by the Board of Regents during their meeting Friday.
Regents met for a series of hybrid in-person and virtual meetings this week on the campus of WSU Health Sciences Spokane.
Following the graduation of the first class of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine students on Thursday, founding Dean Dr. John Tomkowiak highlighted some of their accomplishments, including a match rate of more than 96 percent. WSU Spokane Chancellor Daryll DeWald spotlighted students who’ve provided tens of thousands of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to community members across the state. He also called attention to significant gains in state support for research in the past five years.
April 30, 2021
Cougar Pride monument on the WSU Pullman campus
PULLMAN, Wash. – Members of the Washington State University Board of Regents will meet virtually and in-person at WSU Health Sciences Spokane May 6 and 7.
Regents are expected to set tuition rates for the 2021-2022 academic year, review designs for WSU Vancouver’s new Life Sciences Building and consider revised athletics budgets and financial planning, among other actions. A complete agenda is available on the Board of Regents website.
Members of the public can watch committee meetings as well as the Friday Board of Regents meeting live on Youtube. Committee meetings begin at 9 a.m. Thursday will run throughout the afternoon. Friday’s Board of Regents meeting begins at 9 a.m.
WSU to require students, employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19
April 28, 2021 11:27 AM Erin Robinson
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PULLMAN, Wash. Washington State University will require all students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by fall 2021.
The university will require proof of vaccination for the 2021-2022 academic year for all students engaging in activities at any WSU campus or location.
Exemptions will be allowed for medical, religious or personal reasons.Students whose programs are fully online are automatically exempt from the requirement.
All WSU Pullman students living in university-owned housing will need to provide proof of vaccination or have an approved exemption, by Friday, August 6.
April 27, 2021
The ongoing efforts to improve Washington State University’s fiscal health continue to pay off.
In just three years, the WSU system has turned what was a $30 million annual operating deficit into a nearly $30 million surplus, helping to start replenishing depleted financial reserves as the university deals with the unprecedented challenges posed by the global pandemic.
“We have reached this point much faster than expected,” said WSU President Kirk Schulz. “We asked our faculty and staff to dig in, get creative and help, and the entire WSU community has delivered.”
WSU ended its 2020 fiscal year with a positive operating balance of $28 million, a significant increase over the $7.8 million balance from the 2019 fiscal year. The university also saw its spendable cash and investments relative to its operating expenses increase, with levels rising closer to peer institutions. WSU also drew closer to its peers in its levels of spendable cash and investments com