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Tuition Student Regent Arliegh Cayanan was the only regent who opposed the tuition increase. The tuition increase aims to provide the university with additional funding in the form of tuition waivers to support students’ mental health and “basic needs,” according to the Board of Regents agenda. Mary Jo Gonzales, WSU vice president of Student Affairs, said university general health and mental health services vary depending on campus, but they hope to increase access to resources. WSU is trying to pursue a way to create equity within the system. The university has been working on a system-wide effort to provide students with telehealth and telemental health services, Gonzales said. ....
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. ....