CAHNRS con.flu.ence

Conducting important research, serving as student ambassadors, and participating in clubs, CAHNRS Cougs are passionate about helping their communities.  

WSU’s Knott Dairy Center undergoes significant upgrades thanks to state funding that will benefit students, the cows, and fans of the university’s famous cheese and ice cream. 

The M.E. and Audrey H. Ensminger Agricultural Pavilion has evolved over 90 years to meet the needs of the Cougar community.

Washington state’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) returned to the Washington State University Pullman campus this year to partake in contests, cultivate leadership skills, explore career paths, and build friendships during the annual convention. 

In many realms of employment, including education, women must work at least twice as hard to achieve the same success as their male counterparts. Women in CAHNRS have consistently broken barriers, and a recent sign of this progress is illustrated by the CAHNRS executive leadership team, which currently includes five women. 

WSU Associate Professor and Adolescent Extension Specialist Elizabeth Weybright’s new book envisions an expanded role for nationwide Extension as a means of supporting and buoying community-based healthcare services and access. 

Open to students in all majors and colleges, WSU’s Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences chapter works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing a welcoming place for students from all walks of life. 

Paul Schroeder’s curiosity for the natural world is represented by the thousands of tiny creatures he gave to WSU’s M.T. James Entomological Collection.

WSU program, funded by a USDA-NIFA grant, allows students to get paid hands-on research and extension experience during the summer.

Across time, life changes, and distance, three couples with deep connections to CAHNRS have maintained an amazing 50-year friendship.