Colville youth restore fire’s path with WSU Extension-improved seed bombs
Youth from across the Colville reservation joined WSU Extension to revitalize the environment, help pollinators, and serve their community.
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Teens take the lead in preventing rural opioid addiction, with help from WSU mentors
Research project engages teens as agents of change in opioid epidemic
Sneeze art displayed on hospital walls
The WSU Children’s Center is working with Pullman Regional Hospital on a series of art projects that talk and teach about healthy actions.
Apparel merchandising students use social media to connect local businesses with customers, community
Students in Washington State University’s apparel merchandising program are putting their studies to work this spring to connect local businesses with social media-savvy consumers. Jihyeong Son, Assistant Professor in the Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design…
Community Leaders to Gather for Statewide “Rural Reflections Summit”
SPOKANE, Wash. — Representatives of 40 small, rural communities from throughout Washington State will gather this month in Moses Lake to celebrate their successes and share strategies for reducing poverty within their communities.
Healthy Food, Fitness in King County Focus of WSU’s $1.2 Million W.K. Kellogg Grant
SEATTLE, Wash. – When the youth of Delridge and White Center’s Food Empowerment Education and Sustainability Team or FEEST set local foods they’ve prepared on a pre-Thanksgiving table at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center here on Nov. 25, they’ll have the power of the prestigious W.K. Kellogg Foundation behind them. Giving children in those communities […]
NIH Grant Brings Together Economists, Psychologists, Departments, Extension
PULLMAN – In many ways, it’s the perfect model. Faculty with research and teaching appointments working with faculty with research and Extension appointments to translate the theoretical into real-world application for the benefit of the people of Washington. A new $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health brings together economists and psychologists, researchers and […]
WSU Seeks Grant Proposals for Community Technology Programs
SEATTLE, Wash. – Washington State University Extension outlined details Wednesday of a $350,000 grant program and invited grant proposals for community technology projects at the statewide community technology meeting hosted by the Communities Connect Network. “This is the only dedicated technology grant program in the state right now,” said Matthew Mitchell, of Extension’s Center to […]
Extension-CCE Partnership Connects Students with the State
Pullman, Wash. – Finding what you need in Colville, Wash., just got a bit easier, thanks to students at Washington State University. This past semester, Monica Lotzgesell and a few of her classmates in Christine Oakley’s Sociology 433 class at Washington State University pitched in to create a resource directory for the Colville area. Their […]
WSU Extension Receives Grant to Fight Rural Poverty
SPOKANE, Wash. — As many as 25 small rural communities in Washington state may get help in reducing poverty, thanks to a grant to the Washington State University Extension Center to Bridge the Digital Divide. The Northwest Area Foundation in St. Paul, Minn. has awarded up to $1.7 million to CBDD to bring its Horizons […]