MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Revitalization of Washington State University’s research and extension center here is a step closer to reality thanks to donations from the Northwest Agricultural Research Foundation (NARF) and Wilbur-Ellis Co. NARF has donated $100,000 to the revitalization effort; Wilbur-Ellis has contributed $10,000. “These generous gifts represent another important step in our fundraising […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A $250,000 donation to help renovate the Washington State University Livestock Pavilion was announced Friday (April 11) at WSU’s animal sciences department recognition program. The program honored three department alumni, this year’s outstanding students and scholarship recipients. Audrey Helen Ensminger, Sun City, Ariz., widow of Marion Eugene Ensminger, chair of the animal […]
PULLMAN, Wash.– An Alaskan with roots in the Evergreen State has given Washington State University a check for $50,000. The gift is the first payment on a $400,000 pledge for a graduate research fellowship in the crop and soil sciences department. Glen D. Franklin, who grew up on a farm near Onalaska, and now works […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Biocontrol research — a pest management strategy designed to keep agricultural pests in check with their natural enemies — has just received a boost from one of the region’s largest providers of credit to agriculture. Washington State University’s entomology department has received a $50,000 gift from Northwest Farm Credit Services of Spokane […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The world has turned a few times since Leonard and Edna Young moved to Pullman in the midst of the Great Depression. Time and progress have transformed both the community they moved to and the college where Leonard worked for 34 years and Edna for eight. What hasn’t changed is their commitment […]
PULLMAN, Wash. Proceeds from a performance-based trust established by a Harrington farm couple could provide up to $13,500 annually over the next 15 years for no-till research at Washington State University’s Wilke Research and Extension Farm near Davenport. The gift from Karl and Lexie Kupers was announced Wednesday (July 7) at Wilke Farm’s annual field […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Cooperative Extension Energy Program has received a $75,000 gift from the AT&T Foundation. The funds will be used to help create a new telework exhibit and series of seminars, according to Dee Christensen, telecommuting program manager. “The WSU Energy Program is completely self-supporting through grants,” Christensen said. “This […]
LIND, Wash. — A $763,000 gift from Mel and Donna Camp will benefit Washington State University’s College of Agriculture and Home Economics and the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax. The gift to the university was announced today at the annual field day of WSU’s Lind Dryland Research Station. The hospital gift was announced […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Wagyu cattle donated by Centerville rancher Max Fernandez are helping Washington State University maximize a gift from another Max: retired industrialist Max Baxter. Max and Thelma Baxter donated their Flying-T Ranch outside Centralia to WSU’s animal sciences department in 1996 to further research on the Wagyu beef breed, known for its extreme […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A $1 million gift to Washington State University from the estate of a Grant County farmer and stockman will bring new extension resources to the Columbia Basin. The gift from the Paul Lauzier Charitable Foundation to the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources will create an endowment to fund the Paul […]