Education

During Women’s History Month, CAHNRS shares stories of how the women of our college find inspiration and pay it forward. Meet Mary Kohli.

WSU and FFA teamed up this fall for a statewide event designed to get high school and middle school students excited about careers in agriculture.

Extension’s Cultivating Success looks at advantages available to the small farm.

Gain knowledge to ensure forests are healthy, productive, and safe from fire.

Dr. Naidu Rayapati Naidu Rayapati, scientist and director at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC) at Prosser, has joined a $2.5 million effort helping Hispanic and Native American students build careers…

Natalie Turner helped children, teachers and families of a mudslide-ravaged community understand and recover from trauma.

Rhone Rangers Ride Again Some of wine drinkers’ favorite grape varieties are originally from the Rhône River Valley of France. Now, though, Syrah, Grenache, Viognier and a handful of other varieties are grown in vineyards all over the world, including Washington state. That’s why a U.S.-based organization, Rhone Rangers, recently helped fund the research of […]

Last week, we held the President’s Summit on Early Learning at the Talaris Institute in Seattle. The idea for this summit was spawned a couple of years ago when President Floyd was asked to be the keynote speaker at the Foundation for Early Learning’s Annual Leadership Luncheon. During his talk, President Floyd announced his commitment […]

One of the key benchmarks in WSU’s quest to become an AAU-like institution is enhancing the quality and enrollment of our graduate programs. In comparing WSU’s profile to those of AAU institutions, this is an area where we fall significantly short. Therefore, the WSU Strategic Plan includes aggressive goals concerning advancement of graduate education over […]

I have long been impressed with Washington’s agricultural community and with Washington State University, but sometimes, the quality of both exceeds even my expectations. Yesterday’s “Feeding the World” panel discussion held in Ensminger Pavilion as a complement to the Michael Pollan lecture was one such occasion. Nearly 400 students, faculty, industry representatives and the general […]