Metro Center

Extension Outreach award winner helps Northwest’s Latino community thrive

For more than a decade, WSU Extension educator José García-Pabón has helped Washington’s growing Latino community find success as entrepreneurs, learners and leaders. Dr. García-Pabón — an associate professor with the WSU Extension Community and Economic Development Program and a Latino Community Studies and Outreach specialist — is the latest winner of the 2018 Excellence […]

Dr. García-Pabón, seated outdoors, holding his award.

Extension, Metro Center unite communities to solve health challenges

Extending science to serve communities is what Extension is all about. And when it comes to health, entire communities—from youth to elders, rural and urban—must band together to find solutions. The new Culture of Health partnership unites thousands of communities in a 10-year effort to tackle the challenges they face when it comes to health. […]

A group of Metro Center staff