Seven months of student craft, creativity, and care go into “Artisan,” the 41st annual AMDT Fashion Show.

As the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program celebrates its 50th anniversary, volunteers are focusing on how they can support the program’s evolution over the next 50 years and beyond, all while helping sustain healthy and resilient communities.

Kicking off their golden anniversary, WSU Master Gardeners are going back to where it started.

Now an intercontinental movement, the Extension Master Gardener Program began in Washington in the early 1970s. Above, several early program pioneers answer questions in a western Washington clinic in spring 1973. Clockwise from rear are…

WSU Snohomish County Extension launches a new program to train volunteers in best practices for oil spill response and cleanup.

Senior Katie Doonan is working several shifts each week as a volunteer first-responder in her hometown while also finishing her degree online with a full load of classes.

Hands-on experience. In almost any career, having that line on a resume is a huge benefit. When that career is wildlife ecology, just what you get your hands on can be pretty interesting. Take Taylor Schaeffer, a senior at WSU who majoring in wildlife ecology and a volunteer at the WSU Bear Research, Education, and […]

You know passion is involved when you’re willing to volunteer dozens of hours a week shoveling animal waste and slicing up fruit. It’s even more obvious when you would choose to devote more time to bear care if your schedule allowed. That’s how Kathryn Olstad feels about being a student volunteer at the WSU Bear […]

It’s all about loving animals and wanting to make sure they’re properly cared for. That’s what drives WSU senior Amber Stotts in her career goal of working at a zoo or animal sanctuary. “I’ve always wanted to work with animals,” said Stotts, who is minoring in zoology and majoring in anthropology. The Manhattan, Kansas native […]

4-H volunteers impacted, offer helping hands after Oso mudslide