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WSU still plans to hold in-person classes this fall, despite Whitman County’s recent roll back to Phase 2 of the state’s Healthy Washington COVID-19 reopening plan. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday that three counties are moving from Phase 3 to Phase 2. Effective on April 16, Whitman, Pierce and Cowlitz counties will remain in Phase...
Campus organizations presented requests to receive Services and Activities Fee funding with several groups factoring in losses caused by COVID-19. To receive S&A Fee funding, nonacademic student groups must present to a committee with a proposed funding request and plans on allocating the money. The committee discussed in early April and will craft a recommendation to the Board of Regents for where the funds should be distributed. The Regents will review the proposals in May for approval or rejection of the requests. For the 2020-21 school year, $9.5 million was allocated for WSU organiza...
April 6, 2021 By Deb Strohmaier, International Programs More than 55 international flags were recently raised in the eerily empty Compton Union Building to honor and acknowledge Washington State University’s international community. International students, scholars and their families on and off campus persevered during a year marked by a flurry of punitive U.S. immigration policies, the inability to travel internationally and the need to distance from others. To honor the international community, which is currently spread around the world, members of WSU’s International Students’ Counci...
Working on campus offers many benefits for student employees, including feeling connected to campus and the Coug community. Compton Union Building manager Daniel Armijo said he started working at the CUB to build experience for his future career. Armijo is majoring in management information systems. He is in charge of attending the front desk and oversees all the daily operations of the building. Since the pandemic started, CUB employees’ main priority is cleaning and making sure COVID-19 policies are being followed, Armijo said. Dana Torlone is a senior at WSU majoring in management ...
The WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is now open with a 25 percent limited capacity. All visitors must complete an attestation before entering the museum. Visitors over the age of two must wear a cloth face covering, according to the website. Employees will monitor the museum to make sure the 25 percent capacity limit...