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There is power in sharing one’s own story, and it can be healing. A WSU organization is hosting an event to give 10 to 15 students a platform where they can share a snapshot of their mental health journey. “We’re all susceptible to struggling. This isn’t something that should have stigma attached to it,” said Reanne Cunningham Chilton, clinical psychology graduate student and president of Clinical Psychology Graduate Student Organization.  The Clinical Psychology Graduate Student Organization created the event Coug Voices to help build a sense of community among WSU students and fo...

A new exhibition at the WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art opens to the public on March 9, featuring artwork from artists the community has yet to see.  The collection is titled “Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Collection” and will run through Aug. 14. It features new art pieces the...

Although 40 years apart, an uncle and his nephew’s shared experience of attending WSU brought their families together through beautiful memories and painful moments. When WSU senior Blake Gurney was 15 years old, he received news that his brother, Brian, a WSU sophomore at the time, fell about 100 feet while hiking at Pilchuck Falls in south Skagit County.  Brian sustained severe brain injuries, which led to his death in 2016, uncle David Bricka said.  Blake said Brian’s fraternity brothers in Beta Theta Pi accepted him as if he were already one of their own. Before sporting events in h...

As the month of love comes to an end, WSU alumni reminisce on their days as Cougs when they met their significant others. WSU alumnus Jill Harvill said she met her husband, Steve Harvill, in an American social dance PE class at WSU in the fall of 1993. “We kind of started as friends, then found out during that class that we had mutual friends, then we hung out after that,” she said. Harvill said she and her husband realized they both lived right outside the Tri-Cities, and they met up in that area that Christmas break. They spent a lot of time together. But Jill said it took her longer to...

Cougar Health Services opened a new respiratory facility to treat WSU students who have more severe COVID-19 symptoms. For students to receive care at the facility, they need to be evaluated via telecommunication first, said CHS executive director Joel Schwartzkopf. A nurse will determine if the student should be treated at the Washington Building or Bustad Hall. CHS operates the respiratory center, he said. The Washington Building has been a good place to treat students because it was originally the hospital for Pullman, Schwartzkopf said. “My office is in the old pharmacy,” he said. “...