Tag Archives: The Campaign for Washington State University

Solar car donation accelerates renewables education

April 12, 2013   Talk about recycling and reusing. An electric car that became a Washington State University student project in solar power for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is finding new life with its donation to WSU for use in … Continue reading →

Gift Funds Scholarships and Building Technology in the College of Business

A generous gift from Walter and Phyllis Roenicke is supporting undergraduate business scholarships and programming, and technology maintenance in the atrium of WSU’s College of Business. The $100,000 donation will create two endowments named after Phyllis’ father, Claude E. Hayfield, … Continue reading →

Washington Cherry, Stone Fruit Growers Invest in WSU Research, Extension

Cherry and stone fruit growers throughout the state have agreed to make a $5 million investment over the next eight years to support research and extension at Washington State University Centers in Prosser and Wenatchee. This investment builds on a … Continue reading →

Preserving the Past

With the help of generous donors, the WSU Libraries has secured a highly technical new gadget—the Zeutschel Omniscan 14000 AO—that will help to digitize thousands of historical documents, including oversized books, newspapers, and maps, and make them broadly accessible via … Continue reading →

Largest-ever commitment to The Libraries at WSU

  Longtime Washington State University supporters and alumni Mike and Liz Johnson are making the largest-ever commitment to The Libraries at WSU, a bequest valued at $3.2 million. By naming the libraries as beneficiary of their estate, the Kirkland, Wash., … Continue reading →

Perfect Pairing: Washington Wine and WSU

Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd delivered an in-person thank you to Washington wine grape growers on Feb. 8 for their part of a $7.4 million commitment to support a new WSU Wine Science Center facility; he also reaffirmed … Continue reading →

Record Gift for Cougar Football

  Washington State University Director of Athletics Bill Moos announced on Dec. 22 the largest gift in the history of Cougar Athletics to support The Cougar Football Project, which was approved by WSU’s Board of Regents Nov. 18. WSU alumnus … Continue reading →

WSU Tree Fruit Programs Receive $250,000 from Tree Top Inc.

  With the express goal of supporting Washington’s tree fruit industry, Tree Top Inc. is investing $250,000 in tree fruit research, teaching and extension programs at Washington State University. “Tree Top’s participation in the Campaign for Washington State University is … Continue reading →

University launches largest fundraising effort in its history

Philanthropist Paul Allen gives $26 million to support global animal health research Washington State University launched the public phase of the largest fundraising campaign in its history on Dec. 2, 2010: a $1 billion effort designed to position WSU as … Continue reading →