WSU in-house printing services gutted, some staff laid off

Lucille Stutesman, Editor-in-Chief

August 27, 2025

Design and Printing Services will be closed at the end of October because of budget cuts.

Five staff will stay on and work for CougPrints Plus, which is funded by the student technology fee, while the other 13 will be laid off, according to WSU spokesperson Pam Scott.

WSU is expected to release a list of outside vendors to help with printing in October.

DPS has been operating since the 1940s.

This cut is part of WSU’s effort to mitigate the effects of federal and state funding. WSU warned in June that its budget reductions would lead to layoffs.

About the Contributor

Lucille Stutesman, Editor-in-Chief

Lucille Stutesman is the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Evergreen. She’s a rising third-year student majoring in multimedia journalism and broadcast news. She’s from Bremerton, but has lived all over the country, including New York City and Honolulu. She previously served as a news reporter and then news editor at the Evergreen. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching medical dramas and cycling. She’s been with the Evergreen since fall 2024.

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Gary_yoda • Aug 29, 2025 at 10:39 pm

Some staff? I heard all staff were laid off. CougPrints got hit hard too and nobody is running anything and that might include the student printers. Cougprints runs those I think

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