Human Development gets new leader
SOLEN AREF, Evergreen reporter
January 21, 2020
In December, WSU’s Department of Human Development announced associate professor Michael Cleveland's succession of Laura Hill as department head. Cleveland joined WSU as a staff member in 2016. He said he never imagined becoming department head until Hill asked him if he would consider the job. “Talking...
WSU faces lack of state funding, space in classrooms
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
December 6, 2019
WSU’s associate vice president of facilities services said about 70 percent of campus buildings are in poor condition or worse during the last WSU Faculty Senate meeting of 2019 on Thursday. Together it would cost over $450 million to renovate or replace them. Associate Vice President Olivia Yang...
S&A Committee holds second-day budget meeting
BENJAMIN WHITE, Evergreen reporter
November 22, 2019
*This article was updated to clarify the budget council review requests and not Senate programming. The Services and Activities Fees Committee heard from nine student organizations on their budget status Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Lighty Student Services Building. Each organization presented how they...
Dean shares update on fraternity member’s death
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
November 15, 2019
Jill Creighton, dean of students and associate vice president for campus life, spoke about the death of a 19-year-old WSU fraternity member during a regular WSU Faculty Senate meeting Thursday. Creighton said the university does not have a lot of information on the cause of Samuel Martinez’s death...
Global Campus appoints first chancellor to represent students
JAKOB THORINGTON, Evergreen reporter
October 20, 2019
WSU hired the first chancellor for its Global Campus in an effort to represent online students the same as their campus counterparts. Dave Cillay, vice president for Academic Outreach and Innovation, will also carry out duties as the Global Campus’s chancellor. Cillay said his appointment shows...
University to focus on fiscal health, enrollment
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
October 14, 2019
WSU President Kirk Schulz spoke about the accomplishments and fiscal health of the university during the thirteenth meeting of the Town Halls 2019 series on Monday. Schulz said the university operating budget has about a $7.8 million surplus, which is $17 million more than the target for fiscal yea...
Provost to step down from position
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
September 26, 2019
WSU Provost Mitzi Montoya announced Thursday she is stepping down from her position as provost. WSU President Kirk Schulz scheduled a meeting for Monday with the faculty senate executive committee to discuss how this change will affect faculty, according to an email to the faculty senate from Greg...
Over $1 million from S&A Fees were not allocated to students this school year
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
September 17, 2019
WSU students did not receive nearly $1.1 million earmarked for student use this year because WSU scholarships waive Services and Activities Fees before tuition. Students were not able to allocate this money to fund services from groups like ASWSU, GPSA and the CUB. ASWSU President Quinton Berkompas...
Longtime WSU staff member to act as vice president for student affairs
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter
September 3, 2019
Terry Boston, associate vice president for finance and operations, will serve as acting vice president for Student Affairs while current Vice President Mary Jo Gonzales is on leave, according to an Aug. 30 memo from President Kirk Schulz. Schulz said in the memo that Boston has been at WSU for 24...
WSU begins new fiscal year with $7.8 million surplus
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
September 2, 2019
WSU officials announced on Aug. 26 that the operating budget for the 2019 fiscal year began with about a $7.8 million surplus, meaning the university is no longer using money from reserve accounts for the first time in about six years. Since fiscal year 2013, the University has been depleting its...
‘A beautiful setup for predators’
July 17, 2019
Editor’s note: The Daily Evergreen left out names of professors and students to protect the women who filed complaints. Some WSU professors who students accused of sexually harassing them are still employed at the university, public records show. The Office of Equal Opportunity investigated two prof...
WSU hires new director of Community, Equity and Inclusive Excellence
JAKOB THORINGTON, Evergreen reporter
July 10, 2019
WSU’s Office of Outreach and Education has named an executive director to lead its Community, Equity and Inclusive Excellence department. Allen Sutton will begin his tenure as the department’s director on July 15. He’s leaving Auburn University in Alabama, where he worked as the director of...
ASWSU’s hiring process called into question
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