Schulz says tuition stays the same; student fees to be reevaluated
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
July 25, 2020
WSU will not reduce tuition for any students, WSU President Kirk Schulz confirmed Friday afternoon in an online town hall. “I would ask our Coug family to remember we’re also in the midst of a pandemic, and the university is cutting back on a lot of our expenses,” Schulz said. WSU upd...
WSU waits to make decision about fall sports, athletic director says
CODY SCHOELER, Evergreen reporter
July 25, 2020
WSU Athletic Director Pat Chun expressed cautious optimism for a fall sports season in September. He feels good about the protocols and environment WSU Athletics has put into place to keep student-athletes and staff safe, Chun said during a virtual press conference Friday afternoon. “We feel...
Fall sorority recruitment moves online
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
July 24, 2020
WSU’s Panhellenic Council moved recruitment online due to COVID-19. The event schedule will remain the same as previous years but will be conducted online for fall. Corissa Cruzen, PHC vice president of membership recruitment, said the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life decided all Greek com...
Undergraduate classes move online for fall; letter urges students not to return to campus
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
July 23, 2020
The WSU Pullman campus will be offering all undergraduate classes remotely with very few in-person exceptions, according to a letter WSU officials published today. WSU will announce information about graduate classes by Aug. 1. Delivery options for class schedules will be finalized Aug. 1, said...
Letter from WSU officials updates faculty, staff about upcoming budget cuts
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
July 22, 2020
WSU officials wrote a letter that updated faculty and staff on the upcoming school-wide budgetary cuts. The university needs to reach a state-mandated reduction of $37.2 million. The school will not implement furloughs at this time, wrote Stacy Pearson, WSU vice president of finance and adminis...
Bats must be studied more to understand transmission of viruses, researchers say
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
July 20, 2020
In a literature review, WSU researchers determined bats must be studied more. This is because scientists do not know enough about how to lessen the threats they pose to human health. When bat viruses jump to another species, they tend to be highly pathogenic, said Stephanie Seifert, assistant p...
WSU offers English-improving program to international students for fall
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
July 17, 2020
Faculty members from the WSU Intensive American Language Center are working with Global Campus instructional designers to offer students an English-improving program online for fall. Kate Hellmann, director of WSU’s International Student and Scholar Services, said the INTO WSU Academic English Progr...
WSU team designs masks, tests level of protection for use
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
July 17, 2020
Members of WSU faculty designed and tested facial coverings to see if they can be used by healthcare professionals as a last resort. Early in the pandemic, the team heard there was going to be a shortage of N95 masks. They wanted to design a mask a healthcare provider might use if they lacked suffic...
Application available for small businesses to receive aid amid COVID-19
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 17, 2020
The Community Action Center is accepting applications for its second round of microenterprise grants. CAC Executive Director Jeff Guyett said the microenterprise grants come from the Community Development Block Grant. The state’s Department of Commerce funds CDBG, which totals to about $120,000. ...
Cougs Rise staff members continue to help high school students during pandemic
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
July 17, 2020
The Cougs Rise summer programs moved online due to COVID-19, but staff members are trying to create a student experience closest to the one they would have had in person. Ray Acuna-Luna, project director of Cougs Rise, an initiative that helps low-income and first-generation students transition into co...
WSU administration discloses more details about fall classes
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 15, 2020
Fall instruction will incorporate different types of teaching models, and students will be expected to follow specific classroom protocols to ensure the safety of other students and instructors. “These are evolving. We monitor the public health situation constantly,” said Mary Wack, vice provos...
WSU to place disinfectant in classes, common areas during fall
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
July 15, 2020
Disinfectants will be provided to WSU departments for free to prepare for fall. Jason Sampson, assistant director of WSU Environmental Health and Safety, said each classroom will have two containers of Alpha HP, one container of disinfectant for electronics and Cougar Clean hand sanitizer. The d...
Editor's Note: This article has been rewritten to correct inaccurate details about the grant. The application for a new grant to fund artists will go...
