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Governor appoints two new Board of Regents members

Conner Orr, Deputy Campus Editor • June 9, 2026

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson appointed Fé LopezGaetke and Mary Nam to WSU’s Board of Regents. The appointments take effect starting Tuesday. Previously the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

WSU faces budget cuts while generating billions of dollars for the state

MAKANI K. PANG, Managing Editor • January 14, 2026

With nearly 10,000 employees spread throughout Washington and over 25,000 students enrolled in classes in 2024, WSU generated nearly $4 billion dollars for the state that year alone. However, without a...

Tuition increased this year. Here’s what other fees went up.

Lucille Stutesman, Editor-in-Chief • August 13, 2025

Last November, the Board of Regents voted to raise tuition for the second consecutive year by 3.3% for the 2025-26 school year, raking in an additional $3.6 million. Undergraduate residents will pay...

WSU Board of Regents hopes to announce new WSU President early next year

GRACE HARVEY, Evergreen news co-editor • December 5, 2024

The WSU Board of Regents held a special executive meeting session Wednesday to evaluate top candidates in the ongoing search for the university's next president. The Board of Regents and the Presidental...

OPINION: Is Cougar Football WSU’s path to increasing enrollment?

MAKANI K. PANG, Managing Editor • December 4, 2024

This has not been an easy decade for WSU, which has been fighting a decrease in system-wide enrollment to little avail amidst falling national rankings, a mass exodus within WSU leadership and an uphill...

WSU Board of Regents consider tuition increase

KATELYN ERVIN, Evergreen copy editor • September 28, 2024

After a 3% increase in tuition for the 2024–25 academic school year, the WSU Board of Regents is considering raising tuition once again. The increase in tuition would primarily be allocated toward...

Board of Regents votes to increase tuition by 3%

AIMEE SULIT, Evergreen reporter • February 12, 2024

On Jan. 26 the Board of Regents approved a 3% increase in tuition rates, raising tuition from $10,976 to $11,305 for full-time undergraduate students, according to WSU Insider Phil Weiler, Marketing...

Board of Regents consider 2.5% bump in tuition for next year

GABRIELLE BOWMAN, Editor-in-chief • February 3, 2023

WSU’s Board of Regents meeting brought up a new tuition proposal and revision to the university undergraduate housing requirement. According to data presented by Matt Skinner, senior associate vice...

Board of Regents justifies 2.4% tuition increase

FRANKIE BEER, Evergreen news editor • May 12, 2022

The Board of Regents voted unanimously on May 6 to increase tuition by 2.4% for the 2022-23 academic year for undergraduate and graduate students. Increasing tuition rates by the maximum amount allowed...

Board of Regents to vote on tuition hike later this spring

KASSANDRA VOGEL, Evergreen reporter • January 24, 2022

Editors note: This story has been revised to accurately reflect the voting decision regarding parking rates and fines. At their meeting this week, the Board of Regents proposed a 2.5% increase in tuition...

Board of Regents address student-athlete mental health

JOSIAH PIKE, Copy editor • January 22, 2022

One WSU staff member said during the Board of Regents meeting Thursday that mental health concerns such as anxiety and depression were higher in the spring and fall of 2020 than in previous years among...

OPINION: Tuition increases not solution to campus needs

JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor • January 19, 2022

WSU’s Board of Regents will vote this week on whether or not to increase tuition for the 2022-23 academic year. If approved, it will be the sixth consecutive year that students will face a tuition...

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