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Nov 22, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | HRS Benefits |Adriana Janovich |Brenda Alling |Eric Hollenbeck
The Open Enrollment (OE) period for 2025 is ending next Monday, Nov. 25. If you are planning to make changes to your benefits elections and have not yet done so, please complete and submit your elections as soon as possible in Workday. Written instructions and video guides are available on the HRS Open Enrollment web page. Be sure to print or save the confirmation page for your records.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Beverly Makhani |Adriana Janovich |Brenda Alling |Eric Hollenbeck
November 22, 2024 By Beverly Makhani, Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA) The Washington State University Teaching Academy is offering to all faculty and staff system-wide an online mindfulness workshop from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, the first day of finals week. To attend, guests must register to receive the Zoom link to join the workshop. Leading the discussion are two members of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Drs.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | WSU HRS Benefits |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |Josh Babcock
All employees can contribute up to $23,500 to each of the voluntary plans, up from the 2024 limit of $23,000. Those age 50 and over can contribute an additional $7,500 catch-up contribution. And starting in 2025, those who will be between the ages of 60 and 63 in the 2025 calendar year, will be able to contribute $11,250 as their catch-up contribution instead of the $7,500.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |Josh Babcock |Devin Rokyta
November 21, 2024 By Alysen Boston, University Marketing and Communications The WSU logo was installed Thursday morning, Nov. 21, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport where holiday travelers can stop to snap selfies and show their Cougar pride. Photo by Jason Refsland/WSU Travelers passing through Concourse C at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will get a boost of Cougar spirit this holiday season.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Devin Rokyta |Sylvia Lindman |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College
Las Vegas resident Victoria Day helplessly watched as her beloved German shepherd, Barry, succumbed to cancer. And now, just a month later, her dachshund, Winnie, was withering away before her eyes. Day suspected Winnie was mourning the loss of Barry; however, her symptoms grew ever more concerning. She was vomiting, refusing food – even her favorite treats – and she soon had lost nearly a fifth of her weight.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | William Ferguson |Sylvia Lindman |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College
August 1, 2024 Almost a third of the 36 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences are from Washington State University. The ten WSU faculty elected to the WSAS come from a range of disciplines including animal science, cropping systems, engineering, information ethics, genome engineering, and psychology.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |William Ferguson |RJ Wolcott
July 30, 2024 Washington State University has new resources and updated policies as a result of regulatory changes addressing the needs of the community. Compliance and Civil Rights (CCR), the Office of the Provost, Center for Community Standards, and Human Resource Services updated university grievance processes to respond to concerns of sex discrimination and sex-based harassment, as required by Title IX’s implementing regulations.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Beverly Makhani |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |Karen Hunt
Starting July 1, the Washington State University Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness (ACE) will be led by WSU alum Lindsey (Kimble) Brown immediately following the retirement of long-time director Kimberly Green. “WSU is indebted to Kimberly for her years of devoted leadership and creative vision, and we look forward to many future ACE achievements with Lindsey at the helm,” said Elizabeth Chilton, provost and executive vice president and WSU Pullman chancellor.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Karen Hunt |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |Devin Rokyta
Washington State University’s continued growth of total research and development (R&D) expenditures increased to $368.3 million in fiscal year 2022 (FY2022), a 3% increase from FY2021, as reported by the National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development (NSF-HERD) Research Expenditure Rankings. As a result, WSU ranked 77th overall out of 637 institutions in R&D expenditures for FY2022, an improvement of one spot in the rankings from FY2021.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Angela Sams |Eric Hollenbeck |Carson College |Karen Hunt
PUYALLUP, Wash. — The pore-like structure of permeable pavements may help protect coho salmon by preventing tire wear particles and related contaminants from entering stormwater runoff, according to a Washington State University study. Researchers demonstrated that four types of permeable pavements can act as giant filters, retaining more than 96% of applied tire particle mass.
