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Jan 16, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Joy Muraya
A new Washington State University Extension center will help support the mental health of thousands of workers and students statewide. Recently named and approved by the WSU Board of Regents, the Center for Trauma Education and Community Health (C-teach) will provide training opportunities on burnout and resiliency in the workforce. “Everybody encounters stress or gets overwhelmed by emotions at some point,” said C-teach Director Natalie Turner-Depue.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Sara Zaske
As a research technician in Washington State University’s Department of Entomology, Todd Murray was the first to document a new invasive species, the oak-skeletonizer moth, in 1997. The director of the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center is coming full circle in a position that uniquely suits his interests and passions as the recently elected chair of the Washington Invasive Species Council (WISC). “This is a milestone for me,” Murray said.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Larry Clark |Tom Holm |Christina Mancebo
Washington State University’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed), a part of WSU Extension, was recently honored on a regional level for its role in increasing community access to healthy foods in Chelan and Douglas Counties. SNAP-Ed hosted its first Family Story Walk, which featured books highlighting nutrition-related themes, in spring 2023.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Sara Zaske
Helping forest-owning hobbyists and entrepreneurs tap an emerging market, Washington State University Extension foresters will support bigleaf maple syrup production in western Washington with funding from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA). “We’re helping create a unique Pacific Northwest maple syrup,” said WSU Extension Forester Patrick Shults. “Those who taste it know it has a distinctive flavor and is primed for new applications.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Steve Nakata |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Inside their new chalet-style home near Burlington, thousands of worms are dining on food waste from the local Extension office, converting it to valuable soil while helping curb greenhouse emissions. Washington State University’s Skagit County Extension team cut the ribbon Wednesday, Sept.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Karen Hunt |Josh Babcock |Christina Mancebo
Washington State University Professor Brian Brandt returned to the country of Georgia over the summer to support the expansion of WSU 4-H’s Know Your Government (KYG) curriculum into three new cities. 4-H KYG is an experiential learning curriculum designed to educate youth on democratic governance and separation of powers, important in the current context of Georgia, which is experiencing ongoing democratic development.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
farmprogress.com | Joe Roberts
Billions of dollars in the economy and the health of millions of people in Washington state depend on safe-to-eat foods in grocery stores, farmers markets, and restaurants. Three Washington State University Extension professionals work to ensure that meals and snacks are safe to consume in Washington state and beyond. For them, proper food safety practices begin in the orchards and fields where food is grown and continue through food preparation then finally to your plate.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Devin Rokyta |RJ Wolcott |Tina Hilding
Diane Smith first attended a Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) conference in 1975 as a graduate student. Now the longtime Washington State University Skagit County Extension specialist and associate professor has received the society’s Helen Denning Ullrich Annual Award for Lifetime Excellence in Nutrition Education. SNEB recognized Smith during an award ceremony Aug.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Joe Roberts |Sara Zaske |Ahhriatheresa Bernard Kirkendall |Tom Holm
Nearly 150 high school 4-H students continued a historical tradition of growth and learning through career exploration and leadership development during the nearly week-long Washington State 4-H Teen Conference on the Washington State University Pullman campus. Washington State University 4-H has a long tradition of positive impacts to youth development through high-quality, research-based programming delivered by WSU faculty and staff.
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May 1, 2024 | 
tudecidesmedia.com | Joe Roberts
By Joe Roberts, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences To reach thousands of northwestern Washington residents who do not speak English fluently but may want to protect the environment, Washington State University Extension is offering new educational programs in Spanish including the “Promotores del Clima” program — climate ambassadors.
