Washington State University Spokane

Washington State University Spokane
Type	Public
Established	1989
Endowment	$650 million
Chancellor	Lisa Brown
Students	1,576
Location	Spokane, Washington, USA
Colors	Crimson and Gray
Nickname	Cougars
Website	http://spokane.wsu.edu

Washington State University Spokane (WSU Spokane) is the urban branch campus of Washington State University, a land-grant research university founded in 1890. WSU Spokane is the designated Health Sciences Campus for Washington State University and is located on 48 acres on the edge of downtown Spokane, Washington.

WSU Spokane offers programs in Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nursing, Health Policy and Administration, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Education and Criminal Justice. It is also the site of the WWAMI Medical Education program. World-class research occurs in sleep and performance, cancer, mental health, molecular biosciences and substance abuse.

The university employs about 400 people at WSU Spokane and serves nearly 1,400 students, both graduate and undergraduate, as well as professionals seeking a certificate.

WSU Spokane shares the Riverpoint Campus with Eastern Washington University. The campus is a higher education and technology park located in Spokane's University District. The university features advanced studies and research in health sciences and health professions, as well as programs in education and criminal justice.

In recent years WSU Spokane has expanded significantly. Thanks to intense community support, legislative funding to build a new facility for the pharmacy and medical sciences programs was approved, and private funding of second year medical education was secured. These actions prompted the College of Pharmacy to move in its entirety to the Spokane campus in 2013 and the College of Medical Sciences to be created in 2014. Another recent effort was the establishment of a consortium of Empire Health Foundation, Providence Health Care and WSU Spokane that successfully applied for federal teaching health center funding for six new medical residency slots, with the possibility of another 12 or more if funding is continued. The effort moved responsibility of nearly all of the medical residences in Eastern Washington to the consortium’s Spokane Teaching Health Center. A clinic for the residents and WSU students working in teams to serve low-income community members will be finished in early 2016.

External links

Washington State University

Academics	College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Carson College of Business Edward R. Murrow College of Communication College of Education Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture Honors College College of Nursing College of Pharmacy College of Veterinary Medicine Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Athletics	Washington State Cougars Pac-12 Conference Football Martin Stadium Bowl Games Rivalries Apple Cup, Battle of the Palouse Men's Basketball Beasley Coliseum Baseball Bailey–Brayton Field Butch T. Cougar

Campuses	Pullman (main campus) Spokane Tri-Cities Vancouver Global Campus

Media	The Daily Evergreen KWSU-TV Washington State Magazine Northwest Public Radio Cable 8 Productions Washington State University Press

Student Life	Residence Halls ASWSU Marching Band Fight Song

People	Faculty & Alumni Elson Floyd

Miscellaneous	Jewett Observatory Cougar Gold cheese Reactor Extension Energy Program North–South Ski Bowl Red Brick Roads Gee Creek (Washington) Center to Bridge the Digital Divide Edward R. Murrow Award Washington State Route 270 Global Washington Palouse

Coordinates: 47°39′41.68″N 117°24′20.56″W / 47.6615778°N 117.4057111°W / 47.6615778; -117.4057111

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, December 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.