https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-01-14 https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/wsu-opposes-governors-2026-operating-budget monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/b13458fb-aad0-4130-a86a-421a2391f2c0/2026WaLegHeader+%281%29.png Updates - WSU Opposes Governor’s 2026 Operating Budget - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/2025-legislative-priorities monthly 0.5 2025-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1620337910334-Z3W3V2ZU5TV0XTGVPXLE/50475011116_e78b6bf1e1_c.jpg Updates - 2025 Legislative Recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/b2759311-9165-4a1c-b652-8ae1b9e80c59/Happy-Grads_1953_1000x400.jpg Updates - 2025 Legislative Recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/wsu-engineering-infrastructure-building monthly 0.5 2023-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/3bad253f-38d4-4e57-a2de-4460abd15fef/Eng_blog_1.png Updates - Infrastructure: How WSU’s New Buildings are Building WSU’s Future - Make it stand out Rendering of the College of Engineering’s new building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/c1f6dc11-d683-443c-a974-76e3082d9fba/default.jpg Updates - Infrastructure: How WSU’s New Buildings are Building WSU’s Future - Make it stand out Washington State Institute of Technology Building [Dana Hall], 1948 via WSU Libraries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/f21e09dc-91f6-44f4-a40e-3afdc2b17683/default-1.jpg Updates - Infrastructure: How WSU’s New Buildings are Building WSU’s Future - Make it stand out An outside view of the Technology Building (later Dana Hall) via WSU Libraries https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/the-rural-nursing-gap-is-real-wsu-nursing-helps-close-it monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/01d60373-5722-4b7c-9a9c-091ca0df5ccf/52488658612_01df0f4a45_c.jpg Updates - The Rural Nursing Gap is Real. WSU Nursing Helps Close It - Make it stand out Image via WSU Tri-Cities Flickr https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/how-faculty-and-staff-build-our-communities monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/de702807-2fe7-4714-962d-c61714ff91be/52371921002_a31e5c75a2_c.jpg Updates - How Faculty and Staff Build Our Communities - Make it stand out Image via WSU Tri-Cities Flickr https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/sine-die-wsus-2021-legislative-wins monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1620064323373-EB2X9JVTDNENE057Z5FQ/Thank+you%21-3.png Updates - Sine Die: WSU’s Legislative Wins https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/biomedical-research-is-supporting-the-economy-of-the-future-1-ww7bd monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1611342342661-4GO47HN5SY7FXE8FGONU/5f0560f52d739.image.jpg Updates - Biomedical research is supporting the economy of the future https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/guest-opinion-a-return-to-normal-life-is-in-sight monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1611342135004-90TOHWXTY1ZBMQEEMPJK/5f49ef0395904.image.jpg Updates - Guest Opinion: A return to normal life is in sight https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/washington-state-university-to-store-help-distribute-coronavirus-vaccine monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1611277061170-75UTOLLEP3N61OH8TR45/5f653c6bad51a.image.jpg Updates - Washington State University to store, help distribute coronavirus vaccine https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/skeo5tehu4bzd1drms9kx9fwh651cj monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1611276121261-2G7OF1KJ6E85TKJYHUOF/pexels-photo-3059654.jpeg Updates - Op-Ed: Washington grads for Washington businesses https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/covid-relief-update monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1608145832246-0GSR23FCVB4WWDT74X8Q/congress.jpg Updates - <a href="https://governmentrelations.wsu.edu/2020/12/16/covid-relief-update-additional-information-12-15-2020/">COVID Relief – Update &amp; additional information</a> https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/learn-to-effectively-communicate-with-your-legislators monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1603821257948-PZ7LR2NASZBN8920BU2G/47010657731_e83864d83c_o.jpg Updates - Learn to effectively communicate with your legislators https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/state-budget-shortfall-narrows-again monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1608146251531-8AKI6K0HLGX5CBSPXB4E/image-asset.jpeg Updates - State budget shortfall narrows again https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/actions-on-duration-of-stay monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1608146541731-C4WXHWWBKRFV33RWXMC2/Jaime+herrera.jpg Updates - Actions on duration of stay https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/senate-briefed-on-covid-impact monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1608147042950-8VX2CMOMWD6BZ82LI1UT/jaime+nolan.jpg Updates - <a href="https://governmentrelations.wsu.edu/2020/10/02/senate-committee-briefed-on-covid-impacts-to-students/">Senate committee briefed on COVID impacts to students</a> https://www.wsuimpact.org/blog/blog-post-title-one-jwl8g monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://www.wsuimpact.org/home daily 1.0 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1603767140291-BZIV5TBRICZXZLLE2KMM/47010657941_865ee37b83_b.jpg Home - Washington State University was founded with the goal of making education more accessible and more integrated with the greater community. At WSU Impact, we take that mission seriously. Together, the alumni, students, educators, and community members, WSU Impact advocates for funding and support from our lawmakers in Olympia. We are boosters, backers, and above all else, believers in WSU’s service mission. We invite you to join us — with this interactive civic advocacy network, we can pave the way for future generations of Cougs. https://www.wsuimpact.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2023-04-19 https://www.wsuimpact.org/contact daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://www.wsuimpact.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2021-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1603830109942-IZYCAV8HAXH9YDG10RB6/47010657941_cdee763f33_o.jpg What WSU Impact Does https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1604510973287-QL1IOYKW5N1ZRPAYR7Y0/aero%2Bspace.jpg What WSU Impact Does - POLICY: Reauthorizing the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation WSU prioritized a reauthorization of the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation. A bill passed by the Legislature and sent to the governor will extend its sunset date from 2020 to 2030. Established in 2012, JCATI was appropriated $3 million in the biennial budget to fund seed grants for research in the aerospace industry at state institutions of higher education. About $1.2 million of those funds, on average, have funded research projects at WSU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1604452103798-SHP9LMN7EYJ6CWJ7CI50/50328155523_c0ebf1d28f_c.jpg What WSU Impact Does - OPERATING BUDGET: Washington State Soil Health Initiative Successfully funded in the operating budget was the Soil Health Initiative, a multi-agency research and extension initiative between WSU, the state Department of Agriculture and the state Conservation Commission. Legislation was passed in tandem with the funding in the operating budget that formally establishes the initiative to develop new strategies to improve soil across the state and get those strategies into the hands of growers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1604511079040-7IN0EKLHECPFARQR7SUS/48300595507_3ec884f170_k.jpg What WSU Impact Does - CAPITAL BUDGET: Washington State University Vancouver Life Sciences Building $4 million of the state’s supplemental capital budget in the capital budget will go towards designing the Life Science Building at WSU Vancouver. Just over half of the student body at WSU Vancouver is comprised of first-generation college students. The building will provide much needed teaching and research space, so that this campus can continue to enhance educational attainment in Southwest Washington, alongside its regional educational partners. https://www.wsuimpact.org/take-action-2021 daily 0.75 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1607461802678-J9OZ9DD6TQC5KDEVA465/50483383446_16c49d7b4e_c.jpg Take Action 2021 - Expand WSU Spokane health science facilities WSU is requesting $15 million in the state's 2021-23 capital budget to renovate the WSU Phase One Building on the WSU Spokane Health Sciences campus, which will relieve building pressure amassing on campus as academic programs and research activity swells. The project will allow expansion of the health science programs associated with the colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1606941925876-VZV2459SSWRAFVGXOHJ5/50517628677_0fba99f87b_c.jpg Take Action 2021 - Continue support for higher education Our state financial aid program is a critical improvement to our state’s education system to better serve Washington students, because earning a credential of some kind after high school helps Washingtonians get family-wage jobs and produces well-rounded, informed citizens who make our communities strong. The investments made in higher education will ensure that our students have the opportunity to succeed here at home. Tell your legislator you’re in support of investing in our future through financial aid programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1607463967220-Y2KUZJXHTRKW5C4KD59U/50514922907_54eabe9ae6_c.jpg Take Action 2021 - Increase capacity for the STEM program at WSU Vancouver WSU is requesting $52.6 million in the state's 2021-23 capital budget for the construction of the Vancouver Life Sciences Building, providing additional learning space, teaching labs and research space. After converting the only viable space on campus to add a teaching lab in the fall of 2013, no other suitable space exists on campus to serve these needs. Construction of new on-campus facilities is determined to be the best alternative for these programs and the growing student population at WSU Vancouver. https://www.wsuimpact.org/wsu-legislative-wins-2023 daily 0.75 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1677018358846-CA99DESJWROSQQ458DZC/Eng_blog_1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1609965371286-NHIJVZMCKJG36QCRF79Z/aero%2Bspace.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1620339272088-NCPB3Z20N0UF6HSIRVSI/50786142516_dfcafec6b4_c.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1620339470193-HYEV13JAOIDZBNQQWJM0/CorpseFlower-20-1024x683.jpg https://www.wsuimpact.org/2021-legislative-wins daily 0.75 2022-12-12 https://www.wsuimpact.org/wsu-legislative-wins daily 0.75 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1677018358846-CA99DESJWROSQQ458DZC/Eng_blog_1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1609965371286-NHIJVZMCKJG36QCRF79Z/aero%2Bspace.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1620339272088-NCPB3Z20N0UF6HSIRVSI/50786142516_dfcafec6b4_c.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9303a57535f0216e06a6e0/1620339470193-HYEV13JAOIDZBNQQWJM0/CorpseFlower-20-1024x683.jpg