Washington State University (WSU) is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU (colloquially referred to as Wazzu) is the state's original and largest land-grant university.
The university is well known for its programs in veterinary medicine, agriculture, animal science, food science, plant science, architecture, neuroscience, criminal justice, and communications. It is ranked in the top-ten universities in the US in terms of clean technology and it is one of 96 public and private universities in America with "very high research activity," as determined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
WSU is ranked among the top half of national universities at 115th according to U.S. News and World Report. The university also has satellite campuses in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver, all founded in 1989. In 2012, WSU launched an Internet-based Global Campus, which includes its online degree program, WSU Online.
EL James visits WSUV. (Source: vancouver.wsu.edu)
These campuses award primarily bachelor's and master's degrees. Freshmen and sophomores were first admitted to the Vancouver campus in 2006 and to the Tri-Cities campus in 2007. Total enrollment for the four campuses and WSU Online exceeds 25,900 students. In 2009, this included a record 1,447 international students, the highest since 1994 when there were 1,442.
WSU's athletic teams are called the Cougars and the school colors are crimson and gray. The six men's and nine women's varsity teams compete in NCAA Division I in the Pacific-12 Conference.
For further reading[]
- Washington State University Vancouver (Official)
- Washington State University (Wikipedia)
- The VanCougar (WSUV's official student newspaper, online)
- Fifty Shades of Fact and Fiction, an article about Fifty Shades appearing in the WSUV student magazine
Discrepancies[]
- Although WSU's main campus has The Edward R. Murrow School of Journalism, the Vancouver campus doesn't actually offer a major in Journalism, and only offers a minor in Communications.