Fulfilling Our Commitment to Student Safety

Update Feb. 3, 2016: An inaccurate and misleading report about the conclusion of our external investigation was widely circulated today by the Associated Press, a report that has since been corrected by AP. As I shared with you yesterday, WSU hired an independent...

WSU Offers Students Tremendous Value

For the past few years, the Obama administration had been pursuing a national rating system for colleges and universities. The complexities of implementing such a system led them to abandon the effort, but some of the data that would have been used for constructing...

Greetings, Warriors!

Greetings, Warriors! Let’s bid adieu To 2015. Greet the new Year: reflect, cheer, and celebrate All those Warriors who make us great. Now that we have this winter snow Lift our spirits high, I-F-O! Bake some pies! Milk some heifers! Serve some treat to A-S-F-ers! Let...

Let Me Tell You About the College Students I Know

I don’t know when Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker last visited a college campus, but her understanding of today’s college student is very different from mine. In her Nov. 26 column in the Daily News titled “Let’s not call college students crybabies,” she...

Understanding and Acceptance

On Friday, I reached out to inform you of an incident that took place and to request your patience and understanding as we determine appropriate next steps. We are still piecing together information, but what has been brought to my attention thus far is as follows: A...