WSU Tri-Cities News

Creating renewable resources in our own backyard. It's the goal of the partnership with PNNL and WSU Tri-Cities. KEPR is following up on its work with the university's Bioscience Lab.

"Going to WSU Tri-Cities and meeting all these younger people, you get a feel for yes there is a young community here in the Tri-Cities," said Jose Magana, WSU Tri-Cities Student Body President.

Hundreds of new college graduates turned their tassels today -- getting a degree from Wazzu Tri-Cities. KEPR learned about three quarters of these local grads will stay here and look for jobs.

The Kennewick native initially enrolled at the Pullman campus but decided to return to the Tri-Cities in spring 2009 to save money by living with her parents.

A conceptual design, construction and architectural team has been selected to build the wine science center in the Tri-Cities Research District in Richland.

Twenty-seven scholarships worth about $66,500 will be given to graduating seniors on Sunday at the 24th annual awards ceremony for the Hispanic Academic Achievers Program.

Business owners from Walla Walla, Spokane and Boise are in Richland Tuesday night to share their passion for the arts and the effects they can have on a local economy.

When Pedro Guajardo Jr. was a student ambassador for Washington State University Tri-Cities, he told prospective students they should use college to maximize their future options.

LoAnn Ayers, director of campus advancement at WSU Tri-Cities, has been named the 2012 Distinguished Volunteer of the Year by United Way of Benton & Franklin Counties.