National Academy members
The nation’s highest honor for scientific researchers

Academic Showcase
WSU’s celebration of faculty and staff achievement

Tree fruit
Washington’s more than $6 billion tree fruit industry leads the nation in production of apples, pears, and sweet cherries, thanks in part to WSU research and support. New apple varieties being developed at WSU will help drive future sales of the state's leading agricultural commodity, for which growers grossed $1.83 billion in 2011, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Wheat
WSU experts in small grain genetics and breeding have helped to make Washington one of the world’s most productive wheat growing regions.

Wine grapes
WSU’s partnership with grape growers helped create Washington’s $8.6 billion a year premium wine grape industry.

Biofuels
WSU biofuels research supports Washington's aviation industry and positions the Pacific Northwest to become the hub of America's emerging biofuels industry.

Small businesses
Enterprises receiving no-cost business advising from WSU's Small Business Development Centers achieve 24 percent greater sales growth than non-SBDC clients. The Centers' advising saved 991 existing jobs and led to the creation of 522 new jobs in 2009-2010. For every $1 spent on the Washington Small Business Development Centers program, $2.45 was returned in tax revenues.

Entrepreneurship and innovation
The WSU University Center for Innovation and Value Creation helps entrepreneurs and existing businesses position their products and services for commercial success. Most of the more than 100 businesses that have consulted with the University Center have grown their revenues because of the one-on-one technical advice they received.

Rural job creation
WSU's Program for Digital Initiatives has helped rural community leaders create more than 200 living-wage jobs in 14 Washington counties.

Nursing
The WSU College of Nursing prepares 54 percent of the state’s new family nurse practitioners and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (2010-2011). In addition, most WSU Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) graduates (an estimated 80 percent) and RN-BSN graduates (an estimated 90 percent) remain in the state to work.

Washington State University Extension
Providing experts who help solve local concerns to raise quality of life

4-H Youth Development Program
Reaching out to kids and their families to build skills for life

Research units and programs
Seeking innovative answers to difficult challenges and making discoveries that drive economic growth and improve lives

Small Business Development Centers
Promoting economic vitality by providing advice, training and research to entrepreneurs and existing businesses statewide,

Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Delivering diagnostic services, consultation, disease surveillance, and outreach to safeguard animal health, the food supply, and public health

Division of Health Sciences
Preparing health care professionals to assist communities in rural and underserved regions of central and eastern Washington

Student Recreation Center
Award-winning recreation facility

Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Among the best equipped in the nation

Olympia Avenue
LEED-certified, with many “green” building features

Biotechnology-Life Sciences Building and Vogel Plant Biosciences Building
State-of-the-art research laboratories

Palouse Ridge Golf Club
Named one of the top 2 new courses in the nation by Golf Digest, one of America's top 2 collegiate courses by Links Magazine, and one of the top three collegiate courses in the country by Golfweek.