Engaged community partnerships
WSU Spokane houses and collaborates with service and outreach units that enrich the community; improve the quality of K–12 and post-secondary education; and foster partnerships with business, medical, and health industries—activities that promote growth throughout the Inland Northwest.
Area Health Education
Center
AHEC acts as a bridge between the university and communities, serves rural and underserved areas by supporting health care systems and personnel needs, assists communities with health policy recommendations, and helps with the implementation of community-development programs.
CityLab
WSU Spokane CityLab provides students and teachers with valuable experiences in biotechnology and related sciences and the benefits of inquiry-styled teaching, laboratory instruction, cutting-edge technology, and a strong mentoring system.
Interdisciplinary Design Institute
At the Design Institute, students and faculty from architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture collaborate with each other in advanced facilities and work closely with neighborhoods and communities to solve local problems.
Drug
Information Center
The only such resource in Washington State, the Drug Information Center (DIC) serves health care professionals by answering critical questions on drug use and its possible side effects.
Hearing and Speech Clinic
The Hearing and Speech Clinic offers screening,
evaluation, and rehabilitation for a broad range of
communication problems for people of all ages.
Mathematics, Engineering, Science
Achievement
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) provides African American, Latino/a, Native American, and female students with an awareness of the many career opportunities in the fields of mathematics, engineering, and science.
Small Business
Development Center
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) promotes
economic vitality within Washington communities by
providing expert business advising, demand-driven
training, and applied research.
Spokane County Extension
Spokane County Extension builds community through youth, family, and natural resource initiatives.
Washington Institute for Mental
Health Research and Training
The Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training (WIMHRT) conducts training, research, and clinical program development that directly benefits the mental health of Washingtonians.
Selected projects
Riverpoint Math and Science Partnership builds capacity for college readiness standards in mathematics.
Bringing science education to life at WSU Spokane CityLab.
Designing housing for Parkinson’s Disease patients
