Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI) – the region’s chamber of commerce and economic development council – held its annual meeting this week with the theme focusing on how education grows economies. As […]
Today the WSU Board of Regents officially changed the name of the WSU College of Medical Sciences to the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. It also announced the hiring […]
Before we can apply for medical school accreditation, and before we can begin recruiting medical students, we must hire a dean for the soon-to-be-named WSU College of Medicine. In May, […]
The Seattle Times had a story this past weekend featuring the increase of first- and second-year medical school seats on the east side of Washington.
A WSU medical school in Spokane will allow for more of our state’s students to access medical education. It will also grow the amount of physicians practicing in our region. […]
Our Health Sciences Update programs air locally on Comcast channel 17 and feature a wide array of health sciences representatives from our campus and elsewhere. These three recent episodes will […]
L-R: WSU Spokane Chancellor Lisa Brown, Ed Schweitzer, Beatriz Schweitzer The Dr. Elson S. Floyd Medical Education Founders Fund was created to honor our late president and recognize his work to […]
Now that Governor Inslee has approved the state’s operating budget – which included $2.5 million to start a WSU medical school in Spokane – what do we do now? Glad […]
Just in time before the end of the state’s fiscal year, the Washington Legislature approved a state operating budget that includes funding to start a WSU medical school in Spokane. […]
President Elson S. Floyd, March 1, 1956 – June 20, 2015 Elson Floyd’s fingerprints are all over our campus. The WSU president saw the opportunity that WSU had in Spokane […]