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ICYMI: President Betsy Cantwell is serving on the newly established Economic Development Council alongside more than two dozen leaders from across the state of Washington. The new council is designed to keep Washington at the forefront of innovation and economic development in the decades to come.

President Cantwell to serve on Gov. Ferguson’s economic development council Cantwell noted that public research institutions have the capacity to generate and explore new ideas that result in the creation of entirely new sectors of the economy and make positive impacts on the public.

WSU Extension is expanding a successful program that connects local farms with food banks to also help supply fresh, locally grown food to schools on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

WSU Extension expands local food distribution programs WSU Extension is expanding a successful program that connects local farms with food banks to also help supply fresh, locally grown food to schools on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

WSU alumni Fé LopezGaetke and Mary Nam will fill two of the governing board’s recent vacancies.

LopezGaetke is the co-executive director at Purpose. Dignity. Action. (formerly Public Defender Association). Previously, the director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the Law School Admission Council, where she helped identify effective strategies and policies for helping diverse students gain admission to law school.

Nam is an Emmy Award-winning news anchor and journalist who spent more than 20 years at Seattle’s KOMO-TV. In March, after 26 years, she retired from local news.

Two appointments to WSU’s Board of Regents announced WSU alumni Fé LopezGaetke and Mary Nam will fill two of the governing board's recent vacancies.