“We are particularly proud of our land-grant mission and the grass-roots role we play in the economic life of our state,” Floyd said. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to listen and to learn and to help our university focus on how we can make the most positive impact on our state’s present and future.”
Floyd, who took office as the university’s 10th president in May 2007, will tour WSU research facilities, meet with area leaders both publically and privately, and hold town hall meetings.
WSU has extension offices in every Washington county, with major agricultural research centers in Prosser, Mount Vernon, Puyallup and Wenatchee, along with 24 Small Business Development Centers across Washington. The university educates students at its four campuses in Pullman, Spokane, the Tri-Cities and Vancouver and through distance degree programs that deliver courses to students across the state, as well as nationally and internationally.