A CLOSER LOOK ►
The Office of Institutional Advancement
supports and promotes WSU’s mission to provide an accessible, high-quality
academic experience to our students. As a state-assisted institution, the
office’s primary responsibility is to deliver a reliable stream of private
funding to help fulfill this mission. Donations and grants create endowed
student scholarships, underwrite faculty research and presentations at
prestigious conferences, purchase state-of-the-art equipment for our
laboratories, enhance our curriculum development, and more. We also strive to
foster lasting relationships with alumni, foundations, corporations, and
legislators, and communicate with these constituencies as well as students and
potential students. The division is organized into four major offices (Office of
Alumni Development, Office of Development, Office of Foundation and Corporate
Relations, and Office of Public Relations and Marketing) reporting to the vice
president for Institutional Advancement.