Over the past 120 years, WSU has grown from a small agricultural college to a major research and teaching institution and adapted the campus as it changed. To prepare for the next 20 years, the University adopted a Campus Master Plan update which creates a framework for growth at the Pullman campus. The plan anticipates much growth in both student numbers and research efforts through 2030, with a framework for planning buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. The Master Plan has four primary goals: to create a superlative research campus, to build a sense of place with more open areas and a renovated campus core, to focus on pedestrians, and to make the campus more sustainable.
The Master Plan was developed in 2010-11 in a collaborative effort with WSU administration, faculty, students, and consultants Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company. This map highlights some of the proposals. The entire plan is at www.cpd.wsu.edu/CampusPlanning/MasterPlanUpdate.
Some parts of the new plan
- Interim location for new WSU visitor center
- Student life facility with parking below
- Housing for single graduate students
- New and revitalized residence halls
- Renovated and expanded Beasley Coliseum
- Stadium Way pedestrian mall: Realign Stadium Way and Grimes Way to create a pedestrian mall and central green space and close Stadium Way to automobile traffic
- Central green space
- Future expansion of research campus
- South campus loop road
- Family housing and WSU Children’s Center
- Potential future hotel conference center
- Relocated baseball stadium, with the existing stadium converted for women’s softball
- Greenhouses
- Research campus
- Organic farm
- Grimes Way as divided boulevard with integrated stormwater facilities
- Long-term location of WSU visitor center
- Research incubator park
- Animal research
Read the full campus master plan at Capital Planning: www.cpd.wsu.edu/CampusPlanning/MasterPlanUpdate