
WSU history


Leading the Crimson and Gray

Gallery: Tukey Orchard through the years
The Tukey Orchard at Washington State University has provided fruit and research opportunities for a century.
Take a visual stroll among the orchard over the years.
Read more about the moving of Tukey Orchard.

“Fight, fight, fight…” still flying high

Gallery: Historic Stevens Hall
Stevens Hall at Washington State University has been home to women for 120 years.
Read more about this historic hall in “Tea Traditions.”

Gallery: Elson S. Floyd, PhD
Elson S. Floyd, PhD – 1956-2015
President of Washington State University, 2007-2015
Photos by Shelly Hanks, Dean Hare, and Robert Hubner
Read the tribute to President Floyd from the Fall 2015 issue
Posts for Summer 2015
Alumni write in letters remembering the post-World War II era of WSU and praising basketball Coach Ernie Kent.
» More ...A 2015 retrospective calendar for WSU’s 125th anniversary
A 2015 retrospective calendar for WSU’s 125th anniversary
» More ...Mural in K-House
Coming soon: the mural in K-House, also called the Interfaith House.
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The original story of Nature Boy
Washington State University’s sculpture “The Reader” made its first appearance on campus in 1949. The Powwow, the college’s alumni magazine, carried the following story in 1949, which showed the mixed response to the large ornament dubbed “Nature Boy” by the students.
What’s New on the Campus?
by Bonnie Wamberg
November 1949, Washington State College PowwowCampus conversational piece de’ resistance this month concerned the 30-foot limestone figure which now adorns one corner of the new Ernest Holland Library. Student opinion and comment blew hot and cold, for and against the 40-ton ornament. Some say it is beautiful, … » More …