Black lives matter. Racial violence impacts our WSU family. As an
intellectual community committed to learning and seeking truth, we must reflect
on our own failures—individually and collectively.
In that spirit, we soon will release a report from an investigation into
WSU police arrest rates that illustrates we have much work to do. We,
like Bill Gardner, chief of university police, are committed to confronting
this issue and will, in dialogue with the WSU community, work toward
a just solution.
Change starts with each of us, and we must hold ourselves and each
other accountable.
We must consider our own roles in maintaining systemic racism and accepting
racial violence, even when it makes us uncomfortable. When our actions are
informed by the truth of others, we can move forward, together, courageously
and realize the aspirations of racial and social justice. Only then can we
begin to create an authentic space from which to proceed.
Kirk Schulz
President
Bryan Slinker
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President
Elizabeth Chilton
Incoming Provost and Executive Vice President
Lisa Calvert
Vice President for University Advancement and CEO of the WSU Foundation
Asif Chaudhry
Vice President for International Programs
Pat Chun
Director of Athletics
Dave Cillay
Vice President for Academic Outreach and Innovation and Chancellor, Global Campus
Daryll DeWald
Vice President of Health Sciences and Chancellor, WSU Health Sciences Spokane
Theresa Elliot‑Cheslek
Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer
Mary Jo Gonzales
Vice President of Student Affairs
Sandra Haynes
Chancellor, WSU Tri‑Cities
Chris Keane
Vice President for Research
Colleen Kerr
Vice President for External Affairs and Government Relations
Mel Netzhammer
Chancellor, WSU Vancouver
Stacy Pearson
Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Sasi Pillay
Vice President for Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer
Paul Pitre
Chancellor, WSU Everett
Phil Weiler
Vice President for Marketing and Communications