WSU Centers and Institutes

• Learning Centers

• African American Student Center  - Committed to an action-oriented approach to providing culturally relevant and efficient programs and services. Offers a list of organizations, staff and mentors, and calendar of events.
• Agricultural Research Center  - Site presents an overview of the center, information on its research and extension centers, and links to other pages of interest.
• Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Student Center  - Dedicated to providing programs and services that assist WSU in retaining, developing, and helping AAPI students achieve their academic objectives.
• Cancer Prevention and Research Center  - Interdisciplinary cancer center established to connect basic and clinical research with clinical practice and education.
• Center for Columbia River History  - Regional academic partnership dedicated to promoting the study of the Columbia River Basin history.
• Center for Distance and Professional Education  - Offers online degrees, certificates, and professional development programs. Provides list of degrees and courses available, technical requirements, a blog, and conference management information.
• Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life  - Dedicated to fostering quality undergraduate fraternity and sorority experiences that build community among all chapters. Provides recruiting information, glossary, and list of chapters.
• Center for Human Rights  - Overview of the center with staff profiles, employment opportunities, information on related initiatives, rights policy materials, and human rights reports.
• Center for Integrated Biotechnology  - Training and research institute created to promote faculty collaborations, foster industry interactions, and facilitate intellectual property development and technology transfer.
• Center for NMR Spectroscopy  - Information on one of WSU'S central research instrumentations administered by the College of Sciences.
• Center for Reproductive Biology  - Facility promotes collaborative research endeavors and aims to enhance opportunities for extramural funding with emphasis on multi-investigator grants.
• Center for Social and Environmental Justice  - Service facility chartered to help address and promote advocacy on social and environmental justice issues.
• Center for the Study of Animal Well-being  - Collaborative academic effort to explore and present new knowledge for improving the well-being of animals.
• Chicano Student Center  - Cultural facility dedicated to creating a university environment that acknowledges, respects, and enhances diversity.
• Children's Center  - Academic facility providing age and "individually appropriate" early education programs for children in different age brackets.
• Community Service Learning Center  - Outreach and education facility aims to hone socially responsible and civics-engaged citizens. Provides news, resources, member information, and a book store.
• Disability Resource Center  - Site presents information on the center's programs, services, and staff. With disability software links to related pages.
• Engineering Education Research Center  - Facilitates research undertakings that explore innovative and effective educational practices and technologies in engineering education.
• Gender Equity Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center  - Dedicated to providing assistance and addressing issues and concerns of the LGBT community within the WSU campus and beyond.
• GeoAnalytical Lab  - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences facility performs analyses of rocks and minerals for the geologic research community.
• IMPACT Center  - International Marketing Program for Agricultural Commodities and Trade - a facility created to help address issues on Washington's food systems, agriculture, and economy.
• Institute for Shock Physics  - Multidisciplinary inquiry group particularly dealing with shock wave and high pressure research.
• Institute of Biological Chemistry  - Undertakes fundamental research in the molecular biology and biochemistry of plants.
• Intensive American Language Center  - Offers intensive English language training to prepare students for education in colleges or universities that make use of English as a medium of instruction.
• Monoclonal Antibody Center  - Service center created to provide for the needs of researchers and clinicians involved in the production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies.
• Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center  - Agricultural and horticultural facility dedicated to addressing crop and animal health and productivity issues through research-based information.
• Native American Student Center  - Serves as an academic resource and support group for Native students. Provides academic advising, student mentoring, scholarships, and opportunities for campus involvement.
• Nuclear Radiation Center  - Offers a broad range of services for researchers in the field of nuclear radiation.
• Rural Education Center  - Research based service organization provides assistance to small and rural school districts throughout Washington.
• St. Paul's Catholic Church - Newman Center  - Serves as a venue for worship, fellowship, recreation, and learning in the religious context.
• Transportation Research Center  - Cooperative transportation research agency funded by the Washington State Department of Transportation. Serves as a link between the government, university researchers, and the private sector.
• Washington Center Real Estate Research  - Established to provide educational tools to real estate licensees, present relevant research reports, and offer services to real estate practitioners.
• Western Center for Risk Management Education  - University extension established to provide assistance to agricultural producers through programs on risk management.
• William D. Ruckelshaus Center  - Serves as a resource for collaborative problem solving in policy development and multi-party dispute resolution.
• WSU Puyallup  - Research and extension center conducts and provides programs that support technological innovation, food production, natural resource stewardship, youth development, human nutrition and community enhancement.