- Impact Report Introduction
- Letter from Dean Mason
- Facts and figures
- Preparing nurses. Statewide impact.
- Employee spotlights
- Community impact
- Healthy people + healthy pets
- Giving that changes lives
- A Lasting WIN & Smart Giving From Your IRA
- Partnerships that transform care
- WSU nursing students gain global health perspective in Zambia
- First-generation student spotlight: Called to care
- Alumni spotlights
- Building confidence through practice
- Empowered Coug nurses
- Lighting up the sky for National Nurses Week in 2026
Every year from May 6–12, we pause to celebrate the extraordinary dedication, expertise, and heart that nurses bring to our health care system and communities. This National Nurses Week, we join the American Nurses Association in honoring #ThePowerOfNurses—and here in Spokane, we’re shining a literal spotlight on these healthcare heroes.


