NIL collectives have emerged as the new fundraising vehicle to pay student-athletes at local universities. In the Inland Northwest, there are two major collectives: the Zags Collective, representing Gonzaga University men's and women's basketball athletes, and the Cougar Collective which raises funds for Washington State University athletes.
Students in the Barker Capital Management and Trading program at the University of Idaho are getting exposure to investing and risk management by using real money provided through the $1 million Barker Endowment Fund.
Gonzaga University School of Law has increased its enrollment over the last six years and launched efforts to create a pipeline of homegrown attorneys to rural communities in Washington state.
Eastern Washington University will complete the first phase of a $110 million renovation of its Science Building and move into the second phase of the project this year.
Washington State University is in the initial design phase of a 60,000-square-foot Team Health Education building and is anticipating a construction start date of July 2025, depending on funding.