On Jan. 13, 1892, the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, now known as Washington State University (WSU) opened its doors as a land-grant college with 59 students in Pullman.

The newest of the nation’s land-grant institutions, the college consists of one tiny building on a treeless, 25-acre campus near the small town of Pullman. By the end of its first century it will be recognized as one of the top public research universities in the United States, serving more than 20,000 students statewide.

Today, WSU is one of the nation’s leading agricultural research universities offering research programs in agriculture and veterinary medicine that have received national recognition for work in bioenergetics, high yield wheat, and disease control.