WSU President Elson Floyd checks out neighborhood

Floyd speaks to locals at Hill-Ray Plaza.

Stressing the need for the university to focus on its local community, WSU President Elson Floyd spoke to locals at a series of meetings in Colfax last Thursday afternoon, April 8.

“We have been so successful in this global engagement that we have forgotten the states we’re in,” he said. “The university needs to start making an influence on our local community. If we do that, our influence on the state, the nation and the world should follow.”

The Colfax stop was one of several Floyd made at various locations around the state. He said the thrust of his...