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Local News - Local News - February 14, 2013
Lisa Brown relishes new role at WSU Spokane
Former state senator says downtown could benefit as WSU Spokane grows

By Jessica Valencia
Of the Journal of Business

WSU Spokane chancellor Lisa Brown stepped into the role Jan. 3. She had served as Washington state senator for 16 years before stepping down last fall.
WSU Spokane chancellor Lisa Brown stepped into the role Jan. 3. She had served as Washington state senator for 16 years before stepping down last fall.
—Staff photo by Jessica Valencia
Former Washington state senator and new Washington State University Spokane chancellor Lisa Brown says she intends to continue pushing the campus forward on its current trajectory: carving out a biomedical campus that can stimulate the downtown economy.

The continued development of the U District and the WSU Spokane campus will create that beneficial effect, with businesses in the city's core likely to see more student and faculty traffic as the medical program and campus develop...


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