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The Thomas S. Foley Institute at WSU
The Foley Institute fosters civic education, public service, and public policy research in a nonpartisan, cross-disciplinary setting. It has a threefold mission at WSU that covers public affairs programming and education, public policy research and Congressional studies, and student involvement in public policy and public service.
Watch Online | Spring 2012
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Panel: "When Money Talks: Political Campaigns after the Citizens United Decision"February 2 | Pullman, Washington |
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Conference: "A Century of Citizen Initiatives in Washington: Are They Still Democratic?"February 17 | Olympia, Washington |
Latest Foley Institute Report Online
The fall 2011 issue of the Foley Institute Report has been posted to the website.
Foley Institute Hosts National Conference on Civility and Democracy
The Foley Institute, in partnership with Humanities Washington and the Idaho Humanities Council and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, presented "Civility and Democracy in America," a public forum examining the state of civility in American democracy, March 3–5, 2011, in Spokane.
"In a cynical age, I still believe that we must summon people to a vision of public service. For, in the end, this ethic determines more than anything else whether we will have citizens and leaders of honor, judgment, wisdom, and heart. These are the qualities this institute will nurture and advance, helping this nation become what it has always been destined to be, the best hope of a free people to live in an open and just society."
The Honorable Thomas S. Foley