All requests for research locations will be coordinated through the student's graduate advisor and the appropriate administrative unit at the proposed location. The remainder of a student's degree time may be spent at other locations. As part of their program of study, some graduate students conduct research at locations other than the main campus. By taking advantage of resources throughout the state, we are able to provide a wide variety of opportunities for students. Some students make use of growers' fields for their data collection, others use research facilities at more than one location, while others live at a remote location, completing their work under the guidance of a faculty member at that site.
Students are responsible for obtaining their own housing, whether in Pullman or elsewhere.
Some of the Research and Extension centers have living accomodations located on site, but these are very limited in number. Students may be advised by faculty at any location. If the student's graduate adviser is located away from the main campus, the student will also be assigned a faculty contact in Pullman. Prosser, located in the Yakima Valley and about 30 minutes from the Columbia River to the north, east, and south, is centrally located relative to most of the irrigated acreage in Washington and Oregon. This is often the only place in the world where these crops are grown under these conditions.