Aug 15, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Recruiting students from diverse backgrounds remains a top priority for the Office of Admissions. As of yesterday (Monday, Aug. 15) more than 800 new race and ethnic minority new freshmen and transfer students had enrolled for fall 2016. This reflects an increase of 8.5 percent from the comparative time period for fall 2015. Specifically, enrollment of new Hispanic students has increased nearly 10