Everett seeks branch campus from WSU, not UW

The City of Everett, which had supported failed plans for a University of Washington branch campus in Snohomish County, is switching partners.

“I believe that the community deserves more and we need to start that effort today,” Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson said Thursday morning in a state of the city address to business leaders.

Stephanson said he's backing new legislation that would allow Washington State University to take over the University Center of North Puget Sound, a program that is based at Everett Community College.