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About the FoundationView the 2012 Annual Report The purpose of the WPPF
is to attract excellent students to BSE and thus provide the
industry and its allied industries with a pipeline of highly
qualified technical graduates who understand and are dedicated
to the industry. The BSE graduates "hit the ground running", have made numerous contributions, and have an exceptional record of commitment. Of the more than 400 students who have graduated from the BSE program, about 350 have chosen careers in the pulp, paper and allied industries. BSE is a fully accredited, rigorous engineering degree program. Accreditation is through ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). As an engineering program, its curriculum is related to other engineering degree programs at the University, especially Chemical Engineering. (For example, the first two years are very similar for all of the engineering disciplines, both at the University of Washington and the State's community colleges.) BSE is the only such program west of the Mississippi River. Eight other U.S. colleges and universities have similar degree programs:
Academic scholarships offered by the Foundation are the principal tool for attracting excellent students. For the 2002-2003 academic year, these scholarships provided full tuition to resident students ($4636 per year). The scholarships are renewable year-to year subject to academic performance, and are extended to cover a double degree with Chemical Engineering for students who are so interested. Other attractions of BSE and the Foundation are:
BSE's competitive advantage for the industry is that there is no other way in which we can so effectively bring dedicated, talented and highly qualified young people into this industry and its allied industries. While enrollment is down at engineering schools across the nation, the BSE degree programs assure that the industry will have a continuing infusion of top-notch technical graduates who desire careers in the pulp, paper and allied industries.
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Internationally,
BSE degree programs exist in a number
of countries where there is a significant pulp and paper industry.
The other U.S. schools have associated Foundations that are similar
to WPPF. 
The funds for the
BSE scholarships and operating costs
of the Foundation are provided by annual contributions from member
companies and returns from the Foundation's endowment. Forty-two member
companies contributed a total of about $112,000 in 2002. Additionally,
one company contributed $20,000 to scholarships but chose not to be
a member. The 2002 member companies represented the following business
areas: 8, pulp and producers; 11, suppliers; 10, vendors; 7, engineering,
construction and consulting. As of 2002, the Foundation's endowment
was approximately $1.5 million in value and generated annual funds
of about $75,000. 