CWU Craft Brewing student Karina Morel Ugalde practices her brewing technique.

Central Washington University’s Craft Brewing program has a new lease on life this fall after rumors surfaced that it may be going away.

Director Eric Graham and his team were told earlier this year not to recruit new students for the popular CWU program, which offers the only four-year craft-brewing degree on the West Coast. 

But all of those fears faded this month when the College of the Sciences gave Craft Brewing the green light to seek new enrollment for 2021. One of the reasons for the reprieve, Graham said, was an enormous show of support from the Northwest craft brewing industry — specifically from Central Washington. 

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