Pacific Coast Conference charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). Rivalries between the Pacific Coast Conference schools grew beyond athletics, with animosities around educational, financial and state rivalries. The tensions between the California and Northwest schools extended to Edwin Pauley, a regent of the University of California, disliking the member universities in the Pacific Northwest enough to advocate that the California institutions leave the Pacific Coast Conference to form a "California Conference." The PCC had a history of being very strict with
Ukrainian Association of Washington State protesters in Kiev, for families of soldiers who died during 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and for others. The association supports the endowments of Ukrainian Studies departments in US and in Ukraine. Among the beneficiaries are National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Harvard University, the University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University and others. Ukrainian Association of Washington State Ukrainian Association of Washington State (, formerly Ukrainian American Club of Washington ) is a regional non-profit organization that represents cultural and social interests of Americans of Ukrainian origin, promotes understanding between Americans and Ukrainians, and supports Ukrainian cultural and scientific centers