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Interim WSU Pres. Dan Bernardo talks Dr. Floyd, what’s next

KING 5's Chris Daniels sits down with WSU Interim President Dan Bernardo.
KING 5’s Chris Daniels sits down with WSU Interim President Dan Bernardo.

 
SEATTLE – Dan Bernardo sits at the WSU offices in Downtown Seattle and can’t help but reflect on the past few weeks.

“It’s been a whirlwind obviously, after President Floyd’s death,” says Bernardo, who began serving as interim president after Floyd passed away on June 20.

“I tell people I’m a cancer survivor. I’ve been through the chemo the radiation, the disease itself. I know how difficult that is to deal with on a day to day basis,” says Bernardo. “He was a warrior literally – dealing with the disease treatment and pressing forward with what he was trying to accomplish at WSU.”…read more at King 5 News