Community colleges must trim an additional $12.5 million. The University of Washington must cut $7 million more. At Washington State University it’s a $4.5 million cut and a little more than $1 million at Western Washington University.

It is the state's richest public university and the one being asked to cut the largest dollar amount from its budget, but the UW seems to be doing a good job of shielding its students from the ugly fiscal reality.

The students at the University of Washington said they’ve gotten the e-mails, but so far they haven't seen any evidence of drastic budget cuts.

“As someone who is receiving financial aid from the school, obviously I'd have some concern to it,” said UW freshman Sarah Cho.

WSU has been told to slice an additional $4.4 million from its budget for the current fiscal year.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports the new reduction comes on top of a $6 million WSU budget cut ordered in early October.

Floyd has told WSU regents he's taking a $100,000 annual pay cut in response to the budget problems. That will drop his salary to $625,000 a year, effective Jan. 1.

The governor is asking all of higher education to make the cuts by the end of the fiscal year, next June 30th.

“I mean it could become an issue for sure if the quality of education or anything like that drops,” said UW sophomore Kris Aldenderfer.

Agencies will have to report back to the governor early next week on what will be cut.