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Try Saying Tawantinsuyu Fives Times Fast: Honors Students Stage Inca Poster Exhibition

Try Saying Tawantinsuyu Fives Times Fast: Honors Students Stage Inca Poster Exhibition

—by Jared Brickman

Artifacts of the Inca
Artifacts of the Inca

If you can pronounce Tawantinsuyu, Chinchasuyu, and Qullasuyu without hesitation, then you probably know quite a bit about the Incan Empire.

Thanks to Melissa Goodman-Elgar’s Global Issues in Social Science: Land of the Inca course, students in the Honors College at Washington State University can tackle these tongue-twisters to tell people a lot more about the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. » More …

Three Honors Student-Athletes Are Selected for the All Pac-12 Academic Team

Three Honors Student-Athletes Are Selected for the All Pac-12 Academic Team

In spring 2012, Honors College students Brianne Gould, Erin Ranney, and Emily Farrar earned All Pac-12 Academic Team honors.

To be eligible for the All Pac-12 Academic Team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average (GPA), take part in at least 50 percent of competitions, be a starter or significant contributor, and be in his or her second academic year at the institution. There are three categories of the All Pac-12 Academic Team: first-team, second-team, and honorable mention. To be eligible for first-team academic recognition, a student must have a minimum 3.50 GPA. » More …

Honors Introduces Exchange Program in China

Honors Introduces Exchange Program in China

— by Kaitlyn Kelly

Documents have been signed to create a study abroad exchange program between the Honors College at Washington State University and the Chieng-Shiung Wu Honors College of Southeast University in Nanjing, the capital and largest city in the Jiangsu Province, which stretches across the east coast of China. » More …

WSU Honors Student Danica Wixom Uses Art as Therapy

WSU Honors Student Danica Wixom Uses Art as Therapy

— by Kaitlyn Kelly

Visit Wixom's Blog
Visit Wixom’s Blog

PULLMAN, Wash. – Senior humanities (general studies) and Spanish double major Danica Wixom found a creative coping mechanism in art. Since her father’s unexpected death several years ago, WSU and the Honors College have played a role in Wixom’s recovery. She manages her grief by painting colorful acrylic images that represent her faith. » More …

WSU (Spring 2012) Model United Nations Team Receives Two Awards at the National Conference in New York City

WSU (Spring 2012) Model United Nations Team Receives Two Awards at the National Conference in New York City

PULLMAN, Wash. – Honors College students from Washington State University received two Outstanding Position Paper Awards at the 2012 National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference in New York City. Honors students represented the country of Oman. » More …

Honors Students Named 2012 “Big 10 Seniors”

Honors Students Named 2012 “Big 10 Seniors”

PULLMAN, Wash. — Three seniors from the Honors College at Washington State University were awarded Big Ten Seniors recognition from the WSU Alumni Association (WSUAA). Rachel Wanty, a neuroscience and Spanish double-major, and Omar Bayomy, a neuroscience major, earned the honor in the academics category, while Graham Dart, a music performance and economics major was recognized in visual and performing arts. » More …

Honors Students Named 2012 “Big 10 Seniors”

Honors Students Named 2012 “Big 10 Seniors”

PULLMAN, Wash. — Three seniors from the Honors College at Washington State University were awarded Big Ten Seniors recognition from the WSU Alumni Association (WSUAA).  Rachel Wanty, a neuroscience and Spanish double-major, and Omar Bayomy, a neuroscience major, earned the honor in the academics category, while Graham Dart, a music performance and economics major was recognized in visual and performing arts. » More …

Alumnus Reyes Wins 2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Alumnus Reyes Wins 2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

For more information about: Julian Reyes and The NSF GRFP

PULLMAN, Wash. – Julian Reyes (’10, Civil Engineering and Honors), has received an award with the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long-held history of high-achieving recipients. According to the NSF’s program website, past fellows include numerous Nobel Prize winners, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Google founder Sergey Brin, and Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt. » More …

Honors Students Present at 2012 WRHC

Honors Students Present at 2012 WRHC

WRHCwebPULLMAN, Wash. — Five Honors College students were selected to represent WSU at the Western Regional Honors Conference (WRHC) in Albuquerque, N.M. April 12-14. Jared Brickman, senior journalism major from Baker City, Ore., Lindsey Elhart, sophomore political science major from Vancouver, Wash., Laurel Graves, sophomore civil engineering major from Arlington, Wash., and Deven Tokuno, junior zoology and English major from Bellevue, presented about the Honors College freshman seminar, Honors 198. Brickman and Elhart also presented about the Honors College “Summer of Excellence” with Dean Libby Walker » More …

Alumnus Andrew Whitaker Electrifies, Graduates MIT

Alumnus Andrew Whitaker Electrifies, Graduates MIT

-By Jared Brickman

An alumnus of The Honors College at Washington State University lit up the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – metaphorically and literally.

Coauthor of the MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study, Andrew Whitaker (’09 Electrical Engineering, Chinese Language and Culture, and the Honors College) graduated last September with his S.M. in Technology and Policy from the prestigious Massachusetts school. » More …