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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 …

WSU Honors College Professor’s Assignment Published on National Curricular Resources Website

WSU Honors College Professor’s Assignment Published on National Curricular Resources Website

PULLMAN, Wash. – An assignment used as part of an arts and humanities class at the Honors College at WSU was one of just eight national submissions to be highlighted as a curricular resource on the website of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA).

“The people at the CWPA were looking for concrete examples of excellent assignments,” says Diane Kelly-Riley, co-director of the Writing Program in the University College at WSU and member of the CWPA. “The aim of each assignment is to help students gain the rhetorical skills that are critical for college success.” » More …

Student Philip Pitts Receives Prestigious 2012 Boren Award; Nicole Smolinske an Alternate

Student Philip Pitts Receives Prestigious 2012 Boren Award; Nicole Smolinske an Alternate

Philip Pitts
Philip Pitts

PULLMAN, Wash. — Sophomore computer science and Chinese language and culture major Philip Pitts is one of 161 students nationwide to receive the 2012 Boren Award for International Study. More than 1,000 students applied. » More …

WSU Honors College Students, Faculty Awarded at Spring 2012 Commencement Banquet

WSU Honors College Students, Faculty Awarded at Spring 2012 Commencement Banquet

PULLMAN, Wash. — Students, faculty, friends, and family associated with the Honors College at Washington State University recognized and celebrated the achievements of more than 90 graduating seniors Friday, May 4, 2012 in the MG Carey Senior Ballroom of the Compton Union Building. » More …

WSU Honors College Students, Faculty Awarded at Spring 2012 Commencement Banquet

WSU Honors College Students, Faculty Awarded at Spring 2012 Commencement Banquet

PULLMAN, Wash. — Students, faculty, friends, and family associated with the Honors College at Washington State University recognized and celebrated the achievements of more than 90 graduating seniors Friday, May 4, 2012 in the MG Carey Senior Ballroom of the Compton Union Building.

Among the graduates, a record 68 percent will be heading to graduate school.  In addition, 79 percent completed advanced foreign language courses, 38 percent studied abroad, and 81 percent earned Latin Honors with a GPA above 3.5. » More …

WSU Honors College Students, Faculty Awarded at Spring 2012 Commencement Banquet

WSU Honors College Students, Faculty Awarded at Spring 2012 Commencement Banquet

PULLMAN, Wash. — Students, faculty, friends, and family associated with the Honors College at Washington State University recognized and celebrated the achievements of more than 90 graduating seniors Friday, May 4, 2012 in the MG Carey Senior Ballroom of the Compton Union Building. » More …

Fifteen Honors College Students, Faculty Recognized at WSU University College Awards Ceremony April 17

Fifteen Honors College Students, Faculty Recognized at WSU University College Awards Ceremony April 17

PULLMAN, Wash.-Among the honorees at the fifth annual awards ceremony hosted by the University College at Washington State University were 15 Honors College students and faculty members.  The ceremony was held Tuesday April 17, 2012 in the Lewis Alumni Centre.

Honors students and faculty accounted for over one-third of the awards presented, which included the college’s Faculty Thesis Advisor of the Year Awards. The Honors College is one of several affiliated units on campus that join the University College each spring in acknowledging the scholarly achievements of the WSU’s faculty, students, and staff.
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