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Auvil Fellows Awards Presented to 11 Honors College Scholars for Fall 2008

Auvil Fellows Awards Presented to 11 Honors College Scholars for Fall 2008

PULLMAN, Wash.—Students in the Honors College at Washington State University received about one-third of the Auvil Fellows awards presented to undergraduate researchers in fall 2008.

The Auvil Fellows awards of $1,000 each were announced Oct. 1 by WSU Director of Undergraduate Research David F. Bahr.  A record number of awards were made (31) to the largest pool of applicants since the program began in 2007.  The fall awards are the fifth set presented to students who participate in mentored “research, scholarship, or creative activity,” as defined by Bahr’s office. » More …

Honors Students Bates, Serratore, and Vargo Win Sciences Poster Competition Awards; Nine More Participate

Honors Students Bates, Serratore, and Vargo Win Sciences Poster Competition Awards; Nine More Participate

PULLMAN, Wash. – With research on topics ranging from the growth of crystal gypsum to primers used in fish identification, 12 students in the Washington State University Honors College were among the total of 54 participating in the 2008 College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Poster Competition April 4 in Pullman. » More …

Honors Student Rachel Kliewer Named CCE “Service Star Winner” For March 2008

Honors Student Rachel Kliewer Named CCE “Service Star Winner” For March 2008

PULLMAN, Wash. – Each month Washington State University’s Center of Civic Engagement (CCE) recognizes a student who has shown exemplary commitment to service by recognizing them as “Service Star Winners.”

Rachel Kliewer, an Honors junior majoring in psychology, was nominated by staff at the campus Building Blocks Childcare Center where Kliewer volunteers and was chosen as the Service Star Winner for March. » More …

Honors Students Bates, Serratore, and Vargo Win Sciences Poster Competition Awards; Nine More Participate

Honors Students Bates, Serratore, and Vargo Win Sciences Poster Competition Awards; Nine More Participate

PULLMAN, Wash. – With research on topics ranging from the growth of crystal gypsum to primers used in fish identification, 12 students in the Washington State University Honors College were among the total of 54 participating in the 2008 College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Poster Competition April 4 in Pullman. » More …

Four Honors Students Are Top Recipients in WSU Libraries’ Student Research Excellence Awards

Four Honors Students Are Top Recipients in WSU Libraries’ Student Research Excellence Awards

PULLMAN, Wash. — Four Honors College students have landed top places in the WSU Libraries second annual Student Research Excellence Awards on the Pullman campus.

Tied for first place, and receiving $1,000, is Alison Kirpes, a senior in English. She submitted her Honors thesis as her application, entitled, “From Harlot to Human Being: The Revised Anna Karenina.” Her advisor for the project is Professor Birgitta Ingemanson, of the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures. » More …

Six Honors College Students Tapped to Present Research at 2008 Western Regional Honors Council Conference

Six Honors College Students Tapped to Present Research at 2008 Western Regional Honors Council Conference

A highlight of the Arizona event was a side trip to the Grand Canyon.
A highlight of the Arizona event was a side trip to the Grand Canyon.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Speaking on topics ranging from caterpillars to perspectives on study abroad, six students in the Washington State University Honors College will travel April 10-12 to Arizona to present at the 35th annual conference of the Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC) » More …

WSU Honors Students Compete in Regional, National Mock Trial Events

WSU Honors Students Compete in Regional, National Mock Trial Events

PULLMAN, Wash. — At February’s Pacific Northwest Regional American Mock Trial Tournament at the University of Portland, three student teams from Washington State University argued court cases against such schools as Gonzaga University, Stanford University, the University of California -Berkeley, Weber State, and Reed College. » More …