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Honors Student Rebecka Bence Selected for Summer Fellowship at Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute

Honors Student Rebecka Bence Selected for Summer Fellowship at Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute

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Congratulations to Rebecka Bence, who has been selected this summer for the Summer Student Fellowship (SSF) program at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The SSF program provides the opportunity for undergraduates to complete a research project under the mentorship of scientific or senior technical staff in various departments of marine science and policy. As a participant in the SSF program, Rebecka will spend 10 weeks in Woods Hole Village, Massachusetts, near Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard working on aquaculture research.

Honors Students to Present at 2016 Western Regional Honors Conference, University of California

Honors Students to Present at 2016 Western Regional Honors Conference, University of California

April 2-4, 2016, Honors College students Alicia Hiemstra and Keesha Matz will give presentations at the Western Regional Honors Conference held at the University of California, Riverside, together with Honors College Professor Kim Andersen. The annual conference brings together Honors students and faculty from the Western U.S. for two intense days of presentations and conversations. The theme of the Conference is “Diversifying Honors: Innovation, Contribution, & Global Citizenship.” » More …

WSU SURCA 2016 Poster Event Presents 9 Awards to Honors Undergraduate Researchers

WSU SURCA 2016 Poster Event Presents 9 Awards to Honors Undergraduate Researchers

PULLMAN, Wash.—At Washington State University’s largest-ever Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) on March 28, 57 of the more than 235 students presenting just over 200 posters landed a total of 51 awards, announced Shelley Pressley, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, event host. Of these 235 presenters 48 students are a part of the WSU Honors College.  Of the 57 students who won awards 12 were presented to Honors student.
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Honors Student jackson Peven is Currently Studying in China Through the Boren Scholarship

Honors Student jackson Peven is Currently Studying in China Through the Boren Scholarship

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Hello! My name is Jackson Peven and I am currently a Junior at WSU double majoring in Chinese and Computer Science. Due to the help I received though the Honors College, Distinguished Scholarship Department, and Chinese Department, I have been given the opportunity to spend my junior year, the 2015-16 school year, living and studying in Harbin, China. » More …

Honors Student Angela Rocchi Co-authors Paper, is Published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Honors Student Angela Rocchi Co-authors Paper, is Published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

Honors College student Angela Rocchi co-authors a paper titled “Perturbation of Critical Prolines in Gloeobacter violaceus Ligand-Gated Ion Channel (GLIC) Supports Conserved Gating Motions Among Cys-Loop Receptors” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. With support from the Dean’s Notable Achievement Fund Angela was able to spend the summer at the University of Cambridge where her contributions to this work were made.
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WSU Honors Student Laura Abbott Awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad

WSU Honors Student Laura Abbott Awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad

Laura Abbott, an Honors College student at Washington State University is one of approximately 800 American undergraduate students from 355 colleges and universities across the U.S. selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to study or intern abroad during the spring 2016 academic term. Abbott will study abroad in Japan.
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Washington State University Student Honored with Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Washington State University Student Honored with Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

New York City, Nov. 6

The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD), the largest funding organization in the world supporting the international exchange of students and scholars, has announced the recipients of several scholarships and grants for the academic year 2015/16.
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Honors Student Named University Innovation Fellow by NSF-Funded Epicenter

Honors Student Named University Innovation Fellow by NSF-Funded Epicenter

Victor Charoonsophonsak, an Honors student in the College of Engineering and Architecture, was recently named an Epicenter University Innovation Fellow. This is a national program, funded by the National Science Foundation and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell, that empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.
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