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WSU Honors College announces new faculty fellow positions

WSU Honors College announces new faculty fellow positions

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Honors College at Washington State University is accepting applications and nominations for its inaugural cohort of Honors Faculty Fellows, Dean M. Grant Norton announced.

“There are many faculty members at the university who make significant contributions to the mission of the Honors College and deeply impact our students,” Norton said. “We are very pleased to launch this new program to recognize them in a continuing and public fashion. The program’s effective date is Oct. 5, 2015.” » More …

Researcher Lindsay Sandor Credits Honors Professor Pamela Lee with Important Skill-Building

Researcher Lindsay Sandor Credits Honors Professor Pamela Lee with Important Skill-Building

Alumna Lindsay Sanford (’07 Mechanical Engineering) is a research development specialist at Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas. The company is that state’s largest not-for-profit health system. » More …

WSU Honors and Arts and Sciences Colleges Announce Quock and Johnson as First Honors College Distinguished Professors

WSU Honors and Arts and Sciences Colleges Announce Quock and Johnson as First Honors College Distinguished Professors

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Honors College and College of Arts and Sciences have named Raymond Quock, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and Monica Johnson, professor of sociology, to hold the first WSU Honors College Distinguished Professorships.

Selected for their demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service, Quock and Johnson will hold these professorships for two years says Honors Dean M. Grant Norton. Both have taught for the Honors College in the past. » More …

WSU’s Skinner to Discuss ‘Ancestral Ghosts’ in Our Genes Feb. 10

WSU’s Skinner to Discuss ‘Ancestral Ghosts’ in Our Genes Feb. 10

Michael Skinner Michael Skinner has authored more than 240 peer reviewed publications and 250 invited symposia presentations, plenary lectures and university seminars. He established the WSU and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology in 1996 and the Center for Integrated Biotechnology in 2002. He received the WSU Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for 2005-06 in the research category. He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at WSU and his postdoctoral fellowship at the C.H. Best Institute at the University of Toronto. He has been on the faculty of the pharmacology department at Vanderbilt University and the reproductive sciences and physiology faculty at the University of California, San Francisco.

Michael Skinner

 

Michael Skinner has authored more than 240 peer reviewed publications and 250 invited symposia presentations, plenary lectures and university seminars. He established the WSU and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology in 1996 and the Center for Integrated Biotechnology in 2002. He received the WSU Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for 2005-06 in the research category.

 

He completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry at WSU and his postdoctoral fellowship at the C.H. Best Institute at the University of Toronto. He has been on the faculty of the pharmacology department at Vanderbilt University and the reproductive sciences and physiology faculty at the University of California, San Francisco.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Your grandmother has some explaining to do. What she was exposed to during pregnancy could make you more susceptible to disease, and you’re going to pass that on to your grandchildren as well. » More …

Honors College at WSU Recognizes Students, Faculty at 2013 Spring Commencement Banquet

Honors College at WSU Recognizes Students, Faculty at 2013 Spring Commencement Banquet

PULLMAN, Wash. — Students, faculty, staff, and guests celebrated the accomplishments of the Honors College at Washington State University class of 2013 on May 3 in the Compton Union Building Senior Ballroom.

More than 60 students walked at the event, with 75 percent having earned Latin Honors at the university for maintaining a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA.  Forty-one percent of the graduates studied abroad during their undergraduate experience. » More …

Honors College Students, Faculty, and Thesis Advisors Honored at WSU University College Awards Ceremony

Honors College Students, Faculty, and Thesis Advisors Honored at WSU University College Awards Ceremony April 16

PULLMAN, Wash.—The accomplishments of seven Honors College students, one faculty member, and four faculty thesis advisors at Washington State University were among those celebrated at the sixth annual awards ceremony hosted by the University College on Tuesday April 16, 2013 in the Lewis Alumni Centre. » More …

M. Grant Norton Selected as WSU Honors College Dean

M. Grant Norton Selected as WSU Honors College Dean

PULLMAN, Wash. – M. Grant Norton, a professor with the Washington State University School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been selected as the new dean of the university’s Honors College.

“The Honors College and its associated programs are extremely important parts of WSU’s undergraduate programs,” said Warwick M. Bayly, WSU provost and executive vice president. “Grant impressed everyone with his enthusiasm and the quality of his ideas during the interview process.  I am confident he will effectively lead the college through the next phase of its development.” » More …