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Nine Honors Students Receive Outstanding Senior Awards from College of Arts and Sciences

Nine Honors Students Receive Outstanding Senior Awards from College of Arts and Sciences

PULLMAN, Wash. — Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University recognizes the outstanding accimplishments of their graduating seniors with awards highlighting the top student in each academic unit.  In 2014, nine students from the Honors College at WSU were selected for this honor. » More …

Honors College Model UN Team Wins Three Outstanding Paper Position Awards

Honors College Model UN Team Wins Three Outstanding Paper Position Awards

Washington State University represented New Zealand at the 2014 National Model United Nations Program in New York City March 30-April 3.

A team of 11 Honors College students acted on behalf of New Zealand at the conference. They were responsible for writing position papers and debating topics of national and international importance in a real-world context. » More …

UK Braces for Cougar Invasion

UK Braces for Cougar Invasion

The United Kingdom will be hit with a Cougar invasion this summer when three Washington State University Honors students travel to England and Scotland as WSU’s first recipients of Fulbright UK Summer Institute awards.

Sophomores Joanna “Joey” Redmon and Grace Reed and freshman Alyssa Norris will spend four or five weeks this summer participating in thematic academic and cultural programs at highly regarded universities. The programs are intended to allow the students to experience the UK; help them develop their presentation, research, and communication skills; and perform some local community service. The program covers the majority of participants’ costs, including round-trip airfare, tuition and fees, accommodations, and meals. » 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 Honors College Students Showcase Their Undergraduate Research; 8 Take Home 7 SURCA 2014 Awards

WSU Honors College Students Showcase Their Undergraduate Research; 8 Take Home 7 SURCA 2014 Awards

PULLMAN, Wash. – During Washington State University’s third annual Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA), 34 students in the Honors College at Washington State University presented topics ranging from the charge states of Thorium to the sociopolitical implications of immigration. Of those competing in the WSU-wide event, 8 Honors College students received 7 awards » More …

Wagging Tails, Smiling Faces: WSU Global Animal Health Director Guy Palmer Delivers Honors College Distinguished Lecture March 10 on the “Animal-Human Interface”

Wagging Tails, Smiling Faces: WSU Global Animal Health Director Guy Palmer Delivers Honors College Distinguished Lecture March 10 on the “Animal-Human Interface”

PULLMAN, Wash. — Carrying small slips of paper and hopeful smiles, children in Tanzania prove again that dogs are man’s best friend – even when disease forces a wedge between the populations.  The seemingly insignificant cards have rabies vaccination information for their trusted companions, and keeping their dog’s shots up to date is one step toward reducing human deaths from the disease. » More …

A Jared-S.-Brickman Snapshot of the World, in 200-Some Pages

Honors College student Jared S. Brickman spent fall 2010 traveling three oceans and visiting 12 countries on four continents.  Packaged as a Semester At Sea study abroad experience, the 109-day adventure proved a turning point for the (then) junior from Baker City, Oreg.  In Portland, he says, a brief pre-sailing get-together with his friend Kelly became…“a meeting which served as the last memory of my old life.” » More …