PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University seniors Rachel Ellenwood, Tillie Torpey and Logan Weyand have received national 2016 Udall Foundation awards in each of its three categories: native health care, tribal policy and the environment. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash.— Washington State University Honors College student Whitney Ann Patterson has been named one of six students from the state of Washington to receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the next academic year. » More …
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 …
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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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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PULLMAN, Wash.—The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has announced that two Washington State University science students have been awarded Goldwater scholarships for 2015, and one student received an honorable mention. » More …
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 …
There’s agro-tourism, eco-tourism, and leisure tourism—but what about, say, viral tourism?
That’s the kind on the mind of microbiology major Samantha McInally, a member of the WSU Honors College.
Thanks to a scholarship from the national German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Corvallis, Ore., native will spend the summer in Giessen, Germany, where she’s assigned to work with a Ph.D. student to research the flu virus at the University of Giessen. She will also do some traveling related to her passion for viruses. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University alumna Roxanne Reese has made it to the final round of the Marshall Scholarship selection process, and will travel Nov. 13 for a personal interview at the British Consulate-General in San Francisco. The Honors College graduate is a Seattle native and current resident. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash.—Twelve Washington State University undergraduate members of the Honors College working with faculty mentors on “research, scholarship, and creative activities” have each received $1,000 awards to support their efforts in the 2013-14 academic year. Announcing the awards is Shelley Pressley, director of undergraduate research, a program in the Office of Undergraduate Education. » More …