PULLMAN, Wash. — Seventeen students in the Washington State University Honors College won 15 awards at the 2015 Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA), held March 30. » More …
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.
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 …
PULLMAN, Wash. — Of the 32 awards given by the Office of Undergraduate Research at Washington State University for the coming academic year, 12 recipients are in the Honors College.
“We’re pleased to see the research efforts of our students supported,” says Honors College Dean M. Grant Norton. “Undergraduate research, whether it be for a student’s thesis or own personal interests, is at the heart of the Honors mission and curriculum.” » More …
When award-winning undergraduate researcher Brianna Berg is outside of the lab, she’s connecting with her community.
Berg is the president of the WSU Chemistry Club, a tutor in organic chemistry, and helps anatomy students in the cadaver lab. She’s also a member of the Team Mentoring Program, which aims to maximize the experience of international and minority students studying in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields at WSU. » More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …