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Honors’ McInally Receives 2014 DAAD Scholarship to Germany to Research Influenza

Honors’ McInally Receives 2014 DAAD Scholarship to Germany to Research Influenza

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 …

Alumnus Andrew Whitaker Electrifies, Graduates MIT

Alumnus Andrew Whitaker Electrifies, Graduates MIT

– By Jared Brickman

An alumnus of The Honors College at Washington State University lit up the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – metaphorically and literally.

Coauthor of the MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study, Andrew Whitaker (’09 Electrical Engineering, Chinese Language and Culture, and the Honors College) graduated last September with his S.M. in Technology and Policy from the prestigious Massachusetts school. » More …

WSU Honors Scholars Get National Boren Scholarship, Alternate Designation for 2013-14

WSU Honors Scholars Get National Boren Scholarship, Alternate Designation for 2013-14

John Stark
John Stark

PULLMAN, Wash.— Chinese major John Stark is Washington State University’s newest Boren Scholar to receive federal funding to study a foreign language abroad, and chemical engineering student Monica Bomber has been named a Boren alternate.  Both are in the Honors College. » More …

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

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

—by Beverly Makhani

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.”He travelled with 600 other students aboard the MV Explorer, with its crew of 100. » More …

Honors Introduces Exchange Program in China

Honors Introduces Exchange Program in China

— by Kaitlyn Kelly

Documents have been signed to create a study abroad exchange program between the Honors College at Washington State University and the Chieng-Shiung Wu Honors College of Southeast University in Nanjing, the capital and largest city in the Jiangsu Province, which stretches across the east coast of China. » More …

Alumnus Andrew Whitaker Electrifies, Graduates MIT

Alumnus Andrew Whitaker Electrifies, Graduates MIT

-By Jared Brickman

An alumnus of The Honors College at Washington State University lit up the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – metaphorically and literally.

Coauthor of the MIT Future of the Electric Grid Study, Andrew Whitaker (’09 Electrical Engineering, Chinese Language and Culture, and the Honors College) graduated last September with his S.M. in Technology and Policy from the prestigious Massachusetts school. » More …

Student Philip Pitts Receives Prestigious 2012 Boren Award; Nicole Smolinske an Alternate

Student Philip Pitts Receives Prestigious 2012 Boren Award; Nicole Smolinske an Alternate

Philip Pitts
Philip Pitts

PULLMAN, Wash. — Sophomore computer science and Chinese language and culture major Philip Pitts is one of 161 students nationwide to receive the 2012 Boren Award for International Study. More than 1,000 students applied. » More …

WSU Honors College’s Katie Gillespie Named Editor of “The Daily Evergreen”

WSU Honors College’s Katie Gillespie Named Editor of “The Daily Evergreen”

PULLMAN, Wash. -WSU Honors College sophomore Katie Gillespie, journalism major from Spokane Valley, will be the chief editor of The Daily Evergreen for the fall 2012 semester. Gillespie was one of five candidates competing for the position.  The decision was made by a selection panel. » More …

A Postcard From Finland: Studying Abroad with Citizenship

A Postcard From Finland: Studying Abroad with Citizenship

–     By Deven Tokuno

"The hardest part about studying abroad was getting used to the language-especially since my name is a Finnish name. It was often assumed that I was a fluent Finn. The hardest part about coming back to the America? Definitely getting used to English!" ~ McFeely on his experience in Finland
“The hardest part about studying abroad was getting used to the language-especially since my name is a Finnish name. It was often assumed that I was a fluent Finn. The hardest part about coming back to the America? Definitely getting used to English!” ~ McFeely on his experience in Finland
Catching the study abroad fever is easy to do at the Honors College. Stories of adventures in exotic places around the world encourage students to learn more about this unique opportunity. For some, country selection is the hardest part. For others, it’s as easy as dual-citizenship. » More …

A Postcard From Finland: Studying Abroad with Citizenship

A Postcard From Finland: Studying Abroad with Citizenship

-by Deven Tokuno

Catching the study abroad fever is easy to do at the Honors College. Stories of adventures in exotic places around the world encourage students to learn more about this unique opportunity. For some, country selection is the hardest part. For others, it’s as easy as dual-citizenship. » More …