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WSU Honors College Welcomes Chemist Cliff Berkman to Discuss Targeting and Treating Cancer

WSU Honors College Welcomes Chemist Cliff Berkman to Discuss Targeting and Treating Cancer

PULLMAN, Wash.— Renowned researcher and chemistry professor Cliff Berkman will present “A New Approach to Targeting and Treating Cancer” as the second Washington State University Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series presentation on Monday, Oct. 21. The lecture is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Honors Hall Lounge and is open to the public at no charge. » More …

Twelve WSU Honors College Students Receive Auvil, Fuentes-Kirk Awards to Pursue Research in 2013-14

Twelve WSU Honors College Students Receive Auvil, Fuentes-Kirk Awards to Pursue Research in 2013-14

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 …

WSU Honors College Welcomes Psychologist Craig Parks to Present Invited Lecture on Human Cooperation and Public Goods Sept. 23

WSU Honors College Welcomes Psychologist Craig Parks to Present Invited Lecture on Human Cooperation and Public Goods Sept. 23

PULLMAN, Wash.—Can you predict when will people support a publicly beneficial project? Washington State University Psychology Professor Craig Parks will share his insights at 6:30 p.m. Monday Sept. 23 in the Honors Hall Lounge as he delivers the inaugural Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series program. » 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 …

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 Alumna Megan Crenshaw Earns 2012 Gates Public Service Law Scholarship at UW

WSU Honors Alumna Megan Crenshaw Earns 2012 Gates Public Service Law Scholarship at UW

Megan Crenshaw

Washington State University graduate Megan Crenshaw (’11 Communications/ Broadcasting, Political Science and Honors) is one of five students selected for The William H. Gates Public Service Law Program at the University of Washington School Of Law. » More …

WSU Honors Alumnus Ahmad Bayomy Begins Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at UW

WSU Honors Alumnus Ahmad Bayomy Begins Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at UW

Ahmad Bayomy

The University of Washington Orthopaedics and Sport Medicine program accepted eight students from across the nation for its 2012-13 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency (R1) rotation.  One of the students selected is alumnus Ahmad Bayomy (’06 Bioengineering and the Honors College) from Moscow, Idaho.  He received his MD from the University of Washington this year. » More …

WSU Honors College Welcomes Regents Professor Greg Yasinitsky

WSU Honors College Welcomes Regents Professor Greg Yasinitsky Nov. 18 to Explain Music’s Origins (Creatively Speaking), Debut New Composition

PULLMAN, Wash.—“Where Did that Come From? Musical Composition and the Creative Process” is the topic of a presentation with live performances led by Regents Professor Gregory W. Yasinitsky at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the Honors Hall Lounge on the Washington State University campus. » 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 …

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 …