PULLMAN, Wash.— Honors College students at Washington State University took home 13 of 30 awards presented at the second annual Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities 2013 (SURCA) on March 29. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash. – M. Grant Norton, a professor with the Washington State University School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been selected as the new dean of the university’s Honors College.
“The Honors College and its associated programs are extremely important parts of WSU’s undergraduate programs,” said Warwick M. Bayly, WSU provost and executive vice president. “Grant impressed everyone with his enthusiasm and the quality of his ideas during the interview process. I am confident he will effectively lead the college through the next phase of its development.” » More …
PULLMAN, Wash.―Catherine A. Elstad, associate dean of the Honors College at Washington State University, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award in the instruction category. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash. — Nineteen Washington State University Honors College students graduating in fall 2012 were feted at an Honors commencement ceremony Fri., Dec. 7 in Honors Lounge. » More …
PULLMAN, Wash. — Of 40 scholarships for undergraduate research awarded in fall 2012, 15 (or 35 percent) have been awarded to students in the Honors College. These are scholarships presented by the Office of Undergraduate Research, a program in the University College at WSU; students university wide and potentially from all majors applied for the awards. » More …
—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 …
—by Jared Brickman and Deven Tokuno
There must be something about Cambridge, Mass. that has Honors College at Washington State University alums wrapped up in Ivy – the League that is.
Four Honors students who graduated in the past three years are simultaneously attending the oldest institution of higher learning in the country this fall for advanced degrees. This comes after two 2012 graduates decided to head east, both admitted into Harvard. » More …
—by Jared Brickman
If you can pronounce Tawantinsuyu, Chinchasuyu, and Qullasuyu without hesitation, then you probably know quite a bit about the Incan Empire.
Thanks to Melissa Goodman-Elgar’s Global Issues in Social Science: Land of the Inca course, students in the Honors College at Washington State University can tackle these tongue-twisters to tell people a lot more about the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. » More …
In spring 2012, Honors College students Brianne Gould, Erin Ranney, and Emily Farrar earned All Pac-12 Academic Team honors.
To be eligible for the All Pac-12 Academic Team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average (GPA), take part in at least 50 percent of competitions, be a starter or significant contributor, and be in his or her second academic year at the institution. There are three categories of the All Pac-12 Academic Team: first-team, second-team, and honorable mention. To be eligible for first-team academic recognition, a student must have a minimum 3.50 GPA. » More …
— 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 …