Awards / Honors

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Five local freshman at Washington State University Tri-Cities are among the university’s latest class of STEM scholars.

By Cheryl Reed, director of communication, Graduate School PULLMAN, Wash. – The WSU Association for Faculty Women has awarded four graduate students for their ongoing leadership, research and exceptional academic performance.

By Erin McIlraith, Communication Coordinator, Center for Civic Engagement PULLMAN, Wash. – The 2017 Leadership and Engagement Awards of Distinction ceremony will begin 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, in the Compton Union Senior Ballroom on the Washington State University Pullman campus.

RICHLAND, Wash. — Israa Alshaikhli secured her second term as president of the Associated Students of Washington State University Tri-Cities for the 2017-18 school year and will serve with a new vice president – sophomore Zachary Harper.

By Beverly Makhani, Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Three Washington State University juniors have won nationally competitive $7,500 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for 2017-18.

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Freshman Bianca Chavez has been selected for a highly coveted, all-expense paid, eight-week summer leadership internship in Washington, D.C.

By Kaury Baucom, Viticulture & Enology RICHLAND, Wash. – Connor Eck, a senior at Washington State University Tri-Cities originally from Del Mar, Calif., has been named a national Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education.

By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – Five Washington State University students have been chosen for National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. The prestigious awards have trained generations of American scientists and engineers, including Nobel laureates.

By Alyssa Patrick, Office of Research PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have selected the first group of students for the PNNL-WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program.

By Erin McIlraith, Center for Civic Engagement PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University has been named a voter-friendly campus through 2018 after registering 1,181 new voters through the systemwide Cougs Vote campaign.