By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Emmanuel “Manny” Bonilla joined the U.S. Air Force at age 27 to improve life for his family in two ways: gain citizenship and finish college. Now a U.S. citizen, he is pursuing his dream major of computer science at Washington State University Tri-Cities.
By Corrie Wilder, Murrow College of Communication PULLMAN, Wash. – The first full-tuition scholarship for students in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University will be offered for the first time in fall 2017.
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Twenty-two military boots lined the entrance to the West Building Tuesday at Washington State University Tri-Cities to demonstrate the stark reality of veteran suicide in the United States.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A family-friendly roller derby double header will include a beer garden fundraiser for an injured veteran beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Beasley Coliseum at Washington State University. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with a suggested entrance donation of $5.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A community laser tag fundraiser and silent auction at 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Cougar Laser Arena, 1234 S. Grand Ave., will support wounded Staff Sgt. Cody Ensley, a Lewiston, Idaho native.
RICHLAND – Two veterans will talk about their experiences in the military at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the West Building Atrium, 2710 University Drive in the WSU Tri-Cities campus. The event is sponsored by the Associated Students of WSU Tri-Cities. Admission is free and open to the public. The veterans who will be […]
VANCOUVER – Alair MacLean, assistant professor of sociology at Washington State University Vancouver, received a two year grant of more than $162,000 from the National Institutes for Health for her study on veterans’ combat exposure and its socioeconomic outcomes. “This issue has taken on increased social and policy significance in light of ongoing combat operations […]
Washington State University lost its first student in the War in Iraq on Dec. 30, 2004, in Baghdad when Sgt. Damien Thai Ficek and his patrol were attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Ficek, a Pullman resident, was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, […]