PULLMAN, Wash. Twenty-two undergraduate students participating in mentored research on campus have received awards for fall semester from the Auvil Scholars program, according to an announcement by the Office of Undergraduate Research at Washington State University. Eight of the students are from the WSU Honors College.
The $1,000 Auvil awards are intended to further their research. The Auvil Scholars program was created in 2006 through an estate gift from WSU alumnus Grady and Lille Auvil, Wenatchee tree-fruit entrepreneurs. Awards for fall, spring, and summer semesters have been awarded to more than 60 students total.
“This semester’s awardees are from a broad range of majors across the university,” says David Bahr, director of undergraduate research. “It’s a pleasure to see that students from disciplines across campus are taking part in academic research, including scholarship and creative activity.”
Undergraduates applying for an Auvil award this semester were already involved in research with a mentoring faculty member. The Auvil awards are administered through WSU Undergraduate Research.
The names, majors, research titles, and mentors of the fall 2009 Auvil Fellows are posted online at https://undergraduateresearch.wsu.edu.
WSU Undergraduate Research helps to promote academic investigation by all students, from freshman through senior years. Many of this semester’s Auvil Scholars award recipients have ongoing research interests and have received prior Auvil or other awards to support their work. Some have participated in National Science Foundation-funded Research Experience for Undergraduate programs at WSU or other universities, and the Cougar Undergraduate Research Experience at WSU for new researchers.
Undergraduate Research is a unit of the Office of Undergraduate Education. More information is available online at https://undergraduateresearch.wsu.edu.
