AFW Graduate Student Award recipients for 2023–24

The Association for Faculty Women at WSU is pleased to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Students in Graduate Studies Awards for 2023–24.

AFW Founders Award for Outstanding Master’s Student:

  • Sara Thompson, Kinesiology
  • Anna Somerville, Music

Harriett B. Rigas Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student:

  • Rebecca Gustine, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Thao T. Vo, Kinesiology and Educational Psychology
  • Molly Sutter, Mathematics

Karen Depauw Leadership Award (awarded in conjunction with the Graduate School):

  • Nazua Idiris, Literary Studies
  • Meenakshi Richardson, Prevention Science

Read more about these outstanding students by visiting the AFW website.

An awards ceremony and celebration will be held on Friday, April 19, in the Honors Lounge on the Pullman campus. Find more information and register online.

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