Awards & Achievements

The Leroy Roberts Award for Propelling Education will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 3.

The nation’s largest professional association for student affairs professionals has recognized five individuals at WSU for their dedication to and excellence in serving students.

The WSU team received the annual honor from the American Institute of Architects Northwest and Pacific Region.

Faculty and staff from nine bachelor’s-degree programs were recognized for their student assessment efforts that helped guide changes to undergraduate curriculum or instruction.

The first five inductees were Shelley Broader, Nancy Krook, Lisa King, Katey Koehn, and Gary Rubens — all leaders in business or philanthropy and supporters of the worldwide WSU Global Campus community.

WSU student Isobel Baetz is a recipient of a Power and Energy Society scholarship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Dogan Gursoy, Kris Kowdley, Dan “Annie” Du, Yuehe Lin, and Nathan McDowell are on this year’s list recognizing researchers whose publications rank among the top 1% most cited in the world.

The Office of Research recognized the winners of this year’s research excellence awards and Research Week grant competitions on Friday, Oct. 21.

The first Asian-American athletic director to lead a Power 5 school, Pat Chun joins a distinguished group of pioneers and trailblazers in the Asian Hall of Fame class of 2022 that will be inducted on Nov. 18 in Seattle.

Though nearly 15 years have passed since Terry Umbreit (’84), professor emeritus of hospitality, retired from a distinguished academic career at WSU, the excellence of his work is still being recognized.