Achievements

The winningest team in WSU women’s soccer history heads into Friday’s College Cup game against top-seeded North Carolina with a 16-6-1 record. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at Avaya Stadium in San Jose. Fans unable to make the trip can watch the game on ESPNU.

Lin is one of 168 NAI Fellows for 2019, which is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. The program includes more than 1,000 fellows from 250 universities around the world that hold more than 41,500 U.S. patents.

A WSU faculty member since 2005, Pande is the director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as the Boeing Centennial Chair in Computer Engineering.

Bose, a Regents professor and distinguished professor in power in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was selected in November as one of 29 foreign academics.

In recognition of his lifetime business achievements and enduring contributions to education, research, technology and the arts, Mark Pigott will receive an honorary doctoral degree during Fall Commencement on Dec. 7.

Professors Kris Kowdley and Yuehe Lin have been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2019 by Web of Science Group.

WSU Tri-Cities students Kyle Brunson and Danae Williams earned the grand prize at the competition for the wine label and business and financial plans they developed for their proposed wine, “Gladiolus Red Mountain Rosé.”

In his new appointment, English Professor William M. Hamlin will teach one course per semester for two years, and work with Honors College students.

Savanna Navarro Kresse, vice president for the Associated Students of WSU Tri‑Cities and a senior history major, earned an “Honor Role” award through the ALL IN Challenge Awards program, where she was invited to be honored in Washington, D.C.

The Cougar players went all-in on the effort, raising $700 themselves by donating an autographed jersey for the live auction and even contributing their own money to the cause. Cougar Head Coach Chris Soriano’s family matched their donations.

Tammy Barry began her new role as associate dean in the Graduate School on Friday, Nov. 1 after joining the university in 2015.

Vicki McCracken will be the 18^th Extension director, and takes over from current interim Director of Extension Mike Gaffney and former Associate Dean and Director Rich Koenig.

The book, “Betweener Autoethnographies (Qualitative Inquiry and Social Justice),” recently won the 2019 Ethnography Division Best Book Award from the National Communication Association.

WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Sandra Haynes is one of many females serving in leadership roles throughout the WSU system who were first-gen students.

A trio of Cougars will compete against teams from other Power Five conference schools in the multi-player video game Rocket League.

WSU Extension Associate Professor Brian Brandt helped create the Pierce Outdoor LIFE program to increase the chances of life success for kids who face serious disadvantages growing up.