Achievements

Six exceptional women from across the WSU system were honored for their accomplishments and commitment to student success at the Women of Distinction awards ceremony on April 16.

The WSU community stepped up in a big way on April 14, the University’s annual day of giving, contributing $704,962 in a single day to support students, faculty, research and service initiatives across the WSU system.

Maximillian Obasiolu is one of 400 finalists for the Schwarzman, a scholarship created to prepare young leaders to respond to the geopolitical landscape of this century.

Six graduate students were selected to receive Outstanding Graduate Student Awards from the WSU Association for Faculty Women.

Realistic 3D printed heart components and a tool that can rapidly grow cancer-fighting T cells are among the projects being supported by a group of passionate WSU graduates.

Jose Riera will work on developing policy related to student equity and special education with elected officials in Nashville, Tennessee this summer as part of an Urban Leaders Fellowship.

WSU junior Leo Calderon-Sandoval received the Chosen Coug Award during a special virtual ceremony April 11 honoring him and 50 finalists.

Washington State University’s chapter of the Tri‑Alpha Honor Society will formally induct its first 180 members on April 8 during a virtual ceremony.

Doctoral student Garry Smith has recently won a graduate fellowship from the American Heart Association to continue his research on filament-like proteins in heart muscle cells that are critical to the heart’s function.

Senior Lauren Doll has been selected to receive WSU’s annual Student Employee of the Year award in recognition of her work as a communications assistant for College Access Programs.

The College of Veterinary Medicine ranked No. 6 among veterinary colleges nationally for National Institutes of Health research funding last year.

More than a quarter of students who delivered virtual presentations won monetary awards at the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities event on March 29 in Pullman.

The primary purpose for the new scholarship will be to recruit and retain students in the landscape architecture field who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Since his arrival at WSU, the academic performance of student athletes has set or tied program highs for cumulative GPA in five of the last six semesters, while also posting the department’s highest-ever graduation success rate.

The honorees have made significant contributions to their disciplines and the University community.

The format was different, but the excitement was the same. In the end, Grant Ely from the College of Nursing won Washington State University’s Three Minute Thesis, which took place on March 24.