Awards & Achievements

The $250,000 award will support the university’s Future Energy Workforce plan, which includes developing an energy and environment certificate.

The President’s Commission on Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation gives these awards to recognize students, faculty, and staff for their dedication to the community.

Washington State University garnered high marks across nearly two dozen fields of study in Research.com’s best universities in the world 2023 rankings.

Kathleen Rodgers is the recipient of the Western Regional Award for Excellence in University Teaching from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Agricultural Sciences program.

Meenakshi Richardson and Alyn Rivera received Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence Awards from the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.

Antranik Kirakosian in the Educational Psychology program will receive the fellowship aimed at graduate students and early-career researchers with the potential to promote STEM equity and educational excellence.

Praveen Sekhar, associate professor of electrical engineering at WSU Vancouver received the honor in recognition for his contributions to the study of electrochemical sensors.

For his role in introducing students to World War II library archival research, Associate Professor of History Raymond Sun has been named the 2023 recipient of the WSU Libraries’ Excellence Award.

The WSU veterinarian and assistant professor was recently awarded one of the highest national honors for veterinary rehabilitation — the 2023 John J. Sherman III Award for Excellence in Veterinary Rehabilitation.

The assistant professor in WSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career award for her work helping communities better prepare for wildfires.