Achievements

Terese A. King, director of the Academic Success and Career Center since 2012, has been named WSU’s first executive director of university advising.

Faculty from five colleges and three campuses receive funding for nine projects. See the details.

The honor recognizes Cook’s more than 40 years of research on soil‑borne pathogens and his service to WSU and the Pacific Northwest agricultural community.

WSU Spokane graduate student Ana Vergara elected to the national board of directors for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science.

Price’s election constitutes the beginning of a four‑year leadership position, with next year elevating Price to president‑elect.

Marina Tolmacheva, WSU professor emerita of history and an expert in Islamic and world history, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach in Kazakhstan.

The new WSU fellows are among 416 members awarded for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Two WSU faculty members and a student from WSU Spokane have received Awards of Distinction from the Washington State Pharmacy Association for their impact to health care in the state.

Nam Nguyen, a WSU international business and marketing student, has been awarded the Region V Undergraduate Rising Star Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

When terrorists attacked America, WSU alumnus Ron Shurer traded graduate school for the Green Berets, earning the Medal of Honor and the gratitude of a nation.

Casavant honored for five decades of work addressing regional, national and international transportation challenges.

It marks the second straight season the Cougar squad has been selected to the NCAA tournament and its 12th appearance overall.

Eight WSU Extension faculty members and their teams were honored for their community support by the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.

Courtney Benjamin, a College of Education doctoral candidate, receives a one‑year fellowship to work with the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education.

Kostyukova will conduct research, starting in January, at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany.

Pharmacy students demonstrated their acumen, capturing the championship in a National Community Pharmacists Association business plan competition.