Awards, Employee

Tri-Cities, Spokane, Pullman honorees among MLK winners

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Yuliya Ardasheva, an education professor at Washington State University Tri-Cities, and James Bledsoe, a longtime advocate for underrepresented students at WSU Pullman, are among those selected to receive the annual WSU Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award.

WSU Tri-Cities vice chancellor earns national honor

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Michele Acker-Hocevar, Washington State University Tri-Cities vice chancellor for academic affairs, will be presented with a national award this month recognizing prolonged, exceptional service as co-editor of the Journal for Research on Leadership Education.

Sánchez Lanier named top national academic advisor

By Beverly Makhani, Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Assistant Vice Provost Mary Sánchez Lanier has received the “Outstanding Advising Award” in the faculty category from the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) at its annual conference in Las Vegas.