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By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – The deadline is Nov. 26 to make nominations for Washington State University’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Distinguished Service Award.

By Beverly Makhani, Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Four Washington State University academic advisors have received “Outstanding Achievement in Academic Advising” awards from the local WSU Academic Advising Association (ACADA).

By Trevor Durham, WSU Foundation PULLMAN, Wash – The Washington State University Foundation honored emeritus professor of plant pathology and eighth WSU president Samuel H. Smith as recipient of the 2016 Weldon B. Gibson Distinguished Volunteer Award at the annual Recognition Gala Sept. 30.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – A book by Jane Billinghurst, master gardener in Skagit County for Washington State University Extension, recently reached No. 5 on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction and number 7 on the Sunday Times list.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s Tidal Leadership online certificate program has won the 2016 Online Learning Consortium outstanding online program award, which recognizes access, learning effectiveness, cost effectiveness and student and faculty satisfaction.

By Lori Maricle, WSU College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – Michael Varga, alumnus and director of pharmacy at Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, has been named the Washington State University College of Pharmacy’s 2016 Preceptor of the Year.

PULLMAN, Wash. – “Encounters with the People: Written and Oral Accounts of Nez Perce Life to 1858,” published by Washington State University Press, has won an Idaho Book of the Year honorable mention from the Idaho Library Association.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Candis Claiborn recently received the ADVANCE at WSU Recognition of Service and Leadership Award for her dedication to enhancing inclusiveness and making Washington State University a more faculty-friendly institution.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – WSU Vancouver has received the Clark County Sammy Award for its contributions to protecting salmon, their habitat and area rivers.

By Erik Gomez, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – Graduate student Brennan Pecha is one of four researchers from about 330 presenting posters to receive the international Frontier-Labs Young Scientist Award for significant contributions to analytical and applied pyrolysis.