high school students

GEAR UP celebrates success, highlights hands-on projects

RICHLAND, Wash. – Nearly 100 area students will join school districts across the nation to celebrate National GEAR UP Week on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Washington State University Tri-Cities.   Middle and high school students will work on unique challenges ranging from designing a house that can recover from a flood to creating a zip […]

High school students can learn about Gates scholarship

PULLMAN, Wash. – High school students, especially seniors, are invited to learn about the Gates Millennium Scholars Program for college funding, including application help, at 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Lighty Student Services 260 at Washington State University.  The program selects 1,000 students annually to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any U.S. […]

Students’ inspiring ‘Las Memorias’ in fourth season

Photos show performances from 2012 “Las Memorias.”     PULLMAN, Wash. – Twenty high school students will take the stage this month in four Washington communities to share pieces of their life stories.   Students from Warden, Pateros, Mabton and Everett are writing about their life experiences and how those experiences have helped shape them […]

Collaboration aims to increase learning

SPOKANE – Earlier this year Spokane’s largest public educational institutions joined forces in the form of a Riverpoint Math and Science Partnership, co-chaired by WSU faculty, to work toward improved student learning in math and science. With this mission in mind and a $226,000 grant from the Washington State Higher Education Improving Teacher Quality Program, […]

High school students shadow health care pros

Instead of spending their summer making minimum wage because their parents made them get a job or sunning themselves during the dog days of summer, 27 Eastern Washington students are shadowing doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists through Project HOPE. The program is coordinated by the Area Health Education Center at Washington State University Spokane in […]