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Scholarship to help increase Native American nurse force

By Alli Benjamin, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University Ph.D. nursing candidate Leslie Randall has received a $10,000 scholarship from Johnson & Johnson companies designated for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) scholars in an effort to increase their representation among the workforce.

Seniors sweep national Udall scholarship categories

By Beverly Makhani, Office of Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University seniors Rachel Ellenwood, Tillie Torpey and Logan Weyand have received national 2016 Udall Foundation awards in each of its three categories: native health care, tribal policy and the environment.

Nez Perce student is WSU’s first national Udall award winner

By Beverly Makhani, Office of Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Sophomore and Nez Perce tribal member Rachel E. Ellenwood, 32, of Lapwai, Idaho, has won a nationally competitive scholarship from the Udall Foundation for 2015. She is the first Washington State University student to receive a Udall award.

Student’s asphalt research earns national recognition

By Ethan Nash, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University student is helping the state transportation department investigate the use of steel in asphalt road paving to reduce tire wear. Shenghua Wu also is helping the agency evaluate the use of recycled asphalt shingles in pavement used across […]