PULLMAN — Forty-four undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to receive the 2009 President’s Award at WSU. For more than a decade, the President’s Award has been bestowed annually to less than one percent of the university’s undergraduate and graduate students who exemplify exceptional leadership and service to the university and the community. Students […]
Dave Zirin, sports commentator PULLMAN — Renowned sports commentator and political activist Dave Zirin will give the keynote address for the annual undergraduate student symposium on Friday at 4 p.m. in CUE 216. His presentation is entitled “What’s My Name Fool? Sports, Politics, and Resistance.” The Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies is hosting the annual […]
PULLMAN – An unprecedented number of undergraduate students in the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences will have an opportunity to conduct hands-on science thanks to a series of grants from the college specifically aimed at supporting undergraduate research. “Experiential learning and applying basic science and research to real-world issues and challenges […]
PULLMAN – A record number of participants competed in the Fifth Annual College of Sciences Undergraduate Research Poster Competition on April 4. The year’s Poster Competition was larger than ever, with hundreds attending the event held in Beasley Coliseum. WSU Provost Robert Bates noted the high quality of research done by the students and the […]
PULLMAN – A WSU senior’s research interest in exercise and health has drawn national attention to her and WSU. Amy Jemelka, a movement studies major in the College of Education, is one of 60 undergraduates nationwide chosen to present research at the April 30 “Posters on the Hill” event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, […]
PULLMAN – Undergraduate students studying diverse subjects will present the results of their research to the public on Friday, April 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the Beasley Coliseum. (Photos from the 2007 Research Poster Competition) The fifth annual Undergraduate Research Poster Competition, sponsored by the College of Sciences, allows students to go through […]
Twelve faculty from seven WSU colleges have formed the school’s first Undergraduate Research Faculty Council. “We are counting on the members to help us define ‘What is research?’ in terms of the undergraduate experience,” said David Bahr, director of Undergraduate Research, a core unit formed in fall 2006 in the Office of Undergraduate Education. Bahr, […]
The WSU Department of Psychology Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held Thursday, April 20 in the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education.Sixteen posters showcasing undergraduate research projects will be available for viewing in the CUE Atrium from 1:30-5 p.m. Dr. Rand Walker, clinical services director of the Center on Disabilities and Human Development in Moscow, Idaho, […]
Overviews and recommendations from major reports focusing on graduate and undergraduate issues will be presented as part of a university dialogue with Provost Robert Bates at noon Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the CUB Cascade rooms.Questions can be submitted in advance to Donna Clark, assistant to the provost, at donnac@wsu.edu. Live audience questions also will be […]
Steve Burkett helped found the McNair Program at WSU in 1999. But he didn’t stop there. Though his quiet demeanor and measured speech belie the reputation, he is a “mover and shaker” on the McNair scene nationwide, says Howard Grimes, dean of the WSU Graduate School. The McNair Program prepares low-income, first-generation and underrepresented (Native […]