PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University will introduce five recipients of this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award at a ceremony in the CUB Senior Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 26. The award is given out each year to individuals or groups within the Washington...
By Maegan Murray Lindsay Lightner’s teaching career and experience in education has taken her all over the country, and even across the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom. Her first teaching job right out of college was as a middle school science teacher in New York. From...
By Maegan Murray Once a month, a class of 12 education students at Washington State University Tri-Cities welcomes more than 20 clients from The Arc of Tri-Cities where all eat lunch with one another, interact socially, as well as play games and complete crafts. The effort is...
By Maegan Murray Before the age of 20, Gordan Gavric was already working on technology that continues to change the world of security. Gavric started as an electrical engineering intern at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in the High School Student Research Internship program the summer...
According to a survey completed by psychology students at Washington State University Tri-Cities, wearing a hat may have no impact on initial likability of a person, which opposes general procedure in personality studies. Senior students Grace Taylor and Bertha Zanotti said hats are regularly removed from...
By Maegan Murray Ryan Wagstaff struggled to find his path in high school. He felt ahead of his fellow classmates mentally and intellectually and was ready for an academic experience that was more challenging. “I wanted to get more involved and wanted more opportunities to network and meet...
RICHLAND, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the market potential of their biojet fuel research. Bin Yang, associate professor of biological systems engineering and principal investigator for the grant, and his team have...
By Maegan Murray Shiloh Penland, director of TRIO Student Support Services at Washington State University Tri-Cities, knows first-hand how difficult it can be for first-generation, low-income students to navigate the college completion process because she was one of those students. Penland received her education in Washington state,...
RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities announced today that it has earned the 2017 Military Friendly School designation from Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs, STEM Jobs and Military Spouse. First published in 2009, Military Friendly Schools is the most comprehensive resource for veterans selecting...
For Emmanuel “Manny” Bonilla, Veterans Day holds a special significance. The son of undocumented immigrant parents, and formerly an undocumented individual himself, he joined the United States Air Force at 27 as a means to improve life for himself and his family. “I signed up at 27...
