By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Student Maria Fernanda Vargas discovered her future career almost by accident after attending Washington State University Tri-Cities while still in high school. Maria Fernanda Vargas (center) celebrates while playing a game as part of a World Fair offered by...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Students will highlight semester course projects, research and art as part of the fall Undergraduate Research Symposium and Art Exhibition on Dec. 11 and 13 at Washington State University Tri-Cities. A student presents at the WSU Tri-CIties Undergraduate Research...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities alumna Anne Taylor found her calling in higher education after experiencing what is possible through her own education at WSU. Anne Taylor (right) is recognized as one of several finalists for the WSU Tri-Cities Student...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – The Coding Cougs Club from Washington State University Tri-Cities had 27 hours to create three applications in teams that would address accessibility through technology during a recent coding competition in Seattle. WSU Tri-Cities Coding Cougs Club A handful of snacks,...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Peter Nolan spent four years post-high school serving in the military police through the U.S. Army. But as his enlisted contract came to a close, he decided to leave active duty to pursue college full-time because he knew an...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Boeing executive Fariba Alamdari will present on her path to success by means of embracing her own diversity as part of a lecture at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in the East Auditorium at Washington State University...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Family is core to who Geoff Schramm is as a friend, a person, but especially as a father and husband. Geoff Schramm (second from left) with his family at the WSU Tri-Cities commencement ceremony. It’s the reason why he decided...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Bernadette Gagnier hadn’t found her ideal career path post life in the U.S. Marine Corps until she discovered that Washington State University Tri-Cities had a wine science program. Gagnier served in the Marine Corps for five years, where she...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Pink plaid with hinted stripes of green and gray. It’s the color and pattern of a button-up shirt that Kimberly Granados wore while working in the fields and it’s one that she turned into paper as part of...
By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – For student Lian Jacquez, finding the ideal university fit was a bit of a challenge – that is, until he arrived at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Lian Jacquez – digital technology and culture student Originally from eastern Oregon, he attended...
