Student

03 Dec Female engineering student first in family to attend college

Posted at 06:00h in frontpage, profile, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash - Being a female going into a largely male-dominated field is daunting for most. Add into the mix that you are the first in your family to attend college, the level of...

20 Nov WSU Tri-Cities team takes top honors at intercollegiate wine business competition

Posted at 11:54h in Academic Affairs, Business, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Student business teams from Washington State University Tri-Cities and WSU Pullman took home top honors at the Intercollegiate Wine Business Invitational this month that required them to research and create extensive...

14 Nov WSU Tri-Cities student earns national award for work in increasing student democratic engagement

Posted at 17:13h in College of Arts and Sciences, Community Engagement, frontpage, profile, Student, Uncategorized, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities student Savanna Navarro Kresse was honored this month with a national award for her work in increasing student democratic engagement on campus and in the regional Tri-Cities...

14 Nov Wine business management student benefits from hands-on experiences, spirits scholarship

Posted at 12:28h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Business, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. - A lack of a university degree caused Maricela Carrillo de Olivares (’19 HBM) to lose her job a few years ago. She was a case worker and ended up getting laid off...

11 Nov Former Marine and first-gen college student sets sights on wine world

Posted at 08:00h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, profile, Student, Wine, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bernadette Gagnier (’20) knows a thing or two about being an outlier. [caption id="attachment_73913" align="alignleft" width="413"] WSU Viticulture & Enology student, Bernadette Gagnier, working at Frysling Winery in the Netherlands.[/caption] Those principles—and a personal goal “to break stereotypes”—are what led...

04 Nov Nov. 4 – 8: WSU Tri-Cities celebrates first-generation students

Posted at 09:12h in frontpage, profile, Student, student success, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will celebrate and highlight the accomplishments of students who are the first in their family to attend college this week as part of a range activities Nov....

30 Oct First-gen college student Noel Perez named Wine Spectator Student of the Year

Posted at 18:15h in frontpage, profile, Research, Student, Viticulture / Enology / Wine, Wine, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gratitude and humility: Those traits don’t often define a 4.0 GPA student who has created his own blockbuster wine, and who holds the honorific of Wine Spectator Student of the Year. But those are precisely the traits that...

29 Oct Yakima Federal Savings and Loan gives $100,000 for nursing scholarships at WSU

Posted at 15:06h in Academic Affairs, Community Engagement, Nursing, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Addy Hatch, WSU College of Nursing The WSU College of Nursing will offer new scholarships for undergraduate nursing students in Yakima and the Tri-Cities, thanks to a $100,000 gift from Yakima Federal Savings and Loan Association. [caption id="attachment_73147" align="alignleft"...

28 Oct ‘WSU Tri-Cities prepared me for real life’ – Alumna finds passion for design through WSU Tri-Cities

Posted at 17:45h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, Art, Design, Digital Technology and Culture, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Life preparation. It was the thing that most drove Dana Dollarhyde to get a college degree and the thing that she said she is most grateful for her college experience from...

26 Oct Three local individuals honored as WSU Tri-Cities Women of Distinction

Posted at 07:00h in Biological Sciences – General Studies, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Faculty, frontpage, profile, Science, Student, Viticulture / Enology / Wine, Wine, WSUTC News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. - Three individuals were honored this year as 2019 WSU Tri-Cities Women of Distinction for their notable contributions to the campus and community through service, teaching and/or involvement. The 2019 WSU Tri-Cities Women of Distinction...