WSU Tri-Cities Tag

19 Oct Zambian grad student studying solutions to water access, pollution as part of Fulbright at WSU Tri-Cities

Posted at 11:09h in Academic Affairs, engineering, frontpage, profile, Research, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray In graduate student Kenny Nyirenda’s home country of Zambia, access to clean water sources can be challenging, especially in remote areas. That is why he has committed his graduate research as a Fulbright scholar at Washington State University Tri-Cities to improving access to clean...

18 Oct WSU Tri-Cities awarded $11.7M GEAR UP grant to prepare students for post-secondary education

Posted at 08:49h in Student, WSUTC News

RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities recently received a $11.7 million seven-year GEAR UP grant to prepare students in low-income schools to enter and succeed in post-secondary education. This award marks the eighth U.S. Department of Education GEAR UP grant received by WSU Tri-Cities since...

17 Oct WSU Tri-Cities professor growing partnerships for arts education across the globe

Posted at 15:28h in Academic Affairs, Art, Design, Education, frontpage, profile, Research, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Yichien Cooper, adjunct professor of teaching and learning at Washington State University Tri-Cities, is showing the world that arts education is more than the creation of physical and digital media through her work in growing international partnerships across the globe. Yichien Cooper and teachers from STEAM workshop in Hong Kong Cooper traveled...

12 Oct Research experience at WSU Tri-Cities allows Pasco teacher opportunity to learn science behind wine

Posted at 16:15h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, frontpage, Research, Science, Student, Wine, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray Wine is a $2 billion industry in Washington state, but many students will not be exposed to the science behind the field as a possible career option until they reach college. Thanks to the Partners in Science program, however, one high school teacher...

06 Oct WSU, PNNL convert biofuel waste into commodity, now targeting sewage sludge

Posted at 10:53h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, frontpage, profile, Research, Science, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A method of converting a biofuel waste product into a usable and valuable commodity has been discovered by researchers at Washington State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Converting algae to biofuels is a two-step process. The first, developed by PNNL,...

05 Oct WSU Tri-Cities, Pasco School District receive $500,000 grant to enhance after school programming

Posted at 11:39h in Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities, in partnership with the Pasco School District, was awarded a $500,000 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program grant to enhance before and after school programming at several elementary schools in Pasco. The purpose of the...

02 Oct African American history at Hanford focus of WSU Tri-Cities, National Park Service project

Posted at 16:52h in Academic Affairs, frontpage, profile, Research, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities was recently awarded a $73,000 grant in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service to research and document the African American migration, segregation and overall civil rights history at the...

26 Sep Business professor takes talents to Switzerland as part of Carson College international partnership

Posted at 16:19h in Academic Affairs, Business, frontpage, profile, Research, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities Paul Skilton is the first professor from Washington State University Tri-Cities to participate in a teaching abroad experience with a prestigious business school in Brig, Switzerland. WSU partners with the César Ritz Colleges in Switzerland to offer a dual degree program in...

22 Sep Sept. 28: WSU Tri-Cities to host career fair featuring new programming

Posted at 11:08h in Alumni, Art, Business, Design, Education, engineering, medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Science, Student, Wine, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A career fair will be hosted by Washington State University Tri-Cities, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, in the Consolidated Information Center and Student Union Building. The career fair is free and open to WSU Tri-Cities students, alumni and...

20 Sep WSU Tri-Cities experiences another record enrollment fall start

Posted at 11:38h in Academic Affairs, Alumni, frontpage, profile, Student, WSUTC News

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities experienced another record enrollment this fall, celebrating a 5.1 percent increase in undergraduate students, which brings the campus to a total of 1,937 students. The overall enrollment increased by 3.7 percent and the growth this...