Abere Church, Steven Hobaica, Shari Reiter, Emily Faust, Catherine Sumida, Kyle Schofield, Madeline Nagel, Greg Keiser, and Austin Lau, graduate students, psychology, serving as officers of the WSU Diversity and Ethics in Psychology Chapter, won a 2018 WSU Leadership and Engagement Award of Distinction for student organizations. Paul Kwon, professor, serves as the group’s faculty advisor.
Lee W, Daffin, clinical assistant professor, psychology, won the Excellence In Online Teaching Award from WSU Global Campus.
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lly Sweet, clinical assistant professor, biological sciences, WSU Tri-Cities, received the WSU Crimson Spirit Award for March 2018.
Leeann Hunter, clinical assistant professor, English, was selected to receive the President’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Tenure Track Faculty at WSU Showcase 2018. Hunter developed the Passport Program to help students identify their curricular interests and participate in high-impact co-curricular activities and served as a faculty fellow in the CAS Grand Challenges-funded Transformational Change Initiative, a student success program.
William Hamlin, professor, English, was selected to receive the Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Research, Scholarship, and the Arts at WSU Showcase 2018. Hamlin studies how major writers and intellectual movements were understood and incorporated into the cultural life of early modern England.
Ray Sun, associate professor, history, was selected to receive the Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction at WSU Showcase 2018. Sun specializes in modern German and modern European history.
Mark Kuzyk, Regents professor, physics and astronomy, was selected to receive the Eminent Faculty Award at WSU Showcase 2018. Kuzyk specializes in fiber optics, optical devices, and nonlinear optics of organic materials.
Elly Sweet, clinical assistant professor and faculty advisor for biology, general studies/biological sciences, and pre-health, biological sciences, WSU Tri-Cities, received the WSU Crimson Spirit Award.
Daniel Liera-Huchim, office assistant, foreign languages and cultures, was awarded the United Greek Council’s Chapter Advisor of the Year award at the 2017 Arete Awards presented by WSU’s Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life.
Sena Clara Creston, clinical assistant professor, fine arts, WSU Tri-Cities, was recognized as a WSU Provost’s Featured Faculty Member at the Nov. 4 Cougar football game against Stanford University.