Students analyze data, volunteer to aid homeless
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Eyes were opened and hearts touched as students in a WSU Tri‑Cities psychology statistics course recently worked with homeless people at Tri‑City Union Gospel Mission.
Each semester, Janet Peters, clinical assistant professor of psychology, has her students work with a local service-based organization to provide a real-world experience and “a practical look into how they can use statistics in psychology. They’re also providing a service to a local organization who » More …
Nella Ludlow, director of the WSU data analytics degree program, knew who she really was from an early age. “As I got older, I thought, I just can’t do this anymore,” she says. So she came out as a transgender woman.
Washington State University is one of two research universities in the country offering a bachelor’s degree focused on data analysis and application, after recently receiving accreditation for the unique interdisciplinary degree.