WSU Tri-Cities

Crimson Spirit Award – Elly Sweet

Recipient of the WSU Crimson Spirit Award for March 2018 is Elly Sweet, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at WSU Tri-Cities. Honored for her exceptional mentoring and outstanding contributions to the WSU community, Sweet is the faculty academic advisor for all certified majors in biology, general studies in biological sciences, […]

2018 CAS faculty award recipients

Every year, the College of Arts and Sciences recognizes faculty excellence in teaching, service, and career achievement. Congratulations to our 14 awardees for 2018:

Emotionally powerful exhibit focuses on child loss

The emotionally powerful, poignant “Empty Photo Project,” created by WSU Tri-Cities student Susana Butterworth, that details the tragic and emotional experience of what it is like to lose a child, will be on display from Jan. 12-Feb. 8 in the WSU Tri-Cities Art Gallery. The exhibition, which Butterworth began in a fine arts course at […]

Residency program provides in-depth look at creative professions

During the couple of weeks that artist and urban planner Sarah Kavage was at WSU Tri-Cities this fall, she had quite the busy schedule. She met with students about her life as an artist and urban planner, provided an in-depth and hands-on look at her works and presented about her efforts in improving communities by […]

Psychology course partners with clinic for real-world learning

An elementary statistics in psychology course at WSU Tri-Cities partnered with Grace Clinic, a free health clinic in the Tri-Cities, to assess the mental health of its diabetic patients. The clinic now plans to use the data to maintain and improve its methods in meeting patient resources and health needs. Throughout the fall semester course, […]

Fine arts students create 3-D virtual reality

Neon rainbow pathways, smoldering ember-lit caves, eerie forests and bridges that lead to mystical lands, are just some of what individuals experience in virtual reality environments created by students as part of a fine arts sculpture course at WSU Tri-Cities this semester. Jonah Firestone, assistant professor of education and director of the Simulation and Integrated […]

Campus involvement empowers first-generation, non-traditional student to soar

WSU Tri-Cities alumnus Geoff Schramm never thought he would go to college. Coming from a family where no one before him in his family had gone to college, he said it was sort of a family tradition that he goes straight into the workforce after high school. “That’s just what you did in my family,” […]

Biology graduate earns internship at PNNL, working to combat cancer

Vincent Danna (’17) was in middle school when he lost all of his hair. He suffers from a condition known as alopecia universalis, which is when the immune system mistakenly attacks the hair follicles. His personal struggle led him to want to become a dermatologist and help those who experience serious skin diseases and other […]

Biology student selected for national pre-health workshop

As a result of resources and mentorship she received at Washington State University Tri-Cities student Catalina Yepez not only began the initial steps of realizing her future dream of becoming an eye doctor. The opportunities also led her to be selected for an opportunity open to only 30 students nationwide. Yepez was selected to participate in a week-long workshop that prepares students for […]

Keller named director of School of the Environment

Kent Keller, professor and fellow of the Geological Society of America, has been named director of the School of the Environment at Washington State University. A WSU researcher and teacher since 1988, Keller began his career studying geological processes deep under the Earth. Today he studies the critical zone, the vital skin of Earth where […]