GIESORC celebrates Pride Month virtually
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 4, 2020
The Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center (GIESORC) will provide online gatherings and an ally training to celebrate Pride Month. The events will be held virtually. GIESORC Director Matthew Jeffries said the schedule has not yet been finalized. Typically, the center...
‘I learned a lot about work ethic’
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
June 2, 2020
Joni Cobarrubias graduated spring 2020 with a drive to continue building the photography and Etsy businesses she started while she was still in school. Cobarrubias, a recent graduate from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, said she majored in advertising with the hopes of pursuing her entrepr...
‘Coming out is something powerful’: Student finds acceptance at WSU
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
May 31, 2020
Nicole Snyder knew she was gay in sixth grade. Snyder, junior agricultural education major, grew up in Southern California. She said she came out to her family and friends by bringing home her first girlfriend during her sophomore year of high school. “Coming out is something very powerful,” S...
WSU graduate ‘shines’ academically, outside of class
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
May 18, 2020
WSU graduate Sparkle Watts has a fitting name for her personality, said Donna Arnold, associate director of Multicultural Student Services. “When she comes into a room, she really just shines,” Arnold said. “She has this charisma working and talking with people.” Watts graduated this s...
Roberta Kelly hangs up her educational cap
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
May 11, 2020
As senior undergraduate students finish their own last semester at WSU, so will some instructors. After nearly 35 years in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, a prominent communication professor packed her office and prepared to retire. Roberta Kelly, a communication professor from the Bronx in New Y...
Keeping local music alive
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
May 11, 2020
As seniors in Pullman miss in-person graduation, student musicians and their instructors are finding web-based ways of artistic expression. Both WSU and Pullman High School pioneered paths for students to publish their musical content online. For music professor Gabriel Condon and PHS music teac...
NSBE creates space for black engineers
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
For years the National Society for Black Engineers has promoted diversity in STEM across the nation, and the WSU chapter is no different. NSBE is an organization in college campuses across the US, dedicated to helping black students in engineering and other STEM majors. The WSU chapter has bee...
MAPS supports minority students in pre-health
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
The Minority Association for Pre-Health Services, or MAPS, focuses on helping all students of color in pre-health. Members of the club, which runs under the Health Professions Student Center, do not need to be in pre-health nor do they need to be a minority, but the club is focused on promoting m...
WSU student to appear on Wheel of Fortune Tuesday
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 6, 2020
Keenan Souve ripped open the letter. When he saw what was inside, he started running around his apartment screaming in pure excitement. The letter informed Keenan, a civil engineering junior at WSU, he would be on the game show series Wheel of Fortune on April 7. Keenan...
Student activist on dreaming big
MADDY BEAN, Evergreen reporter
March 26, 2020
Being able to find your authentic self is something most people strive for in college. For senior and activist Mariela Frias, she’s had a long time to discover who that is, through all the things she has been involved in at WSU. Frias, a comparative ethnic studies major, was born in Puerto Rico...
Fine Arts student adapts thesis for changing times
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
March 26, 2020
Ashley Quast, known as “Q,” said her art is a balance between whimsy and failed expectation — and her Master of Fine Arts thesis presentation is an example of just that. Q, who will graduate in May with a Master of Fine Arts from WSU, has been studying here for two years. Since comple...
Student club supports women in STEM
RACHEL KOCH, Evergreen reporter
March 3, 2020
Every week, a group of women at WSU bond over shared experiences and academic pursuits in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The club, Scientista, is part of a national organization with chapters across the country, said Lydia Weddle, public relations chair. “It...
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