Award

This month’s column toasting WSU V&E achievements features student Caroline Merrell, the WSU Wine Campaign members and the Wine Science Center Public Development Authority.

This month’s column toasting WSU V&E achievements features David Balsz, Justin Blake, Sarah Hedges Goedhart, Colin Hickey, Daniel Hottell, Suzanne Kaye, Brooke Kietzmann, Nick Mackay, Maxx McGoff, Jarrod Pack, Joe Sperry, Thomas Spotteck and Ryan Strom.

Do you know a WSU student, faculty member or alumnus who deserves a cheer? Submit their achievements to Voice of the Vine Editor Erika Holmes at erika.holmes@wsu.edu!

A new column highlighting WSU V&E student and faculty achievements.

This month: Kaelin Campbell, Joan Davenport and Markus Keller.

Selecting a vineyard site is one of the most important decisions for owners — it can make or break them economically. Washington State University doctoral student of engineering Golnaz Badr is using data on Washington soil, topography and weather to create a state map and scoring system that could help growers take some of the guesswork out of choosing a new vineyard location.

Theodor “Ted” Baseler, president and CEO of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, is the 77th Seattle-King County First Citizen. Although widely recognized for propelling the state’s wine industry to prominence on the world wine stage, he is also known to be a strong advocate for higher education and a champion for underserved students.

Graduate student Parker Byington, who plans to eventually start a dairy farm, was on a panel of fellow students who talked with Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

Rodrigo Bonilla didn’t grow up with a positive outlook on agriculture. Now his dream is to help farmers around the world.

Washington State University students and faculty dominated awards for research poster sessions and scholarships during the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers 2015 annual meeting.

Water scarcity – one of the toughest challenges predicted for the 21st century – is being addressed by Washington State University. As part of a multistate research program, WSU is among 19 land-grant universities honored recently for their efforts to help farmers irrigate their land more efficiently, especially during droughts and water shortages

COLVILLE, Wash.—Washington State University Extension, its partnering organization Tri County Economic Development District (TEDD) and four other organizations recently received the 2012 Partnership Award from Inland Northwest Partners (INP) for rural, regional economic development efforts in support of a national initiative entitled Stronger Economies Together (SET).