A three-way partnership between Woodinville Wine Country, Chateau Ste. Michelle, and DeLille Cellars will aim to recruit students from diverse backgrounds for WSU’s wine science program. As racial justice protests erupted across the country last summer, Amber Schmitt, Director of Marketing for Woodinville Wine Country, said the organization was challenged about what they were doing […]
WSU senior named the Wine Spectator Wine Science Student of the Year.
As an agriculture and food business economics major, Stephanie George enjoys exploring the inner workings of farming and commerce. But even she sometimes finds the intricacies of agricultural cost-benefit analysis a little dry. Thankfully, George’s involvement in Agriculture Future of America (AFA) lets her find real-world relevance in her studies—and put them to work for […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University graduate students Yongjian Qiu and Christie Almeyda-Becerra have been named recipients of a scholarship sponsored by the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development.
PULLMAN, Wash. – At the request of students and faculty both, the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences is expanding its undergraduate research grant program for the 2009-10 academic year. Forty different undergraduate research projects will be awarded $1,000 grants. “Hands-on learning is a hallmark of our college,” said Professor […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – When the first irrigation water from the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project flowed through the sage brush of Quincy, Keith F. Kirkbride was there launching a program at the high school to educate the area’s future farmers. Now, Kirkbride’s sons, Frank and Charlie Kirkbride, are launching a scholarship program at Washington State University […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – France is synonymous with fine food and wine around the globe. A summer internship offered by the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences gives students an opportunity to study French and European agriculture and work on a family-run vineyard or farm in the French countryside. In partnership […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – An unprecedented number of undergraduate students in the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences will have an opportunity to conduct hands-on science thanks to a series of grants from the college specifically aimed at supporting undergraduate research.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Seven students majoring in organic agriculture at Washington State University have been selected as the first recipients of the Pacific Natural Foods Organic Agriculture Scholarship, the first scholarship dedicated to the new organic agriculture systems major at the university. Haly L. Ingle, a sophomore from Waitsburg; Karly Marie Kercheval and Mark W. […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – An estate gift of more than $2.9 million from Wenatchee tree fruit leaders Grady and Lillie Auvil will fund scholarships and research at Washington State University and Wenatchee Valley College. Several children, grandchildren, and other members of the Auvil family celebrated the gift with Dan Bernardo, Dean of WSU’s College of Agricultural, […]