Honors and Awards
WSU Spokane students and faculty distinguish the campus with their ideas and
accomplishments. Recent honors are listed below.
2006
- June 14, 2006: Four Local Educators Receive Excellence in Leadership Award
- May 24, 2006: Awards Presented to Certified Business Advisors
- May 24, 2006: Bill Lotto Receives SBDC Silver Star Award
- May 18, 2006: Rep. Deb Wallace Honored by Washington Small Business Development Center
- Jan. 13, 2006: Plateau Native American Education Trust Honored as Laureate
2005
- Dec. 15, 2005: WSU Spokane Prof Named Community Pharmacist of the Year
- Nov. 18, 2005: Double Honor Bestowed on WSU School Psychology Professor
- Oct. 19, 2005: WSU Professor’s Design Project Honored with AIA Award
- Sept. 27, 2005: WSU Spokane Educator Receives Statewide Award
- Aug. 23, 2005: Two Receive 2005 WSU Spokane Staff Excellence Awards
- June 28, 2005: Local Educators Receive Excellence in Leadership Award
- June 6, 2005: WSU Interior Design Students Take Honors in National Competition
- June 2, 2005: WSU Interior Design Student Wins National Sustainable Design Competition
- May 6, 2005: Schimpf Receives WSU Spokane 2005 Faculty Excellence Award
- Feb. 23, 2005: Two Honored as First to Receive Educational Leadership Award
2004
- Oct. 7, 2004: WSU Interior Design Student Wins International Award
- Oct. 4, 2004: WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing Alumna Wins National RN Award
- Sept. 8, 2004: Two Receive 2004 WSU Spokane Staff Excellence Awards
- July 21, 2004: WSU Spokane Faculty Member Receives Pharmacy Journal Award
- June 23, 2004: WSU Faculty Members Picked to Head-Up Journal of Interior Design
- June 23, 2004: HPA students selected for U.S. Navy Health Services Collegiate Program
- June 4, 2004: WSU Research Leaders Named to Biomed Board
- June 2, 2004: Kristie Wardrop receives first-ever Staff Recognition Award from students
- May 12, 2004: Massey named to national panel on military nutrition
- May 12, 2004: 2004 ASWSU Spokane Excellence in Teaching Award: Winsor Schmidt
- May 10, 2004: Coyne Receives WSU Spokane 2004 Faculty Excellence Award
- April 14, 2004: Markin receives first-ever Distinguished Lifetime Service Award
- Mar. 31, 2004: Sinclair named outstanding student in landscape architecture for 2003
- Mar. 17, 2004: David Wang named to President’s Teaching Academy
- Mar. 3, 2004: Doug Orr, Criminal Justice, PhD candidate, named Spokane Police Department 2003 Officer of the Year
- Feb. 18, 2004: Schmidt appointed to state guardianship board
- Feb. 4, 2004: Faculty/student GIS project takes two top awards
- Jan. 2, 2004: Cohen Named to Psychiatric Pharmacy Board
2003
- Dec. 1, 2003: WSU Spokane Faculty Book on Ecological Planning Receives Statewide Honor
- Nov. 25, 2003: WSU Spokane Design Faculty Take Top Awards in National Exhibition
- Sept. 18, 2003: Two Honored by Peers with WSU Spokane Staff Excellence Award
- Aug. 27, 2003: WSU Spokane Interior Design Students Sweep State Competition
- June 30, 2003: Bruya Awarded State Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence
- June 27, 2003: WSU Spokane Faculty Named Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year
- June 26, 2003: WSU Spokane Names Faculty Excellence Recipient
- June 20, 2003: WSU Spokane Student Takes First in Lighting Design Competition
- April 28, 2003: WSU Spokane Interior Design Faculty Wins National Award for Second Time
2002
- Nov. 5, 2002: WSU Spokane Faculty Member Receives International Award in Male Reproductive Studies
- Oct. 3, 2002: Intercollegiate College of Nursing/WSU College of Nursing Professor Receives Distinguished Alumna Award
- Aug. 14, 2002: WSU Superintendent Program is National Model
- July 11, 2002: WSU Spokane Professor Jo Ann Thompson Receives Design Educator of the Year Award
- July 2, 2002: WSU Faculty Member Gail Chermak Named Fellow of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- June 6, 2002: WSU Spokane Professor Forster Ndubisi Publishes Ecological Planning Book
- May 9, 2002: WSU Spokane Names 2002 Faculty Excellence Award Recipient Clarke St.Dennis
- May 5, 2002: WSU Spokane Names 2002 Faculty Excellence Award Recipient
- April 26, 2002: Kerry Brooks First WSU Spokane Faculty Selected for Fulbright List
- April 15, 2002: WSU Spokane Faculty Darlene Septelka Named Charter Professional of Design-Build Institute of America
- April 15, 2002: WSU Spokane Architecture Faculty David Wang Co-authors First-ever Book on Architectural Research
- April 9, 2002: Winsor Schmidt Appointed Inaugural Chair of New Department at WSU Spokane
- April 3, 2002: WSU Interior Design Students Take Top Honors
2001
- Dec. 14, 2001: WSU Spokane Pharmacist Steve Setter Recently Certified in Geriatric Care; Fewer than 10 Certified Geriatric Pharmacists in Washington
- Nov. 5, 2001: WSU Spokane Design-Build Education Program Founder Darlene Septelka Recognized Nationally
- June 26, 2001: WSU Faculty Member Steve Setter Earns Pharmacy Honor
- May 24, 2001: David Wang Receives 2001 WSU Spokane Faculty Excellence Award
- April 20, 2001: WSU Spokane Faculty Member Kelsey Gray Receives National Dept. of Justice Fellowship
- April 20, 2001: Interior Design Professors Matt Melcher and Nancy Clark Brown, Local Designer Receive Best in Show for Holley-Mason Project
- Mar. 2, 2001: Student teams take top honors at Associated Schools of Construction competition
2000
- Sept. 7, 2000: WSU Spokane Announces 2000 Staff Excellence Award
- July 13, 2000: Graduate Health Policy Program’s Admission to the WRGP Allows Residents in 14 Western States to Enroll at In-State Tuition Rates
- Jun. 14, 2000: Student Design Team Wins First Place at International Competition for Stone and Gravel Mine Reclamation Design
- Jun. 1, 2000: Interior Design Reaccreditation Notes Value of Unique Interdisciplinary Learning Experience
- May 18, 2000: WSU Spokane Graduate Program in Health Policy Receives National Accreditation
- May 11, 2000: Chris Blodgett Receives 2000 WSU Spokane Faculty Excellence Award
- Jan. 21, 2000: Two Student Design Teams Chosen as Finalists in International Competition for Professionals