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March 2025

Congratulations to our newly promoted faculty

Promotion and tenure are the strongest possible statements that can be made about the confidence we have in a faculty member’s potential to grow and contribute at WSU.

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Q&A with neuroscience senior Aspen Harder

When Mill Creek, Washington, native Aspen Harder discovered WSU’s neuroscience program in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, she knew she had found her ideal fit. Now a senior in the program, Aspen is gaining hands-on experience as an undergraduate researcher in the Rossi lab, where she studies the relationship between alcohol and the cerebellum.

Aspen Harder poses with a poster she presented at SURCA.

WSU veterinarians save student’s beloved horse

Trenna Pannier is just weeks from beginning her veterinary career and, thanks to surgery and round-the-clock care at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Shirley, her once gravely ill horse, is going with her.

Trenna Pannier poses with her horse, Shirley, in a stall at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Meet the Veterinary Teaching Hospital team: Megan Foster

Megan Foster has been helping to ensuring pets get the best care and are kept safe as a pharmacist at the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital for the past two years. Originally from Ellensburg, Washington, Megan earned both her bachelor’s and pharmacy degrees at WSU.

Megan and her family on an outting in the desert.