WSU Core-to-Career program announces members of third cohort
Samantha Gizerian among twenty-one WSU faculty named as the newest members of the Core-to-Career professional development program that impacts undergraduates’ career readiness.
Samantha Gizerian among twenty-one WSU faculty named as the newest members of the Core-to-Career professional development program that impacts undergraduates’ career readiness.
Jacob Buursma and Stevie Fawcett received awards from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program to cover tuition, fees, and books as well as room and board.
McKenna Spencer is majoring in neuroscience and will graduate this spring. She hopes to get into medical school after she wraps up her undergraduate studies. She has gained experience working in Dr. Ryan McLaughlin’s Lab in the Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience department investigating the influence of sex hormones on cannabis-seeking behavior.
Peyton Krych is a fourth generation Coug. He is majoring in neuroscience and minoring in math and biology. He will graduate this spring with plans on eventually becoming a physician.
Only a handful of years ago Matteya Proctor was wrapping up her high school studies in her hometown of Deary, Idaho, where she was one of just 10 seniors in the class of 2020. Now at WSU, she is pursuing a double degree in neuroscience and psychology while gaining invaluable experience assisting in groundbreaking research projects on the brain, aging, and sleep.
Medical school is in the plans for Sydney Swatzell when she graduates from WSU this spring. The Spokane, Washington, native and West Valley High School graduate is currently pursuing a degree in neuroscience and specializing in pre-medicine.
Raised in an Air Force family, Audrey Almeria has spent her life traveling and living all over the world, and she even graduated high school in Misawa, Japan. But she has found a home at Washington State University, where she is double majoring in psychology and neuroscience and will graduate this coming spring. When she leaves Pullman, Audrey hopes to attend medical school and pursue family medicine.
As a fan of mystery and true crime, neuroscience student Tori Wallingford says in another life she could see herself being a forensic pathologist. But after the Bellevue, Washington, native graduates this December, Tori hopes to get into veterinary school and eventually become a small animal general practitioner or an animal ophthalmologist.
When neurology major Maddie Click wraps up her undergraduate studies at WSU his coming May, it won’t be long before she’s back in the classroom. The Redmond, Washington, plans on returning to school to pursue a master’s degree in neuroscience.
Alexis Daniels is currently pursuing a degree in neuroscience while completing pre-pharmacy prerequisites. She has her eyes set on attending pharmacy school when she graduates from WSU this spring.