The Ripple Effect: A Faculty Member’s Study Abroad Story

Fall 2016 I sat in the office of the Assistant Vice President for the Center of Global Engagement blubbering. I was literally shedding mascara. Me: I’m such a loser. I’m 41 and don’t even have a passport.Her: [grabs tissue box] It’s never too...

Home is Without Borders

My name is Kendra Nusbaum, and I am a junior from St. Cloud, Minnesota. I study nursing and Spanish with a minor in Child Advocacy Studies (CAST). This past spring, I studied abroad in Valparaíso, Chile with Academic Programs International (API) to finish my Spanish...

Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend

Most who will read this, likely haven’t paid much attention as they walked by the Hackberry tree outside the R.A. DuFresne Performing Arts Center on WSU’s campus. It has stood in its place and served passers-by (both human and nature’s critters alike) as a silent...

Can You Hack It at the WSU Hackathon?

What’s a Hackathon? Glad you asked! It’s an all-day collaborative designing and programming event where students from all majors come together. They work and play with technology, creating programs with fellow developers. Want to know more? Here’s a video from...

Six Differences of Note in London

There are many things we take for granted in the United States, not realizing how much we utilize or interact with these items in our daily lives until we travel to a new country. We have come to find that there are many little things that TripAdvisor doesn’t cover in...