A proposal to tackle the rising threat of antibiotic resistance “superbugs” earned a team of WSU graduate students $100,000 in funding as part of the most recent Cougar Cage event, hosted by the Palouse Club on Sept. 8.
The Graduate and Professional Student Alliance hopes to focus mainly on food insecurity, transportation and childcare this coming semester. Sam Edgerton, PhD candidate in the department of history, said GPSA’s mission as to provide the most supportive environment possible for graduate and professional students. “GPSA is essentially an administrative body for the entire graduate student community..
The event welcomed over 150 attendees and was held at the Marriott Inn Courtyard, on the Pullman Campus. This event marks the second time the Graduate School and the GPSA have partnered for the event.
The awards are given annually by the WSU MLK Program. Recipients will be honored during the WSU Black Excellence Dinner at 5 p.m., April 29, in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center on the Pullman campus and will be livestreamed.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association heard from the Transit Advisory Group on a proposed 5% increase for all fee-paying graduate students at their meeting Monday. Chris Boyan, a representative from the Transit Advisory Group, said the proposal is that TAG is recommending a 5% increase in the student transit fee to help maintain current transit.