May 3, 2021
By Steve Nakata, Division of Student Affairs
Daniela Carvajal-Macias, a junior pre-law student majoring in Spanish, has been selected for a National High School Equivalency Program/CAMP Association Congressional Internship.
Carvajal-Macias, who is a student in Washington State University’s College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), will begin her 10-week internship on May 30. She has been assigned to work with Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who has served Arizona’s 3rd congressional district since 2003.
“I am super excited and a little nervous,” Carvajal-Macias said. “I want to learn more about what it is like to work in a congressional office, and I look forward to seeing where this opportunity takes me.”
A nonbinding student referendum at Marquette University calls for the school to divest its endowment from fossil fuels and for greater transparency about the endowment s investments. Image: Milwaukee campus of Marquette University, pictured in summer 2019 (CNS/Courtesy of Marquette University)
Students voting in a referendum at Marquette University last week issued a resounding endorsement for the Jesuit school to divest its $693 million endowment from stocks in the fossil fuel industry, and now await a response from school officials.
In a nonbinding vote at the Milwaukee school on April 22, Earth Day, undergraduates overwhelmingly supported a five-year divestment plan, with 87% voting yes. Roughly 24% of the 7,000-plus undergraduate student body took part in the vote.
ASWSU’s new portal is under development to increase students’ access to resources and increase transparency and communication between students and the university.
Students can submit their concerns or questions anonymously, said ASWSU Senator Oluwanifemi Shola-Dare. Currently, the Ask Cougs portal is in the form of a Qualtrics survey, which has different departments listed.
“You can never have too many avenues for students to get access to resources,” she said.
Shola-Dare reached out to ASWSU President Curtis Cohen about creating an Ask Cougs portal. The Ask Cougs portal idea was inspired by The University of Alabama’s Bama Asks portal, which is run by the student government, she said.
Graduation celebrations are about to begin for students on the Washington State University Pullman campus.
Close to 400 students are registered to participate in a drive-through graduation celebration on Saturday, May 1, beginning at 10 a.m., and over 100 students have signed up to participate in the virtual Multicultural Student Services (MSS) graduation celebration next week.
The drive-through event is being planned by the Division of Student Affairs in partnership with Parking and Transportation Services, University Marketing and Communication, the university events team, and a number of others.
Kim Holapa, associate vice president for external engagement and strategic initiatives in Student Affairs, said when the university made the decision to hold spring commencement virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions, WSU leaders wanted to do something extra to show graduates how proud WSU is of their accomplishments.
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