Dear Colleagues,
I wanted to thank all of you who joined in last week’s joyous Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture naming celebration. What a great event!
The showers just missed us, and it was a glorious evening to celebrate a historic moment for the college and for WSU.
While it was fun to have Butch and the Cougar marching band, I was most pleased to see the amazing displays from more 40 student clubs at the celebration, and more than 600 of our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends in attendance. I was exceedingly proud to introduce our honored guests to our students and faculty and to show them the hands-on opportunities and strong community that make our college outstanding. Many of you were wearing your new Voiland College t-shirts. I really enjoy seeing those red Voiland shirts all over campus now!
Congratulations to our student club display competition winners. They include RoboSub of the Palouse (best hands-on demonstration), RC Baja (most visually appealing), and Robotics Club (most engaging display). An honorable mention also goes to the Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Club, who was also called out for each of these categories.
I want to personally thank each of you for your participation, including the student clubs listed below. I am so excited to move forward with you into the future with our new name. As I said at the event, the Voiland name stands for excellence, vision, accountability, and integrity. Whether it is our eminent faculty members who are addressing critical global challenges with their research, our engaged students who graduate work ready on day one, or our accomplished alumni who are directly impacting the economy and improving people’s lives, we in the Voiland College are passionate about excellence, and we’re proud to provide a caring community that gives students the chance to succeed.
Thank you for your hard work that contributes to our success.
Sincerely,
Candis Claiborn, Professor and Dean
Participating Student Clubs
- Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Club
- Alpha Rho Chi, the professional architecture fraternity
- Amateur Radio Club (Ham Radio)
- American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Associated Students of Construction Management (ASCM)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Broadening Participation in Computing
- Computer Security Group
- Concrete Canoe (ASCE)
- Developing Sustainable Communities (formerly Engineers for Global Communities)
- Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Student Chapter
- Electric Vehicle Club
- Emerging Green Builders
- Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Landscape Architecture
- Linux Users Group
- Material Advantage (ASM/AIME)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- Mechanical Contractors Association
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- RC Baja
- Reactive Car Club (AIChE)
- RoboSub of the Palouse
- Robotics Club
- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAM PE)
- Society for EECS Graduate Students
- Society of Automotive Engineers – Formula Car (SAE)
- Society of Latino Engineers and Scientists (SOLES), WSU SHPE Chapter
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Steel Bridge (ASCE)
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
- Team Gleason
- Tech Club at WSU
- World Computer Exchange (WCE)
- WSU Everett Engineering Club