{"id":10285,"date":"2026-05-28T08:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:34:18","slug":"student-spotlight-ellinor-sonnichsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2026\/05\/28\/student-spotlight-ellinor-sonnichsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Ellinor Sonnichsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College Student Success.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Voiland College Student Success<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tStudent Spotlight: <br>Ellinor Sonnichsen\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<p>What makes Washington State University&#8217;s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture stand out from the crowd for those looking to get a degree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ask civil engineering major Ellinor Sonnichsen for her thoughts on what makes WSU such a special place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap wsu-spacing-after--xxmedium\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlap__container\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap__column  wsu-overlap--surface-column\">\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-image  wsu-image--style-framed\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2026\/05\/Ellinor-Sonnichsen-scaled-e1779925915322-792x977.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10300\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap__column  wsu-overlap--surface-column wsu-overlap--overlap-xxmedium\">\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n        \n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wsu-hide--tablet\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-container wsu-dropshadow--medium wsu-color-background--white wsu-spacing-top--xmedium wsu-spacing-padding-right--xmedium wsu-spacing-padding-left--xmedium wsu-spacing-bottom--sxxsmall\" >\r\n    \n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Major: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/degrees.wsu.edu\/degree\/civil-engineering\/\">Civil Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> December 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Ephrata, WA <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarships:<\/strong> \n<ul>\n<li>Paul Lauzier Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Columbia Basin Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Basin Audobon Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boeing, Kobata and Sons Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\t<\/div> \r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">What made you decide to attend WSU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose WSU because of the small town, inviting program\/ students and because I had good scholarships here! I chose civil engineering because I want to find sustainable solutions for the world today, especially water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Please share how scholarships or financial aid has impacted you as a student.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scholarships have impacted me as a student by allieviating financial burden and allowing me to focus on my studies! I am so grateful to all of the generous donors who have invested in my education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What clubs are you involved in on campus?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/asce.wsu.edu\/activities\/concrete-canoe\/\">Concrete Canoe<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/swe.wsu.edu\/\">Society of Women Engineers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellinor Sonnichsen is a civil engineering student graduating in December 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14162,"featured_media":10300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[570],"tags":[594],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[499,443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10285"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10362,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10285\/revisions\/10362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10285"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=10285"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=10285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}