{"id":3847,"date":"2021-09-22T14:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:33:19","slug":"student-spotlight-geneva-lynne-schlepp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2021\/09\/22\/student-spotlight-geneva-lynne-schlepp\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Geneva Lynne Schlepp"},"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>Geneva Lynne Schlepp\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<p>What makes Washington State University stand out from the crowd for many of those looking to get an engineering degree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ask civil engineering major Geneva Lynne Schlepp 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\">\r\n    <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n        \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wsu-image--style-framed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2021\/09\/Geneva-Lynne-Schlepp-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Geneva Lynne Schlepp.\" class=\"wp-image-3852\" \/><\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap__column  wsu-overlap--surface-column wsu-overlap--overlap-xmedium\">\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:\/\/ce.wsu.edu\/undergraduate\/civil-engineering\/\">Civil Engineering with an Environmental emphasis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> May 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High School:<\/strong> Skyline High School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Programs\/Clubs\/Interests\/Activities Involved with:<\/strong> Honors College, WSU Women\u2019s Track and Cross Country Teams, American Water Works Association (AWWA), PNWS-AWWA Mentorship Mentee, Cru Ministries, Pac-12 Mental Health Task Force, Mentor Collective, Coug Pals, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Peer Academic Counselor, creative writing, VCEA Student Ambassador<\/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\">Why would you recommend attending Washington State University? How have you benefitted by attending WSU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pullman feels like home and Cougs become like family. WSU faculty and staff are very supportive and motivated to help students succeed and reach their goals. Scholarship donors are so generous at WSU and I have been blessed to receive academic and athletic scholarships from the university. I am grateful for my faculty mentors who have taken the time to get to know me and help me through internship processes and supported me with letters of recommendation. I cannot thank them enough or my undergraduate advisor, Kelli. She has been such a bright light during my time as a civil engineering undergrad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What made you decide to attend WSU? Why did you choose your major?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WSU was the whole package for me. I was able to run for a Division 1 track team, received academic scholarships which rewarded my hardwork from high school, and could pursue the liberal arts through my Honors College courses. I chose to pursue civil engineering because it is a collaborative field that challenges you to be a creative thinker and excellent problem solver. I enjoy the rigor of my courses and am very excited to apply all that I am learning at WSU to my future career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What have you learned in your major, or experienced in your classes or your activities during your time at WSU, that will help you most in your future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have learned that I am very much a \u201ctextbook learner\u201d and like to take time by myself to grasp concepts and then enjoy meeting up with classmates to work through homeworks and projects. I believe that my willingness to speak up and ask clarifying questions will help me most in the future. At WSU, I have developed a strong voice and improved my written and verbal communication skills which I think will benefit me greatly in my career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What has been your favorite class, club, or program that you\u2019ve been involved with at WSU, and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite class was Honors Creative Non-Fiction with Professor Annie Lampman. She brought such a breath of fresh air to my day through our group discussions of handpicked short stories that were thought-provoking and a nice break from my engineering homework.. Per Annie\u2019s encouragement, I have gone on to publish my writing and continue to write creatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Is there anything else you\u2019d like to mention about your experience at WSU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot recommend WSU enough as a place to pursue higher education and grow as an individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva Lynne Schlepp is a civil engineering major graduating in May 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":3852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"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\/3847"}],"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\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9129,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions\/9129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}