{"id":4916,"date":"2022-07-21T07:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:37:03","slug":"boris-bugingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2022\/07\/21\/boris-bugingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Boris Bugingo"},"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>Boris Bugingo\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 computer science major Boris Bugingo for his 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-full wsu-image--style-framed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"668\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/03\/Boris-Bugingo.png\" alt=\"Boris Bugingo.\" class=\"wp-image-4922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/03\/Boris-Bugingo.png 668w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/03\/Boris-Bugingo-396x593.png 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/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:\/\/school.eecs.wsu.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-program\/computer-science\/\">Computer Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> December 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activities:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lsamp.wsu.edu\">Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.presence.io\/organization\/national-society-of-black-engineers-washington-state-university-chapter-nsbe-wsu\">National Society of Black Engineers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sssp.wsu.edu\">TRIO Student Support Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarships:&nbsp;<\/strong>Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, Leadership 1000<\/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 have you learned at WSU that will help you most in your future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first computer science class I took at WSU &#8211; CPTS_121 &#8211; challenged me to think about problems differently and come up with a solution in a whole new way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In computer science, I had to adopt different strategies of understanding and solving problems, which has allowed me to appreciate the little things that play a significant role in success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout my experience here at WSU, I have challenged myself to keep a daily schedule that prioritize activities that will help ensure I will be healthy and successful. The habits I have gained from the classroom and outside are excellent skills towards my future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What advice do you have for fellow or prospective students? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cherish the journey. Take college one step at a time \u2013 it will reassure your success in your academics. Get involved with activities \u2013 you\u2019ll get the chance to connect and share similar stories with fellow students in your major or outside major. Programs like LSAMP, TMP, NSBE, and McNair have reassured my success by providing me with the resources and tools to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What has been your favorite class at WSU, and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite class was CPTS_350 with Dr. Zhe Dang; we focused on design and algorithm analysis. In this class, I connected the dot of the importance of design and how it could eventually affect my algorithm and ultimately the product I\u2019m creating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the course, we spent most of our time analyzing our codes, and we can find optimal solutions that can be difficult to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the knowledge Dr. Zhe provided made the course fun and memorable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Bugingo is a computer science major graduating in December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1120,"featured_media":4922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[570],"tags":[595],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[501,443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916"}],"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\/1120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4916"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9076,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions\/9076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=4916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}