{"id":5374,"date":"2022-12-08T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:40:46","slug":"student-spotlight-makenna-mullen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2022\/12\/08\/student-spotlight-makenna-mullen\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Makenna Mullen"},"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>Makenna Mullen\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 mechanical engineering major Makenna Mullen 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\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\/mechanical-engineering\/\">Mechanical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> December 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activities:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swe.wsu.edu\/\">Society of Women Engineers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.vcea.wsu.edu\/\">Cougs in Space<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/tutoring\/\">VCEA Tutoring<\/a>, VCEA Student Ambassadors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\" wsu-overlap__column  wsu-overlap--overlap-xmedium\">\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=\"792\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-792x858.jpg\" alt=\"Makenna Mullen.\" class=\"wp-image-5375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-792x858.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-396x429.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-768x832.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-1417x1536.jpg 1417w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-990x1073.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna-1188x1288.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2022\/11\/Makenna.jpg 1431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\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\">Which scholarships\/fellowships have you received?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Washington State Opportunity Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ralph and Gladys Lowry Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distinguished University Achievement Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert and Nancy Strong Graduate Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boeing Peer Mentor Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hauser-Emtman Endowed Honors College Scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>I think what makes WSU stand out is the community here. Coming to Pullman not knowing anyone as a first-generation student, I\u2019ve always loved the \u201cCougs help Cougs\u201d mentality that gave me the welcoming environment I\u2019ve needed to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What advice do you have for fellow or prospective students? What can you recommend they do to succeed in your major or at WSU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t be afraid to take some time to figure out what you like to do and find the communities that support you. University is one of the best times to grow and figure out who you are and who you want to be.<\/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&#8217;ve been involved with at WSU, and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Society of Women Engineers has easily been my favorite club I\u2019ve been a part of at WSU. I found such an amazing community and being able to serve as president last year was one of the most rewarding experiences that I\u2019ve been able to have in my time at WSU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makenna Mullen is a mechanical engineering major graduating in December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30232,"featured_media":5375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[570],"tags":[597],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[504,443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374"}],"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\/30232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9084,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions\/9084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}