{"id":5470,"date":"2023-03-30T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:45:17","slug":"student-spotlight-tyler-worden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2023\/03\/30\/student-spotlight-tyler-worden\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Tyler Worden"},"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>Tyler Worden\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 Tyler Worden 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=\"792\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-792x792.jpeg\" alt=\"Tyler Worden.\" class=\"wp-image-5471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-792x792.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-396x396.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-198x198.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-990x990.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/tylerworden-1188x1188.jpeg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/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:\/\/degrees.wsu.edu\/degree\/civil-engineering\/\">Civil Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minor:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/degrees.wsu.edu\/degree\/mathematics\/\">Mathematics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> Fall 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activities:<\/strong> Statics Peer Mentor\/Statics Teaching Assistant, <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.presence.io\/organization\/water-resources-club\">Water Resources Club<\/a>, 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\">Which scholarships have you received?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Regents Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenneth M. Chaplin Engineering Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John and Arline Truax Okanogan Scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Why did you choose your major?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> I discovered that civil engineering was a great degree for me because I love math and I was drawn to the Water Resource Club. When I began taking introductory courses, I was passionate about what I was learning and that&#8217;s when I knew that I had chosen the right major.<\/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>I strongly recommend getting involved and meeting people to be successful in civil engineering. Being involved can look different, too. Maybe you join a club or exchange contact information with the people sitting around you during your first week of class. Whatever your version of involvement looks like, knowing that you have a support system makes challenges less daunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">What has been your favorite class?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite class at WSU so far has been my computer applications class with Karl Olsen. I loved learning the different applications in his class and finishing each unit feeling as if I could use the application in a workplace setting successfully. Before taking computer applications, I didn&#8217;t think I would be giddy over creating a project-specific map or Excel spreadsheet. However, I was so excited about what I was able to create and the skills I learned in that class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Worden is a civil engineering major graduating in Fall 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30232,"featured_media":5471,"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\/5470"}],"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=5470"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9093,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5470\/revisions\/9093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5470"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5470"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}