{"id":5502,"date":"2023-03-02T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:44:51","slug":"student-spotlight-kofi-frimpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2023\/03\/02\/student-spotlight-kofi-frimpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Kofi Frimpong"},"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>Kofi Frimpong\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 electrical engineering major Kofi Frimpong 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=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/Kofi.jpg\" alt=\"Kofi Frimpong.\" class=\"wp-image-5503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/Kofi.jpg 718w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/02\/Kofi-396x565.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/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\/electrical-engineering\/\">Electrical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> May 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activities:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nsbe.wazzu\/\">National Society of Black Engineers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/\">Frank Scholars<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employee at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories<\/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\">Why would you recommend attending Washington State University?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington State University is a place filled with many opportunities. At WSU, when you become a part of something &#8211; whether it&#8217;s the National Society of Black Engineers, the Environmental Science Club, or WSU Rocketry Club &#8211; you gain ownership in your role, and you get many opportunities to provide meaningful contributions and become a member of a larger community.<\/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>I recommend that new students join a club or organization on campus. I believe the best way of connecting with your fellow Cougs is through shared experiences and one of the best ways to doing that is through student clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I highly recommend utilizing the resources on campus such as tutoring, professor&#8217;s office hours, and the WSU Access Center. WSU has a lot of student support services that are there to help students succeed &#8211; so make sure you utilize them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">What has been your favorite activity you&#8217;ve been involved with at WSU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My favorite club I&#8217;ve been a part of here at WSU has to be the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). As a member of NSBE, I get to create real and meaningful impacts by organizing meetings tailored to academic success, such as resume and LinkedIn workshops, career fair prep sessions and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from that, it&#8217;s a fun organization to be a part of, filled with hard-working, passionate individuals who are focused on achieving their career goals in STEM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kofi Frimpong is an electrical engineering major graduating in May 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30232,"featured_media":5503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[570],"tags":[596],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[501,443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502"}],"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=5502"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9090,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5502\/revisions\/9090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5502"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}