{"id":5846,"date":"2024-01-31T07:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:52:37","slug":"student-spotlight-johan-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/2024\/01\/31\/student-spotlight-johan-rivera\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Johan Rivera"},"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>Johan Rivera\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 construction engineering major Johan Rivera 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-large wsu-image--style-framed\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-792x798.jpg\" alt=\"Johan Rivera.\" class=\"wp-image-5849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-792x798.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-396x399.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-1525x1536.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-990x997.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera-1188x1197.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/3466\/2023\/12\/Johan-Rivera.jpg 1600w\" 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:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/degrees.wsu.edu\/degree\/construction-engineering\/\">Construction Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation:<\/strong> May 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Maple Valley, Washington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Activities:<\/strong> Chicanx\/Latinx Student Center mentor<\/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>MSS Mentor Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leon Yates Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jaquish Civil and Environmental Engineering Scholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">How have you benefitted by attending WSU?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington State University offers many opportunities to students who are willing to pursue them. The collaboration that WSU has with industry partners has helped me secure various internships and job opportunities. As a freshman, I obtained my first internship with the assistance of <a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/internships-careers\/\">VCEA Career Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also found academic success due to available resources such as <a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/tutoring\/\">VCEA Tutoring Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout my time at WSU, I have wanted to give back to the community that supported me and enrolled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communities.wsu.edu\/resources-for-all\/compass-mentor-program\/\">Compass Mentor Program<\/a>, where I advise 25 students during their first year at WSU.<\/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>Be open-minded and not afraid to fail. I feel like failure has taught me more about being successful than the success that I have had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students should also not be afraid to pursue internships as freshmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are plenty of resources around campus that can help prepare students with resumes and mock interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pullman can make students feel lonely, so finding or creating your community within your major will help a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, getting involved with school events or leadership positions is key to success. It will help you strengthen your weaknesses and provide practice in leading others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johan Rivera is a construction engineering major graduating in May 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1120,"featured_media":5849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[570],"tags":[600],"wsuwp_university_location":[332],"wsuwp_university_org":[499,443],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846"}],"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=5846"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9128,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions\/9128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/student-success\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}