WSU announced its 15th class of distinguished women and held a virtual award ceremony April 15 to honor those recognized.
Misty Lefler, third-year pharmacy student, was honored as Graduate Student Woman of Distinction. Lefler said she knew she wanted to be a pharmacist because she was 15 years old because she loved her chemistry classes.
Lefler said seeing how her grandparents were treated by healthcare professionals also impacted her decision to enter the field.
“I saw them go through some health hardships and was able to see the both good and not so good healthcare people in their life,” she said. “I really like taking care of people and I felt like this is a really good profession to go into.”
April 19, 2021
By Rachel Koon, Division of Student Affairs
Six exceptional Washington State University women were honored for their accomplishments, service, and commitment to student success at the Women of Distinction awards ceremony on April 16. The annual event, now in its 15th year, recognizes the incredible achievements of women in the WSU community.
This year’s award recipients represent a range of campuses, colleges, and academic and professional pursuits, but they all have one thing in common: a dedication to making their campuses and communities better places.
“Acknowledging the achievements of women leaders across the WSU system is the easy part – the hardest part is selecting just six women out of the large number of applications we received this year,” said Davi Kallman, Women of Distinction co-chair and Commission on the State of Women public relations officer. “We received more applications than ever before, and we are so thankful to our amazing reviews f
The WSU Police Department is working with the Student Legal Research Association to better understand racial disparities in arrest data and officers’ implicit bias.
WSU PD Chief Bill Gardner said it was disheartening when he read in a 2019 Evergreen article that Black residents are nearly five times as likely to be arrested by the department.
All the officers were taken back by the statistic. They began questioning their implicit biases and whether they contributed to this disparity in arrest data. Gardner said the department wants to understand the statistic and what drives this disparity.
“We’ve done a considerable amount of training for officers on implicit bias,” he said. “We’ll continue to do that.”
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