
Winter 2022
Johnnetta B. Cole
The educational leader and former WSU activist and educator received the ATHENA award. » More ...
High school counselor Kim Reykdal ’94 doesn’t wait around for students to make appointments. She searches them out.
Whether it’s scholarship applications, information about opportunities with the U.S. military, or the latest on specialty or technical colleges, Reykdal is known to work the lunchroom, if necessary, to get students setting goals for life after high school.
That commitment to student achievement earned Reykdal a trip to Washington, D.C. in January as one of four 2016 national Counselor of the Year finalists, where first lady Michelle Obama praised her efforts in a White House ceremony. The recipients also met with lawmakers and attended a congressional … » More …