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WSU Vancouver recognizes award recipients

VANCOUVER – The WSU Vancouver 2009 commencement ceremony will include recognition of two faculty members and one undergraduate student. Graduation will be held on Saturday, May 16.   The Students’ Award for Teaching Excellence goes to Dawn Banker, clinical associate professor and academic coordinator for science programs. Building and maintaining relationships is at the heart […]

Awards and honors

• WSU Spokane’s graduate program in interior design ranked ninth in the nation in a recent list released by DesignIntelligence, a bimonthly journal for architecture and design professionals. Rankings are based on surveys of professional design firms.   “The ranking suggests our graduate students are doing extremely well in entry level positions,” said John Turpin, […]

Spring seminars address overeating, ocean dead zones, corporate social responsibility

Ritter VANCOUVER – WSU Vancouver presents the Spring 2009 Chancellor’s Seminar Series, campus lunchtime presentations, 12 to 1:30 p.m., Fridays, Feb. 13, March 13 and April 10, in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Ticket price for each seminar is $25 per person, including lunch and parking, or $60 for all three seminars with registration by Feb. […]

Faculty examine economic downturn

VANCOUVER – A lot of people are at fault for the world financial crisis, said several WSU Vancouver experts at a recent campus forum. And recovery will require good decision-making by a lot of people, including everyone at the local level.   Among those to blame are large East Coast investment banks that took big […]