education

History in the making

A $2.2 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will allow WSU Vancouver professor Candice Goucher to join with Portland State University professor Linda Walton as co-lead scholars for the production of a multimedia series designed to help teachers learn more about world history. They will structure the series, “Bridging […]

Carnegie taps education college

By Bill London College of Education Washington State University’s College of Education received high recognition recently as it was selected as a partner in the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. The honor is especially note-worthy in that it was the only college selected from the Pacific Northwest, with company including Ohio State and Michigan State. […]

Bilingual/ESL research nets $1.3 million grant

Dr. Gisela Ernst-Slavit, associate professor of education at WSU Vancouver has received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a project titled “Teams in ESL for Achievement in Member Schools” or TEAMS. The associate professor of bilingual and English as a second language education and coordinator of the campus’ Bilingual/ESL program […]

Dodging a shortage of new superintendents

More than one-third of Washington’s school superintendents are expected to retire in the next five years. Similar trends nationwide have sparked concerns of a coming shortage of qualified superintendents. Attempting to stay ahead of that trend and meet school district needs, WSU’s College of Education in 1996 created an innovative preparation program for school superintendents, […]

Boeing provides wings to WSU wireless education project

The ability to conduct business at 39,000 feet anywhere in the world is just taking off, thanks to broadband airborne communications at The Boeing Company. Their new business unit, “Connexion by Boeing,” is devoted to providing broadband access aboard commercial and executive aircraft. On May 29, at Boeing Field, the latest partnership between Boeing and […]

Panelists to discuss diabetes program

Diabetes and the “Extension Diabetes Education Program” will be the focus of the next Extension Engaged program, slated for 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14. Guest panelists will be Sue Butkus, extension nutrition specialist; Jill Armstrong Shultz, professor and scientist with Food Science and Human Nutrition; and Cindy Corbett, assistant professor with the College […]