It’s a g-r-e-a-t time to be a high-school geek! (Definition: One who is academically accomplished and advanced. A positive term among friends and insiders.) Every college in the nation is in hot pursuit of high-level academic students, particularly those with math-science skills and interests. To sweeten the satisfaction, substantial scholarships and grants are being offered […]
Theoretically, WSU students do not need remedial or precollege mathematics instruction because they learned everything in high school that they need to be ready for university mathematics courses. Practically, however, some students need help to meet WSU’s increasingly stringent math proficiency requirements. The good news is that there are fewer students who require those precollege […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Hewlett-Packard recently donated $10,000 to WSU Vancouver’s Southwest Washington MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program.This gift will help further MESA’s mission of bridging the gap in academic achievement by enriching educational opportunities for African American, Native American, Latino and female students who are underrepresented in mathematics, engineering and science careers. MESA helps […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — WSU Vancouver will be hosting Southwest Washington’s Annual MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) Day from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 20. The MESA mission is to bridge the gap in academic achievement with enriching educational opportunities for African-American, Native American, Latino and female students who are underrepresented in mathematics, engineering and […]
High employment, aggressive recruiting and high salary levels. Despite these incentives, the number of incoming students pursuing college degrees in science and math is insufficient to meet workforce demands in the United States. Nothing new there; that trend has been going on for years, even at Washington State University. To make matters worse, those numbers […]
A team of mathematics and science educators at WSU Vancouver were recently honored by the National Science Foundation with a $1.9 million research grant.Tamara Holmlund Nelson, David Slavit and Anne Kennedy received the award from the highly-competitive Teacher Professional Continuum program at NSF, the goal of which is to research innovative and promising approaches to […]
WSU researchers have been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation that seeks to improve student interest in math in secondary grades and to help understand the factors affecting student interest in engineering and science careers. These questions have become of increasing importance in the last few years as the number […]
WSU researcher Denny Davis and colleagues have been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation that seeks to improve student interest in math in secondary grades and better understand the factors affecting student interest in engineering and science careers.These questions have become of increasing importance in the last few years as […]
Composers make choices, choices beyond number. During the 20th century perhaps the biggest choice was: follow your head or your heart?Charles Argersinger, a WSU professor of music and alumnus of the prestigious artists’ retreat Yaddo, chose his heart, and that has made all the difference.On the door outside Argersinger’s office in Kimbrough Hall is a […]
Summer is a time when many youth throw their books to the side, and stop all reading, math and science acitivites. The problem is, their academic skills often atrophe due to lack of use. Following are three brief articles offering insights from WSU professors on how to creatively challenge and keep your students engaged during […]