By Nella Letizia, WSU Libraries PULLMAN, Wash. – From sewing a miniature book binding to watching a demonstration of shaping a stone tool, nearly 200 eighth-graders from Lincoln Middle School recently took a whirlwind tour of library sciences and anthropological research at Washington State University to prepare for their final history project this spring.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A free, public jazz concert will start at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at Kimbrough Hall at Washington State University.
PULLMAN, Wash. – A festival of regional high school and middle school orchestras will be highlighted by free, public performances by a Washington State University faculty trio and the WSU Symphony Orchestra.
RICHLAND – The Early Outreach Program based at WSU Tri-Cities worked with 17 school districts and 19 community partners in the region to receive $23.2 million in the form of two six-year competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). GEAR UP […]
VANCOUVER – Southwest Washington Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement will host its fourth annual MESA Day event, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22 at Clark College. More than 140 middle school students from three school districts will have the opportunity to showcase design, problem solving, mathematical and communication skills on a competitive basis. Schools […]
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Middle school students and their parents can learn why math and science make great career choices during the MESA Middle School Conference this Saturday, Nov. 3, at Sierra Vista Middle School in Sunnyside. MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) is an early outreach program operated through WSU Tri-Cities in Richland. Workshops for students […]
Washington State University music professor Greg Yasinitsky isn’t interested in composing pieces that sit on a shelf. But if his framed scores hang on the wall once in a while, that’s okay. Yasinitsky, the composer-in-residence at Lincoln Middle School, dedicated “Room 806” to out-going principal Bill Motsenbocker. At the final concert of the year in […]
Richland, Wash. – Up to 150 middle school girls from the Tri-Cities and the Yakima Valley will learn about nontraditional career opportunities Saturday at the Expanding Your Horizons conference. The conference is from 8:55 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 University Drive, Richland. WSU Tri-Cities is the host of Expanding Your Horizons in […]
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 […]