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  Still image from director Charles Burnett’s film “Killer of Sheep.”   VANCOUVER  – “Visions From the Inside: Directors Look at Their Communities,” is the first diversity film festival to be offered at WSU Vancouver. Ten films will be shown Sept. 10 to Oct. 14 at various afternoon and evening times in the Administration Building, […]

Steve Burkett helped found the McNair Program at WSU in 1999. But he didn’t stop there. Though his quiet demeanor and measured speech belie the reputation, he is a “mover and shaker” on the McNair scene nationwide, says Howard Grimes, dean of the WSU Graduate School. The McNair Program prepares low-income, first-generation and underrepresented (Native […]