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Microsoft senior director lectures on integrating values into business

VANCOUVER – WSU Vancouver presents “Integrating Corporate Citizenship and Values into Business Strategy,” a lecture by Dan Bross, senior director of corporate citizenship at Microsoft.   The lecture will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Administration Building, room 110. The event is free and open to the public.   “The global financial crisis […]

Professor offers local children batty stories, crafts, fun facts

Christine Portfors holding a tropical fruit bat from “the bat lab” research facility. Vancouver – Christine Portfors, associate professor of biology at WSU Vancouver, will give her sixth annual presentation on bats from 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 26 in the Administration building, Room 110.   At a time of year when bats are […]

WSU Vancouver grads and faculty honored

VANCOUVER – May 10 is graduation day for 711 students of WSU Vancouver. Each year, one undergraduate student as well as two faculty members receive a special mention during the ceremony. The Chancellor’s Award for Student Achievement will go to David Neuhauser, 44. Despite great personal difficulty in recent years, Neuhauser is receiving his Bachelor […]

Historic centerchanges mission

VANCOUVER – WSU’s historic 78th St. Agricultural Research and Extension Center has new owners as of today, along with a new mission and a new plan for the future, all based on a decades-long partnership. Clark County commissioners today announced they will assume ownership of the 79-acre property from WSU. They also outlined a new […]

Employment fair open to Vancouver job seekers

VANCOUVER – For the 21st year, students and job seekers of all professional and technical positions can find a wealth of information in one place a the Pathways to Your Future Career Information and Job Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 15 in the Hilton Hotel Vancouver. For more details on Pathways to Your […]

Regents to meet Friday at WSU Vancouver

PULLMAN – A variety of building and infrastructure improvement projects will be on the agenda for approval when the Board of Regents of WSU meets Friday (Feb.1) at the WSU Vancouver campus. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Room 129 of the Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is available at http://www.regents.wsu.edu/meeting-materials/200801Agenda.pdf […]

Chancellor’s seminars highlight global change

WSU Vancouver is launching a new lunchtime presentation titled the Chancellor’s Seminar Series, running 12-1:30 p.m. Fridays March 7,  April 4, and May 16 in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Ticket price for each seminar is $30 per person, including lunch and parking, or $80 all three seminars. For more information and to register, go ONLINE […]

WSU reports spring enrollment growth

PULLMAN – WSU reports enrollment growth at all four of its campuses this spring — a total spring semester enrollment of 22,741 students, up 4.8 percent from last spring. The growth is driven by this fall’s influx of freshmen students — the largest freshman class in the history of the Pullman campus, the second year […]

Tornado damagesWSU Research Station

On Thursday afternoon a tornado ripped through Hazel Dell and Fruit Valley, near Vancouver, Wash, damaging the WSU Research Station located there.     No one was injured.   Five buildings at the station have major roof damage and two greenhouses were destroyed, said Blair Wolfley, manager of the Vancouver unit. The storm also broke windows […]

High School exhibits student photography

Photo: Yo Yo, by Rebecca White, 18, senior   VANCOUVER – Battle Ground High School’s Photography Club is currently exhibiting more than 30 black and white photographs at WSU Vancouver in the Multimedia Classroom Building gallery.  Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m. through […]