WSU Vancouver

WSU Vancouver hosts Poverty Banquet event

VANCOUVER – Washington State University Vancouver is hosting a banquet to raise awareness about local and global poverty issues 7 – 8 p.m. Friday, July 10 in the Firstenburg Student Commons. This event is free and open to the public. Upon arrival, guests (or groups of guests) will be randomly assigned to dine in one […]

Vancouver offers new online deaf education program

VANCOUVER – WSU Vancouver will offer a fall-start option for its new Online Deaf Education Endorsement in addition to the summer-start program now in session. The program is designed for teachers and education students who want to expand their career opportunities with the ability to teach children with hearing loss. Deaf education is a growing field […]

Todd Norcott photography on display at WSU Vancouver

VANCOUVER – An exhibit of Todd Norcott’s photography is currently on display through the end of July in the Washington State University Vancouver library. Norcott is a Vancouver native and has as body of work that focuses on images of the Pacific Northwest. He has established himself as an important part of the Vancouver art […]

Digital tech students launch boys, girls club websites

      VANCOUVER – WSU Vancouver students from the Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) Program have launched a website for the Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Washington on June 16. The website was produced during the Senior Seminar in spring 2009. The website was designed to provide the public with general information about the […]

WSU Vancouver: Community forum on economic crisis impacts

VANCOUVER – Leaders from throughout Southwest Washington will participate in a forum focused on the health impacts of the economic crisis on low-income people and people of color. Initiated and sponsored by Washington State University Vancouver’s Center for Social and Environmental Justice (CSEJ), the forum will be held Saturday, June 27 from 1 to 5 […]

WSU Research Assistant Excellence Award goes to Vancouver student

Vancouver – The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), awarded Washington State University Vancouver Research Assistant, Niel Hayes, the Research Assistant Excellence Award for his work on Global Warming. This is the first time a Vancouver student has received this award. Hayes’ project is an eco-conscience refrigeration project studying an environmentally friendly refrigerant (Co2) in […]

WSU Vancouver professor to speak at NW Workplace Violence Conference

  VANCOUVER – WSU Vancouver Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Armando Estrada, will moderate and present a seminar at the Northwest Workplace Violence Conference at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. Estrada will moderate four sessions from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monday, June 15, and will present information about employment relations in […]

The daily painting of Sharman Owings at WSU Vancouver

      VANCOUVER – Thirty two paintings by Sharman Owings are currently on display in the Engineering Life Science building at Washington State University Vancouver.    Thirty of the paintings on display are small-scale oil paintings Owings painted one a day for 30 consecutive days. The subjects are portraits, landscapes and scenes painted from […]

Digital breakfast on the menu at WSU Vancouver

VANCOUVER – The Digital Technology and Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver and the greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce are co-sponsoring a breakfast talk from 8 – 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, in the Firstenburg Student Commons. Topics include social networking and a showcase by DTC students. The cost is $25 for the […]

Jeannie Moreno exhibits blanket and cup paintings

VANCOUVER – Painter and printmaker Jeannie Moreno is exhibiting two distinct bodies of work in the Washington State University Vancouver Administration building gallery through July 18. One series of work focuses on the images and patterns in Native American trade blankets. The other series uses the image of teacups. The Blanket series was inspired by […]