VANCOUVER, Wash. – Want to learn about history at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in a new way? There’s an app for that! The Fort Vancouver Mobile application will make its public debut 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9, in conjunction with a Brigade Encampment and National Get Outdoors Day. Admission to the event is free.
The free app—funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Clark County Commissioners and Washington State University Vancouver—is the first interpretation-oriented app in the National Park Service system. This research project has been developed by a core of about 20 scholars, many in the creative media and digital culture program at WSU Vancouver, with the support of students as well as new media professionals in the region and bolstered by the volunteer efforts of more than 100 people throughout the community. WSU Vancouver faculty member Brett Oppegaard is coordinating the project, and fellow faculty members Sola Adesope, John Barber, Steve Fountain, Dene Grigar, Will Luers and Michael Rabby have contributed to the project.
While many apps provide textbook-like information about people or places in history, or connect...



VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver will graduate a record 979 students at its 2012 commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. May 12 at the Sleep Country Amphitheater. Karen Schmaling, vice chancellor for academic affairs, will preside over the ceremony. Washington State Supreme Court Justice Steven C. González will give the keynote address. WSU Vancouver will present five special awards during the ceremony.