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VANCOUVER, Wash. – Print Arts Northwest artwork will be on display at Washington State University Vancouver through Aug. 30 in the Science and Engineering building. Works by Northwest printmakers Elaine Chandler, Patricia Cheyne, Yugi Hiratsuka, Gesine Jensen, Sharri LaPierre and Joseph Mann are featured in the exhibit.  

Print Arts Northwest was founded in 1981 by the printmaking instructors in all the major colleges and universities in the area. To date, it is one of the oldest professional printmaking organizations in the United States. Along with being associated with the Northwest Print Council—an organization of 120 professional printmakers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Arkansas, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia—many of the current members are instructors at schools in the Northwest and beyond.

Membership in Print Arts Northwest is by a strictly juried process by a panel of current members. Members work in all print media:...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Learn how to pay for college at Washington State University Vancouver’s A – Z of Financial Aid and Scholarships Workshop offered June through August in the Student Services building, room 101. Free and open to the public, this workshop is a jumping-off point for all college-bound students no matter their age, current financial situation or school they plan to attend.

Workshops will be offered:

• 6 – 7 p.m. June 18
• 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. July 2
• 6 – 7 p.m. July 18
• 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. July 31
• 6 – 7 p.m. August 13

Led by trained financial aid experts, the A – Z of Financial Aid and Scholarships Workshop increases financial aid awareness and makes clear the readily available options for paying for college. The workshop will answer commonly asked questions such as: What is financial aid? What happens after I file my FAFSA? Are there any scholarships available? How do I get my money?

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VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver student Janie Black has been awarded the 2012 Student Research Excellence Award. Black, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in women’s studies earlier this month, was selected for the $300 award based on research she conducted for her paper, “Lascivious Pilgrims: Sexuality and Sexual Laws in the British Puritan New England Colonies during the 17th Century.”

Awarded annually by the WSU Vancouver Library, the purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in undergraduate research that demonstrates evidence of significant inquiry using the library, its resources and collections.

Black’s paper was an assignment in a history writing course. Her subject matter was sparked by an early American literature class.

“The focus of my assignment was to use secondary works—encyclopedias, books and journals,” said Black. “I found that recorded primary sources were easier to find than secondary sources. A lot of what I...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver’s College of Business celebrated its third year of the Business Growth Mentor and Analysis Program with awards and presentations earlier this month. Four students who consulted with Twice the Light, Inc. won the 2013 Business Growth MAP Team Award for Best Project.

Business Growth MAP provides pro-bono analysis consulting services to help businesses in Southwest Washington and the Portland metropolitan area grow and create jobs in our community. The program pairs business students, faculty, mentors and recent business graduate advisors with businesses that are looking to grow. The program consulted with 46 businesses during the...

The professional sales certificate program in the College of Business at Washington State University Vancouver has been named one of the 2013 Top University Sales Programs by the Sales Education Foundation. WSU Vancouver’s program was recognized for preparing students for professional selling careers and placing top talent in professional selling roles.

The Sales Education Foundation, a non-profit that promotes the sales profession through college and university programs, reports that more than 50 percent of college students in the United States enter sales careers, and many fail due to lack of professional preparation. Universities with professional selling programs are receiving significant attention from companies for successful hiring. 

WSU Vancouver’s professional sales certificate program has gained national notoriety through fine performances by students at the Western States Collegiate Sales Competition and the National Collegiate Sales Competition.

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VANCOUVER, WASH. –Avantika Bawa, assistant professor of fine arts at Washington State University Vancouver, won the 2013 award for Early Achievement in Scholarship/Creative Activities from the College of Arts and Sciences. This was a system-wide award encompassing all four campuses that make up Washington State University.

Fourteen individuals received awards and certificates. Bawa, was the only faculty in liberal arts and the only faculty from the Vancouver campus to receive an award for scholarly activities.

Bawa is an artist, curator and academic. She has a master’s of fine arts in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a bachelor’s of fine arts in painting from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. Since joining WSU Vancouver in fall 2010, Bawa has had six major solo shows and participated in 10 curated/juried shows. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Russia, Canada and India. Bawa’s work can be viewed at www.avantikabawa.net

The WSU College of Arts and Sciences was formed in July 2012 by bringing together the College of Liberal Arts and the...

The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Electronic Literature Organization a Digital Humanities Start Up Grant for $52,003 for an innovative historical effort involving the first generation of modern digital writing.

The Pathfinders project, proposed by Dene Grigar, associate professor and director of the creative media and digital culture program at Washington State University Vancouver, and Stuart Moulthrop, professor in the department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will build an archive of readings in which the authors and volunteer readers explore the textual possibilities of early digital texts. Readings will be carried out on the early computer systems for which the works were originally intended.

Recorded sessions will be made available through the Electronic Literature Database, and will also form the basis for multimedia presentations developed by the investigators and other colleagues. Using innovative software such as Scalar, a free, open-source authoring and publishing platform, these publications will explore strategies for representing and preserving computer-mediated writing.

Among the works chosen...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver will graduate 906 students at its 2013 commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. May 11 at the Sleep Country Amphitheater. Chancellor Mel Netzhammer will preside over the ceremony. Tony Rojas, president of Slalom, LLC, and member of the Washington State University Foundation Board of Governors, will deliver the keynote address.

BACKGROUND ON THE CLASS OF 2013

The graduating class of 2013 is represented by 13 doctoral candidates in the areas of anthropology, education, environmental and natural resource sciences, and psychology.

The 133 master’s candidates will receive degrees in accounting, anthropology, business administration, computer science, education, engineering and technology management, environmental science, history, mechanical engineering, nursing, psychology, public affairs and teaching.

The remaining 760 bachelor’s candidates will receive degrees in anthropology, biology, business administration, computer science, criminal justice, digital technology and culture, education, electrical engineering, English, environmental science, history, human development, humanities, mechanical engineering,...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver announced today it is issuing a Request for Proposal for off-campus student housing. The university seeks to establish a master lease agreement for use of an existing or newly constructed facility within walking distance of the Salmon Creek campus.

WSU Vancouver expects to house up to 125 students beginning fall 2014. In reviewing proposals, WSU Vancouver will take into consideration proposed property (hotel, apartment complex, other), attributes, amenities, location/access to campus and other services, cost, contract terms, safety, security and other items.

A copy of the RFP may be found online at http://admin.vancouver.wsu.edu/student-housing-rfp. Proposals are due May 15. Questions may be directed to Dave Hurt, procurement specialist, 360-546-9245 or dnhurt@vancouver.wsu.edu.

WSU Vancouver currently serves almost 3,000 students with ambitious plans to grow. Nearby student housing will allow the university to recruit students from a greater distance including international students.

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VANCOUVER, Wash. – In response to the national call for more and better mathematics teachers, current and future educators are invited to Washington State University Vancouver to learn more about the middle-level math endorsement. An information session will be held at 4:30 p.m. May 7 in the Dengerink Administration Building, room 129. This event is free and open to the public.

Math Endorsement Information Night will describe the program goals, course requirements, timelines for completion and provide an opportunity for participants to ask questions. Current teachers who want additional mathematics professional development as well as individuals who wish to be certified to teach math are encouraged to attend.

The WSU Vancouver College of Education offers a number of endorsements for certified teachers to add to their credential. Endorsements can be helpful in opening new doors of opportunity to teachers within their school districts or to help new teachers get their first jobs.

To learn more about math endorsements, visit http://education.vancouver.wsu.edu/endorsements

For more information,...