Company is coming

WSU Vancouver will host the January meeting of the WSU Board of Regents this Thursday and Friday. The meeting agenda is available online. Gov. Jay Inslee is also scheduled to be on campus Thursday. He will meet with an invited group of students, faculty and staff members, and community leaders. Please extend a Cougar welcome to our guests.

MLK Day of Service a success

Roughly 150 faculty, staff, students and community members attended the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. More than 1,000 school supplies were collected for the Evergreen and Vancouver school districts. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Have a heart, feed a Coug

Support WSU Vancouver students in need by participating in the Have a Heart, Feed a Coug food drive, now through Feb. 13. Go through your cupboards and pantries or hit your local grocery store for nonperishable food items. Most requested items include: peanut butter, canned tuna, canned chicken, canned fruit, canned vegetables, macaroni and cheese, pasta and sauce, instant potatoes, rice and healthy cereals. Grocery bags will be placed in your department's mailroom/workroom for your convenience.

For more information, contact Kafiat Beckley, food pantry coordinator, at 6-9593.

Enjoy southern-fried chicken

11:30 a.m. through lunchtime Jan. 28
Dengerink Administration Building Café

Culture Café takes us to the Deep South on Wednesday. The menu features southern-fried chicken legs, red beans and rice, collard greens and cornbread for $5.39. The soup will be Brunswick stew sold separately for $1.89 a cup and $3.69 a bowl.

Sign up for the Shamrock run, get money for student scholarships

WSU Vancouver’s Shamrock Team 8750 is just about at capacity. With 75 runners, the university will have a Super Team and can designate funds for the Second Chance Scholarship Fund. The deadline to sign up is Jan. 31, and the run takes place March 15. Sign up online for Team 8750!

Professional Writers Series launches with “Dangerous Writing”

7 p.m. Feb. 3
Library, Room 240

The Professional Writers Series will present Tom Spanbauer talking about “Dangerous Writing” at its first event of the season. Considered the patriarch of the Portland writing scene, Spanbauer is the founder and creative force behind Dangerous Writing, a legendary workshop that has many famous alumni, including Cheryl Strayed, Chuck Palahniuk and Chelsea Cain. He has written five novels known for their fresh and lyrical prose style alongside solid storytelling. His latest, “I Loved You More” (2014), explores the relationships in a love triangle over 25 years.

The Bookie carrying new mug

The Bookie is carrying a new WSU Vancouver mug. The retail price is $12.98. If sales go well, the bookstore may start carrying more WSU Vancouver-specific merchandise.

WSU Vancouver In The News

Valenter: Higher education a value proposition

Jan. 22, 2015
The Columbian
By Lynn Valenter

The state of Washington is under court order to increase the investment in K-12 education. Voters recently approved decreasing class sizes, without any dedicated funding to support this. All of this puts pressure on our state budget which has cut state funding to Washington State University by 52 percent from 2009-2013. Resultant double-digit tuition increases did not fully fund the loss of state support. For the last two years there have not been tuition increases, supported by legislative steady-state funding.

Financial aid form help available

Jan. 22, 2015
The Columbian
By Susan Parrish

Staff and student volunteers from Washington State University Vancouver and Clark College will answer questions and help students and families ...

WSUV seeks businesses for career, internship fair

Jan. 21 2015
The Columbian

Washington State University Vancouver invites nonprofit, government and STEM businesses to exhibit at the 2015 Career and Internship Fair set for ...

Doctors blame the WHO and the U.N. for failing to fight Ebola. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Jan. 20, 2015
The Cage
By Nathan Paxon

Barry Hewlett, an anthropologist at Washington State University, has studied ongoing medical Ebola responses. Hewlett and his co-authors have identified steps that would not hinder medical or epidemiological operations, but that would work with — not against — local cultures …

Clark County’s wine region ready to explode

Jan. 20, 2015
The Reflector
By Kelly Moyer

Having trained as a pharmacist and optometrist before winemaking school in Australia, Gougér sees the value of education. In his opinion, Clark County needs educational partners like Clark College or Washington State University to help decide which grape varietals will do best in this region. “I’d love to see the educational community establish a test area to help determine which varietals (grow best) here,” Gougér says.

Diverse group of volunteers plant trees on MLK Day of Service

Jan. 19, 2015
The Columbian
By Scott Hewitt

Also, Washington State University Vancouver hosted a day of workshops and discussions about educational justice; its King observance continues this week with a two-part screening of a documentary called “Visions of Abolition,” which explores connections between mass incarceration and the war on drugs, and between slavery, capitalism and the prison-industrial complex.

Reminders

Professional Writers Series reception 6:15 p.m. Feb. 3, Library, Room 203

Mental First Aid, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Feb. 16, location TBA, limited to 30, RSVP

Women of Distinction nominations open through Feb. 22

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