Attend this adults-only information session to learn about school districts in Clark County and WSU Vancouver’s on-campus, private kindergarten program.
Topics include:
How to know your child is
ready for kindergarten
How to help your child prepare for kindergarten
Criteria needed for entrance to kindergarten
Options for kindergarten in the various school districts in Clark County
What kindergarten program is offered through WSU Vancouver
An opportunity to tour the classroom and meet the teachers
For more information, call 6-9722.
Come to an open forum interview for associate vice chancellor for facilities services
The search committee for associate vice chancellor for facilities services invites the campus community to an open forum to meet the candidates and ask questions. Both candidate forums will be held in the Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 214.
Clarissa Easton, 3 – 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18
DeWayne Hurst, 3 – 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19
The search committee includes Randy Boose, chair, director of human resources; Dawn Freeman, instruction and classroom support technician 4; Dennis Giles, maintenance mechanic; Hamid Rad, clinical assistant professor in the School of Engineering and Computer Science; Michael Stamper, campus CIO; and Terresa Watson, director of budget and accounting.
Native American symposium “One November Morning” brings history to campus
Through art, lectures and workshops, “One November Morning” chronicles the Nov. 29, 1864, Sand Creek massacre, a day when more than 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho people were viciously killed at Sand Creek, Colo. The events below will take place in the Dengerink Administration Building, Room 129.
Thursday, Feb. 18:
Noon – 1 p.m., Film: “One November Morning”
1:25 – 2:40 p.m., “Nineteenth-Century Art”
2:50 – 4 p.m., “Art, History and Justice: Reflections on Sand Creek”
6 – 7:30 p.m., Artists Workshop
Friday, Feb. 19:
3 – 5 p.m., Tony Ten Fingers, "Earth-Based Mentoring and Lakota Life Ways"
An accompanying exhibit is on display through May 28 at the
Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver. The admission fee is waived for WSU Vancouver students.
“One November Morning” is brought to you by Clark College, the Clark County Historical Museum, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, the Portland Art Museum, Portland State University and WSU Vancouver. For more information, contact
Steve Fountain, clinical assistant professor and coordinator of Native American programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, at 6-9738.
Faculty, come to a service-learning panel discussion
Faculty are invited to engage with WSU Pullman’s Center for Civic Engagement to develop a more robust array of service-learning opportunities here in Vancouver. You’ll also have an opportunity to meet and ask questions of Melanie Brown, director, and the CCE staff. A reception will follow the panel discussion.
Explore strategies to help students who experience PTSD succeed in school
2 – 3 p.m. Feb. 22
Library Building, Room 264
Discuss strategies to help students with post-traumatic stress disorder manage coursework, academic tasks and physical space in classrooms at a forum that is free and open to the public. Ryan “Doc” McNabb, outreach specialist with the Portland Vet Center, will present an explanation of PTSD characteristics and some best-practice strategies. Guests will be invited to share what they have found helpful or pose lingering questions.
Learn how a French colonial photographer became part of Moroccan heritage
Guest speaker Patricia Goldsworthy, assistant professor of transnational Europe and Middle East history at Western Oregon University, will present, “After the Image: Photography, Text and History in Flandrin’s Casablanca.” Goldsworthy traces Marcelin Flandrin’s transformation from an archetypal French colonial photographer to a part of Moroccan heritage through an analysis of key events in Flandrin’s colonial career, and the subsequent appropriation of his work by Moroccan scholars and
cultural institutions.
“Women and IT: Globally Located Perspective” is a panel discussion that will be moderated by Sri Craven, assistant professor, department of women, gender and sexuality studies, Portland State University. The panel discussion is part of the Women’s Studies Lecture Series “The Politics of Science and Technology: Moving toward Gender Equity, Civic Responsibility and Social Justice.”
Professional Writers Series explores “The Legal Thriller”
Phillip Margolin is both a criminal defense attorney and a New York Times bestselling author with more than a dozen courtroom thrillers to his credit, some of which have been adapted for television. His latest, “Violent Crimes,” will be published this month. His work has been recognized by Best American Mystery Stories, the Literary Guild, Book of the Month Club and the Mystery Writers of America. This year invited authors will discuss the trajectory of their careers, their successes and challenges.
An anthropologist from Washington State University says that, based on his research into modern hunter-gatherer societies, the desire to teach is hard-wired into humanity’s genetic code. Barry Hewlett began his study of modern hunter-gatherers around four decades ago ...
Reminders
“Tips and Tricks for Successful Event Planning,” 10 – 11:30 a.m. Feb. 19 Dengerink Administration Building, Room 129
Log your carpool trips at clarkcommute.org through Feb. 29 for the Make Your Heart Happy campaign
Way to go!
April Tovar‘s title has changed from financial aid and scholarships manager to assistant director of student financial services following a reclassification. In recent years, April’s role has expanded to include greater involvement in student financial services processing and decision-making, management of the work-study program, additional staff, and administering a growing waiver and scholarship program.
Iis Tussyadiah, associate clinical professor of hospitality business management, received the Best Paper Award for her research paper “Strategic self‐presentation in the sharing economy: Implications for host branding” at the ENTER2016 eTourism Conference held recently in Spain. Organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism, the conference offers a worldwide and unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government and other organizations to actively exchange, share and challenge state‐of‐the‐art research and industrial case studies on the application of information and communication technologies to travel and tourism.
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