WSU Vancouver In The News

WSU Vancouver hosts financial aid workshop
June 4, 2015
The Columbian

Vancouver — Washington State University Vancouver will host an A-Z of Financial Aid and Scholarship workshop at 1 p.m. June 13 at the Vancouver ...

Vancouver chamber to host open house for small firms
June 4, 2015
The Columbian

Vancouver chamber to host open house for small firms ... services offered by the Small Business Development Center, WSU Vancouver MAP program, ...

Medical marijuana: Modern hunter-gatherers may use cannabis to treat intestinal infections
June 3, 2015
Ancient Origins

“In the same way we have a taste for salt, we might have a taste for psychoactive plant toxins,” said study author Ed Hagen, an anthropologist at Washington University Vancouver in a press release.

WSUV parking lot plan draws neighbors' ire
June 3, 2015
The Columbian
By Eric Florip

In a letter to neighbors dated May 22, WSUV Chancellor Mel Netzhammer noted that the buffers and landscaping built into the project exceed county requirements. The school chose the north side of campus for the 250-space lot — originally envisioned as a larger structure — because it serves growth on that end, provides the best stormwater management and is cost-effective, Netzhammer wrote.

Book launch party set for digital project
June 2, 2015
The Columbian

Grigar is associate professor and director of the Creative Media and Digital Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver. Moulthrop is ...

WSUV business alliance sponsors session on computer strategy
June 2, 2015
The Columbian

... can find and implement computer systems at the June 17 session of Washington State University Vancouver's Business Growth MAP Alliance.

Will Smoking Pot Get Rid Of Your Intestinal Worms?
June 1, 2015
Popular Science
By Alexandra Ossola

Though the Aka don’t consider marijuana to be medicinal, study author Ed Hagen of the Washington State University suggests that they might be using marijuana to unconsciously keep the worms at bay, as the percent of the population smoking it is higher than the global average and marijuana has been shown to kill toxins in petri dishes.

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Reminders

WSU Employee Appreciation Week, June 8 – 12, Bookie discount, workshops (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and Ice Cream Social Thursday