Washington State University Vancouver

Infobox_University
name = Washington State University Vancouver
established = 1989
type = Public
president = Elson Floyd
city = Vancouver
state = Washington
country = USA
colors = Crimson and Gray color box|#9e1b34 color box|#606a74
Mascot = Butch the Cougar
Rival= University of Washington
enrollment = 2,827
staff = More than 90 fulltime, Ph.D. faculty
campus = Suburb 351acres (1.42 km²)
nickname = Cougars
website= [http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu http://vancouver.wsu.edu]
endowment= $354 million

Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV) is the Vancouver, Washington branch of Washington State University. WSU Vancouver's approximately convert|351|acre|km2|sing=on campus is located ten miles (16 km) north of the Columbia River.

Statistics

* Enrollment (Spring 2008): 2,562 Students; 1,902 FTE
* Female: 60.6%; Male: 39.4%; Students of color represent 11% of total enrollment
* More than 90 fulltime, Ph.D. faculty
* 15,600 area WSU alumni, nearly 6,000 of whom graduated from WSU Vancouver
* More than 157,000 alumni worldwide [WSU Vancouver Fact Sheet [http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/marcomm/fact-sheet] Retrieved on 22 February, 2008]

History

Washington State University began offering courses in Southwest Washington in 1983 as part of the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education. In 1989, the University formally established Washington State University Vancouver as a branch campus of the state's land-grant institution. The Salmon Creek campus opened in 1996. In Fall 2006, WSU Vancouver admitted freshmen and sophomores for the first time and began offering lower-division courses.

Campus resources

The convert|351|acre|km2|sing=on campus has many computing laboratories including student computing labs, group instruction labs, fine arts labs, circuits and microprocessors lab, computer aided drafting lab and a writing center. All provide students use of the Internet and access to WSU computing resources.

There is free Wi-Fi for students and staff. You need to register your computer with Vancouver information technology (VIT).

WSU Vancouver's library has more than 800 journals in hardcopy and over 9,000 fulltext online journals and newspapers, a core collection of more than 20,000 books and access to more than 100 major bibliographic databases. The library participates in several local and regional library consortia, including the Portland Area Library System and ORBIS/CASCADE (the Oregon and Washington Cooperative Library Project). It also houses the Environmental Information Cooperative Library.

Academic programs

WSU Vancouver offers 16 Bachelor's degrees, 9 Master's degrees, 1 Doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. [WSU Vancouver Academic Programs and Departments [http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/departments.htm] Retrieved on 22 February, 2008]

WSU Vancouver has a co-admission program with Clark College and Lower Columbia College for students who intend to start their studies at the community college and transfer to WSU Vancouver their junior year. Applicants to the program may be granted co-admission to WSU Vancouver as early as the start of their freshman year if they meet all requirements.

Student life

The opening of the Firstenburg Student Commons (FSC) in the Fall of 2007 marked a change in student life on the Vancouver campus. The FSC gives the campus a central place for students to congregate. Equipped with a pool table, three 52" LCD TV's, two Xbox 360s and a Nintendo Wii.

Though there is currently no on-campus housing, there are many activities and events for students at WSU Vancouver.

References

External links

* [http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu WSU Vancouver website]