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WSUV expands its offerings

Programs keep pace with student surge

By Howard Buck
Published: February 27, 2011, 12:00am
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Mount St.
Mount St. Helens forms an impressive backdrop for the first day of fall semester last August at Washington State University Vancouver. Photo Gallery

Washington State University Vancouver:

http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/

Washington State University Vancouver continues a remarkable ascendency on its attractive Salmon Creek hillside campus.

Producing its first four-year graduates in 2010 after it earlier added junior and senior courses, WSUV launches its long-awaited electrical engineering degree program this year.

The EE degree comes at the urging of high-tech employers in Southwest Washington, such as Sharp Microelectronics, WaferTech, SEH America, nLight and Silicon Forest Electronics. It will feature individualized study in digital systems, electrical devices and materials, or in networks and communications systems.

Electrical engineering joins existing automation and robotics programs that have quickly gained steam.

Its home will be the $43.5 million Engineering and Computer Sciences building to be opened this summer, which offers a “clean room” among several labs.

Washington State University Vancouver:

<a href="http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/">http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/</a>

The center is the latest physical change at WSUV, where enrollment has surged past 3,000 students for the first time.

They pursue any of 18 bachelor’s degrees, 10 master’s degrees and a single doctorate degree (education), or one of many professional certifications.

History and sociology bachelor’s degrees were the most recent additions; a doctor of nursing practice remains in the works.

Bachelor degree programs run a spectrum, from anthropology, English or psychology to business administration, computer science, mechanical engineering and nursing.

Master’s and doctorate degree programs in teaching and education serve many local school teachers and administrators.

The school’s innovative, bachelor’s program in digital technology and culture is breaking new ground. Students tap into rapidly changing media forms to create compelling digital storytelling.

WSUV has operated in Salmon Creek since 1996, after setting up shop at Vancouver’s Clark College in 1989.

It’s one of three branch campuses in the Pullman-based WSU system: Spokane and the Tri-Cities are the other two.

All stand to gain considerably from a $1 billion fundraising campaign revealed last autumn by WSU leaders.

With a 2015 target date, the capital drive would pump $180 million into student scholarships and fellowships and $120 million more into general student support. Almost $250 million would help attract and retain faculty members, and the rest would pay for research initiatives, academic and outreach efforts and facility renovation and construction.

The campaign had passed the $532 million mark by December, leaders said.

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