VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver will hold Scholarships 101 Information Night for prospective college students interested in learning how scholarships can help them manage the cost of a college education. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110. This event is a free public service open to everyone, no matter which college or university you plan to attend. Free parking will be available in Orange 2 lot.
Scholarships provide money for college that does not have to be repaid and can help reduce financial stress, allowing students to focus more on their studies and stay on track to complete their degree. Guests who attend Scholarships 101 Information Night will learn where to find the best scholarships, how to write award-winning essays and get helpful tips from prior award winners.
If you have questions, email van.finaid@wsu.edu. For event accessibility, contact the Access Center at 360-546-9739 or van.access.center@wsu.edu.
About WSU Vancouver
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. in Vancouver, east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-TRAN bus service. Find a campus map at vancouver.wsu.edu/map.
As one of six campuses of the WSU system, WSU Vancouver offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. The university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, WSU Vancouver helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
WSU Vancouver is located on the homelands of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Peoples of the Lower Columbia Valley. We acknowledge their presence here. WSU Vancouver expresses its respect towards these original and current caretakers of the region. We pledge that these relationships will be built on mutual trust and respect.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver invites community members to get in the holiday spirit—Cougar style! Come to Holiday Cheer and Gift Gear from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Get a free photo with WSU’s mascot Butch T. Cougar and shop for Cougar gear at Crimson & Gray’s popup shop.
Santa Butch will be wearing a traditional red shirt and cap trimmed in white faux fur. Holiday Butch will pose wearing a crimson sequin blazer. Santa Butch and Holiday Butch will alternate every 30 minutes. The family- and pet-friendly event is free and open to all.
In the spirit of the holidays, guests are encouraged to make a cash donation or bring nonperishable food items to the event to support WSU Vancouver’s Cougar Food Pantry.
For more information, email Jacob Hirning at jacob.hirning@wsu.edu.
About WSU Vancouver
As one of six campuses of the WSU system, WSU Vancouver offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. The university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, WSU Vancouver helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
WSU Vancouver is located on the homelands of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Peoples of the Lower Columbia Valley. We acknowledge their presence here. WSU Vancouver expresses its respect towards these original and current caretakers of the region. We pledge that these relationships will be built on mutual trust and respect.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. – A new episode of the web series “How I Learned to Breathe Thru the Apocalypse,” written and performed by Desiree Hellegers, WSU professor of English and director of the Collective for Social and Environmental Justice, will have its debut screening 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at Open Signal Portland Community Media Center, 2766 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR. The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited, but tickets can be reserved on Event Brite.
The new episode is titled “How I Accidentally Killed My Father.” It features Hellegers grappling with the intergenerational effects of war and fascism, and the role they may have played as a surly teenager in the sudden death of their father, a child refugee of the Nazis.
The episode is available on request for advance screening. After the debut, it will begin airing on Open Signal Cable TV.
The surreal, hallucinatory black comedy, set entirely inside the playwright’s mind, is based on detailed notes from a 30-day silent Shambhala Buddhist meditation retreat in December 2005 in the woods of British Columbia. The play whipsaws between tragedy and comedy, as it takes on narcissism and white privilege, Catholic and Buddhist white saviorism, spiritual consumerism, U.S. military violence, climate collapse and sexual abuse. Ultimately, it makes a compelling case for the power of meditation and art—and specifically comedy—as indispensable tools of anti-fascist resistance and planetary survival.
About WSU Vancouver
As one of six campuses of the WSU system, WSU Vancouver offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. The university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, WSU Vancouver helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
WSU Vancouver is located on the homelands of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Peoples of the Lower Columbia Valley. We acknowledge their presence here. WSU Vancouver expresses its respect towards these original and current caretakers of the region. We pledge that these relationships will be built on mutual trust and respect.