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Nearly 42% of
undergraduates getting WSU Vancouver degrees from are honor
students
Nearly 42 percent of the
519 undergraduates getting degrees from Washington state
University Vancouver during commencement ceremonies Saturday,
May 15, are honor students.
WSU president
V. Lane Rawlins and WSU
Vancouver chancellor Hal
Dengerink will present diplomas to undergraduates and to
130 masters degree graduates and one doctoral degree graduate in
ceremonies that begin at 1 p.m. in the Amphitheater at Clark
County on the county fairgrounds.
Mark A. Suwyn, chair and
CEO of Louisiana-Pacific Corp., will give the keynote address.
Suwyn earned his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from WSU.
Several awards will be
presented during the commencement. Among them are:
Chancellor’s Award for
Student Achievement to Mimiyo
Kaneko-Rivera, who, while completing her bachelors degree
in computer science, served as the student services
multicultural intern and as an Associated Students of WSU
Vancouver senator.
Student’s Award for
Teaching Excellence to Kandy
Robertson, College of Liberal Arts instructor, and
director of the Writing Center, for the positive results of her
dedication to teaching.
Chancellor’s Award for
Service to WSU Vancouver, to Ed
and Mary Firstenburg for
their devotion and commitment to WSU Vancouver, which included a
$500,000 gift to the university for the Firstenburg Family
Fountain on the campus plaza.
2004 Research Excellence
Award to Michael Morgan,
director of the university’s psychology program, whose research
focuses on spinal mechanisms through which pain is inhibited and
the contribution of the pain-inhibitory effects of morphine.
Seating for the
commencement ceremonies, expected to bring out at least 2,000
persons, begins at 11 a.m.
Vancouver area
libraries to begin charging
for extra Internet computer paper copies
Patrons of Vancouver-area
public libraries will begin paying ten cents for single-sided
pages they print from computer printers beginning today.
Fort Vancouver Regional
Library District patrons print out about two million pages a
year, at a cost to the library of $200,000, according to library
district director Bruce Zeigman.
The cost-recovery
program, which will be expanded to nearly all libraries in the
district, is expected to recoup the costs, Zeigman says.
Zeigman says he also
expects the number of print-outs being made to drop.
Patrons will be allowed
to print the first ten pages a day free. The 10-cent charge
begins with the 11th page.
Account payment machines,
which accept cash currency from a nickel to a $20 bill, will
collect the fees.
VSAA extravaganza
opens in
Royal Durst Theatre tonight
“Play Bach: Experiments
in Collaboration,” a collection of both well-known and original
works, using various art forms, opens at 7 p.m. tonight in the
Royal Durst Theatre.
The six-act production by
students of the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, is being
presented as two three-act performances. The first three acts
are tonight and Friday, May 14. The final three acts will be
presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 20, and Friday, May 21.
More than 200 students
and 15 faculty members are involved in the program. Adult
admission is $4. For further information, call
Melodie Bertheau,
313-4627.
News briefs
A Clark County Land Use
Hearing, at 7 p.m. tonight in the Public Service Center, will
consider a conditional use permit for the Storedahl Daybreak
gravel mining project. A final hearing on the project is
expected to be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, in the Public
Service Center. ■■■
Cowlitz Tribal officials are holding a
public meeting at a 7 p.m. tonight in the La Center Community
Center, 1000 E 4th Street, to answer questions and provide
information on their application for trust status of 152 acres
near the La Center junction.
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The last time to say goodbye to the
old Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School is today and this
evening at the venerable school building, 2245 NE 104th Street.
Tours of the building are from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. A program
begins at 6:30, and refreshments will be served until 8:30 p.m.
Camas apartment plan
in hands of city council--Columbian, Dean Baker
Teen stabbed by screwdriver in critical condition, Columbian,
Stephanie Rice
Cowlitz plan topic of La Center meeting tonight--Columbian,
Margaret Ellis
PDX generates millions in wages, revenue--Columbian, Gretchen
Fehrenbacher
Rumsfeld visits Iraq prison--Washington Post, Josh Rice
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