This review is for the staff in the Science & Engineering building and for the viewing of the corpse flower. We came a few days after the 24-48 hour blooming time, but we were still able to view the flower and take pictures. We came in on a Monday around 1pm. School is out for summer break, so there wasn't much going on at the campus. A few employees in the Science & Engineering building were super nice and gave us directions to get to the corpse flower. It's located in the basement, so once you enter the front of the building off the parking lot, you go down two flights of stairs to the basement. The viewing area is small, but they let you get pretty close to the flower. There was still a dead smell in the area where the flower was. They have a live web cam on their website so you can see what stage the flower is in and how busy the viewing area is. Overall, we enjoyed our visit here. Would recommend. read more

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Go Cougs! Love this place, got a great education, met my girlfriend there, proposed there, and met a lot of great friends. Wouldn't recommend theirs pharmacy school in Spokane tho read more

Watch out for courses you plan to take on-campus in Vancouver suddenly not being available and only offered online as part of WSU's 'Global Campus' (aka online distance learning). read more

I have been to six different colleges over the past 20 years. I would not recommend WSU Vancouver. They have a limited number of classes to take and force students into summer school. Most first year students will not notice this until they schedule classes for their second year. I myself have to take 5 classes in fall and only have a single class in spring. The class schedule doesn't allow me to spread out my courses. At the end of my sophomore and junior year I have to take summer school. The university does this so the county can have free summer school teachers. Crazy that I'm paying to work for free. I'm currently in the Elementary Education program. I plan to keep this major but I'm looking for a better program. read more

I am not a student, but I have been using the WSUV library as a place to study for years. It's quiet, clean, and has beautiful views. I also love to walk around the campus. However, the parking situation has gotten ridiculous. The daily guest pass was raised to $4, and there is no option to pay by the hour. It's all day or nothing. There are a few metered spots that require coins only, but who carries coins these days?? The University even charges for parking during breaks, which is just unfair and cruel. I'd be happy to pay a reasonable price by the hour, but $4 for 2 hours of studying in a library or walking my dogs is just greedy, especially when the entire parking lot is empty. I will spend that $4 on a coffee and study in a local cafe instead, where my money will support a small business instead of a money-hungry college. read more

Best school ever. All the professors seem to have lots of passion about what they are doing especially Greg Rose from MIS department. His International Business class was the most interesting class Ive ever had. read more

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The gross incompetence of the admin here has severely and negatively impacted my experience here. No one does their job and makes YOU the paying student work to get the services already paid by YOUR money. They have arbitrary policies which are communicated contradictory to each person yapping on about them. They block you from achieving a degree, certification, so on and so forth throughout your time their. For example, their school policy requires academic advising but does not state the punitive measure of putting a HOLD on YOUR class registration which the STUDENT has already PAID for! What's worse, its "sucks for you" if you miss registration because the advisors are on vacation and no one else will do the job. read more

I took some classes over here and it was very helpful. Washington State University Vancouver is a branch of Washington State University, located on a 351-acre (1.42 km2) campus in Vancouver, Washington, approximately eight miles (13 km) north of the Columbia River and 17 miles north of downtown Portland, Oregon. Degrees offered by WSU Vancouver are conferred by Washington State University. WSU is the only "Research I" (RU/VH) institution in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area, based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Previously an undergraduate transfer college, WSU Vancouver expanded to a full four-year university in 2006.[1] WSU Vancouver in January 2014. 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 in Pullman formally established Washington State University Vancouver as a branch campus of the state's land-grant institution. The current 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 351-acre (1.42 km2) campus has many computing and research laboratories, including student computing labs, fabrication labs, science research labs, group instruction labs, fine arts labs, a circuits and microprocessors lab, computer-aided drafting lab and a writing center. The science resources and instrumentation possessed by the campus consist of GC/MS, HPLC (UVvis), DNA sequencer, TOC/N, RT-PCR, Flame ionization detector, and a new (2013) confocal microscope, along with supporting equipment. WSU Vancouver's library has more than 800 journals in hardcopy and over 9,000 full-text online journals and newspapers, a core collection of more than 30,000 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 bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctorate degrees in more than 40 fields of study.[3] Students may also be enrolled in science graduate study programs in the School of Biological Sciences in Pullman and pursue their entire degree at WSU Vancouver; greatly enhancing the number of degrees available at the master's and doctoral level by proxy.[4] 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 who meet all requirements may be granted co-admission to WSU Vancouver as early as the start of their freshman year. WSU Vancouver offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as part of Washington State University's Carson College of Business, which is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). In 2013 the Carson College of Business was ranked number one for its online MBA program by US News and World Report.[5] The on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) at WSU Vancouver was ranked number 76 out of 600 schools considered in a study by the Aspen Institute in 2007 for social and environmental responsibility taught as part of its core curriculum.[6] 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.[7] The FSC gives the campus a central place for students to congregate. It is equipped with a pool table, two ping pong tables, three 52-inch LCD TVs, and video game consoles. Though there is currently no on-campus housing, WSU Vancouver offers many activities and events for students. For example, there are many student-run organizations such as a History Club, Cougar Pride LGBT club and KOUG radio. KOUG Radio is a student-run radio station that occasionally features radio shows broadcast by DJs, most of whom are students at the university. Another student-run organization is the Salmon Creek Journal, a visual arts and literary magazine created by students, alumni and faculty.[8] In the novel Fifty Shades of Grey, the main character, Anastasia Steele, attends and graduates from WSU Vancouver. read more

I have found my education while attending WSUV to be quite satisfactory. The majority of the staff, faculty, and administration are truly passionate about what they do, and they want nothing more than to plant the seeds of change in the next generation. I do wish that the campus community was more engaged, and that the prices for classes were not as exorbitant. I recognize, though, that this is nothing more than the reality of higher education as it currently stands, not to mention the nature of a commuter school. With all that being said, GO COUGS! :) read more

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I attended as a transfer student. I felt I received a lot of helpful assistance from my program advisors, professors and financial aid director. They have a very nice library on campus. My only complaint was the disabilities office. They did nothing to assist students with disabilities. I feel the price when attending was affordable. I was able to graduate without any loans thanks to financial aid and scholarships. read more

Tuition runs about $5700 per semester for full-time undergrad courses. Not sure how that compares to other schools, but it seems about right for a state university. Pros: The campus is beautiful! There have been several mornings when I get to campus and I'm happy to be a part of this school (usually the sunny days), simply because of the panoramic views. The college provides everything you could need to be successful, if you take advantage of it. The instructors are helpful and available, and most of them are interested in teaching (more on this in cons). The school has plenty of computers scattered around the campus in various computer labs, and all classrooms are very technically capable, even if the instructors don't know how to utilize the technology. Administration seems to be interested in instructor performance, as every class, every term, has an instructor evaluation. Not sure anything changes as a result of these evaluations, but it makes me feel as though someone cares. Cons: The absolute greatest con at this school is in the administration. In the two years I was here, financial aid, student accounts, and registration all screwed up in some fashion. One semester, following a system "upgrade" from a working system to a broken one, the department completely lost all financial aid disbursements for over half the students at the school. This "computer error" of epic proportions resulted in some students being evicted, harassed by bill collectors, dropping out of school, and even depending on a food drive to eat. Unacceptable. Even now, a year later, features of this "better" system have yet to be implemented, and I will likely graduate before I see any benefit. Communication is spotty, at best. Some students receive emails regarding student accounts, advising appointments, campus activities, etc., but my personal experience has been the "less-is-more" variety. Over the summer, I was unaware I had an outstanding tuition balance until they were calling me to make payment arrangements for a grossly overdue balance of $1500. A simple email would have been sufficient to avoid a lot of hassle. The lawnmowers are running 5 days a week. The campus is large, and much of it is covered in lush, green grass that unfortunately needs constant care. The lawnmowers create a constant disruption to lectures. 85% of instructors have the best intentions when it comes to educating their students. The last 15% are there because they get paid to be there, or they are trying to get published. Coming from a community college that had a culinary school on site, the food here is terrible and overpriced. A typical meal runs about $7-8, and wait time for grill orders is anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes. Campus bookstore is typical, everything is MSRP, nothing ever goes on sale. I usually shop the internet for my books, and save 30-60%. Class offerings here are slim, compared to larger campuses. For my first year, I ended up taking classes I wasn't ready for because the ones I needed (and planned on taking) were full before I was allowed to register. On the other hand, those looking for small class sizes will be pleased with this. More often than not, the technology in the classrooms goes underutilized. S.M.A.R.T. board technology and video teleconferencing are available, but most instructors would have to call IT anytime they tried to use it, so they don't. Ah well, tuition dollars at work, I suppose. While the school itself is beautiful, and the teachers are mostly fantastic, I have to take points away for the administration. The mistakes and lack of responsibility create frustration and hardship. My classes are difficult enough without the school working against me. -2 stars for administration. read more

The professors are mostly great, the campus is clean and good-looking, but Zzusis malfunctions practically every other day, and because that is how one adds/drops classes and files for financial aid, it is VERY frustrating. Even when it is functional, it looks and runs like it was designed by very untalented flock of geese. Also financial aid is almost always distributed late enough during the fall semester that students incur late fees (which seems like an intentional way of weaseling more money out of their broke students). I've never had a semester where everything has gone smooth on their end. They're always misplacing, misreading or misinterpreting things. I have also never had a single semester where their overpriced book store wasn't horribly understocked. I buy my books online, but during most classes for the first few weeks people are unable to buy the necessary texts from the on campus store. Their book store is run by Barnes and Noble, by the way, which is part of the reason why everything is massively overpriced. Finally, the writing portfolio can be annoying. I thought the whole purpose of English 101/102 was to teach students to read and write at a college level. It made be feel like WSU has zero faith in their English professors, which made me think maybe I was paying too much to be taught by teachers that the school couldn't even trust to teach to a high enough level. But seriously, Zzusis is the bane of my existence. read more

The Library Staff at WSU-Vancouver exemplifies the highest possible standards of professionalism and helpfulness, understanding the transformational journey of a student and as a community member needing assistance, as an engaged, public university. Nicole, the Director of the Library models values of excellence in service and this outstanding level of professionalism that is consistently exceptional. As a result of her leadership, I have consistently found over time and among all staff, from the student at the front reception desk to every assisting librarian to be well trained, inspired to provide the best student experience, motivated to help each and every student in a manner that must make Chancellor Netzhammer proud and serves the greater Vancouver area in an exemplary manner and to a standard of care that can only be characterized as EXCEPTIONAL. If you are a student or-- member of the community, think about experiencing the WSU-Vancouver Library yourself or better yet, DONATE to the Library through the WSU Vancouver Advancement Office and tell them to give your donation to the Library. Thank you for reading my review and post. read more

I will never be sorry that I chose to attend my hometown school. The faculty and staff are superior and truly care about the students success. A beautiful campus, top notch professors and a world class reputation. My question is, why wouldn't anyone want to enroll? GO COUGS!!! read more

If you are seeking early employment near or after graduation, then I recommend a degree in the sciences/math/computers/engineering or business. An inconsistency I noticed by some professors when attending courses at the Washington State University Vancouver campus, is how they are requiring a citation from a website to end with .edu or .org and not .com for it to be acceptable; however, many of their handouts ended with .com. During a college writing class a year back, the one for students who have not passed their junior portfolio, I was handed eight grammar tip sheets and all from a .com, which seemed hypocritical. read more

What a fantastic gem to have in our community! As a small business owner I'm amazed at all of the helpful programs they have that not only enrich the foundation of the students but help the community as well. If you haven't been there I suggest you check it out. And if you own a small business, you need to meet Misty Josephson, She is the business growth MAP manager at the college of business. read more

The campus is beautiful! Views of Mount St Helen's and Mount Hood.

If you have a disability that is not obvious - read this! The Disability Access Center at Western does not get it at all. The Disability Center gave her all kinds of blow back and treated her like she was trying to "get away with something." They created barriers and limited her access rather than actually try to help her. It was humiliating and demoralizing for anyone and exhausting for someone already dealing with a health issue that causes extreme exhaustion. They aggravated her symptoms rather than help her be successful. The professors are awesome and they understand. My daughter was grilled by the center- but her professors actually offered to help her and run interference with the Disability Center. They knew her - and did not need to grill her about her health condition. No one plans to get a chronic illness in the middle of their college experience. No one plans one having a chronic condition period. Maybe the Disability Access Center is better with conditions that start from birth or develop from an obvious accident -I do not know. They need to get with the program - there are a wide variety of health issues that can severely impact a person. The American with Disabilities Act requires that they respect health issues that cause a major impairment in function. Our experience with WSU shows that they do a much better job of respecting health issues and treating people suffering from illnesses with respect. read more

Went out there for the CHARM Study initial screening. Was a pretty cool experience. Found out the campus is an old dairy farm and after knowing I can see it. Haha. Really a neat and clean little campus tucked away above Vancouver. Pretty awesome. read more