» Spring 2009
You're Invited!
Our campus frequently hosts speakers from around the world on a variety of topics, open to the public and usually free.
- Nov 9: Test Taking Strategies Workshop
- Nov 9: Battle of the Sexes Game Night
- Nov 10: Human Development Club Meeting
- Nov 10: Myers Briggs Workshop
- Nov 10: Campus Reading Project: Screening of Slumdog Millionaire
Faculty Spotlight
Tom Tripp, our professor of management operations, has co-authored a new book about workplace revenge. “Getting Even” by Tripp and Robert J. Bies, professor of management at Georgetown University is not a how-to manual for revenge seekers, though it does provide scores of lively anecdotes to detail the variety of ways in which employees get even. Rather, Tripp and Bies take a deep look at the psychological and situational factors that cause the revenge in the first place.
Revenge at the workplace happens every day in every corporation and government organization around the world. Though workplace revenge is usually not violent, it does beat down productivity and company morale. Little things, such as badmouthing a boss, giving a colleague the silent treatment, or insulting a co-worker, have proven to show long-term repercussions. Managers are left hanging about what they can do about it.
"Most workplace revenge is about justice, restoring the balance of what's fair and right," explains Tripp. Bies adds, "When people don't feel that leaders and managers have corrected the injustice done to them, they will take matters into their own hands by getting even through revenge."
Chancellor's Seminar Series
$25 per person, $60 for all three seminars. Includes lunch and parking, www.vancouverusa.com or 360-694-2588.
"Gut Feelings: How The Gut Tries To Tell The Brain To Stop"
- Lecture by Dr. Bob Ritter (WSU Pullman)
- Feb 13, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
"Coastal Nutrient Over-Enrichment: A Pressing 21st Century Problem"
- Lecture by Dr. John Harrison (WSU Vancouver)
- March 13, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
"Moving Beyond a Shareholder Focus: Using Corporate Social Responsibility to Create Long-Term Competitive Advantage"
- Lecture by Dr. Joseph Cote (WSU Vancouver)
- April 10, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Commencement
Saturday, May 16, 1 p.m., The Amphitheater at Clark County.
Survey for Cougar Families
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Did you know?
Campus Resources Help Explain Recession
The WSU Vancouver library has compiled a resource list help people understand the current economic situation.
A panel of our business and political science faculty have also been leading discussions on campus about the significance of the current financial status of the United States for the Southwest Washington community. The discussions have received an enthusiastic community response leading to standing room only crowds.
Participating faculty include:
- John Becker-Blease, Assistant Professor of Business
- Joe Cote, Professor of Business to lead discussion
- Sheen Liu, Assistant Professor of Business
- Paul Thiers, Associate Professor Political Science
- U. Umesh, Professor of Business
What are our students saying?
Robert Chu, 22, Class of 2010
Humanities and Public Affairs majors
I started as one of the first freshmen here in the fall of 2006. Since then, I have had the opportunity to be an ASWSUV Senator on the external affairs committee, serve as the student media board vice chair and chair, be a member of the Chancellor’s Student Advisory Committee and the Academic Journal Committee, while contributing as a staff writer for The VanCougar newspaper.
My most positive experience here has been the small campus feel. I like the fact that the students have a real ownership quality on the campus.
I take pride in the fact that my degree will really hold some weight in the professional arena. I’m a first generation college student and this is huge to my family.
Public Affairs Lecturer
- Kweisi Mfume, former director of the NAACP and five-term U.S. congressman
- April 15, Ft. Vancouver High School auditorium
- 360-546-9527, Office of Student Involvement
Assured Acceptance to Top High School Students
Applicants from the state of Washington to the Pullman, Tri-Cities and Vancouver campuses who rank in the top 10% of their class or who have earned at least a 3.5 GPA at the time of their application will be granted assured admission.