VANCOUVER, Wash. – An exhibition of photographs, ephemera and text, titled “The History of Higher Education in Southwest Washington: Controversies and Contributions,” is on display through June 30 at the Washington State University Vancouver Library.
The exhibition highlights the initial promise of a state agricultural college in the 1860s, the struggle for a four-year college in the 1960s and the eventual attainment of a WSU campus in Vancouver.
The exhibition is open to the public during library hours, and admission is free. Summer hours are:
9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday
Noon – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
(Closed for Memorial Day May 28-29)
Contributing to “The History of Higher Education in Southwest Washington” are Clark College; Clark County Historical Museum; Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections; Lower Columbia College Library; and WSU Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections.
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