School notes for Jan. 7, 2014

WSU Vancouver to host Scholarships 101 information night

Washington State University Vancouver will hold a “Scholarships 101” information night for students interested in learning how scholarships can help them pay for college.

The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110, and is free and open to the public.

Attendees will learn where to find the best scholarships, how to write award-winning essays and get helpful tips from prior award winners.

For more information, contact finaid@vancouver.wsu.edu or visit www.events.vancouver.wsu.edu/event/scholarships-101-2.

WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. Parking for this event is free in the Orange 1 lot.

Local resident named to dean’s list

Caleb Malychewski has been named to the dean’s list at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must earn at least a 3.7 GPA and complete 12 or more graded credit hours.

Malychewski is a Camas resident.

WSU Vancouver seeking artists to create custom made ‘mace’

Washington State University Vancouver has issued a request for proposal to hire an artist to create a mace to be used at official university ceremonies such as commencement.

A mace is a custom-made piece of art often crafted from historic campus relics.

Typically, each component of the mace’s design is symbolic.

Campus colors are typically represented and often times the mace is decorated with gems and precious metals.

In the Middle Ages, the mace was a war club carried by a bodyguard to defend a person of authority. Today, its purpose is strictly ceremonial.

During the ceremony, the mace is displayed in a place of prominence on a velvet pillow or a specially made stand.

Interested artists can get a copy of the RFP online at www.studentaffairs.vancouver.wsu.edu/registrars-office/commencement or by contacting Dave Hurt, procurement specialist, at 546-9245 or dnhurt@vancouver.wsu.edu. Questions regarding the RFP must be submitted by 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17.

Proposals are due by 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31.

Camas students make OSU honor roll

A handful of local students have made the Oregon State University Scholastic Honor Roll for the fall term.

Students on the honor roll who earned a 3.5 or higher included Camas residents Kamron J. Brant, freshman, political science; Shalese A. Mosley, junior, liberal studies; Brittney N. Oljar, senior, accountancy; and Kelsey J. Stulbarg, junior, human development and family science.

To be on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.

Locals earn Pacific University degrees

Two local residents have graduated from Pacific University.

Kari Hunt of Camas and Rosalyn Lamb of Washougal have earned bachelor’s degrees in dental hygiene.

Pacific University is located in Forest Grove, Ore.