Graduate student positions are currently available for the MS and PhD Environmental Science degree programs at Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV). Most positions are funded with a combination of teaching and research assistantships that include tuition waivers. In addition, students enrolled in the Environmental Science graduate degree program may apply for WSUV GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellowships. GK-12 Fellows serve as graduate teaching assistants in a middle-school science classroom for an entire academic year and stipends are very competitive ($30,000/year).
WSUV faculty research focuses on conservation ecology and genetics, disturbance ecology, marine ecology, molecular biology, oceanography, environmental physics and geochemistry, animal behavior, and neuroscience. Please see our website for more information about our graduate programs: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/mses.html. We do not accept students without a faculty advisor so please contact a faculty member in an area of research similar to your own about the potential for admission to graduate school: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/Faculty.html WSU Vancouver is located in Washington across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon and is close to the Cascades, Puget Sound, and the ocean, and thus offers significant opportunities for research, a variety of neighboring institutions and agencies for collaboration, and an excellent quality of life. Degree programs are offered across all WSU campuses and students in Vancouver may participate in activities in Pullman. Priority applications are due January 10, 2009. Please contact John Bishop for additional information. John Bishop Associate Director & Graduate Programs Coordinator Washington State University Vancouver 14202 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686 bishopj at vancouver.wsu.edu 360.546.9612; 360-546.9064 (fax)
