News and Awards

For more about what’s happening at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC check out our newsletters, and check our calendar for upcoming events.

• Notice of Vacancy: Academic Coordinator (#128164)
  The WSU Mount Vernon NW Research and Extension Center is pleased to announce an opening for an Academic Coordinator. Summary of Duties The majority of…
• Announcing Soil Faculty Candidate Presentations
  We will have three candidates for the new WSU Mount Vernon Soil Science faculty position that will be part of the teaching core for the…
• Notice of Vacancy: Assistant Professor, Soil Quality and Sustainable Soil Management (#078583)
  Interviews for this position have been held (April/May 2018). Please check back for further announcements. Assistant Professor Soil Quality and Sustainable Soil Management Position# 078583…
• du Toit hosts scientist from Denmark
  Dr. Merete Halkjaer Olesen, plant pathologist at Aarhus University in Flakkebjerg, Denmark, visited Dr. Lindsey du Toit’s vegetable seed pathology program at the WSU Mount…
• Western SARE Graduate Student Proposal Award
  Congratulations to Shannon Carmody, MS student in Dr. Lindsey du Toit’s vegetable seed pathology program, on applying successfully for a Western SARE Graduate Student Proposal…
• Annual Field Day highlights WSU Mount Vernon research programs, projects
  Pollination, plant pathogens, and pesticide alternatives are a recurring theme in the 2015 WSU Mount Vernon NWREC Annual Field Day, which includes a lengthy walking…
• WSU Mount Vernon Small Grains Field Day heralds new grain varieties, flavors
  Flavor in many forms will be featured at this year’s Small Grains Field Day here at the Research Center from 3 to 6 p.m. June…
• Smick Scholarship Award
  Congratulations to Shannon Carmody, MS student in the Vegetable Seed Pathology program, on receiving the Alexander A. Smick Scholarship in Rural Community Service and Development….
• Research explores cover crop role in reducing tulip-bulb weeds, diseases
  As WSU weed scientist Tim Miller puts it, tulips “go hand in hand with weeds” this time of year in the Skagit Valley, where the…
• Impacts on fruit quality focus of new WSU biodegradable mulch research
  The development of biodegradable mulches has provided some potential eco-friendly benefits to the agriculture industry, but until now there has been no way to determine…
• Apple Cider Qualities Testing
  Washington State University researchers are gearing up to test apple cider qualities this year, thanks to a $40,000 grant announced this month by the university’s…
• Risky Business
  Risky Business Soil test results help spinach seed growers identify best spots for spring planting. Nearly two dozen spinach seed growers got a heads-up on…