▁established ▁Washington ▁State ▁University ▁V ancouver ▁as ▁a ▁branch ▁campus ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁land - gr ant ▁institution . ▁The ▁current ▁Sal mon ▁Creek ▁campus ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁In ▁Fall ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁W SU ▁V ancouver ▁admitted ▁fresh men ▁and ▁s oph om ores ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁and ▁began ▁offering ▁lower - div ision ▁courses . ▁ ▁Camp us ▁resources ▁ ▁The ▁ ▁campus ▁has ▁many ▁computing ▁and ▁research ▁labor ator ies , ▁including ▁student ▁computing ▁l abs , ▁fabric ation ▁l abs , ▁science ▁research ▁l abs , ▁group ▁instruction ▁l abs , ▁fine ▁arts ▁l abs , ▁a ▁circ uits ▁and ▁micro process ors ▁lab , ▁computer - a ided ▁draft ing ▁lab ▁and ▁a ▁writing ▁center . ▁The ▁science ▁resources ▁and ▁instrument ation ▁possessed ▁by ▁the ▁campus ▁consist ▁of ▁GC / MS , ▁H PL C ▁( U V vis ), ▁DNA ▁sequ encer , ▁TO C / N , ▁R T - PC R , ▁Fl ame ▁ion ization ▁det ector , ▁two ▁Ph antom ▁cam eras , ▁a ▁sc anning ▁electron ▁mic ros cope , ▁an ▁In str on ▁tens ile ▁test er , ▁and ▁a ▁conf ocal ▁mic ros cope , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁fully ▁functional ▁clean room . ▁ ▁W SU ▁V ancouver ' s ▁library ▁has ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 0 0 ▁journ als ▁in ▁hard copy ▁and ▁over ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁full - text ▁online ▁journ als ▁and ▁newsp