No Images? Click here Campus FYI for 12/12A newsletter for WSU Vancouver faculty and staff. Foster-care Student Resource now availableFaculty and staff now have an online resource for working with students who identify themselves as current or former foster youth. The Foster-care Student Resource page provides contact and financial aid information and other resources that current or former foster youth may require. Apply for Open Education Resources GrantWSU Vancouver encourages faculty to create and use open education resources (OER) and library materials to support student learning in conjunction with Strategic Initiative #3. The goal is to assist faculty to find high-quality and less costly ways to deliver the instructional content and ancillary course materials they want their students to use. Academic Affairs and the Library invite all instructional faculty to apply for a competitive grant to work with academic technologists and library faculty to implement high-quality content options for their courses. See the online RFP for more information. The deadline is Feb. 15. EventsPre-retirement seminar today Are you thinking about retiring? If so, attend Human Resource Services pre-retirement seminar today, 2 – 3:30 p.m., in Dengerink Administration Building, Room 301. Topics include:
The seminar is open to all Department of Retirement System (PERS/TRS/LEOFF) and WSURP participants. You do not need to register to attend. The following handouts will be referenced in the presentation: WSURP Participant Checklist Pre-retirement seminars are offered monthly. For future dates, visit the HRS Retirement Information website to view the 2017 schedule. 6 p.m. Dec. 20 Remind current and future Cougs who have questions about paying for college to attend this free workshop. 7 p.m. Dec. 21 Enjoy a live presentation of the radio adaptation of the Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.” The performance features the Willamette Radio Workshop and is part of the Re-Imagined Radio project produced by John Barber, faculty member in the Creative Media and Digital Culture Program. Doors open at 6 p.m. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public with donation of a nonperishable food item for the Clark County Food Bank. WSU Vancouver In The NewsScholar testifies on former foster youth Dec. 8, 2016 A Washington State University Vancouver professor’s work on former foster youth is getting attention in Washington, D.C. Battle Ground natives bring a small-town feel to campus newspaper Dec. 7, 2016 After both growing up in Battle Ground and attending CAM Academy together, WSU Vancouver seniors Alex Peru and Haley Elmer now run the ... Dec. 7, 2016 Melanie Shelton and her classmates at Washington State University Vancouver debated the tagline for their club, Strategic U. RemindersSpring semester parking permits go on sale today. Send 2017/18 Student Ambassador nominations to Keri Deford by Dec. 16. Graduation Celebration Reception, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Dec. 16, Firstenburg Student Commons. Life insurance open enrollment extended to midnight Dec. 16. Campus closed for holidays/reduced operations Dec. 26 – Jan 2. Contact Aryanna Koprek to sign up for the MLK 100 Club Challenge. |