Campus FYI for 9/21

Chancellor Netzhammer to serve on Presidential Search Advisory Committee

Chancellor Mel Netzhammer has been named by the WSU Board of Regents to the 25-member Presidential Search Advisory Committee. The committee, chaired by Regent Mike Worthy of Vancouver, will help in the search for WSU’s 11th president. Read more.

VIT evening hours start today

Vancouver IT Help Desk extended phone support begins today. This new service extends basic technical support from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday to support staff and students in evening classes. Call 6-9770 for help.

Pick up your Walktober Challenge log

Cougs, get ready to step it up by picking up your Walktober Challenge log this week. There are four ways to do it:

1. Go to the WellCoug website and print a log
2. Pick up a log at the Fitness Center
3. Pick up a log at the Walktober table outside the library at lunch on Tuesday or Wednesday
4. Pick up a log in Human Resources, Dengerink Administration Building, Room 126

Remember, it’s a contest. Let’s beat the Penquins and the Red Devils, and have some fun doing it. Get outside. Enjoy the fall air. Invite a friend to join you. Activities besides walking count, too. A step-equivalent chart (PDF) is available to make conversions.

Turn in your results on Nov. 2 to Human Resources. Every step counts!

Learn how music can combat memory loss

6 – 8 p.m. Sept. 22
Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110

In the stirring documentary “Alive Inside” social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.

A follow-up discussion with WSU Vancouver faculty and dementia experts will focus on specific music tools to help Alzheimer caregivers and family members benefit from this research.