No images? Click here January 25, 2021 Nominate a faculty or staff member for the Chancellor’s Award for Advancing EquityThe Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Equity honors an individual, full-time faculty or staff member for excellence in building and expanding a community of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging at WSU Vancouver. The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contributions to realizing one or more of the following objectives from Strategic Plan, Goal 4: Equity and Diversity:
Nominations are welcome from WSU Vancouver faculty, staff and students. Complete an online nomination by Feb. 12. The award will be presented at the end of spring semester. If you have questions, email obie3.ford@wsu.edu. Pictured above: 2019/20 recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Equity, Luz Rocío Sotomayor, senior instructor of mathematics January is Braille Awareness monthBraille is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or who have low vision. It is traditionally written with embossed paper. People read braille by moving their fingertips from left to right across a lines of dots. Braille users can also read computer screens and other electronic supports using refreshable braille displays. Learning the braille code is relatively simple, although it can take a while to train your fingers to sense the dots by touch. The basic braille symbol, called the Braille Cell, consists of six dots arranged in the formation of a rectangle, three dots high and two across. Other symbols consist of only some of these six dots. Braille doesn't have a separate alphabet of capital letters like standard print. Instead, there's a “code” that tells the reader the next letter or whole word is capitalized. Braille is not actually a language. It's a system of writing, so you can write in any language using braille. Learn more and read what WSU Vancouver alumnus Joe Pyles has to share about braille. Have you ever felt Zoomed out?WSU Zoom Services released an annual report last week that covers Zoom usage from January through December 2020. WSU has 41,170 registered Zoom users. Last year 7.2 million participants attended 1.4 million meetings. Wow. Thanks to the IT professionals who help keep our meetings, courses and webinars running smoothly 98.05% of the time. Rent your snow gear from the Recreation Office and saveMake reservations to rent ski or snowboard gear. Packages include skis/board, boots, ski poles, helmet and a carrying bag. The cost is $15 for students, $20 for non-students and $5 for each additional rental day after day one. You will not be charged for the day you pick up or drop off. In case you missed itArt for Social Change Competition welcomes community’s creative work Just for funI’m Here to Highly Recommend Canned Cheese I learned that this cheese is made at Washington State University Creamery and has quite the cult following.
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EventsCreative Writers Series: Ryka Aoki 6 p.m. Jan. 27 Two-time Lambda Award finalist and winner of several poetry awards, Aoki is a composer, teacher and author. She was honored by the California State Senate for “extraordinary commitment to the visibility and well-being of transgender people.” She was also the inaugural performer for the first-ever Transgender Stage at San Francisco Pride and has performed all over the world. Aoki’s talk will be an open-forum discussion about writing across and in between genres, as well as the publication process. 11 a.m. Jan. 28 Hosted by WSU leaders. This session will focus on plans for fall instruction and ways to ensure the well-being of caregivers during the pandemic. Event Accessibility WSU Vancouver In The NewsSubject: Teaching: Tackling Disinformation With Media Literacy Jan. 21, 2021 A number of professors besides Kerby told me they use Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers, a free textbook by Michael Caulfield, director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver. Vacation Anticipation Can Boost Happiness—and It Doesn’t Even Require You To Travel Jan. 20, 2021 “When you plan your next vacation, it can create positive emotions and expectations,” says Chun-Chu Chen, PhD, assistant professor at the School of Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University Vancouver, who authored the study which found frequent travelers to have a 7 percent higher level of life satisfaction than non-travelers. Universities Need Science Communication Training Programs Jan. 19, 2021 By training STEM students in communication techniques appropriate for diverse audiences, and helping students apply these skills in community-facing situations, we showcase the public-community partnerships that define APLU institutions. Here's what would be funded in Gov. Inslee's extra-large capital budget proposal Jan. 17, 2021 ... buildings at the University of Washington, Washington State University Vancouver, Eastern Washington University, Western Washington University, ... WSU Vancouver offers virtual workshops on how to pay for college Jan. 15, 2021 Washington State University Vancouver will host a series of online workshops called ‘A–Z of Paying for College’ this spring. The workshop is a public service for all prospective and current college students, regardless of the college you choose to attend. It is free and open to the public. Herrera Beutler's impeachment vote sees backlash from Republicans in Clark County Jan. 14, 2021 According to Mark Stephan, an associate professor of political science at Washington State University Vancouver, Republicans seeking to unseat Herrera Beutler in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District would need to execute an extremely specific scenario. WSU study: People who travel often are happier Jan. 14, 2021 For the study, WSU assistant professor Chun-Chu Chen said about 500 people participated in a survey where they were asked a number of questions related to their personal life satisfaction and how frequently they travel. |