Faculty, attend WordPress workshop or open lab today and tomorrow
Faculty, as you know, the server that currently stores the WSU Vancouver employee directory and research.vancouver.wsu.edu
needs to be retired by the end of this semester. Those of you who have information on the server regarding research, publications, your biography, etc. need to move your website content by April 29.
Faculty are invited to attend workshops this week to learn how to move your website content to
labs.wsu.edu. It’s a systemwide solution for faculty members to build, maintain and share web content related to research. It’s built in WordPress and is user friendly.
TODAY, Feb 22: Classroom Building, Room 224
3 – 4 p.m., Introduction to WordPress for Faculty
4 – 5 p.m., Open lab hour to work on WordPress sites
Tuesday, Feb 23: Undergraduate Building, Room 100
8:30 – 9:30 a.m., Introduction to WordPress
8:30 a.m. – noon, Open lab hours for faculty
3 – 4 p.m., Intermediate WordPress workshop
3 – 5 p.m., Open lab hours for faculty
Unable to receive email or log in?
IT discovered that many Vancouver faculty and staff have been unable to connect to email or log in to computers recently due to automatic password expiration. IT apologizes for this disruption to your work, and will work with the WSU team that manages IDs and passwords to make the password reset process less painful in the future.
The
information in WSU News should tell you everything you need to know about this process and how to resolve the situation. As some of your co-workers might be locked out and unable to receive this message, please help to spread the word.
Please complete the Techqual survey
Were you randomly selected to provide input about the quality of WSU Vancouver technology services and the technology upgrades, products or new services you would like the university to consider? If so, you received an email from Campus CIO Michael Stamper on Feb. 18 with a link to the survey. Please complete it by Feb. 26.
Survey results
will be used to set university technology priorities, allocate funding and improve services. The 2015 survey feedback directly resulted in improvements to the WiFi experience on campus, a cellular service site survey, expanded Blackboard support, extended support hours for students, faculty and staff, plus creation of the Academic Services team in IT and more than a dozen other service improvements.
Learn more about the Techqual survey online. If you have questions, call the Vancouver IT Help Desk at 6-9770.
Donate to the Cougar Food Pantry for spring baskets
The Cougar Food Pantry is collecting non-perishable food items and monetary donations for spring food baskets through March 4 in your mail room. These baskets will be delivered to students before they leave for Spring Break. Last semester 129 Cougar Food Pantry requests were filled. Our students appreciate your donations.
Remind students to apply for WSU Vancouver scholarships
The WSU Vancouver scholarship application for 2016/17 is open through March 31. With just one application, undergraduate and graduate students are applying for more than 80 scholarships ranging from $500 - $10,000. Direct students to Student Financial Services on the website.
Pad Thai is on the menu Wednesday
Lunchtime Feb. 24
Dengerink Administration Building Café
Culture Café brings you chicken or vegetable pad Thai for $5.39 on Wednesday. The soup special, sold separately, will be spicy Thai pumpkin and basil.
Learn about designing assignments with course goals in mind
Lisa Johnson-Shull, associate director of the Writing Program and Anna Plemons, instructor of English and CLASP director, will discuss strategies for aligning assignments with course goals and developing a consistent response (grading) strategy for a diverse student body. For more information, contact Wendy Olson.
Come to an open forum interview for the associate vice chancellor for research and graduate education
The search committee for associate vice chancellor for research and graduate education invites the campus community to a presentation by each candidate on the topic: "What is your vision for research and graduate education at WSU Vancouver, and how are you uniquely poised to advance it?"
The search committee includes Dawn Doutrich, chair, associate professor of nursing; Harrison Higgs, associate professor of fine arts; Dave Kim, associate professor and coordinator of mechanical engineering; Jane Lanigan, associate professor and academic
director for human development; Carey McCormack, graduate student; and Tim Wood, budget analyst.
Fire evacuation drill scheduled for March 2
WSU Vancouver will conduct fire evacuation drills between 9:30 and 11 a.m. March 2. At the sound of the alarm, evacuate your building and report to your assigned meeting place. Public safety will notify you when you can return to the building. The drill is expected to take about 15 minutes.
Fire evacuation drills are just one of the
many ways WSU Vancouver makes safety a priority for students, faculty, staff and visitors.
As part of Women’s History Month, WSU Vancouver will host a panel titled “Gender Equity in the Work Force: Breaking the Glass Ceiling” from 4 to 5 p.m. March 3 in Dengerink Administration Building, Room 110. Sponsored by the American Democracy Project, the panel is free and open to the public.
The event will open with a presentation by Amy Wharton, academic director of the College of Arts and Sciences. Amy, a sociologist, has done extensive research on gender inequality. Her
presentation will be followed by a panel featuring female leaders from nonprofit and for-profit organizations and an elected official.
Panelists are Kim Howard, CFO of Norm Thompson Outfitters; Jennifer Rhoads, president of the Community Foundation of Southwest Washington; and Anne McEnery-Ogle, Vancouver City Council member. They will discuss their personal experiences, including successes and barriers they have faced in rising to positions of influence. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience, and a reception will follow.
Public forum seeks citizen engagement around affordable housing
A popular public issues series at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library is relaunching in March with a two-part program on affordable housing. Now called the Forum @ the Library, the series will feature greater emphasis on citizen engagement, with public discussions facilitated by WSU–Foley Institute’s Initiative for Public Deliberation, led by Carolyn Long, associate professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs.
The free program, “Affordable Housing: Personal Problem, Community Problem or Not My Problem?” takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on March 3 and 10 at the Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St., Vancouver. On March 3, a panel of community members will explore different viewpoints about the issue, providing background information for the next week’s event. On March 10, attendees will discuss prepared questions in small groups, led by IPD members.
The Initiative for Public Deliberation seeks to provide the citizens of Southwest Washington with moderated public forums
concerning important issues. The goal is to improve the quality of public discussion and public participation on these issues.
The Creative Media and Digital Culture Program presents “Game Changers: Reinventing Storytelling Through Video Games” 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays March 4 – 26 at the Red Lion Inn at the Quay, 100 Columbia Street, Vancouver. The exhibit and related events are free and open to the public.
Organized by
CMDC students and faculty members, the exhibit features more than 30 indie video games and explores video game genres, aesthetics, perspectives, platforms and development methods. A kick-off party will take place from 5:30 – 9 p.m. March 5. Other events scheduled during the month-long exhibit include a Unity Roadshow, an indie game show and tell, a double-feature movie screening of “Indie Game: The Movie,” and “Atari: Game Over,” and video game competitions featuring “Castle Crashers,” “Runbow” and “Rocket League.”
The research contradicts previously held theories that teaching as we understand it -- as the passing of detailed, instructional knowledge from one person to another -- is a modern invention, according to Dr. Barry Hewlett, a professor of anthropology at Washington State University Vancouver and lead author of the study.
