Find your Week of Welcome T-shirt and “Ask Me” badge. This is Week of Welcome. Help new and returning students get off to a great start by being welcoming and engaging in conversation. Student ambassadors will host a Week of Welcome station near the Library from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wednesday. If you don’t know an answer to a question, direct the student to either the station or the Student Services Center.
Canty named AVCAA
June Canty has been named the associate vice chancellor of academic affairs, a position she has occupied on an interim basis for more than a year. June joined WSU Vancouver in 2004 and served as academic director in the College of Education before joining the Office of Academic Affairs in 2014. She has a distinguished record of research in the fields of the needs of beginning teachers and rural special education. Prior to her career in higher education she was a music teacher in public schools. June has held a commitment to
social justice and to advancing diversity throughout all of her work.
Chancellor Mel Netzhammer will spend 30 minutes updating the campus community on the 2016 – 2021 strategic planning efforts and explain how the plan ties to budget, budget reallocation, enrollment goals and more. There will be plenty of time for you to ask questions. Catch up with your colleagues at the reception to follow.
Thirty-one colleagues celebrating milestones this week
WSU Vancouver staff and faculty members who celebrated a five-year milestone with the university in 2015 will be recognized at a special event on Wednesday. Congratulations to the following:
30 Years
Karen Peterson, professor, Human Development
Debra Sanders, professor of accounting, Carson College of Business
25 Years
Jerry Goodstein,
professor of management, Carson College of Business
Renee Hoeksel, professor, College of Nursing
Carol Siegel, professor of English and American studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Nancy T. Youlden,
vice chancellor for student affairs
20 Years
Randall Bandy, control technician, Facilities Operations
Dena Keller,
circulation and reserves supervisor, Library
Sean Lyons, administrative manager, College of Arts and Sciences
15 Years
Allen Case,
custodian II, Facilities Operations
Scott Fraser, information systems specialist III, Information Technology
10 Years
Brian Bates,
web communications manager, Marketing and Communications
Adam Dvorak, instructional technology, Information Technology
Eloyse Erickson, custodian, Facilities Operations
Robert Kosier,
custodian, Facilities Operations
Brian Lassiter, grounds and nursery service specialist III, Facilities Operations
Julie Talvitie, program support supervisor, Student Affairs
Lindy Volk,
academic coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences
5 Years
Annette Bradstreet, program coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences
Heather Chase,
program coordinator, Student Affairs
Kelsey Day, lead kindergarten teacher, Child Development Program
Kathleen Fias, office assistant III, College of Nursing
Dawn Freeman,
instruction and classroom support technician 4, College of Arts and Sciences
Amy Johnson, kindergarten teacher II, Child Development Program
Katrina Long, program support supervisor, Facilities Operations
Jenny Schrock,
academic coordinator, College of Nursing
Susan Shaw, office support supervisor 1, College of Nursing
Ryan Todd, managing scientific assistant, College of Arts and Sciences
Steven Tover, management analyst, Finance and Operations
Remind students to reconnect to WiFi
Students must reconnect to WSU Vancouver’s WiFi each semester. Their current certificate expired Jan. 6. Encourage students to go to “Tech Support” from WSU Vancouver’s home page and choose “New WiFi networks available.” WSUV WiFi is 10x the speed of the Guest network and provides secure communication.
WSU Vancouver staff and faculty renew their WiFi certificates annually in the fall.
Wake up, coffee drinkers
Peet’s Coffee & Tea at Center Square, 13307 NE Hwy 99 #115, is offering 20 percent off coffee and pastries year-round to WSU Vancouver faculty, staff, students and alumni. Present your Cougar Card or Alumni Association card at the time of purchase. Thanks, Peet’s!
Hakan Gurocak slid his right hand into a futuristic-looking metal glove in an engineering lab at Washington State University Vancouver. The glove could be a prop in the new sci-fi “Star Wars” movie. But it’s not a prop.
Vancouver — Diana Pei Wu, executive director of Portland Jobs With Justice, will deliver the keynote address at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Washington State University Vancouver.
West, a senior at Washington State University, cuts to musical break and “What’s New Pussycat” by Tom Jones fills the airwaves. For the past several years, KOUG radio has been more of an underground operation, housed in a closetlike space in the math lab on the Washington State University Vancouver campus.
Reminders
Donate
new hygiene, household, first aid and non-perishable food items through Jan. 15
June Canty, associate vice chancellor of academic affairs, has been named to the editorial board of the
Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition. This semiannual journal provides current research on the first college year and other significant student transitions.
Michael Dunn, associate professor of special education and literacy, was recently elected to the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities. His research is aimed at helping struggling readers and writers manage academic tasks. He also investigates how persons with disabilities respond to intervention.
Thank you,
Facilities Operations, for coming to work in the snow and ice, during the wee hours of the morning to make campus safe for our late start on Jan. 4. Great job!
Renee Hoeksel, professor in the College of Nursing, has been named a 2016 inductee to the
Washington State Nurses Association Hall of Fame. This honor recognizes the dedication and achievements of Washington state registered nurses who have made significant lifetime accomplishments in the nursing profession. Renee will be recognized at an awards reception in Seattle in March.
Carol Siegel, professor of English and American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has published a new book, “Sex Radical Cinema,” Indiana University Press, 2015. Her work explores how representations of
sexually explicit content on film have shaped American cultural visions of sex and sexual politics in the 21st century.
Correction
The hours published for the cafeteria last week were incorrect. No one was more disappointed than the coffee-loving editor of this publication. Sorry! The cafeteria resumes regular hours this week.
