Come to the 25th Anniversary Community Celebration on the Quad Saturday

Open house 3 – 5 p.m.
Live music 5:30 – 8 p.m.

Next Saturday is the big day—the 25th Anniversary Community Celebration on the Quad. Thank you to everyone who plans to participate. Here are some things to know.

Eat lunch before you come. Food vendors will not be open until 5 p.m.

Please wear your 25th anniversary T-shirt, ideally with black or white on the lower half. You may have picked up your T-shirt at the reception following the Campus Update last Thursday. You may have received it from the person in your unit who is organizing participation in the event. If you do not have a T-shirt, please contact Maureen Keller, Office of Marketing and Communications, 6-9599.

If you are an exhibitor, tables will be set up by 1 p.m. Plan to be ready to greet early guests at 2:30 p.m.

Please park in the Green 2 lot behind the Clark College and Science and Engineering Buildings to free up space for guests in the other lots.

When you arrive, check in at the welcome table between the Dengerink Administration and Classroom Buildings and get a name tag.

Have fun! Talk to guests. Make sure you take time to tour the exhibits yourself. There are unique contributions from every corner of campus. Learn more in the press release. Plan to put away exhibit materials about 5:30 p.m. after guests have crossed the street to the amphitheater for the concert.

Stay for the concert in the amphitheater. Lincoln’s Beard will play at 5:30 p.m. Sean Flinn and The Royal We will take the stage at 7 p.m.

Public Safety moved

Public Safety has moved to the Classroom Building, Room 120. The VanCougar student newspaper now occupies Public Safety’s former office in the Dengerink Administration Building.

Campus elevators to undergo maintenance

Three elevators on campus are scheduled for maintenance that will take them offline for a minimum of 30 days. The elevators in the Classroom Building, Dengerink Administration Building and Library have reached an age where parts are sometimes difficult or impossible to replace. As a matter of safety, these three elevators will be updated to prevent a prolonged outage should one of them develop a maintenance issue.

The buildings are scheduled for elevator maintenance as follows. The elevators in each building will not be operational for the duration.

• Dengerink Administration Building, Sept. 8 – Oct. 10
• Library,  Oct. 20 – Nov. 26
• Classroom Building, Dec. 1 – Jan. 16

Signage will be posted near the elevators during maintenance. Faculty and staff who have access issues may contact Randy Boose, director of human resources, at 6-9595 to resolve them. Students may contact Sally Dost, access center coordinator, at 6-9138 to resolve access issues.

Meet the Faculty Organization Executive Committee for 2014/15

The mission of the WSU Vancouver FOEC is to provide a faculty voice to matters of interest to the WSU the WSU Vancouver faculty. See the mission and bylaws online.

• Susan Finley, chair, College of Education
• Michael Berger, College of Arts and Sciences
• Cory Bolkan, department of human development
• Karen Diller, library
• Pavritha Narayanan, College of Arts and Sciences
• Wendy Olson, College of Arts and Sciences
• Melody Rasmor, College of Nursing
• Greg Rose, Faculty Senate Representative, Carson College of Business
• Alberto SaVinhas, Carson College of Business
• Elizabeth Soliday, College of Arts and Sciences
• Scott Wallace, School of Engineering and Computer Science
• Pending, College of Education Representative

Congratulations, Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence winner, Maureen Keller

Maureen Keller, administrative assistant in the Office of Marketing and Communications, received the Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence for 2013/14 at last Thursday’s Campus Update.

Maureen can track a million details and never drop a ball. She is accurate and seeks input from other team members to ensure a high-quality end product. Maureen regularly presents fresh ideas for magazine articles, marketing opportunities and advertising angles. In 2014 she also served on the core Commencement Committee and the 25th Anniversary Committee. She co-chaired the 25th anniversary edition magazine committee and is helping out in many other respects. She will be instrumental in a successful yearlong celebration of WSU Vancouver.

Stephan receives $100,000 to study climate policies

Mark Stephan, associate professor of political science, is part of a collaborative research team receiving a National Science Foundation grant for a three-year study on state and local climate risk governance.

Mark is co-investigator, along with Dorothy Daley, associate professor of public affairs and environmental studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. The principal investigator is Troy D. Abel, associate professor of environmental policy at Western Washington University in Poulsbo.

WSU Vancouver’s share of the grant, $99,646, will fund data collection and field work in six states as well as the hiring of a research assistant for the three years of the grant. Western Washington University will receive $218,121, and the University of Kansas, $227,255.

Read more.

Thank you for participating in Week of Welcome

Special thanks go out to every staff and faculty member who helped out a new or returning student last week. A few of you are pictured here. Go Cougs!

Chancellor Netzhammer responds to President Floyd’s ice bucket challenge

WSU President Elson S. Floyd issued the Ice Bucket Challenge to the urban campus chancellors. Chancellor Mel Netzhammer responded last Wednesday. Watch.