Step it up to win

It is the WSU Vancouver Cougs versus the Clark College Penguins and the Lower Columbia College Red Devils in the first ever, winner-take-all Walktober challenge. Log your steps during the month of October to help the Cougs bring home the trophy. The winner will be determined by each school’s total number of steps divided by the number of participants. The school with the highest step average wins. 

Good news. Other activities count, too. An hour of housekeeping gets you 5,460 steps, and one hour of bicycling is worth 14,520 steps. Step-equivalent charts are available on the Internet.

Pick up a log in the Fitness Center. Turn in your completed log Nov. 2 to Human Resources, Dengerink Administration Building, Room 126.

Watch FYI Vancouver for more fun ways to get involved. There will be a kick-off event on Oct. 1, a limited number of free pedometers and more.

Remember, winning is great, but this is also an opportunity to have some fun and focus on your well-being. Start a walk group with co-workers. Plan a walk-and-talk meeting. Challenge another department to a contest. There are lots of creative ways to make Walktober wonderful!

Faculty, get Blackboard support

Drop-in Blackboard support is available for faculty this semester in the Classroom Building, Room 291B at the following times:

• 3 – 5 p.m. Mondays
• 9 – 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays
• 9 – 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays
• 9 – 10:30 a.m. Thursdays
• 2 – 4 p.m. Fridays

You can also get support using the EVITA help request system.

Participate in fire drills on Wednesday

Fall fire drills will take place from 10 – 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Buildings will be evacuated in groups. When you hear the alarm, please leave the building and meet at your assigned rally point. The drills will take about 15 minutes in order to reset alarms and doors after everyone has evacuated.

Open Forum: Help build a better WSU Vancouver

3 – 4:30 p.m. Sept. 21
Dengerink Administration Building, Room 129/130

Lend your voice, input and engagement to help build the foundation of WSU Vancouver’s 2016 – 2021 strategic plan. The plan will include elements of academic planning, Student Success Council, Research Advisory Board and the strategic enrollment management plan.