No images? Click here December 17, 2020 The Workday launch is quickly approachingStarting Dec. 16, human resource processes will be conducted through Workday. HR expects a high volume of questions as we transition. Here are the best HRS contact methods in the coming weeks:
You can be prepared for the launch by taking the Workday trainings related to your rolls and responsibilities. Choose from the Workday Catalog of training topics, consult the Workday Knowledge Base or submit your questions to the Workday Service Desk. Safe work practices are more important than everThe number of COVID-19 cases is increasing in Clark County and the state of Washington. It is every employee’s responsibility to know and follow WSU and Washington Department of Health COVID-19 guidelines.
Zoom cloud recordings older than six months to be deleted Dec. 8Beginning Tuesday, Dec. 8, WSU Zoom recordings stored in the cloud will be automatically deleted six months after the date of their creation. Recordings that are six months or older on Dec. 8 will also be deleted. You can configure your Zoom settings to notify you seven days before cloud recordings are permanently deleted from your account. To learn how to change this setting and more, visit this self-help article from the WSU Zoom support team. See “Zoom: Copy a Recording from Zoom to Panopto” for a tutorial on how to download Zoom recordings, and some options for storing and linking to them from Blackboard and Canvas. If you have questions, call the VIT Helpdesk at 360-546-9770, email van.evita@wsu.edu or join the Virtual Helpdesk via Zoom. Is your Zoom up to date?Beginning Wednesday, Dec. 9, all Zoom accounts joining WSU-hosted Zoom meetings will be required to have the most up-to-date version of the software (desktop, mobile, etc.). This includes external users and affiliates attending WSU-hosted meetings. Users who have not already updated their Zoom software to the most recent version are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Clients older than two revisions will be required to update before joining a WSU-hosted meeting. For most users, the update takes no longer than two minutes. To learn more about updating your Zoom software, visit this self-help article from the WSU Zoom support team. Fine arts students rain creativityThe Fine Arts Department is pleased to present “Rain,” a curated group show viewable online at flipsnack.com/RainShow/rain-show-wsuv beginning Wednesday, Dec. 9. Previews of the show are posted on the Fine Arts Instagram @wsuv_finearts. Often considered synonymous with the Pacific Northwest, rain is essential to life. It cleanses and erodes; reveals and obscures. Rain can symbolize melancholy and introspection, or renewal and rejuvenation. Works in this show engage with all these possibilities through rhythm, pattern and the unpredictable. “Rain” was curated by and includes the work of students in Associate Professor of Fine Arts Avantika Bawa’s Fine Arts Contemporary Issues Seminar. The show includes work by Laura Ballard, Lindsey Barber, Avantika Bawa, Alyona Bobrick, Austin Chavers, Sharalee Chwaliszewski, Dillon Gohl, Roxy Hong, Noah Matteucci and Kavin Wicker. For the love of treesAs part of the Tree Campus Higher Education Arbor Day Foundation Program, WSU Vancouver works toward establishing and maintaining a sustainable, healthy community forest. Each year WSU Vancouver celebrates Arbor Day and provides educational opportunities for the campus community. Due to COVID-19, the onsite 2020 Student Learning Service Event and Arbor Day Celebration were canceled. In lieu of that, the WSU Vancouver Tree Advisory Committee will hold a virtual tree planting at 10 a.m. Dec. 10 from the pond outside The Bookie. Guests will learn how to establish a riparian buffer zone to soak up and filter pollutants before they reach the pond. Anyone interested in learning about sustainability practices and urban forest management is invited. Contact Gayla Shanahan at gayla.shanahan@wsu.edu for the Zoom link. Spring parking permits available Dec. 28Online parking permit sales for spring 2021 begin Dec. 28. Spring parking permits are available for $65 and allow you to park in any color lot. Longer-term permits are not available. Faculty and staff who choose to purchase their permit by payroll deduction must complete a Parking Permit Payroll Deduction Authorization Form. Send completed forms to van.parkingservices@wsu.edu. Payroll deduction signups are only available Dec. 28 through Jan. 10. Pick up parking permits at Parking Services 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Reminders
EventsSeventh Annual One River, Ethics Matter Conference 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 This is a free, two-day conference on the past and future of the Columbia River that will consider:
Draw on the ethical foundations provided by indigenous cultural leaders and western religious leaders, as well as lessons from the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, to advance justice and stewardship for the Columbia River in a time of climate change. 11 a.m. Dec. 9 Presented by WSU leaders. Topics include:
10 a.m. Dec. 10 Learn about sustainability practices, including how to establish a riparian buffer zone to soak up and filter pollutants before they reach the campus pond. This event is part of the Tree Campus Higher Education Arbor Day Foundation Program. 6 p.m. Dec. 10 Learn all you need to know to get into the lifestyle of hunting. Bring your questions and enter to win some Sportsman’s Warehouse gift cards! No RSVP required—just connect to Zoom and show your CougarCard. All WSU Vancouver participants may bring one guest. 6 p.m. Dec. 11 Bring your pets to chill and play some games for a chance to win prizes! No RSVP required—just connect to Zoom and show your CougarCard. All WSU Vancouver participants may bring one guest. Event Accessibility Way to Go“ICE. ICE,” a solo show of drawings and wall works by Associate Professor of Fine Arts Avantika Bawa, is on display through the end of December at THE END Project Space in Atlanta. “ICE. ICE” pays homage to the Georgia Archives Building that stood in Atlanta from 1965 to 2017. “Through repetitive and obsessive visual iterations of this building, I experience the endless possibilities of examining one specific subject. As a result, the Georgia Archives has become an examination of the abstraction and history of a place through a rigorous inquiry of its forms,” said Bawa. Jonah Piovia-Scott, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences; Kevan Moffett, assistant professor in the School of the Environment; John Romansic, former postdoctoral scholar in the School of Biological Sciences; and Nicolette Nelson, former graduate student in the School of Biological Sciences published a new study, “Beaver dams are associated with enhanced amphibian diversity via lengthened hydroperiods and increased representation of slow‐developing species,” in Freshwater Biology Nov. 27. The study shows beaver-dammed wetlands support more of the amphibian species that need a long time to develop in water as larvae before they are able to live on land as adults. These same slow-developing species are the most threatened by climate change. Thus, beavers may be a key component of ecological resilience to climate change in these ecosystems. WSU Vancouver In The NewsMonarch Population in California Spiraling to Another Record Low Nov. 30, 2020 A 2017 study by Cheryl Schultz, a professor at Washington State University, and coauthors, predicted if the population dropped below 30,000 monarchs—which it did in 2018 and 2019—there was a high probability that it would spiral down further. Walk & Knock, Clark County's largest annual food drive, to collect through drop sites Nov. 26, 2020 Washington State University Vancouver students took on Walk & Knock as a class project, helping develop a social media campaign and a Drive & Drop ... Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural US: Study Nov. 26, 2020 For the new study, Tracy Klein, an associate professor at the WSU College of Nursing in Vancouver, and colleagues used prescription drug monitoring data to look at prescription and dispensing patterns in Oregon before and after the law went into effect in 2017. Other sources: |