No images? Click here November 2, 2020 Relax with student artView “Line OnLine” to see a selection of student artwork from fine arts studio classes. Line, one of the most basic elements in any design, is as artist Paul Klee puts it, “simply a dot out on a walk!” The works in “Line OnLine” reflect the many ways in which line can be manipulated to create a range of expressions and images, from the most abstract to the representational. Made in a variety of analog media, these works are converted to digital images to accommodate an online platform that has become an intrinsic part of the current times. The show, curated by the fine arts department, includes work from Jianys Berrios, Aylona Bobrick, Lacy Boyd, Austin Chavers, Sylvia Engelman, Keven Fernandez, Abby Fischer, Jessica Kroll, Michael Lidbetter, Brittany Nugent, Isaac Osorio, Sydney Phan, Bingyan Qian, Dylan Steen, Alexi Wattez, Savanna Wilson, Zhijjiu Yu, among others. Election tools and resources are available to help you process the electionAs WSU Vancouver moves through the election this week and beyond, the Bias Response Team has established the Election 2020 Campus Support Resources and Tools webpage. This page provides the campus community with essential information, including how to report incidents of bias, tips for discussing the election in class, and BaCE and self-care sessions. On Friday, a new resource was added, a crisis line dedicated to and staffed by Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Lines of Life launched the crisis line. It is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling 503-575-3764. Additional new resources will be added to the support and resources webpage as the Bias Response Team becomes aware of them. Zoom recordings older than nine months to be deletedBeginning Friday, Nov. 6, WSU Zoom recordings stored in the cloud will be automatically deleted nine months after the date of creation. Recordings that are nine months or older on Nov. 6 will be automatically deleted. ITS shortened the timeframe to nine months due to a dramatic increase in Zoom recordings in recent months and to better support the university community’s videoconferencing activity going forward. See “Zoom: Copy a Recording from Zoom to Panopto” for a tutorial on how to download your Zoom recordings and some options on where to store and link to them from Blackboard and Canvas. If you have questions or need support, call the VIT Helpdesk at 360-546-9770, email van.evita@wsu.edu or join the Virtual Helpdesk via Zoom. Library announces November holiday scheduleVeterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11) Thanksgiving Break Hours (Nov. 22 - 29) Library Building hours
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Health benefits open enrollment is now through Nov. 30During open enrollment, you may adjust your employee benefits including:
Most changes can be made online through the Health Care Authority My Account web portal (medical and dental), or through the Navia Benefit Solutions website (FSA and DCAP). Online changes are encouraged, but changes can be made via hard copy form if needed. Download forms at the HRS Open Enrollment website. HRS is practicing social distancing, so forms will only be accepted by no-contact submission:
Mail: HRS, PO Box 641014, Pullman, WA 99164-1014 Use equipment from the Fitness Center for freeThe Fitness Center is offering faculty, staff and students free rentals of Fitness Center equipment. Choose from equipment such as hand weights, kettle balls, step platform and risers, BOSU ball, yoga mats and more. Equipment can be rented for 30 days. Fill out the request form. Pick up equipment at the Recreation Office. November health tip: Protect yourself from type 2 diabetesMore than one in three Americans have pre-diabetes—and 90% of them don’t know it. Most cases of type 2 diabetes are preventable. Here’s what you can do:
Plan now for December Holiday Reduced OperationsWSU closes each year during the last week in December. The 2020/21 schedule is as follows:
You are encouraged to use annual leave, personal holiday and/or accrued compensatory leave during December Holiday Reduced Operations, subject to supervisor approval. At the same time, managers are encouraged to be flexible. If employees request to work and there is work to be performed, managers can and are encouraged to allow employees to work. To learn more, read the December Holiday Reduced Operations FAQs. The December Holiday Reduced Operations schedule through 2022/23 is available online. In case you missed itEventsEmpowered to Rise: Acknowledging My Multiple Identities, with José Rosario 11 a.m. Nov. 4 Empowerment speaker, author, and mental health and human rights activist José Rosario will share his personal story and discuss how acknowledging his identities changed the ways in which he engages in advocacy and clinical work. BaCE Workshop, “Art and Letters of Affirmation” 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Nov. 4 Join a post-election holding space that provides safety for you to show up and just be. Engage in reflection and create art and affirmations to appear in the Virtual Gallery of Affirmations. 3 p.m. Nov. 4 There is a lot happening around us, especially after election day. Join the space to hear and uplift each other, heal together and be with each other in solidarity. Fall 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit 1 – 3 p.m. Nov. 5 The event will bring together faculty, staff and students to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequities across the nation and how these inequities are impacting WSU students. It will explore how the pandemic can be seen as a catalyst for long-lasting change in equity, justice and community building—and how faculty and staff are all called to contribute to this crucial work. 3 – 5 p.m. Nov. 5 Were you a first-generation college student and now work in higher education? Did you think the feeling of not belonging or not being good enough as first-generation college student would magically disappear after you graduated and started working/teaching in higher education? Do you sometimes feel like an impostor as a professional? If so, this BaCE workshop is designed especially for you. First-Generation College Students THRIVING! Noon Nov. 6 Approximately 55% of WSU Vancouver first-year students are the first in their families to attend college. Join the campus in celebrating the success of first-generation college students and the accomplishments of THRIVE students. These students have a deep well of personal strengths that can help them navigate the new college environment. They tend to bring persistence and resilience to their college experience—a quality called grit—and even more importantly, they bring their cultural wealth to our campus! 2:30 p.m. Nov. 6 The Social Hour is a holding space for faculty, staff and students who identify as People of Color. This is a space of community and support where you may show up, connect, interact, decompress and just be. Event Accessibility Reminders
Way to GoConnie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong, assistant professor in the College of Nursing, is being honored with the 2020 Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Nguyen-Truong is the first person in the WSU College of Nursing to be recognized by the AACN for this prestigious national award. The award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of nursing at AACN member schools by faculty with more than five years of teaching experience. AACN hailed Nguyen-Truong’s work for representing “transformative, culturally sensitive advances in teaching and learning for the benefit of nursing and other disciplines.” Read more about Nguyen-Truong’s award. WSU Vancouver In The NewsWhat will misinformation look like on and after Election Day? WSU Vancouver expert explains Oct. 28, 2020 KGW spoke to Mike Caulfield, director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver, who recently co-authored a report on uncertainties and misinformation in the upcoming election. How did music evolve? Harvard study reveals a surprising theory. No, it’s not a sexual mating call Oct. 28, 2020 “I don’t think we can completely dismiss the ‘auditory cheesecake’ hypothesis, but it really doesn’t offer a very compelling explanation for the entire package of evidence,” says coauthor Ed Hagen, an anthropologist at Washington State University, pointing out that many species make similar vocal signals. Professor to speak about dismantling racism Oct. 28, 2020 The workshop will define racism and how it functions structurally and individually, said Thabiti Lewis, English professor and interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at WSU Vancouver. Sex, bonding or ‘auditory cheesecake’? New evolutionary theory delves into origins of music Oct. 26, 2020 “Sex and mating are a part of the story, but music seems to expand far beyond that particular domain,” said Ed Hagen, an evolutionary anthropologist with Washington State University and a co-author on the study. |