No images? Click here Campus FYIFebruary 7, 2022 Welcome, Paris NelsonParis Nelson has joined Student Affairs and Enrollment as the first campus director of the TRiO Talent Search programs. Nelson will lead Talent Search programs that increase student access, success and equitable outcomes. The TRiO Talent Search programs will serve 1,000 local students who have the potential to succeed in higher education. The programs provide students with academic, career and financial counseling. Nelson participated in the pre-college Talent Search, the undergraduate Student Support Services and the graduate McNair Scholars programs. They said these programs planted and cultivated the seeds to pursue a career aimed at increasing first-generation college students' post-secondary access and success. Nelson began their profession career supervising the undergraduate tutoring program and coordinating faculty development sessions for Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at the University of Kentucky. Blas named first director of ELCADebbie Blas has joined Student Affairs and Enrollment as the first campus director of the Engaged Learning and Career Action Center for Students. ELCA provides space on campus where students engage in proactive and culturally responsive support that provides them with the knowledge and tools to successfully transition into college, navigate campus resources and achieve academic, career and personal goals. Blas is a familiar face on campus. For the last six years she served as the pre-college project director of MESA for SW Washington partnering with local school districts, industry and WSU Vancouver to implement STEM-based college readiness programing in classrooms and improve STEM opportunities centered around equity, diversity and social justice-conscious curriculum. Rauch steps in as interim director of budget and accountingSara Rauch has been appointed interim director of budget and accounting. Rauch started at WSU Vancouver in 2016 as a fiscal technician, was promoted to fiscal specialist, then moved into her current role as the assistant to the vice chancellor for finance and operations in June 2020. Rauch has a wealth of experience that will enable her to take on the interim role, including a degree in accounting and finance from WSU Vancouver. A search will be conducted to fill the director of budget and accounting role permanently—likely concluding in mid-September. A temporary employee will cover Rauch’s assistant duties. Nominate a graduating student for the Chancellor’s Award for Student AchievementNominations for the 2022 Chancellor’s Award for Student Achievement open today. The deadline is Feb. 28. Award recipients are selected based on:
Nominations for the 2022 Chancellor’s Award for Student Achievement will be reviewed by an appointed committee. The award recipient will be honored during the commencement ceremony on May 7. Nominate an outstanding staff member for the 2021/22 Chancellor’s Award for Staff ExcellenceRecognize the dedication and commitment of a staff member in advancing the mission of WSU Vancouver. Award criteria for the Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence include active participation in campus activities, excellent performance in the staff member’s own role, demonstrated leadership on behalf of WSU Vancouver and going the extra mile to advance the university. Submit your nomination online by Feb. 28. Nominations for the 2021/22 Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence will be reviewed by an appointed committee and the winner will be honored at the Campus Welcome and Update in the fall. S&A budget requests are openThe Services and Activities Fee is a part of every student's tuition and is used to fund nonacademic student activities, services, programs and projects on campus such as student government, performances, speakers, services, and facilities and equipment. Groups, organizations or individuals may request funds. To submit a budget request, email a completed Budget Request Form and Request Description and Justification Letter to Marisa Smith by 5 p.m. Feb 18. For more information, visit the Services and Activities webpage. WSU announces new COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance toolThere are a lot of questions about what to do if you are exposed to, or test positive for, COVID-19. The new quarantine and isolation guidance tool walks you through what steps to take around quarantine, isolation and reporting based on your personal situation. This tool does not take the place of medical or legal advice. Please complete this form before calling Environmental Health and Safety. Long term care premiums to cease and be refundedOn Jan. 27 Gov. Jay Inslee signed bills (SHB 1732 & SBH 1733) to delay the Washington Cares Trust Fund legislation, often referred to as the Long Term Care benefit, for 18 months. This action will result in the WaCares tax no longer being collected from your WSU pay, and the taxes collected in January will be refunded on your Feb. 10 paycheck. Reduce burnout and support a psychologically healthy workforceIn the free Kaiser Permanente speaker series event at 11 a.m. Feb. 21, you'll learn about the top causes of employee burnout, see a support framework that business leaders can use to support their employees and organizations, and get practical ideas for addressing burnout and creating a psychologically safe workforce. Register online. You’re invited to shop Columbia SportswearYou and up to four guests are invited to clean up on winter styles at the Columbia Sportswear Employee store through Feb. 27. Bring this invitation, a photo ID and your CougarCard. The Columbia Sportswear Employee Store is located at 14100 NW Science Park Drive, Portland, OR 97229. Encourage your doctoral students to compete in 3MTThe 3-Minute Thesis competition asks doctoral students to explain their dissertation research in three minutes or less. Master’s students can compete for practice but are not eligible to win money or to compete in the Pullman championships. It is a super way for students to share their research, prepare for Research Showcase and win money—the top two finishers will each receive $500. The WSU Vancouver competition will be held 3 – 5 p.m. March 3 in Dengerink Administration Building, Room 129. The winner of the Vancouver competition will compete in a live setting with systemwide WSU finalists March 21 – 25. The top three winners from the Pullman finals will receive money toward travel to a research conference of their choice: first place, $3,000; second place, $1,500; third place: $500. Hearing to be held on proposed amendments to the WAC—Standards of Conduct for StudentsWSU will conduct a public hearing on proposed revision to WAC chapter 504-26-045 Standards of Conduct for Students – Evidence at 4 p.m. Feb. 10 via Zoom, meeting ID 951 7776 1871; passcode 021022; or by calling +1-253-215-8782, or 95177761871# US (one tap mobile call). WSU will adopt the revised rules based on the statutory authority found in RCW 28B.30.150. To review the proposed revised rules go to the Office of Procedures, Records and Forms website or request a copy from the Office of Procedures, Records and Forms, Information Technology Building 3089, Pullman, WA 99164-1225; or call 509-335-2005. You may testify at this meeting. You may also direct written comments to Deborah Bartlett, director of procedures, records and forms, rules coordinator, mail code 1225, Pullman, WA 99164; or email prf.forms@wsu.edu. Submit written comments by 5 p.m. Feb. 10. In case you missed itReminders
EventsNavigating Change in Challenging Times 10 a.m. Feb. 8 In our ever-changing world, learning how to navigate change is an essential skill—one that can be developed. In this webinar we'll talk about the impact of change, actions you can take to navigate change based on your unique response to stress, and resources available to support you. BaCE: We Love Reading with Obie and Renny! Part 1 2 – 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9 This reading group features works with themes on equity, antiracism, justice, belonging, joy and/or love. This semester’s selection is “Just Us: An American Conversation,” by Claudia Rankine. "Just Us” is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together, even and especially in breaching the silence, guilt and violence that follow direct addresses of whiteness. WSU Visiting Writers Series welcome Natalie Diaz 6 p.m. Feb. 9 Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks of the Colorado River. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry collection, “When My Brother Was an Aztec,” was published by Copper Canyon Press and won an American Book Award. Her second book, “Postcolonial Love Poem,” was published by Graywolf Press in March 2020 and was a finalist for the National Book Award the Forward Prize and won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2021. She is a 2018 MacArthur Fellow, as well as a Lannan Literary Fellow and a Native Arts Council Foundation Artist Fellow. She was awarded the Princeton Holmes National Poetry Prize and a Hodder Fellowship. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the United States Artists, where she is an alumna of the Ford Fellowship. Diaz is director of the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands and is the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and Contemporary Poetry at Arizona State University. 2:30 Feb. 11 Hosted by WSU Vancouver Support and Empowerment for Employees of Color (SEEC) Association. Holding space to connect, celebrate and just be. Contact Obie Ford III for details. Timberline Skiing and Snowboarding 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Feb. 12 Rentals included. Make sure to wear Coug gear! For more information and to register, contact the Recreation Office at 360-546-9532 or van.osirec@wsu.edu. Plan ahead! 2:15 – 4:15 p.m. Feb. 14 Expand your capacity to recognize systems of oppression, hold critical dialogue, and engage in making meaning of equity and equity-mindedness at WSU Vancouver. You will also learn indicators of equity-mindedness, explore roles in fostering a community of equity and belonging, and identify action steps to become equity-minded practitioners. Strategies for Strengthening STEM Transfer Pathways 3:10 p.m. Feb. 14 Learn about barriers to transfer student success and how to advance equitable outcomes. John Fink, senior research associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, will present research on institutional barriers to transfer student success and his findings from an NSF-funded evaluation of community college “guided pathway” reforms for advancing equitable STEM transfer outcomes. FREE group fitness classes in the Fitness Center Step Up with Marci at 3:10 p.m. Mondays; Cougar Trail Jog with Cambri at 3:10 p.m. Tuesdays; COMMIT Dance Fitness with Felix at 12:10 p.m. or Boot Camp with Marci at 4:10 p.m. Wednesdays; Stretch and Relax with Cambri at 4:10 p.m. on Thursdays. All classes are 50 minutes. Play intramural indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball or Vancouver Mall Gaming. Find details on the intramural sports webpage. Event Accessibility WSU Vancouver In The NewsNonprofit group to offer in-person tax prep help Feb. 2, 2022 Ren Locus, a local nonprofit, and Washington State University Vancouver are offering in-person tax preparation for those in Clark County through ... |