No images? Click here Campus FYIJanuary 31, 2022 Celebrate Black History MonthBlack History Month began as a week-long engagement in 1915, just 50 years after the Juneteenth Proclamation in the U.S. in 1865. During September of that year, Black History Week was conceptualized by the “father of Black history,” Harvard-educated historian Carter G. Woodson, and what is known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), also founded by Woodson. In February 1926, Black History Week was formally implemented with the mission to raise awareness of African American contributions to U.S. civilization. Woodson and ASALH deliberately selected the week in February that coincided with birthdays of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The weeklong observance was met with enthusiasm and inspired educational institutions and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs, and host performances and lectures. Throughout the mid-20th century, many city mayors across the U.S. issued annual proclamations celebrating Black History Week. Then, Black History Month was first proposed by Black educators and the student organization, Black United Students, at Kent State University in 1969. The first celebration of Black History Month occurred at Kent State University one year later. To learn more, read the full Black History Month statement. Keep your eye on the events section of the newsletter and the events calendar on the WSU Vancouver website for Black History Month events and activities. Posting student positions is easyThe Career Action Center has streamlined the process for posting student positions. Complete the online form and the Career Action Center will add the job posting to Handshake on your behalf. The overall process will not change; applications will still be sent directly to your email. By using this process, you will get more applicants and the search process will be easier for students. Register for Science Talk ’22Associate Professor of Neuroscience Allison Coffin is also president of Science Talk, a nonprofit that empowers and inspires the science communication community to expand their potential and affect the world. Science Talk defines a “science communicator” as anyone who engages in science communication and outreach activities, from grad students who write a blog, to faculty delivering science café talks, to science of scicomm researchers and trainers, public information officers, science writers, museum and zoo staff, YouTube content creators and more. The annual conference, Science Talk ’22, will be held March 23 – 25 in person in Portland, Ore. and in real-time online. The theme is Making Connections: The Many Arms of Science Communication—otherwise known as the “Science Talktopus!” Find the conference agenda online. Conference registration is open. See rates on the registration site. Abstracts for the poster/art session are being accepted now. Reminders
EventsBaCE Self-care Session: Monday Morning Moves 9 a.m. Jan. 31 Monday Morning Moves is a self-care space rooted in love. Each session cultivates connection, healing, mindfulness, energy, joy and compassion. 9 a.m. Feb. 2 Meeting of the Black Faculty and Staff Association at WSU Vancouver. 2 p.m. Feb. 2 This will be the official launch of the 2021 – 2026 WSU Vancouver Strategic Plan. Attend to learn about the campus’s updated goals and objectives, and to get updates on enrollment, budget, COVID-19 and the Sciences Building. Keynote Speaker: A Conversation with Emmanuel Acho 5 p.m. Feb.
2 Emmanuel Acho is a Fox Sports analyst and co-host of FS1’s “Speak for Yourself” and host/producer/author of “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” a web series focused on driving an open, difficult, but ultimately productive conversation on race in America. BaCE Equity Luncheon: Advancing Equity After the BaCE Workshop Noon Feb. 4 An advanced session for BaCE participants with at least 12 hours of BaCE credit. Share equity efforts you are pursuing, including accomplishments and roadblocks. Gather ideas, make recommendations and receive strategies to continue moving equity efforts forward. This session is also ideal for colleagues developing a project, initiative or research related to equity. 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 Way to Go!The Electronic Leadership Lab, headed up by Creative Media and Digital Culture Program Director and Professor Dene Grigar and housed on campus, received the 2022 Open Scholarship Award from the Canadian Social Knowledge Institute for its work on ELO’s The NEXT. The award is given to projects that address open access, open data, open education and other related movements that have the potential to make scholarly work more efficient, more accessible and more usable by those within and beyond the academy. Award-winning projects demonstrate exemplary open scholarship via research, projects or initiatives. The Electronic Leadership Lab is hosting the launch of The José Aburto Collection in The NEXT at 9 a.m. Feb. 4. Aburto is a Peruvian artist specializing in interactive works. This is the first solo collection by an artist from Latin America. See bit.ly/aburtocollectionlaunch. WSU Vancouver In The NewsWSU Study Finds Air Pollution, Brought on by Heat and Wildfires, Is Increasing in the West Jan. 26, 2022 Dmitri Kalashnikov, doctoral candidate at WSU Vancouver, used pollution data from the Environmental Protection Agency as well as weather, ... Other sources |