WSU Tri-Cities

Workshop: How scaffolded assignments can improve student performance and simplify your life
2023-04-05 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CIC 223, WA, United States
Examine assignments and major assessments to ensure alignment with student learning outcomes. You will explore the components of clear and transparent assignment directions, how to chunk assignments into manageable pieces, and how to provide manageable feedback.
Bring in an assignment or assessment you’d like to revise!

University Discussion: Supporting students' skills in emotional and social intelligence
2023-04-05 15:00 - 16:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States

RFO Forum with Academic and Student Affairs
2023-04-19 15:00 - 16:00 | East 212
This is an RFO Forum with the Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs and the Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs. Please bring your questions for the open discussion. Wednesday, April 19th
3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
East 212 or via Zoom

Roundtable: Ending the semester on a good note
2023-04-20 09:00 - 10:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States

How to incorporate mindful activities to promote emotional and social intelligence
2023-04-26 15:00 - 16:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States

Annual Employee Awards Ceremony
2023-05-03 15:00 - 16:00 | Collaboration Hall, WA, United States
Each year, time is set aside to celebrate and honor our distinguished faculty and staff. In 2020, WSU Tri-Cities established campus awards to be given annually to honor those who epitomize the highest levels of excellence in the pursuit of the university’s mission and goals.
This year’s celebration will honor faculty and staff in these categories:

Distinguished Teaching Award
Distinguished Research Excellence Award
Outstanding Adjunct Business Faculty Award
Outstanding Adjunct STEM Faculty Award
Chancellor’s Distinguished Employee Excellence Award
In addition, we will recognize tenures and promotions.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Chancellor's Welcome Back
2023-08-22 11:00 - 11:30 | Collaboration Hall, WA, United States
Faculty, staff and students are welcome to join us as we recognize new leadership on campus!

Reflecting on instruction with AI & challenges with AI use
2024-09-26 14:15 | Zoom, WA, United States
Zoom meeting: 975 5798 9309

Reflecting on instruction with AI & challenges with AI use
2024-09-27 10:10 | Zoom, WA, United States
Zoom meeting: 948 1414 3216

AI Part 1: Deciding on your philosophy and articulating your course policy
2024-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States
Join us to discuss the spectrum of AI usage in the class. Everything from “AI guides student through writing process as a writing coach” to “AI generates multiple drafts and student chooses best parts of AI drafts.” Once you identify your own philosophy and comfort level with student work using AI, we will discuss developing a transparent and thorough course policy.

Pass/Fail Grading and Academic Integrity
2024-10-17 12:10 | Zoom, WA, United States
This session will include a review of the history and use of grading systems other than conventional letter grades in professional health sciences program. A discussion of how the WSU DVM program approached the decision to adopt a modified pass/fail grading system will serve as an evidence-based illustration of implementation in an authentic context. Finally, we will consider the pros and cons of using ranks as a measure of student performance in a professional program, again with data from our own program to serve as a basis for discussion. Register

PIT Stop: Getting Started with Service Learning
2024-10-17 12:10 | Zoom, WA, United States
PIT (Pedagogy, Innovation, and Technology) Stops is a faculty support series consisting of sessions held monthly as system-wide virtual events. Register

TEACHxWSU Conference
2024-10-25 09:00 - 13:00 | Floyd 223
The third annual TEACHxWSU conference will be October 25, 2024 and is themed “Becoming a Student Ready College.” A keynote address and workshop, lunch, afternoon “choose your own adventure” workshops, and campus-specific discussion groups are planned for the day. Register

AI Part 2: Developing your assessments to match your policy
2024-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States
This workshop provides the opportunity for you to “makeover” some of your assessments, as well as how to help students focus on “process over product.” The goal is to help you construct better assessments of learning and reduce the likelihood that students will engage in approaches that are contrary to your learning outcomes or academic integrity violations.

Panel Discussion: Optimizing Teaching with House Officers
2024-10-31 12:10 | Zoom, WA, United States
This panel will focus on how faculty can optimize their teaching with residents and house officers. This is especially intended for new faculty who may have recently been residents themselves and are still building their confidence and skills in leading teaching with house officers.
Panelist:
• Dr. Julie Cary
• Dr. Ryan Baumwart
• Dr. Karen Kline Register

Recognizing and Addressing Wellbeing Needs for Educators
2024-11-13 12:10 | Zoom, WA, United States
While there are programs in place to help students with their wellbeing needs, sometimes educators can feel left to fend for themselves. In this presentation, we will discuss how both educators and the institutions they serve can recognize and address the needs of those serving the students. Register

PIT Stop: Tips for Increasing Student Engagement in Large Lecture Courses
2024-11-21 12:10 | Zoom, WA, United States

Student Evals & Feedback: Strategies to get and process student feedback
2025-01-09 14:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States

Documenting your teaching for promotion, awards, or research
2025-01-15 15:00 | CIC 223, WA, United States

Bio-In Seminar Series: Turning the Page in Aviation — Growth, Availability, and Sustainability
2025-11-20 14:00 - 15:00 | WA
Learn more about the state of the art in commercial manufacturing of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and elucidate a path forward. Various elements of the necessary ecosystem including but not limited to feedstock, technology, policy, and finance will be discussed. Join us in-person or online! Join online
Mukund Karanjikar
Mukund Karanjikar is founder and CEO of CleanJoule Inc., a U.S.-based fuel technology company advancing high-performance sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). An inventor with 20+ patents, he previously led Technology Holding and worked at Chevron and Rallis India Ltd. He has served as a visiting fellow at Harvard University, adjunct faculty at the University of Utah, and on expert panels for the International Energy Agency, Bureau of Land Management of the Department of Interior, and Industrial Research Institute. Former chair of the Management Division at the American Institue of Chemical Engineers, he holds a Chemical Engineering degree from ICT Mumbai and a PhD from Auburn University. Aviation fuel demand is expected to grow to 160-210 billion gallons globally by 2050 from the current 95 B gallons. In parallel, surface transport is rapidly electrifying. The world is faced with the challenge of accurately predicting petroleum demand as surface transport fuels and aviation fuels are produced from the same barrel. All the same, decarbonization of aviation remains to be a substantial challenge. Such challenge needs to be addressed head on by developing alternative sources of aviation fuel that will decouple the aviation industry from the petroleum industry.
