WSU Tri-Cities

National College Colors Day
2021-09-03 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
National College Colors Day is an annual celebration dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that make the college experience great by encouraging people across America to wear apparel of their favorite college or university throughout the day. The College Licensing Company founded College Colors Day in 2004. It is traditionally the Friday before Labor Day.
Wear your college colors; share your stories. Use #CollegeColorsDay to post on social media and spread the word.
Friday, September 3, 2021 is the day! Visit collegecolorsday.com to win prizes and support your team.

Get to know a Hispanic Coug
2021-09-27 | @wsutc_mosaiccenter, WA, United States
Tune in for interviews on the WSU Tri-Cities MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion Instagram account with Hispanic students, faculty, staff and others.
Every Monday through Oct. 15!

La Fiesta de Comida
2021-10-05 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rotary Stage, WA, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion and the Dreamer’s Club for snacks and drinks from various Hispanic countries, including Argentina, Columbia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Dance to Latin music and meet fellow Cougs!
Tuesday, Oct. 5 | Noon – 2 p.m. | WSU Tri-Cities Rotary Stage

The Holocaust, Neo-Nazism, and White Supremacy | Panel Presentation
2021-10-07 16:15 - 17:45 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Panelists Kristine Hoover, C. Richard King and Rebecca Erbelding will discuss White supremacist organizations and Nazi movements in the United States generally, and in the Pacific Northwest, in particular. The panelists will explore the development of white supremacist organizations at different times in American history, their relationship to each other and to international Nazi movements. In addition, the panelists will discuss the connection between these organizations and versions of white supremacy in today’s America.
Hosted by WSU Tri-Cities College of Arts & Sciences in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and WSU Center for Arts and Humanities. Register for Event
Speakers
C. Richard King
Professor and Chair of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences
Columbia College Chicago
C. Richard King is a professor and chair of Humanities, History and Social Sciences at Columbia College Chicago. His research concentrates on the racial politics of culture. He is particularly interested in uses and understandings of Indianness, white supremacist movements and ideologies, and the forms of memory, representation, identity, and power animating race relations. He is the author/editor of several books, including Team Spirits: The Native American Mascot Controversy (a CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Title), Beyond Hate: White Power and Popular Culture, and most recently Redskins: Insult and Brand. Dr. Kristine F. Hoover
Associate Professor in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership program and Director of the Institute of Hate Studies
Gonzaga University
Dr. Kristine F. Hoover is a Professor at Gonzaga University in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and director of the Gonzaga Institute of Hate Studies. The Institute bridges the academy with community engagement, through research, teaching and partnerships with students, staff, faculty, and community members. She is a former Chair of the Washington Legislative Ethics Board and former Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) trainer. Dr. Hoover is concerned with questions regarding how organizations and communities shape inclusion and cultures of dignity. Her most recent book publication is Countering Hate: Leadership Cases of Non-Violent Action. Rebecca Erbelding
Historian, Education Initiatives
William Levine Family Institute for Holocaust Education
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rebecca Erbelding has been a historian, curator, and archivist at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for the past eighteen years and served as the lead historian on the Museum’s special exhibition, Americans and the Holocaust. She holds a PhD in American history from George Mason University. Her first book, Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America’s Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe (Doubleday, 2018), won the National Jewish Book Award for excellence in writing based on archival research. Robert Bauman
Academic Director, History Professor
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Professor Bauman is an award-winning historian whose research interests are in 20th Century U.S. History, social policy, religion and race in the American West. He is the author of a number of articles and book chapters and two books, Race and the War on Poverty: From Watts to East LA, published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 2008, and Fighting to Preserve a Nation’s Soul: America’s Ecumenical War on Poverty, published by the University of Georgia Press in 2019. He also is co-editor, with Robert Franklin, and co-author of Nowhere to Remember: Hanford, White Bluffs and Richland to 1943, published by WSU Press in 2018, and of a yet untitled forthcoming volume on Race and Diversity in the Hanford region. His article, “Jim Crow in the Tri-Cities, 1943-1950” won the Charles Gates Award for the best article published in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly in 2005.

LGBTQ+ Ally Training
2021-10-20 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom, WA, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion for a Zoom training on how to be an awesome ally for the LGBTQ+ community! Wednesday, Oct. 20
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Zoom
Meeting ID: 922 9948 5213
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Wear Your Pride and Pride Parade
2021-10-28 14:00 - 17:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion in your Pride attire for a parade walk across campus. The parade will start in the Floyd courtyard (directly outside the Floyd Atrium) and will continue across campus before ending at the MOSAIC Center. Pizza will be served in the MOSAIC Center upon completion of the parade. Thursday, Oct. 28
2:00 p.m.
Start in Floyd courtyard

Student Engagement Hub
2021-11-02 08:00 - 20:00 | CIC 120, WA, United States
The Student Engagement HUB is to give students and the Tri-Cities community access to in-person voter registration, provide voter registration materials, and ballots for the 2021 Election. This HUB is strictly non-partisan. 10presence points

Día de los Muertos
2021-11-02 12:00 - 15:00 | SUB 120, WA, United States
Bring your favorite foods, framed images, and other items of loved ones who have passed to contribute to the altars. Enjoy tamales, art activities, and learn the importance and history of this celebration. Tuesday, November 2, 2021 | 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
SUB 120

COVID-19 and Mental Health | An Invisible Disability
2021-11-04 16:00 - 17:30 | East Auditorium at WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join WSU Tri-Cities for a students and staff panel facilitated by a WSU faculty member as we discuss the intersections and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, and disabilities. You will hear personal experiences, as well as many of the WSU Tri-Cities support services being offered for students through this time. We will also hear from a representative from Lourdes Crisis Center — a local crisis services community support resource.
This event is presented by Access Services, Counseling Services, and the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion.
This event is taking place in-person and online through Zoom. Register for event

MOSAIC Open House & Meditation Room Grand Opening
2022-01-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Mosaic Center, WA, United States
Stop by and learn about the MOSAIC Center!

LGBTQ+ Panel
2022-02-22 18:00 - 19:00 | East Auditorium, 2710 University Dr, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion in collaboration with Wavelengths Salon in our LGBTQ+ Panel! The event will include a panel of community members across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and allies as they share their experiences. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions to the panelists. Snacks will be provided, and Zoom is available for those who would prefer to attend virtually. Tuesday, February 22
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
East Auditorium Register for the in-person event Zoom registration link

Black Community Leaders Panel: SPEAK OUT!
2022-02-23 16:30 | SUB 120, WA, United States
The MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion and the WSU Tri-Cities Black Student Union presents the Black Community Leaders Panel: SPEAK OUT! In honor of Black History Month, the MOSAIC Center and the BSU are inviting black community members throughout the Tri-Cities to share their stories, experiences, and inspiration for their community work in the Tri-Cities. We will be inviting the Urban Poet Society, AACCES, and others. Wednesday. February 23rd
4:30 p.m.
SUB 120 and Zoom Event is open to the public. Register Here

Women's History Month Reflection Event
2022-03-10 14:00 - 15:00 | WSU Tri-Cities Art Center, 2710 University Dr, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion in honor of Women’s History Month for a Reflection Event in the CIC Art Gallery. We will view the past and current winners of the Women of Distinction award and reflect on their impact in our WSU Tri-Cities community. Thursday, March 10th
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
CIC Art Gallery Please contact TriCities.Mosaic@wsu.edu for questions or concerns.

MOSAIC Interfaith Fair
2022-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion for our first ever Interfaith Fair! Various faith-based groups from across Tri-Cities and the surrounding areas will be stationed along the pathway between Floyd and the CIC building. This is an opportunity to ask people of various faiths about their beliefs, their community, experiences, and share and explore your own faith perspectives. March 23, 2022
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Walkway between CIC and Floyd

Bandana Project - Title IX 50th Anniversary
2022-03-28 - 2022-04-01 | Mosaic Center, WA, United States
Bring awareness to survivors of sexual violence for migrant fieldworkers. Decorate white bandanas with words of encouragement, motivating statements, inspirational pictures and art. These bandanas are then hung in a public place as a visible demonstration of our support for farmworkers and our commitment to ending this problem. March 28th – April 1st
MOSAIC Center

Clothesline Project - Title IX 50th Anniversary
2022-03-28 - 2022-04-01 | Mosaic Center, WA, United States
Bring awareness to those who are survivors of violence. Each shirt is made by a survivor of violence or by someone who has lost a loved one to violence. Every shirt on display reflects the personal experience of its creator and a way to express emotions by survivors of physical, sexual, and emotional violence. March 28th – April 1st
MOSAIC Center

Gender Fluid Closet
2022-06-29 13:00 - 19:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
In honor of Pride Month, visit WSU Tri-Cities for a FREE Gender Fluid Closet event. Explore outfits and accessories of various sizes and styles in a judgment-free zone! In collaboration with the Uptown Rainbow Connections charitable organization, all donations are free and take at your own risk. June 29th and June 30th
1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Student Union Building 120 Clothing donations can be dropped of in the box outside of the MOSAIC Center (Floyd 140). Have questions about the event? Please contact Kauser Gwaduri, MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion Coordinator at tricities.mosaic@wsu.edu.

Coug Human Bingo
2022-08-22 11:10 - 12:00 | Floyd Atrium, WA, United States
Come join us for an exciting opportunity for Cougs to meet fellow Cougs! There will be pizza and sodas for participants and prizes will be given to the first few winners of the game!

MOSAIC Escape Room
2022-08-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-23 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-08-24 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-08-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-08-25 09:00 - 10:00, 2022-08-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-08-26 15:00 - 16:00 | MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion – Floyd 140, WA, United States
Work with your fellow Cougs to solve all the puzzles and escape within the hour! Register Here

Pride Flag Raising
2022-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Elson S. Floyd Building, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion in kickstarting Outober with the raising of the pride flag on campus. Tuesday, October 4th
Noon – 1 p.m.
Floyd Main Entrance

Latina/o/e Professional Networking
2022-10-10 11:00 - 13:00 | SUB 120, WA, United States
The MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion and the Career Center will be hosting a Professional Mixer with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This is an opportunity for Cougs to practice their professional dress, behavior, and communication skills with local professionals. Social and professional networks are how many people find open positions and learn about company cultures they may or may not be interested in. Every Coug should learn how to best represent themselves to maximize their opportunities. Monday, October 10th
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
SUB 120

Cougs at the Pumpkin Patch
2022-10-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Country Mercantile, 232 Crestloch Rd, Pasco, WA, 99301, United States
m Join the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion and Counseling Services at the pumpkin patch! All WSU students, staff, faculty, alumni, friends, family, and pets are welcome! Admission is $11.95 + tax, 2 years and under are free, and Senior and Military receive a $2 discount. Saturday, October 15th
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Country Mercantile

Dia de los Muertos
2022-11-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Student Union Building
Attend the Día de los Muertos celebrations hosted by the MOSAIC Center, Dreamers Club, and the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to learn the importance and history of this celebration! Honor and celebrate those who have passed by bringing pictures and cherished items to place on our community altar. Tuesday, November 1st
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Student Union Building All are welcome!
