WSU Tri-Cities

Virtual Career Services Open House
2020-08-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ZOOM, WA, United States
Come join the Career Services staff as we review how to take advantage of career coaching and virtual events this semester! We will walk you through our website, how to make appointments, and upcoming save the dates for events you don’t want to miss like the online JCPenney Suit Up Sale for students and our virtual career fair! We’ll close out our time with some Career Services trivia and other fun activities!

Academic Advising Drop-in Hours
2020-08-27 09:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Academic Advising Drop-in Hours
Presented by Academic Advising

Drop-in virtually and meet with your academic advisor between 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Participate on Zoom
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Open House with TRIO SSS
2020-08-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Zoom, WA, United States
TRIO SSS will be having an open house for students and staff. We will be playing fun games on zoom!
Zoom ID: trio.tricities or 509.372.7157

Virtual Writing Center & STEM Tutoring Center Open House
2020-08-27 14:00 - 15:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
This is an opportunity for students to stop in to get information about how to access the Writing Center and STEM Tutoring Center for Fall 2020!

Academic Advising Drop-in Hours
2020-08-28 13:00 - 16:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Academic Advising Drop-in Hours
Presented by Academic Advising

Drop-in virtually and meet with your academic advisor between 1 to 4 p.m.
Participate on Zoom
Password:[REDACTED]

Literary Agent Panel Webinar | WSU Visiting Writers Series
2020-09-08 12:00 - 13:30 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Meet some of the nation’s most innovative writers and artists in a series of free workshops, readings, panel discussions, and 1-credit courses.
Register
Open to WSU students, staff, and faculty

Career Services Workshop: Job Search & Resume Writing
2020-09-09 13:00 - 14:30 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Career Services is hosting an informational workshop for students, faculty and staff on navigating Job Searches in this current environment and tips and tricks on how to write a winning resume. The purpose of the workshop is to educate but to also prepare current students for our 2020 Career Fair.

How to Be an Agent / How to Get an Agent 1-Credit Workshop | WSU Visiting Writers Series
2020-09-09 18:00 - 20:30 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
Meet some of the nation’s most innovative writers and artists in a series of free workshops, readings, panel discussions, and 1-credit courses.
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Sept. 9 & 11
Register by contacting lmccormick@wsu.edu or 509-335-0496
Open to WSU students

Fiction Reading - Kelly Yang, YA & Middle-Grade Author | WSU Visiting Writers Series
2020-09-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
Fiction Reading – Kelly Yang, YA & Middle-Grade Author
7 p.m. – Sept. 23
YouTube Live – No registration necessary
Free and open to the public

Outdoor Yoga
2020-09-28 12:00 - 13:00 | WSU Tri-Cities Courtyard
Free outdoor yoga every Monday and Wednesday until the end of October. WSUTC Students only.Reservation strongly encouraged. All participants must wear facial coverings. Participants can bring their own mats or one can be provided for them.

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History Trivia Night
2020-10-01 19:00 - 20:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Join History faculty for a fun hour of trivia questions about events in history, from their classes and about themselves. Participating faculty include Professors Brigit Farley, Tracey Hanshew, Robert Franklin, and Bob Bauman.
Participants will need to download the Kahoot app to be able to play.
This event is open to all students.
Contact Eadie Balint, ebalint@wsu.edu, College of Arts and Sciences

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 950 8631 5152
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Zoom Yoga- Campus Rec
2020-10-05 15:00 - 15:30 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Free thirty minute Yoga class streamed live on Zoom. Every week during the semester on Monday and Wednesday.
Meeting ID: 734 6256 4143
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Coug Parent Seminar: Supporting Your Coug through Uncertain Times Tips, Considerations and Resources from a Family Systems Perspective
2020-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
Supporting Your Coug through Uncertain Times
Tips, Considerations and Resources from a Family Systems Perspective
Friday, Oct. 9
Noon – 1 p.m. via Zoom
WSU Tri-Cities’ Counseling Services will be offering a flash talk that addresses mental health aspects that impact students during a pandemic.
Counseling Services will be offering clinical insight into how to identify distress symptoms, how to advocate for your student’s well-being, and how to cultivate supportiveness.
Afterward, staff from the campus will be available to answer your questions about campus services and activities this fall.

Fall into STEM Education with PNNL Workshop
2020-10-14 09:30 - 11:30 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is hosting a virtual “Fall into STEM Education” two-hour workshop.
Learn more about PNNL, STEM careers and internships through this unique workshop
9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14
Register: bit.ly/32FLOUl
More information
Event agenda

Virtual Career Fair
2020-10-14 10:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, WA, United States
This year, WSU Tri-Cities & CBC’s Career Services are teaming up to bring you a virtual Career Fair experience through the Handshake platform. Handshake can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection. For optimal performance, including minimizing any errors while chatting with employers, use a desktop or laptop computer with a webcam to participate in the Career Fair. Employers and students will have the ability to sign up for Group Sessions and One-on-One sessions to recruit for and or learn more about full-time, part-time, and paid internship and job opportunities.

The Virtual Career Fair through the Handshake platform will have Employer Info Sessions and One-on-One Sessions with live video and chat features.
STUDENT REGISTRATION LINK

EMPLOYER REGISTRATION LINK
VISIT THE CAREER FAIR PAGE FOR UP TO DATE INFO ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE CAREER FAIR!

Black Disability in Resistance and Creating: Story Telling & Moore with Leroy Moore
2020-10-14 12:00 - 13:30 | WA, United States
Black Disability in Resistance and Creating: Story Telling & Moore with Leroy Moore
This presentation discusses what Black disabled resistance looks & sounds like through time. This presentation will go into ancestry stories, today’s Krip-Hop stories, and cultural work worldwide through book readings, songs, visual arts, videos and podcasts.
Bio: This presentation is hosted by activist, writer, poet, rapper, womanist, and radio programmer, Leroy Moore. Leroy founded Krip-Hop Nation (a movement that addresses ableism, or discrimination against disabled artists, esp. Black musicians marginalized because of racism AND ableism internationally). For more information on Krip-Hop, please visit the Krip-Hop Nation website. He is also the former cofounder of Sins Invalid. Moore wrote for I.D.E.A.L. Magazine, and since the 1990s, has written the column “Illin-N-Chillin” for POOR Magazine. He is also a longtime member of the National Black Disability Coalition.
When: October 14, 2020 from 12:00-1:30 pm (PT)
Registration: Register for Leroy Moore’s Presentation on Black Disability in Resistance and Creating

Flu Shot Clinic
2020-10-21 13:00 - 17:00 | CIC Parking Log, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
WSU Tri-Cities is offering a Flu Shot Clinic put on by Rite Aid on October 21 from 1:00-5:00. Sign up online at https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/OfficeHours@email.wsu.edu/bookings/s/wxITN3-iLkiLxTH19tlyzQ2
The clinic is open to any WSU Tri-Cities student, and any WSU employee that uses WSU insurance. Those not covered by WSU insurance are not able to participate in this clinic, but we recommend you reach out to your local provider or pharmacist to schedule an appointment today.
Students do not need insurance to be able to participate in the program.
Employees must bring a COPY of your insurance card with you to the event. Due to COVID-19, we are unable to take a copy of your insurance card.
Registration is required for this clinic to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Anyone student or employee participating must complete the COVID-19 attestation in order to participate and wear a mask. If you have any of the following symptoms, please do not participate in the clinic.
• A temperature at or above 100.4 degrees or have reason to be concerned you may be developing a fever?
• A new cough that you cannot attribute to another health condition?
• A new sore throat that you cannot attribute to another health condition?
• New shortness of breath or difficulty breathing that you cannot attribute to another health condition?
• New muscle aches or pains that you cannot attribute to another health condition or a specific activity such as physical exercise?
• New loss of taste or smell that you cannot attribute to another health condition?
• Chills that you cannot attribute to another health condition?
• Had close contact, without the use of appropriate PPE (personal protective equipment), with someone who is currently sick with suspected or confirmed COVID-19? (Note: Close contact is defined as within 6 feet for more than 15 consecutive minutes.)
• Received a positive COVID-19 test result/diagnosis, or are you currently suspected to have COVID-19?

A special thanks to the Office of Student Affairs, the Associated Students of Washington State University Tri-Cities, Campus Safety, and Rite Aid for making this clinic possible.

Empowered to Rise: Acknowledging My Multiple Identities with Jose Rosario
2020-11-04 11:00 - 12:30 | WA, United States
Empowered to Rise: Acknowledging My Multiple Identities with Jose Rosario
This talk is where I share my personal story and discuss how acknowledging my identities changed the ways in which I engage in advocacy and clinical work. More specifically, I talk about connecting with people because of my personal experiences of difference. This personal growth reminds me that each individual we support has intersecting identities that must be considered in order to truly promote healing. My hope is that by the end of the talk, the audience begins to consider their identities and how this impacts their work. Above all, I want to make it clear that our stories have power and being vulnerable allows us to connect. It is crucial to empower those who feel silenced to share their whole truth.
Bio: This presentation is hosted by empowerment speaker, author, and mental health and human rights activist, Jose Rosario. Jose uses his disability to connect individuals to the world, as a Latino, gay man who utilizes a wheelchair, Jose recognizes that there are common experiences that bring people together that taking stock of who we are gives us power. Rosario is a speaker, author and above all, an advocate. As a member of many diverse identity groups, speaker José Rosario recognizes that there are common experiences that can bring people together and that taking stock of who we are gives us power. As a mental health professional, José understands that this empowerment and the creation of a space to be vulnerable can lead to individual and group growth, awakening agents for change. José is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Clark University where his work focuses on disparities in effective mental health care after violent events that target specific identity groups.
When: November 4, 2020 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PT)
Register for Jose Rosario’s Presentation on Empowered to Rise

SARC & You | Hosted by WSUTC Pre-Health Club
2020-11-06 15:00 - 16:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
SARC is a local non-profit organization that serves Benton and Franklin Counties. They provide crisis services and prevention education for community members on issues regarding human trafficking, sexual assault/abuse and all non-domestic violence crimes such as child abuse, elder abuse, assault, homicide, robbery, identity theft and fraud. SARC relies on community volunteers to help run its 24-hour hotline.
This event is part 2/3 of the SARC series, and will strictly focus on medical advocacy and training to be able to volunteer. This event is open to all students and faculty.
Zoom Link: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/95466047306
Meeting ID: 954 6604 7306

Post-Election Dialogue Session
2020-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Hosted by ASWSUTC and WSU’s Social Justice Peer Educators
Noon | Tuesday, Nov. 10 | Online – Open to students
Discuss feelings on the election in a safe, respectful and moderated environment. Also participate in conversations on how to stay active in your community after the election.
Register to attend

GHCCRes Visiting Scholar Artist Talk: Graham Murtough
2020-11-12 10:30 - 12:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Peter Christenson, WSU Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Director of the Guest House Cultural Capital Residency Program (GHCCRes), welcomes WSU communities to join us for two upcoming (virtual) chats with GHCCRes Remote Scholar-Artists Graham Murtough (November 12 @ 10:30am-12:00pm) and Megan Torgerson (November 19 @ 10:30am-12:00pm). Upcoming GHCCRes lectures are FREE, OPEN, and VIRTUAL. Please contact peter.christenson@wsu.edu to RSVP for zoom link invitations.

From Pity to Human Rights to Value Based: The Case for Authentic Inclusion of People with Disabilities with Sara Minkara
2020-11-18 11:00 - 12:30 | WA, United States
From Pity to Human Rights to Value Based: The Case for Authentic Inclusion of People with Disabilities with Sara Minkara
From Pity to Human Rights to Value Based: The Case for Authentic Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Estimates show that there are 1 billion people in the world with a disability, that is 1/7 of the world’s population. And yet, this ratio doesn’t come close to being represented in any of our spaces. Sara will make the case for the authentic inclusion of the one billion people with disabilities in the world by weaving together her own lived experiences as a blind, Lebanese-American, Muslim woman, and the work of her organization, Empowerment Through Integration (ETI). Sara approaches the inclusion of people with disabilities from a value-based lens, and her mantra that “the inclusion of all is a value for all.” Sara is on a journey to engage every stakeholder in society, and invites every one of us to engage in breaking the cycle of disempowerment, moving from a charity perspective, to human rights, and finally the value-based approach to inclusion.
Bio: This presentation is hosted by empowerment and identify speaker, Sara Minkara. Sara a blind Lebanese/American woman who lost her sight at a young age being just seven years old. Sara is the founder and president of Empowerment Through Integration (ETI), which aims to empower and include young people with visual impairment in the Middle East-North Africa region. As a blind woman herself, speaker Sara Minkara knows the struggle of being disabled in our society. She is an advocate in the areas of disability inclusion and social entrepreneurship. Since founding ETI, Sara has continued her work in the social sector while also growing ETI from a summer camp to an organization that today reaches over 3,000 individuals across Lebanon and the United States.
When: November 18, 2020 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm (PT)
Registration: Register for Sara Minkara’s Presentation on The Case for Authentic Inclusion of People with Disaiblities

Native American Heritage Month | Community Panel
2020-11-19 14:00 - 15:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Join us for an hour of stories and culture in celebration of Native American Heritage Month!
We will have community members share their experiences and personal stories.
Followed by a Q&A Portion

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Announcement of Doctoral Examination
2020-11-20 12:30 - 15:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Toya Nicole Beiswenger will be taking her doctoral dissertation defense exam for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (ENRS). Toya will give a 30-minute overview of her research and then proceed to the examination portion.
Thesis Title: Characterization and Identification of Actinide Bearing Minerals and Soils Using Various Analytical Techniques for Signature Discovery
As a publicly-funded institution of higher education, all WSU final exams are required to be open to the public without exception.
Contact:
Allan Felsot, Dissertation/Thesis Committee Chair, afelsot@wsu.edu
Watch: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/95806765299?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 958 0676 5299
Passcode: [REDACTED]

GIVING TUESDAY
2020-12-01 08:00 - 23:30 | ONLINE, WA, United States
WSU Tri-Cities is raising funds to support student hardship relief.
Donate to the Student Emergency Hardship Fund or Cougar Cupboard Fund any time tomorrow – Tuesday, Dec. 1. Help WSU Tri-Cities raise more than $10,000!
Staff, faculty, the chancellor’s executive team and the WSU Tri-Cities advisory council are all completing matching challenges that will go into effect throughout the day as funds are raised. If you would like to contribute to those matching challenges, be sure to provide your gift TODAY.
– Donate to the Student Emergency Hardship Fund
– Donate to the Cougar Cupboard Fund
More info about WSU Tri-Cities’ Giving Tuesday campaign

Financial Aid Night
2020-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Join us virtually for a Financial Aid Night, hosted by Washington State University Tri-Cities. Learn about the types of financial aid available and have the opportunity to complete your FAFSA or WASFA application. We’ll have financial aid staffready to meet one-on-one with you in secure breakout rooms ready to answer any questions you might have. *This event is open to all students and their families, even if they are not applying to attend WSU Tri-Cities.*
Register for event at bit.ly/3kVpdt7
It’s not too late to apply for Financial Aid!
Questions?
tricities.admissions@wsu.edu

Community Classroom | Cultivating the Prison-to-College Pipeline: A conversation with Noel Vest on addiction recovery, post-secondary education and prison reentry
2021-02-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
Noel Vest, a formerly incarcerated scholar and WSU Tri-Cities alumnus, will discuss principles and strategies for building a pathway out of incarceration and into higher education with moderator Anna Plemons, WSU Tri-Cities assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs. Drawing on his expertise as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab at Stanford, Vest will speak to the ways addiction and recovery impact reentry.
Speaker:
Dr. Noel Vest Dr.

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Spring 2021 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Summit
2021-03-04 13:00 - 15:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Join us for the Spring 2021 Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Summit. The event will bring together WSU faculty, staff, and students to learn about efforts and initiatives happening within our university community. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet people with shared interests and passions and learn how to get involved in the work of equity and social justice.

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President Kirk Schulz and Jaime Nolan, associate vice president of student affairs, will provide opening remarks on opening doors for networking, connection, and professional development.
Breakout sessions will provide time to learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the WSU system and encourage dialogue between participants. Topics will include current work happening on campuses and how to engage, arts and culture, self-care, and more.
The summit will conclude with a reflection from university leadership and an opportunity to submit feedback.

Nominations open for WSU Tri-Cities Student Excellence Awards
2021-03-08 | Online, WA, United States
Nominations open for WSU Tri-Cities Student Excellence Awards
Presented by the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership
Nominate individuals for the WSU Tri-Cities Student Excellence Awards, which will be announced the week of April 26.
Deadline to nominate: Sunday, April 4
Submit a nomination
More info: tricities.wsu.edu/student-excellence-awards

Spring 2021 Virtual Mid-Columbia Career Fair
2021-03-09 10:00 - 14:00 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
Join us for the Virtual Mid-Columbia Career Fair – hosted by WorkSource, WSU Tri-Cities and Columbia Basin College.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Register: bit.ly/3t7oHNB
Free and open to the public.
The career fair aims to bring together a variety of agencies/employers with experienced professionals and entry-level candidates.
Participants can meet virtually with industry leaders pertaining to their degree or interests to land their next employment opportunity.
Participants also learn about local resources that can assist them in furthering opportunities in their career field.
