WSU Tri-Cities

JCPenney Suit Up Event
2021-09-24 - 2021-09-26 | Online, WA, 99354, United States
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WSU Visiting Writers Series
2021-09-22 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | YouTube, WA, United States
Mark your calendars! WSU Visiting Writers Series invites you to a semester of free public in-person and live-streamed readings, Q&As, book signings, and museum exhibits. Zoe Hana Mikuta | YA Fiction Zoe Hana Mikuta is a Korean-American writer currently attending the University of Washington in Seattle where she is majoring in English with a creative writing focus and minoring in History of Religion. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady infatuation for fictional worlds. She enjoys writing about deteriorating worlds inhabited by characters with bad tempers, skewed morals, and big hearts. Her YA wlw sci-fi debut Gearbreakers was published by Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan in June 2021. An untitled sequel will follow in 2022. Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | 6:30 P.M. Watch live on YouTube! Haki R. Madhubuti | Poetry Haki R. Madhubuti is an award-winning poet, one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement, an essayist, educator, founder and publisher (Emeritus) of Third World Press (1967) and Third World Press Foundation. He is the author/editor of over thirty-six books of poetry and nonfiction including Don’t Cry, Scream (1969), Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet’s Handbook (2004), YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life (2006); Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems 1967-2009 (2009), Honoring genius, Gwendolyn Brooks: The narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice (2011); and the best-selling Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? (1991). A long-time community activist and institution builder, Madhubuti is a co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education and its three schools in Chicago. He retired in 2011 after a forty-two-year distinguished teaching career that included Cornell University, Howard University, Chicago State University where he was appointed its first University Distinguished Professor and was the founding Director of its MFA Program in Creative Writing, and DePaul University, where he served as the last Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor. Madhubuti’s most recent books are, Taking Bullets: Terrorism and Black Life in Twenty-First Century America (2016), co-editor of Not Our President: New Directions From the Pushed Out, the Others, and the Clear Majority in Trump’s Stolen America (2017) and Taught By Women: Poems As Resistance Language New And Selected (2020). Tuesday, October 5, 2021 | 6:00 P.M. Watch live on YouTube! Brian Blanchfield | Prose Brian Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose, including Proxies: Essays Near Knowing and A Several World, which received, respectively, a 2016 Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the 2014 Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award. His recent work appears in The Oxford American, Grand, Tin House, A Public Space, The Map Is Not the Territory, Northwest Review, Textual Practice, and Chicago Review. A finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir and the recipient of fellowships from the Howard Foundation and the Idaho Council for the Arts, Blanchfield teaches in the Bennington Writing Seminars and directs the MFA writing program at the University of Idaho. Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 5:30 P.M. Watch live on YouTube!

Grand Opening Celebration Collaboration Hall
2021-09-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Collaboration Hall, WA, United States
Attend the grand opening celebration of Collaboration Hall, WSU Tri-Cities’ new academic building.
The grand opening will feature official remarks by university leaders, light refreshments, a ribbon cutting and open tours of the building.

Unable to attend in-person?
Attend virtually: youtube.com/wsutricities

Wednesday, Sept. 22
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
WSU Tri-Cities Collaboration Hall
2780 Crimson Way
Richland, WA 99354

For the safety and wellbeing of our guests, COVID protocols will apply

RSVP

Coffee Chats about Teaching with Kate and Janet
2021-09-16 09:00 - 10:00 | Collaboration Hall patio, WA, United States

Cougs LEAD Club Meeting
2021-09-15 17:30 - 18:30 | SUB 120N, WA, United States
The purpose of Cougs LEAD is to allow members the opportunity to develop and improve leadership skills through volunteer efforts and community service. The club will host workshops for professional development where students can develop crucial leadership skills to give back to the community (volunteering). Additionally, this club will make sure to spread awareness on resources for all WSU Tri-Cities students. Club meetings will occur every other Wednesday.

Fall 2021 Speaker Series & Virtual Book Club - Disability and Intersectionality
2021-09-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom, WA, United States
Our Disability and Intersectionality Fall 2021 Speaker Series is intended to provide a platform for the underrepresented voices within the disability community. This series will address the intersection of disability and race, sexuality, sexual orientation, religion, and socio-economic status. This series is hosted by the WSU Access Center and the Disabled Students and Allies Club (DSAAC).
Request accommodations early at access.center@wsu.edu. Dr. Joseph Stramondo This talk will explore if or when one has an ethical duty to disclose their disability as a faculty member. It will explore such topics as: Who do you have a responsibility to disclose your disability to and why? Do faculty specifically have an ethical obligation to disclose their disability that is entailed by their role? How do you judge whether the ethical reasons you may have for disclosure are outweighed by your own self-interest to avoid the harms of disability stigma and discrimination by passing? Does one have an obligation to disclose all disabilities or is there reason to disclose some disabilities more than others? September 15 | Noon–1:30 p.m.
Register here!
Dustin Reischman, MBA There has been a lot of discussion of equality and inclusion in the workplace over the past few years and some may be asking, “how diverse is the workforce?” or “is my potential employer open to my disability?” to name a few concerns those with disabilities may have. Over the past 10 years, being disabled and finding adequate employment has been a struggle at times due to being placed into a preconceived category or concern of workplace accommodation as disability is a delicate territory for the employer and employee alike. How a disabled and non-disabled person handles themselves is critical in attempting to overcome these obstacles and having the right guidance in your field is paramount in finding careers that allow all to contribute fully, without bias or perceived ability. September 22 | 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Register here!
Virtual Book Club
Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour Sick is Khakpour’s grueling, emotional journey—as a woman, an Iranian-American, a writer, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health problems—in which she examines her subsequent struggles with mental illness and her addiction to doctor prescribed benzodiazepines, that both aided and eroded her ever-deteriorating physical health. Divided by settings, Khakpour guides the reader through her illness by way of the locations that changed her course—New York, LA, Santa Fe, and a college town in Germany—as she meditates on the physiological and psychological impacts of uncertainty, and the eventual challenge of accepting the diagnosis she had searched for over the course of her adult life. September 9 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Register here for book club!
Sophie Poost Through the use of storytelling, this presentation will address common myths about bisexuality and disability while addressing passing privilege from a disabled and queer perspective. Sophie will take the audience through her journey of self-identifying, coming out (and coming out, and coming out) and ongoing acceptance, as she elaborates on the battle against systemic and internalized ableism and biphobia. Sophie invites audience members to join her in questioning their preconceived notions of identity expression and community acceptance. October 6 | 12:30–2:00 p.m.
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Kelsey Ellison This talk will explore how disability is represented in media, especially in the film industry on screen and behind the screen, and why it is so important for disabled people, but also for non disabled people to see. And not just through the stories that are told, but also by who tells them. Kelsey will show examples of representation she loves and where there needs to be change. As an actor herself she has personal experience with the film industry and will tell her stories and what she has experienced. However, we won’t just focus on the facts and what has happened, but how we can also actively change this whether you are involved in the film industry or not. October 20 | 10:00–11:30 a.m.
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Rain Dove & Kelsey Ellison Kelsey Ellison and Rain Dove are an intersectional couple on many levels. Kelsey is disabled, Rain has no gender and they both identify as Queer. Both of them living proof that these intersectionalities are desirable and relationships like this exist. They will share their experiences on what it’s been like to love, live and learn with all of these aspects and how they’ve helped to support each other as a couple. This talk will include performance re-enactments and sketches from Kelsey and Rain, and will encourage questions and conversations from the audience. The aim is to show, educate, inspire, comfort anyone who attends. October 20 | Noon–1:30 p.m.
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Reyma McCoy McDeid Oftentimes in the disability community, racially marginalized leaders are expected- either implicitly or explicitly- to maintain a level of affability and decorum that can feel constricting to the point of oppressive. Referencing the unprecedented interest in openly discussing race-based inequity in professional environments- including the nonprofit sector, academia, and other so-called “safe” work spaces- that has recently emerged, this talk invites both racially marginalized and white participants to critically examine how social mores must also be included in such conversations in order to truly facilitate just and equitable work environments for all. November 3 | Noon–1:30 p.m.
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Mia Ives-Rublee Disability intersects every facet of human life. But many organizations continue to struggle with how disability affects the issues they care about and how to be inclusive of the disability community. This workshop provides participants the opportunity to understand the basics of Disability Justice and learn how to make their own organizations and businesses more inclusive of the disability community. November 17 | 1:00–2:30 p.m.
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Dr. Joseph Stramondo & Leah Smith This talk will lay out and help the audience interpret some of the key conceptual themes of the documentary film Far From the Tree and the book of the same name by Andrew Solomon. Solomon wrote the book and made the film to reconcile the tensions that existed in his own family between his gay identity and his parents’ very different values and experiences. The fundamental question he set out to explore was: how do the members of a family create durable, loving relationships across vastly different social identities and correspondingly divergent experiences of the world? The speakers, Joseph Stramondo and Leah Smith, feature heavily in the film as Little People that have both average size parents and average size kids of their own. December 1 | 10:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Register here!

Deadline to submit nominations for WSU Alumni Association Awards
2021-09-15 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Nominate amazing WSU alumni, faculty/staff, students, volunteers, and friends for a wide range of WSU Alumni Association awards in recognition of their commitment to and support of WSU.

Submit a nomination
Deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 15

Deadline for students to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination or exemption
2021-09-10 | WA, United States
Now that there is an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, personal exemptions are no longer valid or accepted. However, exemptions are still accepted for religious or medical reasons.
Individuals should abide by the timelines for submitting proof of COVID-19 vaccination or religious or medical exemptions.
Submit proof of vaccination or exemption: Sept. 10
Students must submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination, proof of initiation of the vaccination, or file for a religious or medical exemption by Friday, Sept. 10.
Individuals with personal exemptions on file: Oct. 18
Students with a personal exemption currently on file must provide proof of full vaccination or request a religious or medical exemption by Monday, Oct. 18.
Where to submit:
Cougar Health Services
Workday (student employees, only)

APAC Monthly Meeting
2021-09-09 09:00 - 10:30 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
APAC regular meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month from 9:00 -10:30 am. For the 2020 – 2021 year our meetings will be held remotely via Zoom. We have special presentations for each meeting! All AP staff members are invited to attend.
Meeting URL: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/571015013?pwd=[REDACTED]

Labor Day | No Classes | Campus Closed
2021-09-06 | WA, United States

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.

Coug Day at the Mariners
2021-08-28 13:10 - 17:00 | T-Mobile Park, WA, United States
Saturday, Aug. 28
1:10 p.m.
T-Mobile Park in Seattle
Purchase tickets
Step up to the plate with fellow WSU alumni, students and friends for an exciting game as we cheer on the Seattle Mariners as they take on the Kansas City Royals at T-Mobile Park!
Don’t forget to wear your Cougar gear!

WOW | Engagement Fair BBQ
2021-08-24 11:00 - 14:00 | SUB, 2710 University Dr, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Learn about all the clubs & organizations that WSU Tri-Cities has to offer! This event is open to Students, Faculty and Staff. Bring your Cougar Card to get food and Coug swag.

Collaboration Hall Soft-Opening
2021-08-23 12:00 - 14:00 | Collaboration Hall, WA, United States
Soft-Opening of the Collaboration Hall is open to faculty, staff, and WSU Tri-Cities current students.

Week of Welcome Activities
2021-08-23 - 2021-08-28 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Check out Tricities.wsu.edu/welcome for up to date Week of Welcome event details!

Deadline for WSU employees to have submitted COVID-19 vaccination documentation in Workday
2021-08-23 | WA, United States
WSU employees must have submitted a COVID-19 vaccination declaration or filed for a medical or religious exemption by Monday, Aug. 23. Note: Now that the FDA has officially approved the Pfizer vaccination, personal exemptions are no longer valid or accepted.
* Student employees must also submit their vaccination information via Workday.
Where to submit:
Workday
Instructions for submitting vaccination info in Workday

First day of fall classes
2021-08-23 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States

Headshots for faculty and staff
2021-08-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Floyd Patio, WA, United States
Open session for faculty, staff and student employees who want or need a new picture taken.

Welcome [Back] Open House for WSU Tri-Cities Students
2021-08-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Floyd Building Entrance, 2710 Crimson Way, richland, WA, 99354, United States
We know many of you haven’t been on campus for at least a year and a half, and some haven’t set foot on campus at all. As such, we’re hosting a Welcome [Back] Open House for all WSU Tri-Cities students!
Wednesday, Aug. 18
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Floyd Building entrance
Join us on campus and enjoy the following:

20 percent off at The Bookie student bookstore
Visit with:

Academic Advising
Financial Aid
Access Services
And more!

Campus tour with ASWSUTC to learn about new things on campus
Get your Cougar Card (student ID)

WSU Tri-Cities COVID-19 vaccine clinics
2021-08-18 10:00 - 15:00 | CIC Parking Lot, WA, United States
WSU Tri-Cities will host a series of COVID-19 vaccination clinics on campus beginning Aug. 18 and continuing every Wednesday through the end of September.
Every Wednesday through end of September
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Mobile medical unit in CIC parking lot
* Aug. 18 date will run from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will provide $50 gift cards for the first 50 people who get vaccinated.

COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective
COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective at preventing severe disease, and breakthrough infections for COVID-19 vaccinated individuals remain uncommon. Local data indicates that more than 90% of new COVID-19 infections are among unvaccinated people. We encourage you to talk to your health care provider about your best options.

SOAR: Student Orientation, Advising and Registration
2021-07-16 08:30 - 11:30 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Hey New Cougs,
We look forward to seeing you at SOAR!
WSU Tri-Cities is dedicated to providing a supportive environment for students beginning their first year. Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) is the beginning to a program that spans over the year to foster new-student development and academic success.
In a collaboration between departments across campus, this first year program provides superior support services and programs throughout the first year that foster student engagement, persistence, completion of educational plans, and timely graduation.

All incoming new students are required to complete SOAR.

Are you an admitted student and haven’t registered for SOAR yet? Sign up for SOAR!

Priority deadline for transfer admissions application
2021-07-15 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
In order to qualify for merit-based awards that go toward tuition costs, students that are looking to transfer to WSU Tri-Cities for the fall 2021 semester should complete the transfer admissions application by July 15.
Apply to transfer to WSU Tri-Cities: tricities.wsu.edu/apply

#WSUTogether New Coug Virtual Celebration
2021-06-22 16:00 - 17:00 | WA, United States
New WSU Tri-Cities students are invited to the #WSUTogether New Coug Virtual Celebration:

Tuesday, June 22
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Register by June 20: admission.wsu.edu/welcome-2021

Join other new students from all six WSU campuses & learn about life as a Coug! You can also win some Coug swag!

First day of late six-week summer session
2021-06-21 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Are you interested in taking summer classes at WSU Tri-Cities?
The next summer session starts Monday, June 21.
All students pay in-state tuition over the summer. Summer courses are all offered virtually this year.
Check-out more information:
tricities.wsu.edu/summer/enrollment
Need to talk with an academic advisor?
Book an advising appointment

CANCELED - COVID-19 vaccination clinic
2021-06-09, 2021-05-19 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States

Commemorating George Floyd
2021-05-25 14:00 - 15:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Join us for reflection, connection, and healing as we discuss our past, present, and future.
REGISTER FOR EVENT

WSU Tri-Cities Drive Thru Food Drive
2021-05-15 11:00 - 15:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
The Cougar Cupboard in partnership with the MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion, the Food Insecurity Fellowship and the WSU Alumni Association is hosting a drive-by food drive on Saturday May 15th, 2021 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
This food drive will be contactless and we are asking community members who are donating to stay in their vehicles while volunteers unload donations or community members can unload their donations themselves onto the curbside.

Using Data to Engage Students - Virtual Workshop
2021-05-14 13:00 - 16:00 | ZOOM, WA, United States
Big data is changing our world and data can be a powerful tool for engaging students in any content area. Please join us on Friday, May 14, 2021 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm as we share how data can be used in any content area to engage students at any level, deepen learning and address 21st century skills. Time will be provided to develop lessons integrating data into your courses.
During the workshop participants will:
• Use real world problems with data sets to explore key data science and computational thinking skills.
• Learn how to adapt these ideas and skills to any subject matter.
• Network with other WSU faculty about engaging students with data.
• Leave with just in time ideas and strategies for working with big data in their classrooms.
This workshop will occur simultaneously, via Zoom, across the Pullman, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver campuses.
Join Zoom Meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/97551198668?pwd=[REDACTED]

Please RSVP to contacts below if you plan to attend (but feel free to attend even if you do not RSVP) or if you have questions:
Judy Morrison jamorrison@wsu.edu
Ann Wright-Mockler ann.wrightmockler@pnnl.gov
Jonah B. Firestone jonah.firestone@wsu.edu

WSU Tri-Cities Drive-Through Celebration for Graduates
2021-05-08 13:00 - 16:00 | WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Walk across the stage, get photographed and receive your diploma cover in celebration with family and friends!

limited to one car per graduate
Come any time between 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. We expect longer wait times earlier in this time frame.

Register by Monday, April 12:
bit.ly/2Oqkm8Y

Order regalia for attending.
(rent your cap and gown and purchase other items)
Order by Monday, April 12:
(to allow six-week delivery time)
colleges.herffjones.com/college/washst
** The Bookie at WSU Tri-Cities will also have limited caps and tassels available for purchase through the store on-campus, if students prefer that as an option (compared to the full regalia package). First-come, first-served.
