WSU Tri-Cities

Undergraduate Research Symposium & Art Exhibition
2015-12-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2015-12-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CIC 120
Join students as they showcase their fall 2015 semester projects, internship outcomes, and works of fine art.
All sessions are from 12 to 1 p.m. and are open to the campus community and the public.

Session 1: Tuesday, Dec. 15 (CIC 120)
Session 2: Wednesday, Dec. 16 (CIC 120)
Session 3: Thursday, Dec. 17 (CIC 120 and CIC Art Gallery)

Campus Community Movie: Inside Out
2015-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | East Auditorium, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354
The Psychology Club and The Office of Student Life invite you to bring your family and friends watch the movie Inside Out.
There will be a presentation afterward about the psychological aspects presented in the film. Snacks will be provided.

Improve Your Chances for Benjamin's; writing for scholarships workshop
2015-12-11 15:00 - 16:00 | East 205
This workshop is co-hosted by Dr. Beretta and Keri Lobdell of TRiO SSS. We will be discussing the importance of writing good essays for college scholarships and providing tips on how to write them for maximum personal benefit. Dr. Beretta teaches English classes on campus and Keri Lobdell brings her knowledge of sitting on a variety of scholarship review boards to this workshop. Their combination of expertise and a shared passion for helping students should translate into a wonderful workshop that is helpful to students.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Keri Lobdell at kalobdell@tricity.wsu.edu

Scarves for you from WSU
2015-12-11 10:00 - 14:00 | West Atrium, WA, United States
We want all students to come join us in creating their own WSU scarf so we can rock our school spirit all winter long!
Supplies are limited!

Dead Week in Career Development: FREE Coffee and Hot Chocolate for Students
2015-12-11 09:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-10 09:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-09 09:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-08 09:00 - 16:00, 2015-12-07 09:00 - 16:00 | West 140
Career Development is the “DARK SIDE” for the Dead Week Star Wars theme in collaboration with the Office of Student Life.
Keep calm and use the “FORCE” from Career Development to get through Dead Week.
“SITH” with us and warm up with a cup of FREE coffee or hot chocolate.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT, West 140, (509) 372-7600, careers@tricity.wsu.edu

Junior Writing Portfolio Timed Essay Exam
2015-12-11 09:00 - 11:00 | West 131
The Junior Writing Portfolio is a mid-career diagnostic to determine if students’ writing abilities have advanced in ways that can handle the writing demands of upper-division courses and courses in their major.
Successful completion of the Junior Writing Portfolio during the junior year is a requirement for graduation. To meet the requirement, students must take a timed essay exam and submit a packet of three graded papers.
Registration is required for the timed essay exam.

CIZE fitness class
2015-12-10 16:00 - 17:00 | The Den
The Den is providing CIZE during the week before finals.
What is CIZE?
Don’t call it a workout. But great dancing the way we’ve designed it is hard work. The more you get into it, the more you’ll get out of it. You WILL drip sweat. And you WON’T stop moving. Performing these pulse-pounding, thrilling routines is serious cardiovascular conditioning, core strengthening, and overall muscle toning—all at once.

ASWSUTC: Library Social
2015-12-10 13:00 - 15:30 | WA
ASWSUTC is providing snacks for students in the library

Orchestra Club Performance
2015-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 | WA
Orchestra club will be performing in the West Atrium so take a break and come relax with some classical music

ASWSUTC: Free Massages
2015-12-09 12:40 - 16:30 | West Atrium, WA, United States
ASWSUTC has arranged for free massages for students during the week before finals

Innovative Instruction Series: Open Topic
2015-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 | West 247
New full-time faculty are invited to an open session to discuss their accomplishments and challenges of fall semester.

OSL: Oxygen Bar
2015-12-07 11:00 - 15:00 | West Atrium, WA, United States
Office of Student of Life is presenting an Oxygen Bar for students the week before finals.
What is an Oxygen Bar?
Imagine walking up to a bar unlike any other you have experienced and sitting down to enjoy something the body thrives on. An oxygen bar is exactly that. It is a bar where people can breathe in oxygen-enriched air for recreational use. In a sit-down session that can last up to 20 minutes, you can breathe in 4 to 5 times the amount of oxygen than is present in normal air. The result? You feel energized, refreshed, and more mentally alert.

Survival Bags
2015-12-07 09:00 - 11:45 | West Entrance
Office of Student Life will be handing out 100 survival bags on Monday and Tuesday of dead week. They will be filled with goodies for students!

Dead Week in Career Development: FREE Coffee and Hot Chocolate for Students
2015-12-06 09:00 - 16:00 | West 140
Career Development is the “DARK SIDE” for the Dead Week Star Wars theme in collaboration with the Office of Student Life.
Keep calm and use the “FORCE” from Career Development to get through Dead Week.
“SITH” with us and warm up with a cup of FREE coffee or hot chocolate.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT, (509) 372-7600, careers@tricity.wsu.edu

CE Seminar: Rivers in Human-Nature Dialogue: An Earth System Modeling Approach
2015-12-04 12:10 - 13:00 | West 133
Abstract: Rivers are vitally bridging the interactions between human and nature on the one hand. On the other hand, rivers are an essential linkage in the regional and global atmosphere-land-ocean cycles of water, energy and biogeochemistry. However, there is a lack or under representation of rivers within most of the earth system models (formerly known as climate models) including the extensively used Community Earth System Model (CESM). This talk presents the research activities at PNNL centering on the understanding and representing riverine dynamics of water, energy and biogeochemistry at the regional and global scales. In particular, the focus will be on a physically based riverine modeling framework which is now embedded within CESM and coupled to a water management module. The insights distilled from the model results will be discussed, followed by the limitations and future directions of this modeling endeavor.
Speaker: Hong-Yi Li earned his PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Master and Bachelor’ degrees both from Tsinghua University, China. He joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2010 as a postdoctoral researcher and is now a research scientist. Trained as a watershed hydrologist, His current research focus is to improve the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth system models from three major aspects: 1) Improving diagnosis of earth system modeling behavior by systematically introducing meaningful signatures revealed from watershed hydrology; 2) Improving parameterization of key hydrologic processes in earth system modeling, 3) Adding/enhancing the representation of human systems in earth system modeling. As such he still maintains his interest in watershed hydrology, but mainly from the aspect of bridging watershed hydrology and earth system modeling. Another current research focus is to decipher the behavior and functions of aquatic biogeochemical systems under climate and human-induced changes primarily within the earth system modeling framework.
Speaker: Dr. Hong-Yi Li, PNNL

Writing Placement Exam
2015-12-04 09:00 - 11:00 | CIC 210, 212, 214
To meet graduation requirements, all students must pass an English composition course. The writing placement exam is designed to help you fulfill this requirement by identifying the course that best matches your skills.
The writing placement exam is administered in a two-hour session. You will write two essays, one argumentative and the other self-reflective.
Registration is required.

Career Development Workshop: Interview Prep
2015-12-02 11:00 - 12:00 | W231
As part of the Fall 2015 Career Development Office Workshop Series, this workshop focuses on acing the interview and landing the job. Learn what to do before, during and after an interview. Learn how to answer tough questions and make the best professional impression.
All workshop times are 11:00 a.m. to Noon
Locations: West 240 (Tuesdays) and West 231 (Wednesdays)
All workshops are FREE and open to WSU Tri-Cities students only. No RSVP needed.
Food available during the workshop. Win prizes!
Can’t make it to a workshop? Get an individual appointment to speak to a Career Coach!
Career Development, West 140, (509) 372-7600, careers@tricity.wsu.edu

Career Development Workshop: Negotiating Salary and Benefits (Special Panel)
2015-12-01 11:00 - 12:00 | W240
As part of the Fall 2015 Career Development Office Workshop Series, this workshop will focus on how to navigate your first job offer with a special panel of Human Resource professionals.
All workshop times are 11:00 a.m. to Noon
Locations: West 240 (Tuesdays) and West 231 (Wednesdays)
All workshops are FREE and open to WSU Tri-Cities students only. No RSVP needed.
Food available during the workshop. Win prizes!
Can’t make it to a workshop? Get an individual appointment to speak to a Career Coach!
Career Development, West 140, (509) 372-7600, careers@tricity.wsu.edu

Insight Meditation workshop
2015-12-01 10:00 - 11:00 | East 205
This is part 2 of the meditation workshop series. It is not imperative that you attended part 1 in order to participate and benefit from attending part 2.
“The meditation workshops will include an introduction to the background and benefits of mindfulness meditation and guided practice of mindfulness meditation applied to the breath and body. Another mindfulness meditation technique will be introduced that can be very helpful in opening to difficult physical or emotional sensations.”
This is open to the entire campus community to attend.

Campus Closed
2015-11-27 08:00 - 17:00 | WA
Campus will be closed.

Thanksgiving Day
2015-11-26 08:00 - 20:00 | WA
Campus will be closed. Happy Thanksgiving!

Writing Placement Exam
2015-11-19 14:00 - 16:00 | East 207

Active Shooter | 3 Presentations
2015-11-19 10:30 - 12:00 | WA
Active Shooter Presentation
Assistant Chief Steve Hanson from the WSU Police Department will be on campusTODAY to conduct presentations on how students, staff, and faculty can respond to an “active shooter” situation. Presentations will include discussion of response options, a video presentation, and an opportunity for questions.
Sessions will be held in the East Auditorium at 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM, and 2:30 PM.
Additional sessions will be scheduled in the spring semester, for those who are unable to attend.

Scott Tomren
Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator
509-372-7163

Women in STEM Town Hall
2015-11-18 16:30 - 18:00 | East Auditorium at WSU Tri-Cities, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Academic Affairs, in partnership with WA STEM and the Women’s Funding Alliance, is hosting a Women in STEM town hall meeting. This is one of four events that will be held across the state.
Liz Vivian, Executive Director of the Women’s Funding Alliance, will act as moderator. Guest speakers will include a WSU alumna, a STEM intern, and women from engineering and health care.
The event is open to faculty, staff, and members of the community.
For more information, click here.

Career Development Workshop: Finding Internships and Jobs
2015-11-18 11:00 - 12:00 | W231
As part of the Fall 2015 Career Development Office Workshop Series, this workshop focuses on learning about the free tools and resources available to you on our campus to learn about internship and job search strategies, where to find openings, and the best practices used in applying for them.
All workshop times are 11:00 a.m. to Noon
Locations: West 240 (Tuesdays) and West 231 (Wednesdays)
All workshops are FREE and open to WSU Tri-Cities students only. No RSVP needed.
Food available during the workshop. Win prizes!
Can’t make it to a workshop? Get an individual appointment to speak to a Career Coach!
Career Development, West 140, (509) 372-7600, careers@tricity.wsu.edu
