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Monday, August 2 All day
WSU Alumni Career Design Fellowship
Online

Wondering what comes next for your career? Now’s the time to make a plan. Whether you want more from your current role or you want to change careers entirely, the Fellowship will help you get there!

Monday, August 2 @9:10 am
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett - Spark

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Tuesday, August 3 @9:10 am
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will cover assignment and rubric creation. We will also provide an overview of the student experience of the assignment submission and feedback review processes.

Wednesday, August 4 @9:10 am
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

Wednesday, August 4 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market
WSU Pullman

Local vendors gather to provide access to seasonal fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Thursday, August 5 @1 pm
Kennedy, Nixon, & the Debate of the Century
Online

Regarding John F. Kennedy’s 1960 election, one historian has written, “It was that first moment in our history when we saw that television can transform a political candidate from a candidate into a celebrity, and it changed the whole contours of our politics.”

Friday, August 6 All day
August Planetarium Show Line-Up
WSU Pullman - Sloan Hall

Tickets at the door are $5 (cash or check, no credit). Lap-sitting children (4 and under) are free with adult purchase.

Until further notice, we request that attendees wear a mask. We will be limiting seating to a fraction of capacity, and will be sanitizing between shows.  

Friday, August 6 @9 am
Future Cougar Friday
Lighty Student Services Building

Future Cougar Fridays are open-house, choose-your-own-adventure events for prospective students. Students and their families or guests will get to see campus, attend an admissions presentation, and learn about a variety of programs and academic opportunities.

Monday, August 9 @11:10 am
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will cover assignment and rubric creation. We will also provide an overview of the student experience of the assignment submission and feedback review processes.

Tuesday, August 10 @1:10 pm
Getting Started in Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Wednesday, August 11 @1:10 pm
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

Wednesday, August 11 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market
WSU Pullman

Local vendors gather to provide access to seasonal fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Wednesday, August 11 @6 pm
CE Webinar: What are movement disorders?
Workshop / Seminar
Online

CE Credit: 1 hour

Neuro 7: What Are Movement Disorders?

Join us for a CE Neurology Webinar with Dr. Sarvenaz Bagheri and Supporting Faculty Member Dr. Vishal Murthy.

Thursday, August 12 @11:10 am
Canvas Gradebook
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will explain different setup, filtering, and communication options. We will also show how to grade and comment on student work using the SpeedGrader. We will also provide an overview of the student view of the gradebook.

Friday, August 13 @10:10 am
Zoom Updates and Advanced Implementations
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

This training will provide a quick glance at initial Zoom configuration that you are likely already familiar with. Then we’ll do a deep dive into security, features, and techniques to engage your students.

Monday, August 16 @10:10 am
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Monday, August 16 @1:10 pm
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will cover assignment and rubric creation. We will also provide an overview of the student experience of the assignment submission and feedback review processes.

Tuesday, August 17 @10 am
Monish Mukherjee – Dissertation Defense
WSU Pullman - Online

The proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs), and increasingly savvy consumers are transforming the conventional top-down approach of power system management, towards bottom-up decentralized management.

Tuesday, August 17 @10:10 am
Zoom Updates and Advanced Implementations
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

This training will provide a quick glance at initial Zoom configuration that you are likely already familiar with. Then we’ll do a deep dive into security, features, and techniques to engage your students.

Tuesday, August 17 @1 pm
2021 WOW Student Employment Fair
Terrell Mall

This year’s Week of Welcome Student Employment Fair will welcome on-campus employers and our Pullman area employers to campus to share their open positions with our new and returning students.

Tuesday, August 17 @1:10 pm
Panopto and Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett - Online

Learn about integration features available in Canvas including creation of Panopto assignments, linking quizzes to the gradebook, as well as ways for you and your students to share videos in Canvas.

Tuesday, August 17 @3:10 pm
Canvas Gradebook
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett - Online

We will explain different setup, filtering, and communication options. We will also show how to grade and comment on student work using the SpeedGrader. We will also provide an overview of the student view of the gradebook.

Wednesday, August 18 @10:10 am
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Wednesday, August 18 @1:10 pm
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

Wednesday, August 18 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market
WSU Pullman

Local vendors gather to provide access to seasonal fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Thursday, August 19 @10:10 am
VoiceThread and Canvas
WSU Everett

We will show how to activate and set up VoiceThread assignments in a Canvas course. This includes setup in Canvas assignments, using the VoiceThread assignment builder tool, and an overview of Create, Comment, and Watch assignment types and grading.

Thursday, August 19 @2 pm
CAHNRS WOW Academic Showcase
Ensminger Pavillion

Welcome to the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS)

Limited edition CAHNRS WOW Tee-Shirt for those that attend and are a CAHNRS major.

Raffle Drawings

General introductions, student resources with CAHNRS, campus resources, student involvement, and keys to being successful as a new CAHNRS Coug.

Friday, August 20 @10 am
Convocation
Beasley Coliseum

Welcome, new Cougs! Convocation is a special event—the official beginning of your academic journey here at WSU Pullman.

Monday, August 23 All day
All Access Week
WSU Pullman - Student Recreation Center

Free fitness classes and activities with UREC

Monday, August 23 @1:10 pm
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Monday, August 23 @3:10 pm
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will cover assignment and rubric creation. We will also provide an overview of the student experience of the assignment submission and feedback review processes.

Tuesday, August 24 @10:10 am
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Tuesday, August 24 @3:10 pm
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will cover assignment and rubric creation. We will also provide an overview of the student experience of the assignment submission and feedback review processes.

Wednesday, August 25 @11:10 am
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

Wednesday, August 25 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market
WSU Pullman

Local vendors gather to provide access to seasonal fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Wednesday, August 25 @7:30 pm
Cougfest featuring Clinton Kane
WSU Pullman - Terrell Mall

Student Entertainment Board presents COUGFEST featuring Clinton Kane.

Thursday, August 26 @11:10 am
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

Thursday, August 26 @3:10 pm
Canvas Gradebook
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will explain different setup, filtering, and communication options. We will also show how to grade and comment on student work using the SpeedGrader. We will also provide an overview of the student view of the gradebook.

Thursday, August 26 @4:10 pm
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium – Dr. Brian Saam
Workshop / Seminar
WSU Pullman - Webster Physical Science Building

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Brian Saam, WSU Physics & Astronomy Professor and Chair . Dr. Brian Saam will present his talk, “State of the Department”.

Thursday, August 26 @4:30 pm
Body of Water – Exhibition Opening
Exhibition
WSU Pullman - Fine Arts Building

In this collaboration, two artists visually explore their own physicality in water. Through individual approaches that run in dialogue between the United States and Denmark, Schorr and Dehart chart their experience with the confines and expanses of the body above and underwater.

Friday, August 27 @6:30 pm
Fridays at the Clock Revival
WSU Pullman - Bryan Hall

Located between Bryan Hall and Holland Library, the concert will take place Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics to enjoy a family friendly concert and our pleasant Palouse weather!

The event will include performances by School of Music faculty and friends. Come celebrate togetherness through…

Monday, August 30 @11:10 am
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

We will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content, including a review of the Rich Content Editor.

Monday, August 30 @4:10 pm
CHE 598 seminar by Dr. Jian Zhi Hu
Workshop / Seminar
WSU Pullman - Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE)

High resolution magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR, a non-destructive and atomic specific tool, is a powerful technique for studying molecular structure and dynamics in a heterogeneous system containing a mixture of e.g., solid, semi-solid, liquid, and gaseous phases.

Tuesday, August 31 @11:10 am
Perusall and Canvas: Ensure your students are reading
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett - Online

Use this tool to proactively engage students in reading and provide a focus of conversation with automatically graded annotations. This platform allows students to make comments, ask questions, and interact with peers in a quick and scalable way that allows misconceptions about the reading (or other media) to be easily identified. This tool is also a strong candidate for a flipped classroom.

Tuesday, August 31 @1:10 pm
Panopto Basics
Class / Instruction
WSU Everett

Panopto enables instructors to capture and archive lectures, create video clips, and prepare media elements for their course. Students will be able to view archived lectures and can also create media of their own. Learn about Panopto features including how to download the recorder and create and edit your videos.

Tuesday, August 31 @4:15 pm
Kick Start Your Resume (Voiland College ProPEL)
Careers / Jobs
WSU Pullman - Spark

Need a résumé? We will discuss format, style, and how to write a résumé that best reflects your strengths and talents.