What’s happening

Start your morning right with some FREE coffee and donuts in the CUB. Available between 8-10 a.m. on CUB 1st floor between May 1-5. Only available while supplies last.

Moonlight Meal: Free Pizza
Enjoy free complimentary pizza from the Compton Union Building! The CUB is staying open until midnight for finals week. Grab a free slice of pizza on Monday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m. on CUB 1st floor. Available while supplies last.

Students, please help us design the Schweitzer Engineering Hall (SEH). The SEH building, being designed now, will be the hub for engineering and design programs in the Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture.
Share your thoughts with our design and construction team on Tuesday May 2nd at either location – the FIZ in Dana 15 or on the lawn of Thompson Flats.
Food will be available. We hope you can stop by!

Join colleagues and partners from across the WSU system to learn about community engagement efforts and tools used in our communities this year.
Elizabeth Chilton, WSU Provost, will give opening remarks. Presentations will explore new initiatives, opportunities to connect, recent success stories, and how we can approach future challenges.

Coffee & Cookies with Student Affairs
Grab free coffee and cookies, provided by Student Affairs! Available starting on Tuesday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m. on CUB 1st floor.

Free Late-night Pancakes & Sausages
Breakfast for dinner, and it’s free! Grab free pancakes and sausages available on CUB 1st floor starting at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2. Available while supplies last.

GRUB AT THE CUB
The CUB is giving away free food during dead and finals week! The CUB is also open until midnight from April 26-May 4.

In this workshop, we will explore what burnout is and how to recognize it, examine two lenses through which to look at burnout resilience – purpose and connection, and brainstorm action steps for dealing with burnout.

Join President Kirk Schulz and WSU Regent Enrique Cerna as they delve into the changing environment of intercollegiate athletics. President Schulz will address questions around the future of the Pac-12 Conference and offer his thoughts on how Name, Image, and Likeness and the transfer portal have altered the student-athlete experience and changed the game for college athletics.

Plant varities in the sale (weather depending)

Tomatoes, peppers, and flowers Geraniums Deck planters Hanging baskets Wave petunias

Presented by Toluwalope Adeniyi-Aogo, PhD Student
Title: Differential Activation of the Mu-opioid Receptor by Fentanyl and Oliceridine

Please join us in celebrating our ENCS graduates.
Friends and families are invited. Please send your RSVPs to encs.connections@wsu.edu

Commencement lets you share the excitement and importance of academic accomplishments with peers, family, and friends.

Volunteer alongside fellow Sacramento & Reno Cougs at Fat Kitty City, Northern California’s only true cat sanctuary, on Saturday, May 6. Fat Kitty City Humane Society (FKC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing shelter and medical aid to abandoned or abused animals. Volunteers will be assisting with some necessary spring cleaning: clearing the grounds, fixing structures, and anything else the sanctuary needs.

The visitor center will be open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 6 to celebrate the Washington State University Pullman Class of 2023. Festivities will include light refreshments featuring Coug-made treats such as cheese and free souvenir graduation photos, complete with a BVC staff photographer!
Staff will also be available to assist visitors with parking and shuttle information, wayfinding and directions, dining options, sightseeing and other final must-do activities before leaving campus.

Join fellow Arizona Cougs on Saturday, May 6, for a wine tasting created just for you! Cactus Taproom Craft Beer & Wine Bar owner and fellow Coug Carrie Parker ’01 will pour three tastings and one full glass of delicious wine from Washington, which includes red and white blends. A sampling of Cougar Gold cheese will also be provided, and you are welcome to bring your own snacks or appetizers.

Commencement ceremony for the professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program. Doors will open at 7:00 pm. No tickets required. Event open to all.

Dr. Florencia D’Andrea, University of British Columbia
Topic: TBD

Learn the basics of startup financials including income statements, balance sheets, statement of cash flows, taxes, and more.

Pausing for 2-3 minutes during a lecture/clinical teaching can significantly increase short-term memory and embed knowledge into students’ long-term memory (Ruhl, et al., 1987; Prince, 2004). Join this session to see examples of how pausing at the start of teaching can provide an opportunity to focus attention, use predictions, and assess previous knowledge.

Celebrate the anniversary of your graduation with fellow Big Apple Cougs! Join us for great food, drinks, and conversations as we reminisce on our favorite Coug memories. We’ll be meeting at the Hofbrau Bierhaus (located between 44th & 45th) at 6:00 p.m. Eastern. If you’re traveling via train, take the 4/5/6/7/2 to 42nd Street. This is a great way to catch up with or meet new Cougs in your area. You won’t want to miss it!

Please join the Horticulture Club at our spring plant sale!

Presented by Mahder Belew, PhD Student
Title: The Role of Cyclin H in Doxorubicin-Mediated Cardiotoxicity

What Was Always Yours And Never Lost provides an essential introduction to recent works of video art and experimental documentary by indigenous film and video makers from throughout North America. The nine included films traverse a wide range to topics and formal strategies while touching on indigeneity—assertions of identity and presence in the face of colonial history. They make space for poetry, for beauty, and speak to the joys of preserving the past, establishing community, and seeing the future differently.

Effective multimedia learning resources are simple and follow evidence-based design principles. In this session, you will have the opportunity to learn and apply key principles of multimedia learning to create educational resources such as training videos, PowerPoints or eLearning courses.

SP3NW is WSU’s membership-based incubator providing wrap-around support to startup companies developing scalable technologies. We advise individuals who either have their own intellectual property (IP) and are looking to license their WSU IP from the Office of Commercialization. We invite you learn more at a 30-minute virtual orientation Wednesday, May 17!

The longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) model is grounded in principles derived from the sciences of learning–social and cognitive psychology, general education, and medical education. The structure has proved transferable across institutions and contexts and is informing clinical education transformation nationwide and worldwide. This session reviews the case for change and rationale that drove the wholesale redesign of the clinical year from traditional blocks to LICs.

Attention Tri-Cities Cougs! We’re taking over Kennewick for a Cougar pub crawl on Saturday, May 20. Meet us on Bruneau Ave. at Ice Harbor Brewery’s NEW downtown location at noon Pacific for the start of the crawl, or join us at any location along the way! We will spend approximately one hour at each location. Make sure to wear your Coug gear to get drink specials at certain establishments.

Celebrate Dr. Bill Davis’s illustrious career and the contributions of the Washington State University (WSU) Monoclonal Antibody Center to the veterinary immunology field.
Bill conceived the WSU Monoclonal Antibody Center in 1979, and the Center has since provided necessary immune reagents to scientists in the fields of veterinary immunology and infectious diseases.

Pausing for 2-3 minutes during a lecture/clinical teaching can significantly increase short-term memory and embed knowledge into students’ long-term memory (Ruhl, et al., 1987; Prince, 2004). Join this session to see examples of how pausing at the start of teaching can provide an opportunity to focus attention, use predictions, and assess previous knowledge.

Theme: Exploring scientific contributions in the fields of female and male reproduction, endocrinology, reproductive disorders, and cancer biology.

Learn Wilderness First Aid instructed by NOLS Wilderness Medicine, conveniently located on the WSU Pullman campus. This hands-on, two-day course will cover a wide range of wilderness medicine topics. Whether spending time in the outdoors is your passion or profession, feel prepared to answer “What do I do now?” in emergency situations.

A thorough professional dossier is valuable in promotion applications, award nominations, and teaching development. In this session, we will critique examples of dossier components and demonstrate how collegial feedback can be used to create effective outcomes.