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Thursday, October 1 @4 pm
Boeing-WSU Speaker Series: Resume and Interview Workshop
Careers / Jobs
Online

The Resume and Interview Skills Workshop will touch upon best practices around crafting a resume that best positions students to obtain an interview while also covering how to be successful in a structured interview.

Friday, October 2 @9 am
Flu Shot Friday
Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center

We welcome all students, staff and faculty to the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center for Flu Shot Friday! Get in before the official start of flu season to better protect yourself and other Cougs.

Friday, October 2 @9:10 am
Zoom (Master Session)
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Zoom allows users to communicate through webcam/microphones, chat, and screen sharing.

Friday, October 2 @11 am
Hackahouse
Workshop / Seminar
Online

The U.S. is currently facing an affordable housing crisis. WSU’s School of Design and Construction has partnered with Ivory Innovations and several other universities to host a student-based initiative focused on finding innovative solutions.

Friday, October 2 @1:10 pm
Blackboard Learn Grade Center
Workshop / Seminar
Online

We’ll explain different setup options, show how to grade and comment on student work, and demonstrate how to use the electronic rubric.

Monday, October 5 @4:10 pm
Canvas Getting Started
Workshop / Seminar
Online

WSU is moving from Blackboard to Canvas and we are here to make the transition as smooth as possible! In this introduction to Canvas we will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content including a review of the feature-rich content editor.

Tuesday, October 6 @4 pm
PRSSA: Q&A and virtual tour with Matter PR
Careers / Jobs
Online

Learn more about how to stand out in the current job market, the clients Matter PR works with, and what it’s like to work at an agency.

Wednesday, October 7 @11:10 am
VoiceThread
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Learn how to engage students in meaningful conversation by interacting with their peers and media.

Wednesday, October 7 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market

The Pullman Farmers Market returns for its 12th season to offer the community a mid-week farmers market.

Wednesday, October 7 @4:30 pm
ProPEL Workshop: Virtual Interviewing
Careers / Jobs
Online

Interviewing can be scary. This workshop addresses key aspects of the interview process: preparation, interview types, what to expect and answering the behavior-based questions.

Thursday, October 8 @10:10 am
Blackboard Learn Rubrics and Assignments
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Join us as we take a closer look at Blackboards electronic rubric. Learn what you can do with the template and how to import your own rubric.

Thursday, October 8 @11 am
MME Seminar: Computational Design of Alloy Chemistry in Uranium-based Metallic Fuels
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Metallic fuel systems, e.g. U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr, are attractive fuels for advanced nuclear reactor concepts, such as the advanced sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) as these fuels exhibit high thermal conductivity, proliferation resistance, excellent compatibility with the sodium coolant, and in some configurations inherent safety.

Thursday, October 8 @4:05 pm
ProPEL Workshop: Virtual Interviewing
Careers / Jobs
Online

Interviewing can be scary. This workshop addresses key aspects of the interview process: preparation, interview types, what to expect and answering the behavior-based questions.

Thursday, October 8 @7:30 pm
Faculty Artist Series: In His Hand: Songs of Inspiration, Julie Anne Wieck, soprano

Julie Anne Wieck, soprano and Elena Panchenko, piano will present a program including selections from Henry Purcell’s Harmonia Sacra, Hugo Wolf’s Mörike Lieder, Georges Bizet’s Carmen, and Theron Kirk’s Prayers from the Ark. The recital will conclude with a set of songs by three African American composers, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still and Lena McLin.

Friday, October 9 @9 am
Flu Shot Friday
Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center

We welcome all students, staff and faculty to the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center for Flu Shot Friday! It’s not too late to get your flu shot to better protect yourself and other Cougs.

Monday, October 12 @12:10 pm
Indigenous People’s Day – Doctrine of Discovery with Professor Robert Miller
Online

Professor Robert J. Miller (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma) is currently a professor at the Sandra Day O’conner College of Law at Arizona State University and serves as interim Chief Justice for the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court of Appeals and Appellate Judge for the Courts of Appeals of the Shawnee Tribe, the Grand Ronde Tribe, and Northwest Inter-Tribal Court System.

Monday, October 12 @4:10 pm
Department of Chemistry Seminar – Dr. Hannah Shaffatt
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Nature has evolved diverse systems to carry out energy conversion reactions. Metalloenzymes such as hydrogenase, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, acetyl coenzyme A synthase, and methane monooxygenase use earth-abundant transition metals such as nickel and iron to generate and oxidize small-molecule fuels such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, acetate, and methane.

Tuesday, October 13 @3:10 pm
Perusall: Ensure Your Students Are Reading
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Use this tool to proactively engage students in reading and provide a focus of conversation with automatically graded annotations.

Wednesday, October 14 All day
AquaPatch
Student Recreation Center

Come get your free pumpkin! In order to be able to participate in AquaPatch you must be a member of the Student Recreation Center and you must make a reservation on our website.

Wednesday, October 14 @10:10 am
Blackboard Learn Tests and Quizzes
Workshop / Seminar
Online

This training will provide a review of Blackboards’ full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

Wednesday, October 14 @2:10 pm
Let Freedom Ring: African-American Music as American Musical History and Culture

This presentation affirms Black musical expression as a viable form of American culture. Born out of documented duress, the musical contributions of enslaved Africans in the earliest days of United States history exemplifies a creative synthesis of cultural preservation and adaptation, that conceived and birthed songs of sorrow, yet hope.

Wednesday, October 14 @3 pm
Virtual Mini Summit on AI during WSU Research Week
Conference / Symposium

The Artificial Intelligence @ WSU initiative is hosting a virtual mini summit on AI and applications to showcase recent advancements, foster collaborations, and initiate conversations, both within WSU as well as across major institutions in the Pacific Northwest.

Wednesday, October 14 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market

The Pullman Farmers Market returns for its 12th season to offer the community a mid-week farmers market.

Wednesday, October 14 @4:30 pm
Slalom Information Session
Careers / Jobs
Online

Slalom is hosting a virtual information session and would love the opportunity to meet you and tell you more about our growing company! Please join us for this event to learn more about our full-time early career software engineer consulting opportunities and our fall recruitment timeline.

Thursday, October 15 @4:10 pm
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium – Dr. Aaron Vincent
Workshop / Seminar
Online

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Aaron Vincent, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen’s University. Dr. Vincent will present his talk, “Very small black holes at very large experiments”.

Thursday, October 15 @4:30 pm
Queer Abolition-InQueery Symposium 2020
Conference / Symposium

Queer Abolition, the 2020 InQueery Symposium, responds to both recent and long-standing calls from queer and feminist activists to address police misconduct and violence.

Thursday, October 15 @7 pm
WSU’s Visiting Writers Series welcomes poet Ross Gay
Lecture
Online

Ross Gay is the author of three books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.

Friday, October 16 @9 am
Flu Shot Friday
Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center

We welcome all students, staff and faculty to the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center for Flu Shot Friday! Get in before the official start of flu season to better protect yourself and other Cougs.

Friday, October 16 @12 pm
SDC Career Fair Prep Workshop
Careers / Jobs
Online

The SDC Career Fair is October 29 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. so it’s time to prepare! Join company representatives and Sandi Brabb from VCEA Internships & Career Services to talk about how to best prepare yourself for the fair, what you can do now to get ready, and how to participate in the fair!

Monday, October 19 @4:10 pm
CHE 598 Seminar: Engineering Viruses for Therapeutic Use
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Although several trials showed significant shrinkage when viruses were injected directly into tumor nodules, systemic intravenous delivery of virotherapeutics is required for the treatment of metastatic cancers.

Tuesday, October 20 @11:10 am
Panopto (Master Session)
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Want to connect your Panopto quizzes to the Blackboard grade book? Curious which students have looked at your Panoto video?

Tuesday, October 20 @7:30 pm
Student Recital: Bryce Dale, saxophone
Bryan Hall

Mr. Dale will perform a program of 20th Century contemporary classical music for saxophone which will include; Paul Creston’s Sonata, Improvisation, by Eugene Bozza and Ten Figures of A Dancer, by Pierre Max Dubois.

Wednesday, October 21 @12 pm
CES Fall 2020 Speaker Series- Carla Briceno
Online

Meet Carla Briceno, CEO and Co-Founder, Bixal, Wednesday, October 21st, via Zoom. The online program begins at noon, with plenty of time for questions via chat and video.

Wednesday, October 21 @5 pm
ProPEL Workshop: Develop your ePortfolio
Careers / Jobs
Online

Learn how to best share your academic and entrepreneurial experiences with a professional audience, such as future employers or graduate schools.

Thursday, October 22 @8:10 am
Learning Management System Training: Canvas Getting Started
Workshop / Seminar
Online

WSU is moving from Blackboard to Canvas and we are here to make the transition as smooth as possible. In this introduction to Canvas we will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content including a review of the feature-rich content editor.

Thursday, October 22 @4:10 pm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Dr. Jorge Leite Noronha
Workshop / Seminar
Online

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Jorge Leite Noronha, PUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Noronha will present his talk, “Relativistic Fluid Dynamics: From Particle Colliders to Neutron Star Mergers”.

Friday, October 23 @9 am
Flu Shot Friday co-hosted by ASWSU

We welcome all students, staff and faculty to the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center for Flu Shot Friday! It’s not too late to get your flu shot to better protect yourself and other Cougs.

Friday, October 23 @7:30 pm
Vocal Extravaganza
Bryan Hall

PROGRAM

The WSU Voice Area is proud to present the 35th annual WSU Vocal Extravaganza. This year, due to COVID-19, our presentation will include not only performances by our WSU vocal ensembles, but also presentations by our current voice students and our alumni. We’re also pleased to provide a…

Tuesday, October 27 @5 pm
Ted Tremper on “Life on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
Online

WSU alumnus Ted Tremper, an award winning director, writer, producer, and comedian who was the Field Producer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in 2015-16, will talk about his experiences working with Trevor Noah, the role of social/political comedy, and his own pathway from WSU to the Daily Show and beyond.

Tuesday, October 27 @7:30 pm
Percussion Ensemble
Bryan Hall

PROGRAM

The WSU Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Christopher Wilson, will be presenting a completely virtual concert. Each student has recorded their works individually, some recorded at Kimbrough Music Building, some at their homes, and even some recorded outdoors! The program includes works by Jane Boxall, Elliott…

Wednesday, October 28 @10 am
Hargis Virtual Information Session
Careers / Jobs
Online

For over two decades, Hargis Engineers has invested in a highly successful intern program for mechanical and electrical junior status engineering students to gain real world experience and personal mentorship from experienced leaders in our firm.

Wednesday, October 28 @12 pm
The Media and the 2020 election
Lecture
Online

Recent years have seen references to “fake news” and bias in news coverage. How should the media cover the election, and what would happen if the election day results are not clear?

Wednesday, October 28 @3:10 pm
ProPEL Workshop: Job Search Tools
Careers / Jobs
Online

Join us to explore strategies and resources you can use to find an internship or job that aligns with your interests.

Wednesday, October 28 @4:30 pm
Jazz Forum featuring Alexa Tarantino

Alexa Tarantino is a saxophonist, woodwind player, teaching artist, traveler, blogger, and consultant based in New York City.

She will be presenting on Women in Jazz. Our focus with this guest artist is to make people aware of the inequality of gender in the field of jazz and educate people as to…

Thursday, October 29 @2 pm
Coping with COVID
Workshop / Seminar

Join us for a workshop series focused on coping strategies, how to seek help, and how to provide support to others who may be in distress. Register for any one of the Thursday sessions now through November 19.

Thursday, October 29 @4 pm
The impact of incarceration on Black families
Lecture
Online

What happens when families face the incarceration of loved ones? How do families with an incarcerated family member, particularly a parent, develop resilience? Join our experts live as they discuss how these issues impact Black families.

Thursday, October 29 @4:10 pm
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium – Dr. Kim Bott
Workshop / Seminar
Online

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Kim Bott, University of California, Riverside. Dr. Bott will present her talk, “The invisible giants: Signatures of hot Jupiters and smaller, cooler worlds in polarized light”, via Zoom.

Thursday, October 29 @5 pm
WSU SDC Virtual Design Career Fair
Careers / Jobs
Online

The SDC Virtual Design Career Fair will take place on Handshake’s new virtual career fair platform. We will be hosting employers on Thursday, October 29, 5-7 p.m. (PST).

Thursday, October 29 @7:30 pm
Student Recital: Jake Berreth, flute
Bryan Hall

CONCERT PROGRAM PROGRAM NOTES

Jake Berreth, Junior flute performance major, will be performing a recital of flute works by Ian Clarke, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Clara Schumann, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert. He will be joined by pianist Elena Panchenko on the Schumann.

Friday, October 30 @12 pm
Flu Shot Friday
Student Recreation Center

We welcome all students, staff and faculty to the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center for Flu Shot Friday! Get in before the official start of flu season to better protect yourself and other Cougs.

Friday, October 30 @2:10 pm
Oral Prelim Examination – Jessica Carder
Workshop / Seminar
Online

Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the central nervous system (CNS) water channel protein in charge of controlling water homeostasis and neuronal activity.