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Wednesday, September 1 @11:10 am
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction

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, September 1 @3:10 pm
Canvas Gradebook
Class / Instruction

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, September 1 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market

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

Thursday, September 2 @11:10 am
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction

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, September 2 @12 pm
Cougar Food Pantry Grand Opening
Ceremony / Service
Compton Union Building

Join Student Affairs, ASWSU, and GPSA as we cut a ribbon for the new food pantry location. Learn more about how to access and get involved with food assistance on the Pullman campus.

Thursday, September 2 @1:10 pm
Panopto and Canvas
Class / Instruction

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.

Thursday, September 2 @2 pm
Habitat for Humanity and SDC HEAL House Wall Raising
Ceremony / Service
Off Campus

Please join the School of Design + Construction and Palouse Habitat for Humanity on September 2 as we raise the final walls for an affordable home in Uniontown, WA.

Thursday, September 2 @3 pm
Voiland College Student Success Open House
Reception / Open House
Dana Hall

Stop by Dana Hall ground and first floor to learn about our free Voiland College Student Success resources;

Thursday, September 2 @4:10 pm
Physics and Astronomy colloquium featuring Dr. Ruprecht Machleidt
Workshop / Seminar
Webster Physical Science Building

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Ruprecht Machleidt, Distinguished Professor, University of Idaho Physics Department. Dr. Machleidt will present their talk, “The Dream of the German Atomic Bomb”.

Friday, September 3 @8 am
Visitor Center Football Weekend Open House

The Brelsford WSU Visitor Center is excited to welcome Cougar football fans back to WSU Pullman and the Palouse for this weekend’s season opener.

Staff will be available to assist fans with game day information, including wayfinding and directions, pregame activities, general parking permit sales and information, and other transportation options.

Friday, September 3 @7:30 pm
Faculty Artist Series – Dr. Martin King, Horn
Bryan Hall

PROGRAM

Strauss and Friends: Music for Horn and Piano

This Faculty Artist Series recital will feature Martin D. King, Associate Professor of Horn at Washington State University along with Yuna Roh, piano and Matt Myers, tenor. The program will feature two pieces by Richard Strauss: his second Horn…

Tuesday, September 7 @10 am
CougsAbroadCon!
Online

Hey Global Cougs! Do you want to study abroad? Do you want to gain 21st century job skills and international work experience? Are you interested in learning more? Join us at CougsAbroadCon!

Tuesday, September 7 @11:10 am
VoiceThread Basics

The Learning Innovations team invites you to join them for a training. VoiceThread is a tool used to engage students in meaningful conversations around media. Learn the basic features including how to create, comment, collaborate, and share with your class.

Tuesday, September 7 @12 pm
American inequality
Online

In this Foley Distinguished Lecture, Nobel Prize winning Professor Sir Angus Deaton will be covering his most recent work Deaths of Dispair and the Future of Capitalism, published by Princeton University Press in 2020.

Wednesday, September 8 @11:10 am
Panopto Basics
Class / Instruction

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.

Wednesday, September 8 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market

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

Thursday, September 9 @10 am
WSU Provider Program Fall Fair
Terrell Mall

Are you interested in studying abroad? Does an international internship sound intriguing? Dreaming of researching in the field? Join us on Terrell Mall for the WSU Global Learning Fall Fair!

Thursday, September 9 @11:10 am
VoiceThread and Canvas
Class / Instruction

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, September 9 @4 pm
Disability and Intersectionality Book Club Discussion of Sick: Memoir Part 1
Online

Join the Access Center for the Disability and Intersectionality Book Club! The Disability and Intersectionality Book Club is an online community that empowers the WSU students, faculty, and staff to support and advocate for disability issues through thought provoking discussions centered around disability literature.

Thursday, September 9 @4 pm
Gateway Project Relaunch Celebration
Reception / Open House
Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center

Join us as we celebrate the relaunch of the Gateway Project. Learn how to get involved in this exciting process, meet students and faculty, and share your input!

Thursday, September 9 @4 pm
CAHNRS Fall Festival

Food, fun, games, and scholarships! The College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) Fall Festival at Spillman Plaza, outside Hulbert Hall.

Friday, September 10 @8 am
Future Cougar Friday
Lighty Student Services Building

Future Cougar Fridays are open-house, choose-your-own-adventure events for prospective students.

Friday, September 10 @7:30 pm
Faculty Artist Series – Dr. Julie Wieck, Voice
Bryan Hall

PROGRAM

Together Again!

A Soprano and Friends

Julie Anne Wieck, soprano with Sophia Tegart, flute; David Turnbull, trumpet; Jacqueline Wilson, bassoon; Jill Schneider, organ; Elena Panchenko, piano

Free Admission!

Monday, September 13 @11:10 am
VoiceThread Basics
Class / Instruction

VoiceThread is a tool used to engage students in meaningful conversations around media. Learn the basic features including how to create, comment, collaborate, and share with your class. Specific ideas for projects and activities using VoiceThread will also be discussed.

Monday, September 13 @3:10 pm
Career Fair Prep (Voiland College ProPEL)
Careers / Jobs
Spark

You have 30 seconds to make an impression… are you ready? Prepare for the Career Expo- learn how to research employers, give your best impression, and network effectively.

Monday, September 13 @4:10 pm
CHE 598 seminar by Dr. Daniel Perea
Workshop / Seminar
Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE)

The liquid/solid and gas/solid interface represents a rich scientific and technological frontier for discovery and innovation in many

areas of science.

Tuesday, September 14 @1:10 pm
Panopto Basics
Class / Instruction

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.

Wednesday, September 15 @11:10 am
VoiceThread and Canvas
Class / Instruction

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.

Wednesday, September 15 @12 pm
Inequality in Bolivia

How does a 2009 change to Bolivia’s constitution affect the continent wide movement for indigenous self-determiation in the America’s?

Wednesday, September 15 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market

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

Wednesday, September 15 @7 pm
“Coming Home to Nez Perce Country” with WSU’s Trevor Bond
Off Campus

WSU Libraries’ Trevor Bond will give a presentation based on his recently published WSU Press book “Coming Home to Nez Perce Country.” Bond recounts the story of how the Nez Perce Tribe reclaimed artifacts that were shipped to Ohio in 1847 by missionary Henry Spalding.

Thursday, September 16 @3:30 pm
SEL-WSU Collaboration Week (Panel of SEL cybersecurity experts)
Careers / Jobs
Compton Union Building

Why everyone should care about cybersecurity and what are SEL’s best practices? A panel of SEL experts will discuss why cybersecurity is important to all of us and best practices for organizations and individuals

Thursday, September 16 @4:10 pm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Dr. Matthew McQuinn
Workshop / Seminar
Webster Physical Science Building

The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Matthew McQuinn, University of Washington, Associate Professor of Astronomy. Dr. McQuinn will present their talk, “Cosmology Today”,

Thursday, September 16 @4:30 pm
Career Fair Prep (Voiland College ProPEL)
Careers / Jobs
Spark

You have 30 seconds to make an impression… are you ready? Prepare for the Career Expo- learn how to research employers, give your best impression, and network effectively.

Friday, September 17 @9 am
Hort club’s succulent sale
Terrell Mall

Hort club’s succulent plant sale:

$7.50 ea,  5-1/2″ pots, Echevarias

Cash or check

Friday, September 17 @9:30 am
Introduction to the refreshed WSU brand
Online

Learn about the university’s updated brand during this two-hour walkthrough of the WSU brand site. University Marketing and Communications staff will highlight the updated visual brand elements and brand voice. A Q&A period will follow.

Friday, September 17 @4:10 pm
PChem Seminar
Workshop / Seminar
Fulmer Hall

Redox state dependent confirmational changes of cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) has previously been shown to change the diffusion of fluorescently labeled single proteins through a biomimetic of the endoplasmic reticulum.

Friday, September 17 @7:30 pm
Faculty Artist Series – Dr. Shannon Scott, Clarinet
Bryan Hall

PROGRAM

Me, Myself, and I: Music for Clarinets

Experience the amazing range of emotion and imagery a clarinet can express. Music from China, India, Finland, Germany, and the United States takes the audience from the lowest bass clarinet tones to the highest E-flat clarinet pitches. Indian Ragas, Tango, Flower’s…

Monday, September 20 @3:10 pm
Panopto Basics
Class / Instruction

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, September 21 @12 pm
BioLunch – Dr. Ariel Leon, USGS researcher
Online

For the next BioLunch on Tues, Sept. 21, Dr. Ariel Leon will be joining us to talk about her research and her experience working at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

Tuesday, September 21 @12 pm
WSU TownHall 2021: College of Arts and Sciences

The 2021-22 academic year offers numerous opportunities for the University to continue advancing its mission to serve the needs of the state of Washington and beyond.

Tuesday, September 21 @1:10 pm
Panopto and Canvas
Class / Instruction

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.

Wednesday, September 22 @3:30 pm
Pullman Farmers Market

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

Wednesday, September 22 @3:30 pm
Dell Technologies Day: Alumni Panel
Careers / Jobs

Dell Technologies (Engineering Pre Sales team and engineers from Isilon and Nautilus) are excited to talk with students about who they are, what they do, and what opportunities are available at Dell for students and graduates!

Wednesday, September 22 @6:30 pm
WSU’s Visiting Writers Series welcomes YA author Zoe Hana Mikuta
Performance
Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center

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.

Thursday, September 23 @9:30 am
WSU brand training: Web Design System and Social Media Usage
Online

Learn how to apply key elements of WSU’s updated brand to your own university communications during this two-hour training session. University Marketing and Communications staff will address how to apply the brand to websites and social media.

Thursday, September 23 @1:30 pm
Real Talk Thursdays | Living in the Age of Fear
Workshop / Seminar
Online

In a digital age, access to painful and anxiety provoking information is often at our fingertips. Join us for a conversation on how to stay connected and engaged to the world around and within us without operating in a constant state of fear and anxiety.

Thursday, September 23 @4:10 pm
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Dr. Michael Koss
Workshop / Seminar
Webster Physical Science Building

Accreting supermassive black holes are among the most luminous sources of radiation in the Universe and are thought to play an important role in the evolution of their host galaxies.

Thursday, September 23 @4:30 pm
Dell Technologies Day: Info Session
Careers / Jobs

Dell Technologies (Engineering Pre Sales team and engineers from Isilon and Nautilus) are excited to talk with students about who they are, what they do, and what opportunities are available at Dell for students and graduates!

Thursday, September 23 @7:30 pm
Guest Recital – Dr. Kristin Taylor, Piano

PROGRAM

An American Quilt: a Guest Recital with Kristin Jonina Taylor, piano

This concert is an exploration of a multitude of voices from the Americas: a transcription of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, a relatively unknown piano sonata from the 1940s by Joanne Baker, a seldom-played Joplin rag, an audience-pleasing…

Friday, September 24 @9:30 am
WSU brand training: Visual Brand Elements and Narrative Storytelling
Online

Learn how to apply key elements of WSU’s updated brand to your own university communications during this two-hour training session. University Marketing and Communications staff will highlight updates to WSU’s visual brand elements and brand voice.

Monday, September 27 @9 am
Open Resume Reviews (Voiland College ProPEL)
Careers / Jobs
Dana Hall

Prepare for the 2021 Fall Career Expo this year by creating or updating your resumes. Once you have created your resume, drop in to the Internships and Career Services office so that we can review your résumé.

Monday, September 27 @11:10 am
Getting Started with Canvas
Class / Instruction

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

Monday, September 27 @4:10 pm
Chemistry Departmental Seminar
Workshop / Seminar
Fulmer Hall

Many novel phenomena that emerge at extreme pressure-temperature (PT) conditions are fundamentally chemical processes; reflecting how chemical bonds break and form, how atoms and molecules organize over short- and long-range spatial extents, and how kinetics and thermodynamics govern materials stability.

Tuesday, September 28 @8 am
Carson College of Business Power Breakfast
Online

“How 2020 and Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity are Reframing Business Culture” will be the topic of the semi-annual Power Breakfast networking event hosted by Washington State University Carson College of Business.

Tuesday, September 28 @9 am
How to Find and Pursue Your Ideal Career
Online

Learn the three major components of “career fit” that will help you bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to go in this deep-dive workshop.

Tuesday, September 28 @1:10 pm
Canvas Assignments and Rubrics
Class / Instruction

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, September 29 @11:10 am
Canvas Tests and Quizzes
Class / Instruction

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, September 29 @12 pm
Judging inequality
Online

The surge of inequality in the United States has been thoroughly documented with the issue often framed as having only political and economic origins.

Wednesday, September 29 @2 pm
Exhibition Tour with Alison Saar
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Join artist Alison Saar in the museum galleries on Wednesday, September 29, from 2–3 p.m. for a personal tour of Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, a retrospective exhibition featuring nearly 50 prints and five sculptures by this renowned Los Angeles–based artist.