Notices and Announcements

Annual parking permits for the WSU Pullman campus are available for renewal Tuesday, April 23, at 10 a.m. through Friday, May 31.

During the renewal period current eligible, non-residence hall permit holders may log into their WSU Pullman parking account and renew their current permit or purchase a different available zone permit.

All vehicle information must be updated

• Go to parking.wsu.edu.
• Click “Login” in the top right-hand corner.
• Login with WSU network ID and password.
• Click on “Permits” on the left-hand side.
• Click “View” for current permit.
• Review associated vehicles.

The process described above is for updating vehicle information only. This will not renew a permit.

Account parking ticket balances must be paid in full

All account parking ticket balances must be paid in full before a permit can be renewed and purchased.

Note: Faculty and staff who are utilizing payroll deduction may see an outstanding balance for their current permit. This balance will not restrict the renewal and purchase of a parking permit. Please do not pay off the payroll eligible parking permit balances.

Parking permit rates

Please visit the Parking Permit Rates web page for a complete list of annual parking permit rates.

For more information, please contact WSU Transportation Services at 509-335-PARK (7275) or transportation@wsu.edu.

Edited by WSU faculty Vahid Vahdat, the book, Animate(d) Architecture, brings together an interdisciplinary group of internationally-recognized thinkers, designers, and artists, such as Refik Anadol, Greg Lynn, and Graham Harman, to examine animation from a spatial lens.

The chapters investigate the role of space in animation, including in creating humorous moments in early cartoon shorts, generating action and suspense in Japanese anime, and even stimulating erotic pleasure in pornographic Hentai.

Animation, in this collection, is approached as a medium that can equip the designers of the built environment with a utopian scope to address our socio-political and ecological crises.

Tuesday, April 23, 6–7 p.m.
The Hecht Meeting Room, Neill Public Library
Downtown Pullman

There will be pastries!

Description:

At this critical juncture in which the biodiversity of planet Earth appears to be shrinking fast and furiously, in his new book, The Ecology of British and American Empire Writing, 1704–1894 (Edinburgh UP, 2024), Louis Kirk McAuley invites us to consider the ways in which particular unruly natures, including animals, plants, and minerals, actively intervene in literature to decenter the human.

For this public lecture, McAuley will present an eco-feminist reading of Leonora Sansay’s Gothic novel set during the Haitian Revolution, Secret History; Or, the Horrors of St. Domingo (1808). According to McAuley, Sansay’s work establishes a troubling connection between the brutality of capitalism and evolutionary biology vis-à-vis women’s struggle for survival in a misogynistic plantation economy designed to satisfy the desires of European men.

Speaker bio:

Dr. Kirk McAuley is an associate professor and associate chair in the Department of English at WSU, and, in addition to various scholarly articles and chapters, he is the author of two books, including (most recently) The Ecology of British and American Empire Writing, 1704–1894 (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), the research for which was supported by a 2015–16 Fulbright Scholarship at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to learn how to reduce the risk of opioid overdose at Narcan training.

The training will cover how to recognize the symptoms of opioid overdose, assess appropriate care, and administer naloxone (Narcan). Participants will also learn how to use fentanyl test strips.

The training takes place Wednesday, April 24, 3–4 p.m. in Todd Hall 133 on the Pullman campus.

All are welcome to attend. Free Narcan kits and fentanyl test strips will be provided at the end of the training. No registration required.

Narcan kits are also available for free at the Cougar Health Services Pharmacy.

Join the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center in celebrating the Class of 2024 during a WSU Pullman Commencement Reception 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, May 4.

The reception is open to all Coug grads, their families and supporters, and community members wishing to commemorate the latest group of WSU alumni and features a dessert bar, complimentary Cougar IX wine tasting, and keepsake photo.

More information is available at visitor.wsu.edu, 509-335-4636, visitor@wsu.edu, or by following the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Check out these upcoming development opportunities! Questions? Contact hrstraining@wsu.edu.

• Supervisor Support Roundtable Discussion, April 26
  Learn more and register for Supervisor Support Roundtable Discussion

  This 2-hour roundtable discussion is related to all stages of an employee’s lifecycle: recruitment, performance management, and performance correction. Supervisors and managers are encouraged to bring questions, scenarios and/or case studies to this HR Consultant facilitated session.

• Conflict Resolution, April 30
  Learn more and register for Conflict Resolution

  Join Learning and Organizational Development Manager, Laura Hamilton as you explore to understand the five main styles of conflict resolution, and the six phases of the resolution process.

• Crucial Accountability Book Review: Spring Series May 2 and 21
  Learn more and register for Crucial Accountability Book Review

  Crucial Accountability offers tools for improving relationships in the workplace and in life. Learn how to deal with violated expectations in a way that permanently solves the problem at hand without harming the relationship.

• Workplace Communication: Giving and Receiving Feedback, May 14
  Learn more and register for Workplace Communication

  Review the development stages of teams and the importance of clear communication in the workplace. Using an interactive survey, participants will identify different communication styles, including their own, and the skills required to give feedback effectively.

WSU’s Kamiak High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster is a powerful resource available for all WSU researchers to accelerate their research computing. This presentation will highlight key features and recent upgrades to Kamiak and lay out the Center for Institutional Research Computing’s (CIRC) plans for the future. Learn how you can take advantage of Kamiak’s freely available research computing resources and find out how you can purchase expanded compute power for your lab using CIRC’s condominium style investment model.

Join us on Tuesday, April 23, from 11:10 a.m. – noon. 

RSVP to receive the Zoom link

Washington State women’s rowing gets to compete at home this weekend as they will face off with Gonzaga in the 32nd Fawley Cup race at 4:45 p.m. today, April 19, at Wawawai Landing in Colton, Wash.

For more information on the Washington State rowing team, follow @WSUCougarRowing on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

This is the last week to nominate titles for consideration as the 2025–26 WSU Common Reading, with a deadline to submit nominations by Monday, April 22. The selection committee welcomes nominations of books in any genre and on any topic that could spark multidisciplinary campus-wide conversation, classroom use, and activities. The nomination form is available at commonreading.wsu.edu.

The program also encourages instructors and programs across the university to consider use of the 2024–25 Common Reading, Priya Fielding Singh’s How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America. All incoming first-year students across the system will be receiving paperback copies of the book in August, thanks to funding from the Provost’s Office. Links to request an exam copy, information on the book, and options for inexpensive student access are also available on the Common Reading site.

Check out these upcoming development opportunities over the coming weeks:

• Conflict Resolution, April 30
  Learn more and register for Conflict Resolution

  Join Learning and Organizational Development Manager Laura Hamilton as you explore to understand the five main styles of conflict resolution, and the six phases of the resolution process.

• Crucial Accountability Book Review, May 2 and 21
  Learn more and register for Crucial Accountability Book Review

  Crucial Accountability offers tools for improving relationships in the workplace and in life. Learn how to deal with violated expectations in a way that permanently solves the problem at hand without harming the relationship.

• Workplace Communication: Giving & Receiving Feedback, May 14
  Learn more and register for Workplace Communication

  Review the development stages of teams and the importance of clear communication in the workplace. Using an interactive survey, participants will identify different communication styles, including their own, and the skills required to give feedback effectively.

Tuesday, April 23, 6–7 p.m.
The Hecht Meeting Room, Neill Public Library
Downtown Pullman

There will be pastries!

Description:

At this critical juncture in which the biodiversity of planet Earth appears to be shrinking fast and furiously, in his new book, The Ecology of British and American Empire Writing, 1704–1894 (Edinburgh UP, 2024), Louis Kirk McAuley invites us to consider the ways in which particular unruly natures, including animals, plants, and minerals, actively intervene in literature to decenter the human.

For this public lecture, McAuley will present an eco-feminist reading of Leonora Sansay’s Gothic novel set during the Haitian Revolution, Secret History; Or, the Horrors of St. Domingo (1808). According to McAuley, Sansay’s work establishes a troubling connection between the brutality of capitalism and evolutionary biology vis-à-vis women’s struggle for survival in a misogynistic plantation economy designed to satisfy the desires of European men.

Speaker bio:

Dr. Kirk McAuley is an associate professor and associate chair in the Department of English at WSU, and, in addition to various scholarly articles and chapters, he is the author of two books, including (most recently) The Ecology of British and American Empire Writing, 1704–1894 (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), the research for which was supported by a 2015–16 Fulbright Scholarship at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, UK.

HRS Benefits is hosting a presentation on “Social Security 101 — Everything You Wanted to Know.” Kirk Larson with Social Security will be presenting on topics such as:

• When are you eligible to receive benefits
• How an early draw can affect your benefits
• Survivor, spouse and disability benefits
• What is the future of Social Security, and
• When should you file for Medicare

To register to attend, visit Percipo, where the Zoom link will be provided once you register. (Note: This is a joint presentation with Bellevue Community College, which the Zoom link will reflect.)

WSU will be hosting this event again in the fall if you are not able to attend this presentation.

A new Commercialization Gap Fund cycle is coming soon!

Hosted by the Office of Commercialization (OC) with support from the Washington Research Foundation (WRF), the yearly competition aims to provide a funding avenue for researchers looking to bridge the “gap” between their research and industry.

Through the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF), you can receive up to $50,000 in awards to help turn your innovative ideas and inventions into viable market products.

Join us for an informational Zoom webinar!

Friday, April 19, 2–3 p.m.
Register online!

Contact the Office of Commercialization:

509-335-5526
commercialization@wsu.edu
commercialization.wsu.edu/about-us

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join the Cougs for Recovery community to learn how to reduce the risk of opioid overdose at Narcan training.

The training will cover how to recognize the symptoms of opioid overdose, assess appropriate care, and administer naloxone (Narcan). Participants will also learn how to use fentanyl test strips.

The training takes place Wednesday, April 24, 3–4 p.m. in Todd Hall 133 on the Pullman campus.

All are welcome to attend. Free Narcan kits and fentanyl test strips will be provided at the end of the training. No registration required.

Narcan kits are also available for free at the Cougar Health Services Pharmacy.

The Trickster is popularly portrayed as a being who animates and enlivens humanity’s oldest stories. How can the Trickster character be applied to our politics today? Join us in welcoming Shepherd Siegel, an author and activist.

Join us at Bryan Hall 308, Foley Speaker’s Room, on the Pullman campus. Pizza and soft drinks will be served and the event will be livestreamed at youtube.com/@FoleyInstitute/streams.

WSU’s Kamiak High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster is a powerful resource available for all WSU researchers to accelerate their research computing. This presentation will highlight key features and recent upgrades to Kamiak and lay out the Center for Institutional Research Computing’s (CIRC) plans for the future. Learn how you can take advantage of Kamiak’s freely available research computing resources and find out how you can purchase expanded compute power for your lab using CIRC’s condominium style investment model.

Join us on Tuesday, April 23, from 11:10 a.m. – noon.

RSVP to receive the Zoom link

• Roundtable Discussion: Recruitment (for HR partners and recruiters)
  April 18; 9:30–10:30 a.m.
  SPBS 409
  Registration: TBD
• WSU Classification & Compensation
  April 18; 2–3 p.m.
  SAC 401A
  Register for WSU Classification & Compensation
• Crucial Conversations Book Review (abbreviated version of the virtual training)
  April 18; 1–2:30 p.m.
  SNRS 119
  Register for Crucial Conversations Book Review
• WSU Health and Wellness
  April 18; 3–4 p.m. (also being streamed via Zoom)
  SAC 515
  Register for WSU Health and Wellness
• WSU Benefits (individual meetings)
  April 18
  Contact HRS at 509-335-4521 or hrs.benefits@wsu.edu to request a meeting time. Various 1:1 sessions are available between 8:15 a.m. and 3 p.m.

More information: hrs.wsu.edu/contact/hrs-presents

Do you know an incredible Coug? We are now accepting Fall 2024 award nominations to recognize amazing WSU alums, staff, students, volunteers, and friends.

Learn more and submit your award nominations online by August 30 at alumni.wsu.edu/awards.

Please contact Jamaica Vandolah at jvandolah@wsu.edu if you have any questions.

Learn about past recipients at screens.wsu.edu/alumniwallofhonor.

The President’s Commission on Gender Identity and Expression and Sexual Orientation (GIESO) will be hosting a spring celebration on April 18 from 3–5 p.m.

Here is what you can look forward to at the event:

• All student, staff, faculty and community members are invited!
• Acknowledging GIESO Scholarship and Award winners
• Highlights of WSU LGBTQIA2S+ accomplishments from the past year
• Option to attend in person (Spokane Diversity Center SAC 105 and Pullman CUB Junior Ballroom) and via Zoom (link provided at RSVP link)
• Enjoy giveaways, prizes, and music!
• Build community with LGBTQ+ Cougs

You are welcome to RSVP for the event. Are you interested in highlighting your accomplishments at our event? Let us know at the RSVP link.

Tuesday, April 16, at 3 p.m.
Compton Union Building
LGBTQ+ Center, CUB 401
WSU Pullman

Free!