Diversity

Three departments honored for their approaches in helping students succeed.

‘Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World’ will be the Common Reading book for first-year and other students in 2019-20 at the Pullman, Tri-Cities, Spokane, and Global campuses.

An estimated 1,400 students, family members, faculty, staff and others are expected to attend WSU’s Multicultural Graduation Celebration at 6 p.m. May 3 in the Compton Union Building Senior Ballroom.

WSU is making single-user, gender-inclusive restrooms more accessible and easier to locate for anyone who finds traditional multi-stalled single-gender restrooms inconvenient.

Implicit bias can hinder a fair and equitable search for new employees. Plans are underway to bring more awareness to those biases as a way to build a more inclusive group of faculty and staff.

Learn more about Gary May, Chancellor of the University of California, Davis and this year’s Excellence in Leadership lecturer, in this Q&A.

Educators are invited to attend a workshop on how to develop and foster positive learning environments for diverse students on April 5 at Washington State University Tri-Cities.

Workshops are available on everything from how to become an ally to undocumented and LGBTQ students to how to build coalitions across divides and de‑escalate conflict.

The School of Languages, Cultures and Race will host the 4th annual Art for Social Change Competition and Showcase, Feb. 17–March 1, in Gallery 3 of the Fine Arts Building.

APAC panel will discuss “Diversity: Do We Need It in Washington’s Higher Education Institutions?” on Feb. 14 at WSU Pullman, with streaming to other campuses.