The Lightweight Women’s Rowing Program has launched their newest fundraiser called Lightwork. Lightwork provides customers with service for any odd jobs that need completing. Whether it’s cleaning, organizing or anything of the sort, Lightwork will get it done for you! The final Lightwork session of spring 2015 is April 18-19. There is a minimum of two lightweight crew members that can be (more…)
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This workshop will be led by Karen Breese and Preston Comstock. Their instruction will provide insight into the purpose and use of facilities and administrative costs charged to sponsored projects. They will explain the importance of collecting those costs and WSU’s policy on exceptions to sponsors. (more…)
Talk: Gregory Eiselein -“William James and Emotion’s Literary History”
How did literary understandings of the relationship between emotion and ethics change during the nineteenth century? What role did the work of William James play in these changes? How and why might his work matter to us now? (more…)
May 1 – 2, 2015
Spend a night on the WSU/EWU Spokane Riverpoint Campus!
Sleep Over for Science is an overnight health careers education camp for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. The event aims to excite and educate students interested in health care career fields. Students learn about the specific choices they need to make regarding their education in order to be ready for the high demands of both high school and college. (more…)
Recording your lectures can give students new study options, and lets you move toward flipping your classroom. This week, WSU’s Technology Test Kitchen will look at tools for putting your lectures online. (more…)
University Recreation and the Center for Civic Engagement present the 18th Annual Campus on the Run on April 25. The proceeds from this year’s run will go to Backyard Harvest, which will aid in the development of new crops for the Palouse.
In addition to the traditional 5k, you can also try the Campus on the Run Obstacle Dash! This three mile course includes wall climbs, tire flips, burpees and more. The obstacle dash is open to anyone who is 18 years of age or older and the race is open to anyone who is 6 years of age or older. The cost for the run is $20 for SRC members and $23 for nonmembers. The obstacle dash is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers.
For more information or to register, visit urec.wsu.edu/campus-on-the-run
WSU’s eLearning Services is offering two Blackboard Learn workshops this week:
- Grade Center at 10:30 a.m. April 7 (webinar)
- Features and Functions at 10 a.m. April 9 (Van Doren 102)
To sign up, visit the Global Campus eLearning site and choose Bb Learn from the Select Training Area dropdown. (more…)
The Department of Chemistry invites you to its departmental seminar today, Monday, April 6, at 4:10 p.m. in Fulmer Hall, room 438.
Dr. Jeffrey Aubé from the University of Kansas will present, New Heterocyclic Chemistry: Methods, Libraries, and Biology. (more…)
Motor Pool has a new roll off tow truck, capable of carrying up to two WSU owned vehicles at one time. Charges to departments is a base fee of $50/hour, staff hourly rate of pay, plus a mileage fee of $.25/mile after the first 100 miles. Please call Motor Pool if you have any questions or need help having your WSU owned vehicle towed. During office hours please call 335-9085, for emergencies or after hours calls please call dispatch at 335-9000.
The School of Economic Sciences would like to invite you to this special lecture which will be held on Wednesday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in CUE 203 with a reception to follow. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Michael Grossman, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the City University of New York Graduate Center who will be lecturing on: “The Relationship Between Health and Schooling: What’s New?” Does better schooling affect the health status in a population? Or does better health increase schooling? Dr. Grossman, a renowned expert in health economics, will discuss the foundations of the health-education relationship, and explore recent empirical findings.
Sponsored by the Center for Reproductive Biology
Washington State University and University of Idaho
“Stem cell regeneration in the Drosophila testis”
Dr. Erika Matunis
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Wednesday, April 8, 4:10 p.m.
Biotechnology Life Sciences 402
Hosted by: Dr. Jon Oatley, CRB
Contact: Carolyn Emerson-Farr (emersonc@vetmed.wsu.edu or 509-335-2473)
The Department of Entomology invites you to the E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecture to be held on Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. in CUE 203. This year’s E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecturer is Dr. Claire Kremen, professor & faculty member at the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Kremen is also the Co-Director of the Berkeley Food Institute and the Director of the Center for Diversified Farming Systems. Her (more…)
DANCE. ART. MUSIC. ENERGY. From 8 p.m. – Midnight, join WSU students for an awesome energy filled night in the Museum of Art! The gallery will be transformed into a high-end dance hall complete with live KZUU DJs, energizing visual lights, and a laser show. Take a stroll through the Fine Arts Foyer and Courtyard and visit with emerging student artists as they showcase and sell their diverse artwork. (more…)
It’s permit renewal time! WSU Transportation Services will be offering annual parking permit renewals for 2015/16 on the web. Eligible annual permit holders will soon be contacted via an email that will direct them to the WSU Transportation Services web site for the renewal, which is expected to start on Monday, April 6, at 9:30 a.m. (more…)
EasterFest 2015 is an Easter festival taking place this Saturday, April 4, at Kruegel Park.
A WSU Sport Management group has partnered with Pullman Parks and Recreation to put on this event.
There will be an Easter egg hunt beginning at 10 a.m. sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Pullman. Immediately following the egg hunt, at 10:30 a.m. EasterFest will begin complete with carnival games, inflatables, prizes, and much more!
For more information, please visit our website at http://easterfest2015.wix.com/easterfest2015
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to attend a colloquium talk featuring Dr. Matthew Duez, Assistant Professor of Physics at WSU. Dr. Duez will present his talk, “Effects of Magnetic Turbulence in Neutron Stars and Nuclear-Density Accretion Disks” on Tuesday, April 7, at 4:10 pm in Webster room B17.
Meet with Dr. Duez and enjoy refreshments before the talk at 3:45-4:10 p.m. in the foyer on floor G above the lecture hall. (more…)
Joanne Harkins is retiring after 42 years of service to Washington State University. Joanne has worked at the Office of Student Affairs, the former Department of Speech, and the College of Education. For the past 25 years, she has been the Assistant to the Dean, first in the College of Sciences and now in the College of Arts and Sciences. Please join us on Friday, April 17, at the CUB Junior Ballroom from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., to say thank you for her many contributions to WSU and to wish her a happy start to a new journey. (more…)
Help make your campus safer. Join us at the Green Dot bystander training on April 4 and learn to recognize and intervene in the event of emotional, physical, or sexual violence.
Sign up on orgsync.com today for Green Dot Bystander Training. (more…)
Developing Atomistically-Informed Interface Dislocation Dynamics (AIDD) Simulator
Dr. Shuai Shao
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Materials Science & Technology Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thursday, April 9
11:10 a.m. in ETRL 101 (more…)
The WSU Baseball team hosts Gonzaga University Tuesday, April 7, at 6 p.m. at Bailey-Brayton Field.
General Admission tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for youth, senior, and students. For additional ticket information please visit wsucougars.com and follow the Athletic Ticket Office on Twitter @WSUCougarTix for news and exclusive deals. (more…)