Notices and Announcements

The third V-Day Production Meeting will be next week on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 5:15 p.m. in Washington G40, which is located on the ground floor of the Health and Wellness Building. Anyone is welcome!

What is V-Day?
V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, partner violence, and stalking. (more…)

Finish the semester strong with UREC! Fitness Session II starts next week—register for a class today and get physically and mentally fit! We offer a wide variety of fitness classes, from water aerobics to barre to Insanity, and many in-between! (more…)

Join WSU students & alumni on October 14 from Noon to 1 p.m. for the WSU Alumni Association’s first ever virtual networking event! This is a great opportunity to connect with Cougs in your city, and from across the country! It’s free, it’s only an hour and it’s fun! (more…)

The Motor Pool reminds Departments to schedule emissions tests and annual inspections for WSU department-owned vehicles.  Emissions tests are required for all 1989 to 2009 WSU vehicles.  Annual inspections need to be done on all university-owned vehicles. (more…)

China Town Hall is a national day of programming on China, offered by the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Thursday, Oct. 16, 4 to 5 p.m.

Washington State University is one of about seventy venues nationwide that will simultaneously have access to the hour-long webcast conversation with President Jimmy Carter, including the option to send in questions via email. (more…)

Sponsored by the Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University and the University of Idaho

Dr. Timothy Linksvayer
University of Pennsylvania

“Social Regulation of social insect reproductive caste”

Wednesday, October 15,  4:10 p.m. (more…)

Literary and cinematic representations of sexual assault, especially on college campuses, will be examined in a free, public lecture at Washington State University Pullman on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Goertzen Hall room 21.  (more…)

Do you like caviar, sashimi, sushi or other seafood?  We are looking for volunteers to evaluate sensory properties of caviar (you don’t have to have experience with caviar but be interested in tasting it).  You need to be at least 18 years of age to participate. (more…)

There is still time to submit your photos to the Outdoor Photography Contest sponsored by UREC’s Outdoor Recreation Center and the Student Entertainment Board! Photo submissions will be accepted until Oct. 15 and may be submitted one of five categories: landscape, action & adventure, wildlife & still life, cultural and fun with light. The top 5 photographs in each category will be displayed on the ORC Gnome Facebook Page (facebook.com/orcgnome), as well as the Student Entertainment Board Gallery in the CUB. The photograph with the most Facebook “likes” will win the People’s Choice Award. (more…)

The USDA Long-Term Agro-ecosystem Research (LTAR) Network and the R.J. Cook Agronomy Farm

FEATURING: Dr. Dave Huggins, USDS-ARS

When: Wednesday, October 15, 3 – 4 p.m.

Where: Lighty 405 AMS Connections:

WSU Spokane, WSU Tri-Cities, WSU Vancouver (more…)

Call for Proposals
SWWRC Research Grant Program
FY 2015
Proposal submission deadline: December 1, 2014. (more…)

As part of on-going efforts to serve students, faculty and staff, Enterprise Systems will be working with Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS) to upgrade to the next generation of computing hardware and infrastructure underlying the student information system. (more…)

As part of the Cougar PAWS Initiative (Promoting Academic Ways to Success), the Provost Office and Enterprise Systems are pleased to announce the launch of Advising Notes 1.0.  Advisors at all campuses may access Advising Notes 1.0 starting Wednesday, October 8. (more…)

April Chen, Molecular Plant Sciences Grad Student, presents

TBA

Wednesday, October 15, at 12:10 p.m.
Webster 17

There will be a final U-Pick today from Noon to 6 p.m. for pumpkins at the WSU Organic Farm.  The sale will be inside the Tukey Orchard at the top of the hill.  There are many great pie pumpkins to choose from as well as a few jack-o-lanterns and colored pumpkins.

October 19 is the deadline for PhD, EdD and faculty members wanting to purchase custom WSU doctoral regalia and have for Fall Commencement 2014.

Contact the Bookie 800-937-2537 or 509-332-2537 or wsubookie.graduation@gmail.com.

The School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University is pleased to invite you to our upcoming SBS seminar.

Susanne Von Caemmerer, Professor, College of Medicine, Biology and the Environment, The Australian National University will present “Impacts of temperature on photosynthesis and CO2 diffusion processes” next Monday, October 13, at 4:10 p.m. in Abelson 201.

Auditions will be held for Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of HANSEL AND GRETEL at Jones Theatre on the campus of WSU on Monday, October 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:45 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the auditions. (more…)

This Saturday, October 11, WSU fraternities and sororities will hold the first Greek day of service of the year. Last academic year, over 2,500 WSU fraternity and sorority members completed 34,260 hours of community service, equating to nearly four years of continuous service completed by WSU Greek students alone! On Saturday, fraternity and sorority members will spend time socializing with local (more…)

Any faculty or instructors who are potentially interested in applying for membership in the WSU Teaching Academy are welcome to attend an informal brown bag information session. Current members will briefly review the history of the Teaching Academy at WSU and will discuss future plans after expansion. Two redundant sessions are scheduled: Tue., Oct. 14, and Wed., Oct. 15, 12:10-1 p.m. in Lighty (more…)