orientation

Online orientation for new international students

  A still from one of the iCoug℠ Tutorial videos.     PULLMAN, Wash. – Online orientation premiered this summer to better prepare new international students before their arrival at Washington State University.   The multimedia iCoug℠ Tutorial uses videos, PowerPoint, avatars and other interactive tools to prepare international students for the WSU experience and […]

Alive! 2013 in full swing

  Photos by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services   PULLMAN, Wash. – Alive! 2013 is in full swing on the Washington State University Pullman campus, as new students go through a three-day orientation process. Led by orientation staff, participants get a tour of the campus and a chance to meet and make friends with other […]

Small army of faculty, staff guide Alive! 2010

Photos by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services, and Tim Marsh, WSU Today.  Music: “The Monkey King,” played by WSU Jazz Big Band and written by Patrick Sheng.     Article by Robert Frank, WSU Today   PULLMAN – Fall semester incoming students are gearing up for a successful transition via the WSU’s 21st annual Alive! […]

2,900 freshman, transfer students explore WSU

PULLMAN — More than 2,900 freshman and transfer students and some 1,900 parents are expected to participate in a series of “Alive!” orientation sessions this summer at Washington State University in Pullman.Terese King, director of New Student Programs, said the focus of the “Alive” program is to help students with their transition from high school […]

MONEY

Updates on employee benefit orientation Prices for health and life insurance in 2005 can be viewed on Powerpoint training materials used for WSU Employee Benefit Orientation at http://www.wsu.edu/benefits. Click on Hot Topics, then Employee Benefits Orientation. Orientation sessions in Pullman are planned 1-4 p.m. Feb. 9 and 24 in Lighty 405. Future dates can be […]

New commission on gender identity, sexual orientation

President V. Lane Rawlins has announced the creation of a Commission on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation — the first such commission in Washington State University’s history. This action is in keeping with WSU’s strategic value of diversity, and its goal of achieving trust and respect in all of the university’s endeavors. The commission is […]

High schoolers get Preview of WSU campus

More than 600 students and their families will experience a day on Washington State University’s Pullman campus when they visit as part of the “WSU Preview” program, Feb. 10, Feb. 24 and March 10. “WSU Preview is designed to give future students and their families an in-depth visit of the campus and the opportunity to […]

New faculty orientation set

The Office of Grant and Research Development will present a workshop to help new faculty members. The two-hour orientation will detail OGRD services and resources. Participants will learn about university policies and procedures for submitting proposals to and accepting awards from sponsoring agencies, identifying potential funding sources, and required government assurances associated with research. The […]