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Laura Griner Hill joins Office of the Provost
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The Office of the Provost is pleased to welcome
Laura Griner Hill as vice provost for faculty development
and affairs. Hill will begin in her new role October 1 and will
advise the provost, deans, chancellors, vice chancellors for
academic affairs, department chairs, and school directors on
system‑side policy and procedural matters related to faculty,
and on personnel issues related faculty, as they arise.
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Join in on WSU’s strategic planning
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The WSU community is invited to take part in a visioning
conference to help form the foundation for WSU’s system‑wide
strategic plan. The event will take place October 28 from
8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at each campus and locations across
the WSU system. Register now to join the discussion, which will be
considered in the drafting of the 2020–2025 strategic plan.
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Median SAT scores of incoming freshmen increases
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WSU welcomed a record 31,607 students for the fall
semester, setting another enrollment record. System‑wide enrollment
increased for the seventh straight year and the academic profile of
incoming students continues to climb. Of the 4,812 first‑time,
full‑time students, 2,335 (48.9 percent) had a high school
GPA of higher than 3.5, and another 1,064 (22.3 percent) had a GPA
between 3.25 and 3.5.
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WSU welcomes new resources for veterans
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Penny Martinez and James Dalton are part of a team of
advocates and support staff system‑wide for WSU’s student
veterans. Martinez joined WSU’s staff as veterans coordinator in
August, and brings her military background and years of service to the
position. Dalton is WSU’s new Vet Corps navigator and teaches
a course designed to smooth veterans’ transition to university life.
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Crimson Club connection leads to collaboration
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A casual conversation at Faculty Crimson Club turned into
a valuable research partnership for Voiland College of Engineering and
Architecture faculty members Idil Akin and John McCloy. Crimson Club is
a monthly event sponsored by the Office of the Provost designed to
facilitate conversation and to celebrate the contributions of faculty
system‑wide.
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Faculty hiring and inclusive excellence
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Working with Human Resource Services, the Office of the Provost
is aiming to provide helpful resources for faculty hiring committees to strive
for inclusive excellence. Implicit bias training is underway, and this
best practices checklist can help committees keep track of the
various stages and ways in which searches can be optimized. Inclusive excellence
practices should be weaved in from the beginning of the search, including the
ways in which a position listing is worded and where the ad is disseminated. Further resources and information will be made available soon through the HRS Faculty
Recruitment Toolkit website.
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Naidu Rayapati, scientist and director
at WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC) in the
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at Prosser,
has joined a five-year project helping Hispanic and Native American students
develop careers in STEM. Funded through a $2.5 million National Science Foundation
grant, the project will offer learning experiences at the IAREC that give
underrepresented students a confident start to STEM careers.
Wendy Williams-Gilbert, clinical associate professor and RN‑BSN director in
the College of Nursing, was recognized as The Spokesman-Review’s Woman of the Year
for her efforts as an advocate for rural health care and education.
Williams-Gilbert has been a WSU faculty member since 2015 and her research
focuses on equal access to health care in rural areas as well as opioid‑use
disorders.
Katrina Mealey, professor and Richard L. Ott Endowed Chair in Small Animal
Medicine and Research in the College of Veterinary Medicine, received the
Lloyd E. Davis Award from the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology
and Therapeutics (AAVPT). The award recognizes outstanding lifetime
achievements in research, teaching, and professional service in the field.
Mealey was also named a Distinguished Fellow of the AAVPT.
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