New faculty features
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More than 130 new faculty joined WSU this fall, bringing
innovative teaching, research and creative activities to the community. Get
to know Dingwen Tao and Kait Hirchak, who are featured in our New Faculty
Spotlight series. Tao is a computer science faculty member who has already
racked up three National Science Foundation grants in his short time at WSU.
Hirchak is a product of WSU’s Research Assistantship for Diverse Scholars
(RADS) program, who is focused on studying and implementing programs to prevent
and treat alcohol use disorders.
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Town Halls continue through Nov. 3
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President Kirk Schulz and Provost Elizabeth Chilton are
meeting with colleges and units throughout the WSU system in a series of
town hall events throughout the fall. A total of 18 town hall meetings
are scheduled, with the University leaders discussing institutional
accomplishments and priorities for the year before engaging in
question-and-answer sessions with attendees.
Read more about Town Halls 2020
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Colleges team up to help prevent opioid addiction
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Faculty from the College of Agricultural, Human, and
Natural Resource Sciences, as well as the Elson S. Floyd College of
Medicine are working to help rural families and communities prevent
opioid addiction through training and education. The new two‑year
project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and includes
implementation of the Strengthening Families Program 10–14, an
initiative aimed at families, caregivers, and children ages 10–14.
Read more about the Strengthening Families Program
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WSU Vancouver offering in‑state tuition to students from 3 Oregon counties
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Students residing in Oregon’s Clackamas, Multnomah,
and Washington Counties are being offered in‑state tuition at
WSU Vancouver for the spring and fall 2021 semesters through the PDX Tuition
Advantage program. WSU Vancouver enacted the program to help
accommodate students impacted by COVID‑19 and Oregon’s historic
wildfires in September.
Read more about PDX Tuition Advantage
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit slated for Nov. 5
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Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to join a
discussion about how the COVID‑19 pandemic has exposed inequities
across the United States and how WSU students are impacted. The summit will
explore how the pandemic can be a catalyst for long-lasting change
in equity, justice, and community building, and how we can all
contribute to this crucial work.
Register for the summit
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ROAR boosted through DOE grant
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WSU ROAR landed a $2.3 million grant from
the U.S. Department of Education to continue its work helping
students with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The College
of Education program is the first residential program of its kind in
the Pacific Northwest.
Read more about ROAR
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Mary Paine, professor in the
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and
her team of researchers were awarded a
$10.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The grant will fund research over
the next five years on dietary supplements and their interactions
with medications. The grant is the largest ever awarded to a researcher
at the WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Don McMoran, director of WSU’s Skagit County Extension office in
the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences,
landed a $7 million Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network grant
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand farmer suicide
prevention work to 13 western states and four U.S. territories.
McMoran started a pilot program in farmer suicide prevention in 2019.
Connie Nguyen‑Truong, assistant professor in the
College of Nursing at WSU Vancouver, is being honored
with the 2020 Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award from the
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). She is the first person from
WSU to earn the honor, which recognized her “transformative, culturally
sensitive advances in teaching and learning for the benefit of nursing and
other disciplines,” according to AACN.
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