Racism and Social Inequality in the Americas cluster hire proposals initiated
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The Office of the Provost welcomed 27 proposals from across
the University system for the Racism and Social Inequality in the Americas
cluster hire program. Five of the proposals will be funded for the fall 2021
program, allowing the respective units to recruit faculty that will broaden
and deepen the University’s commitment to racial equality in a wide variety
of disciplines.
Read more about the cluster hire program
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New faculty features
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WSU welcomed more than 130 new faculty members in 2020
across all colleges and campuses. This month, get to know Paul Bolls
and Jennifer Duckworth in our New Faculty Spotlight Series. Bolls was
a graduate student at WSU and then a faculty member in the early 2000s,
before returning this fall as an associate dean in the Edward R. Murrow College
of Communication. Duckworth is new to the Department of Human Development
and her research is inspired by her experiences as a teacher in
Indianapolis, Indiana, working with underserved students.
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Ellenwood joins Center for Native American Research and Collaboration
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Cheryl Ellenwood will take on the mission of expanding
Tribal Nation Building Leadership programs aimed at developing Native
American students’ leadership skills and knowledge based on tribal
principles and values in her new roles with the Center for Native
American Research Collaboration and the Institute for Research and
Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH).
Read more about Ellenwood’s role
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Freshman retention rises in 2020
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First-time, full-time freshman students in the fall
of 2019 were retained at a rate of 80.6% in 2020, an increase of
1.6% over the previous year. The retention rate increased at three of
the four WSU campuses that admit full-time freshman students,
including jumps of 1.6% on the Pullman campus, 1.4% on the Tri‑Cities
campus, and 1.9% on the Vancouver campus.
Read more about freshman retention
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LIFT Faculty Fellowship applications open through January 12
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Faculty from across the WSU system are invited
to apply for the LIFT Faculty Fellowship, designed to support
instructors in improving the student experience. The program uses
teaching methods and modules shown to improve student engagement,
connection and learning to decrease course withdrawal and fail rates,
and to increase retention.
Learn more about the LIFT Faculty Fellowship
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Black Lives Matter Artist Grants awarded
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The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, in partnership
with the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, announced 20 recipients of
grants to fund the creation of art that communicates the voices,
experiences, and artistic expression of social justice efforts in
response to systemic racism. Each artist will receive $2,500 to fund
their artwork. More than 70 artists, working in all visual mediums,
submitted proposals.
Read more about the BLM grants
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Clarice Coyne and Anthony Nicola
were selected by their peers as Fellows of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS). Coyne, an adjunct faculty member in the
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, was
recognized for her work in legume plant genetic resource conservation.
Nicola, the Engle Distinguished Professor of Infectious Diseases in the
College of Veterinary Medicine, was recognized for his contributions
to the field of herpes simplex virus biology.
Professors Dan “Annie” Wu, Kris Kowdley, and Yuehe Lin were
named as Highly Cited Researchers for 2020. The annual list identifies
researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their fields through
publication of multiple highly cited papers in the last decade. Wu is a
research professor and Lin is a professor and laboratory fellow in the
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. Kowdley is a clinical
faculty member in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.
Buddy Levy, scholarly professor of English in the
College of Arts and Sciences, won the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity’s
2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Award in the Adventure Travel category.
Levy’s Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
was one of eight books awarded, out of 137 submissions.
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