TCI transforming teaching, boosting student success
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The Transformational Change Initiative (TCI) continues to produce
very promising results in student retention and engagement. Over the past
five years, the initiative utilized three complementary approaches to
make a lasting difference for students and create a model for student
success efforts moving forward.
Read more about TCI
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Plans underway for in‑person WSU experience
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Tang elected to National Academy of Engineering
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Juming Tang, Regents Professor in the College of
Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, was elected
to the National Academy of Engineering. Tang joined the WSU faculty
in 1995, and his research focuses on advancing thermal processing
technologies and supporting knowledge for control of bacterial
and viral pathogens in foods with minimum adverse effects on
taste and nutrition.
Read more about Tang’s honor
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CASE honors WSU’s educational fundraising efforts
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WSU was one of five institutions honored for its
educational fundraising by the Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education. The organization recognizes public research
universities with endowments exceeding $215 million for
exemplary development programs. WSU joined Oregon, UC Berkeley,
UC Santa Barbara, and North Carolina in receiving
the honor for its work from 2017 to 2019.
Read more about the CASE award
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Multimedia arts course a natural fit for hands‑on, virtual learning
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Peter Christenson, an associate professor of
fine arts at WSU Tri‑Cities, blends art,
science and technology with virtual learning to help
students create devices that are visually appealing
and functional. Christenson adapted the course to an
online format and found that the projects were the
perfect do-at-home assignments during the pandemic.
Read more about Christenson’s course
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WSU launching Cougar Cage funding program
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Faculty, staff, and students are invited to take part
in a competitive funding program that seeks to match private donors
with worthwhile projects in a format modeled after Shark Tank. The
Cougar Cage will offer funding from $20,000 to $50,000 for the
initiatives, which will be pitched at the March 25 event over
Zoom. Applications are due February 26.
Read more about Cougar Cage
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Mindfulness and anti‑racism training available
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Trymaine Gaither, special assistant to the provost
for inclusive excellence, is coleading mindfulness and anti‑racism
training sessions for faculty and staff across the WSU system. The
secular mindfulness component is key in facilitating productive
dialogue and reflection, leading to a more inclusive and welcoming
community for all.
Read more about the training sessions
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Jason Park is one of 130 new faculty
members who joined WSU last fall. Hired by the
College of Veterinary Medicine
as an assistant professor last spring, he and his wife Dana Shaw are both
working on finding solutions to tick borne diseases,
but from different perspectives.
Holly Whittenburg, a first-year assistant professor of special education
in the College of Education, was awarded a
Student Research Award in Single Case Research Design Methods
by the Council for Exceptional Children. Whittenburg was recognized for
her dissertation, which investigated the use of different trainings
to improve the workplace conversational skills of transition-aged high school
students with autism spectrum disorder.
Steve Hines, professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine,
was named the 2020 American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges’
Distinguished Veterinary Teacher. The award highlights those
who have dedicated their life to improving veterinary medical education and
is the most prestigious teaching
award in veterinary medicine.
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