Building a mindful, equitable community
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Trymaine Gaither, special assistant to the provost, will lead
a series of sessions for faculty designed to build a community committed to
mindfulness and equity at WSU. The Mindfulness-Based Anti-Racism Learning
Communities series is for faculty with a sincere desire to be part of a
learning community built upon equity and belonging. Registration is now
available, with sessions beginning September 15.
Learn more about the learning communities |
Faculty joining Washington State Academy of Sciences
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Seven WSU faculty members are joining the Washington State
Academy of Sciences (WSAS) and John Roll, professor and vice dean for
research in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, is president-elect of
the WSAS Board of Directors. In addition, WSU’s Celestina Barbosa-Leiker,
Douglas Call, and John Stark are new board members.
Read more about WSU’s faculty named to the WSAS |
JSMOA exhibitions and events
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The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is hosting new exhibits and
a series of engaging programs in September. The Black Lives Matter Artist Grant
Exhibition begins September 7 and runs through the end of the fall semester.
On Wednesday, September 29, the museum will host “Black Lives Matter: An
Intergenerational Discussion,” with select awardees of the grants discussing
their work and addressing historical contexts and recent events. The discussion
will be moderated by Lisa Guerrero, associate vice provost for inclusive
excellence.
Read more about the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition |
WSU garners more than $120 million in support
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Alumni, friends, and industry partners invested more than
$120.8 million in support of WSU during fiscal year 2021. Despite the
challenges of the pandemic, 35,184 donors directed 104,170 gifts,
grants, and pledges in support of a range of academic, research, and outreach
priorities throughout the year.
Read more about WSU’s philanthropic support |
Students named finalists in software engineering competition
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A team of WSU seniors majoring in software engineering
was one of five teams selected as finalists in a competition held as part
of the International Conference on Software Engineering. As part of the
competition, the students developed an AI-supported tool that analyzes raw
text and translates it into actionable and itemized items.
Read more about the student competition |
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Training for hiring committees coming soon
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The Office of the Provost is aiming to make hiring committees
more equitable and inclusive through a new training offered by associate
vice provost Lisa Guerrero. The program is designed to help hiring committees
think more inclusively about the hiring process, from recruitment through
interviews and negotiations.
Read more about diversity, equity, and inclusiveness practices for hiring |
College of Education, CAHNRS add associate deans
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Both the College of Education and the College of Agricultural,
Human, and Natural Resource Sciences have hired faculty to serve in equity
leadership roles. Katherine Rodela and Amir Gilmore were named associate deans
of equity and inclusion in the College of Education. Luz María Gordillo is the
inaugural assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence in CAHNRS.
Read more about Rodela and Gilmore
Read more about Gordillo |
Zhihua Jiang, professor in the
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at WSU Pullman
is conducting advanced research at the University of New England in Australia
through a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award. Jiang, the Hatch Program Chair
in Animal Biology and Biomedicine, is part of a project mapping the complex
links between genes and traits in animals.
Roschelle (Shelly) Fritz, assistant professor in the
College of Nursing at WSU Vancouver, was one of ten nurse
scientists accepted to the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.
The fellowship program recognizes early to mid-career nursing scholars and innovators
with a high potential to accelerate leadership in nursing research, practice, education,
and entrepreneurship.
Konstantin Matveev, professor in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
at WSU Pullman, was named a fellow of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Matveev joins about 2 percent of ASME’s 130,000 members
who are fellows, which recognizes “exceptional engineering achievements and
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