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Provost and Executive Vice President Candidate presentation – Mitzi Montoya
Provost and Executive Vice President Candidate presentation – Mitzi Montoya
Faculty, staff, and students system-wide are invited to meet and help evaluate finalists for the position of provost and executive vice president. Mitzi Montoya will give a public presentation and answer questions during an open session that will be broadcast to locations at each campus. The finalists also will be interviewed by search committee members, faculty, administrators and students. The next provost is expected to be announced in early May. Everyone is invited to attend. SEE MORE INFORMATION HERE.
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HRS – Fiscal Management Training Series – P-Card
HRS – Fiscal Management Training Series – P-Card
Purchasing Card: New Cardholders: This course is the required training for participants in the WSU Purchasing Card Program. Account Reconcilers are strongly encouraged to attend and attendance is required of all new Cardholders. REGISTER HERE.
Retirement Celebration for Jeanie Wolf
Retirement Celebration for Jeanie Wolf
Please help celebrate the retirement of Jeanie Wolf from WSU Spokane at a reception in her honor on April 30 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in SAC 501.
ESF College of Medicine Professional Development Listening Session
ESF College of Medicine Professional Development Listening Session
Come share your thoughts on professional development. The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine wants to hear from faculty and staff across all the colleges on the Health Sciences campus. The goal is to build an inter-professional program that meets your needs and helps you succeed. Bring your own lunch or snack. ESFCOM will provide beverages and sweet treats!
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Finding Health and Scholarly Information After Graduation
Finding Health and Scholarly Information After Graduation
Locating scholarly health information after a university education can be challenging. This online workshop will show graduates how to use HEALWA to locate and use information resources that will allow WSU students to access reliable information as a practicing health professional. WSU Heath Sciences Student Affairs and the WSU Health Sciences Diversity Committee are sponsoring dialogue sessions on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2018). REGISTER AND SEE MORE INFORMATION HERE.
WSU Spokane Library Lunch and Learn 20-minute Training
WSU Spokane Library Lunch and Learn 20-minute Training
"Finding Scholarly Information After Graduation." See more info here - Register here to receive access to joining webinar.
ResearchHub hosts Excel data visualization workshop
ResearchHub hosts Excel data visualization workshop
Join the Spokane Academic Library next week at the ResearchHub for a workshop on creating data visualizations in Excel. Explore some helpful tools to aid biomedical research and publishing in this hands-on workshop. Visit this page for more information about this new space in the Spokane Academic Library (3rd floor). REGISTER here.
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HRS Training – Time Reports
HRS Training – Time Reports
Do you have administrative responsibility for reviewing and/or signing time reports for overtime eligible employees? Are you an employee who is uncertain how to properly complete a time report? This course provides information on leave accruals, accurate time reporting, how to document overtime and much more. Come to this session to learn how to accurately maintain time reports and understand how critical accurate time reporting is. SIGN UP and see more information here.
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WSU Faculty – Meet the Faculty Senate Chair
WSU Faculty – Meet the Faculty Senate Chair
The current WSU Faculty Senate Chair will be visiting the Spokane campus and would like to meet with faculty. This is an opportunity to learn more about how shared governance works at WSU and to make sure the unique concerns of the Spokane campus faculty are well represented. Current faculty senators and anyone considering serving in this role are especially encouraged to attend, but all are welcome. See more information here.
Commencement
Commencement
All degrees will be conferred at the Commencement ceremonies in the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Commencement ceremonies are a time when the campus community comes together to honor all graduates and their families.
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Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour course that teaches you how to help someone who may be experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. The training helps you identify, understand and respond to signs of addictions and mental illnesses. The training is open to all faculty and staff. Space is limited. SEE MORE INFORMATION HERE.
Free land-grant symposium to help shape WSU’s future
Free land-grant symposium to help shape WSU’s future
Faculty and staff statewide are encouraged to register to attend a free symposium May 7 focused on the future of the nation's land-grant universities. Stephen Gavazzi, coauthor of "Land-grant Universities for the Future" will deliver the keynote address and lead a series of dialogues. REGISTER and See more information here. You must register if you plan to attend via livestream.
New Employee Orientation
New Employee Orientation
New Employee Orientation is designed as a 3-part workshop over the course of 1 day. This is highly recommended for all new employees. Find out more about times and sessions here.
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HRS Training – Hostile Intruder Training
HRS Training – Hostile Intruder Training
How would you react if a hostile intruder were to enter your classroom or office? Are you familiar with the appropriate actions you should consider? Washington State University has mitigated the potential for such an event through a multitude of preventative security measures, but no University in the country is 100% secure. Featuring the video "Shots Fired, When Lightning Strikes" followed by discussion, this training provides a wealth of information and options to bear in mind should the unthinkable happen. REGISTER HERE and see more information.
Faculty Facilitation Methods: Tips and Strategies to Encourage Student Engagement in Small Teams
Faculty Facilitation Methods: Tips and Strategies to Encourage Student Engagement in Small Teams
Facilitation Methods: Tips and Strategies to Encourage Student Engagement in Small Teams Most active learning techniques involve the creation of student groups, but merely forming groups does not guarantee student engagement. In this one-hour workshop, we will share instructional tips and strategies that enhance student engagement in small groups. This session is also perfect for […]
ESFCOM Responsible Conduct of Research Training
ESFCOM Responsible Conduct of Research Training
Dr. Matt Layton will present: Policies regarding human subjects, and guidelines of good clinical research practice.
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Webinar workshop – Functional Genomics at NCBI: High-throughput studies archived in Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)
Webinar workshop – Functional Genomics at NCBI: High-throughput studies archived in Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)
In this two-hour introductory webinar to GEO, you will learn about the content and organization of the GEO archive and individual records. In practical examples, attendees will explore data resulting from a strategy that researchers often utilize in functional genomic: perturbation of a single gene and its impact on global gene expression. Attendees will focus on two technologies that allow genome-wide quantitative gene expression assessment, namely microarrays and RNA-Seq. IMPORTANT REGISTRATION HERE FOR ON-LINE ACCESS. See more info about this webinar here.
HRS – Fiscal Management Training – P-card reconciler and Payment Net users
HRS – Fiscal Management Training – P-card reconciler and Payment Net users
Purchasing Card: Reconcilers and PaymentNet4 Users: Required for staff members new to PCard reconciliation responsibilities and recommended for experienced PCard Reconcilers. Topics include: - The role and responsibilities of the PCard Reconciler; Organizing and maintaining PCard documentation; An overview of budget coding elements used for transaction reconciliation; PaymentNet4 basics, system set up, access, reconciling transactions, and reporting. SEE MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTER HERE.
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Lockdown test – All campus buildings
Lockdown test – All campus buildings
The Office of Safety and Security will be conducting a test to lockdown all campus exterior doors simultaneously. See more information here.
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First Aid/AED/CPR class
First Aid/AED/CPR class
First Aid/AED/CPR classes are open to all faculty and staff on campus. Employees should seek approval to cover the expense of the class from their department prior to registering. The cost for all classes is $25 per person. If you register for the class and do not attend you will be billed. Register through Norene Phillipson. Dates and times are listed here.
HRS Training – Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct Prevention
HRS Training – Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct Prevention
The goal of this training is to assist WSU in maintaining a safe and respectful working and learning environment. It describes different types of discrimination and harassment. Employee and supervisor responsibilities when misconduct is reported or observed are highlighted. See more information and registration here.
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HRS Training – Paid sick leave
HRS Training – Paid sick leave
Initiative 1433, which was approved by Washington voters in fall 2016, requires employers to provide paid sick leave to most employees beginning January 1, 2018. This training covers the policies and processes WSU has implemented to comply with the new state law. Additional information and REGISTRATION are available here.
HRS Training – Customer Service at WSU
HRS Training – Customer Service at WSU
This interactive workshop focuses on the "Customer Service Skills" that make WSU memorable to students, to their parents, and to each other. See Registration and more information here.
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First Aid/AED/CPR class
First Aid/AED/CPR class
First Aid/AED/CPR classes are open to all faculty and staff on campus. Employees should seek approval to cover the expense of the class from their department prior to registering. The cost for all classes is $25 per person. If you register for the class and do not attend you will be billed. Register through Norene Phillipson. Dates and times are listed here.
HRS Training – Staff Recruitment
HRS Training – Staff Recruitment
This course is designed to give hiring managers a practical understanding of the recruitment process for Civil Service and Administrative Professional positions. See more information and how to register here.
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New Employee Orientation
New Employee Orientation
New Employee Orientation is designed as a 3-part workshop over the course of 1 day. This is highly recommended for all new employees. Find out more about times and sessions here.
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Virtual Biometrics – Development of useful tools for predictive analysis of knee mechanics
Virtual Biometrics – Development of useful tools for predictive analysis of knee mechanics
Jason Halloran, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Cleveland State University (CSU), where he also co-directs the Center for Human Machine Systems, a collaborative group of health related researchers at CSU. Halloran will discuss his research in the simulation of healthy, diseased and surgically corrected human joints, with a particular emphasis on knee biomechanics. See more information here.
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HRS Conversations with WSU Pullman Associate VP and Chief Human Resource Office
HRS Conversations with WSU Pullman Associate VP and Chief Human Resource Office
Theresa Elliot-Cheslek, Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer at WSU Pullman, will be visiting WSU Spokane. If you would like to schedule an individual meeting with Theresa while she is on campus during the afternoon, see information here to sign up.
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2019 East West Life Science Summit
2019 East West Life Science Summit
Chancellor Daryll DeWald will talk about neuroscience discovery and innovation at WSU at 9:10 a.m. on May 30, and Marcos Frank of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine will talk about the Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience at 9:40 a.m. on May 30. See more information and registration here.
HRS Training – Travel-Basic Forms and Procedures
HRS Training – Travel-Basic Forms and Procedures
Travel Training: Basic Forms and Procedures: This class covers the WSU forms and processes from the Travel Authority to the final Travel Expense Voucher being submitted. It also addresses Washington State Invoice Vouchers and airfare purchasing. See more information and how to register here.
TIAA-CREF on Campus
TIAA-CREF on Campus
No matter where you are in life - just getting started or planning for retirement - a session with a TIAA-CREF financial consultant can help you create a plan for your goals. It's at no additional cost as a part of your retirement plan. You will get answers to these questions and more. To REGISTER and see more information, click here.
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