Feb. 18, 2020 Voiland College This Week

Go Cougs!

Tennis player / computer science major Melissa Ates was named Student-Athlete of the Month by WSU Academic Services.

KXLY TV featured the recycled drywall research of David Drake and Taiji Miyasaki.

Hassan Ghasemzadeh and his team received a 2019 ACM TiiS Honorable Mention for their paper, “Human-in-the-Loop Learning for Personalized Diet Monitoring from Unstructured Mobile Data.”

Anurag Srivastava was a keynote speaker at Albertian Knowledge Summit and recently gave the IEEE Distinguished Lecture at the National University of Singapore on the topic of “Integrating Physics with Machine Learning for Enabling the Resilient Electric Power Grid.”

Srivastava and his co-principal investigators David Bakken, Yinghui Wu, and Adam Hahn recently received a $545,000 NSF grant for their “Data-Driven Secure Holonic control and Optimization for the Networked CPS” proposal.

Student teams coached by Anne Anderson and Jason Peschel took third place finishes in the recent Associated Schools of Construction competition, the largest construction management competition in the U.S.

Hal Calbom was featured in The Daily News.

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Events

Tuesday, February 18

@ 11:00 AM ESIC Webinar: “The role of big data analytics in predicting power system outages.”

Thursday, February 20

@ 11:00 AM MME Seminar: “An indentation testing system for cryogens at outer solar system conditions.”

Monday, February 24

@ 9:10 AM EECS Colloquium: “Evolution of computing from mobile systems to self-powered wearable devices.”

@ 4:10 PM CHE 598 Seminar: “Correlating structure and function for nanoparticle catalysts.”

Tuesday, February 25

@ 11:00 AM ESIC Seminar: “Enhancing Power State Estimation Accuracy and Cyber-security in the Smart Grid.”

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Opportunities

The FIZ- Our Makerspace/Your Course Partner

Are you teaching a course that requires or could benefit from fabrication? If so, check out the FIZ’s Course Partnership website to get started, FIZ Course Partnerships.

Feb. 26 Workshop – Intro to Kamiak

Learn how to use Kamiak, WSU’s own HPC High Performance Computer with free compute resources available to any WSU member! This hands-on workshop covers the basics from logging on to an HPC to submitting and running jobs. Find out more and register.

Oaks Academic Technology Award – Nominations Due March 23

Nominations are now being accepted for the $3,000 Oaks Academic Technology Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s innovative application of an existing technology to transform teaching and learning in their classroom (face-to-face, online, videoconferencing).

Affordable Learning Grant Applications Due March 23

The Office of the Provost is offering Affordable Learning Grants to fund faculty exploration and adoption of affordable learning materials. Grants ranging from $1,500 to $4,500 are available for faculty at all levels and all WSU locations.

SURCA Judges Needed

SURCA is March 30 and we currently seeking judges to spend 2 hours judging posters. Please plan to be available from 2:00 – 3:45 Monday March 30. Please sign up here at the SURCA website.

Graduate Student Awards Nominations Due March 2

Nominations for the Graduate School’s Karen P. DePauw Leadership Award and the Association for Faculty Women’s Outstanding Master’s and Doctoral Student Awards are due Monday, March 2. These awards recognize the academic achievements and professional potential of WSU’s graduate students across all WSU campuses. Part-time and full-time students are eligible.

Award specific information, nomination forms and procedures are available on the AFW website. Please consider nominating one of your fine students for these competitive and prestigious awards.

VCEA Staff Excellence Awards – Nominations due March 6

It is time to submit nominations for the VCEA Staff Excellence Awards! VCEA staff and faculty received their nominations forms from Chris Gass. Please scan the form electronically and email it back to chrisgass@wsu.edu.

IREACH Proposals Due March 10

The Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health is currently accepting applications for grants to foster research at Washington State University that will provide significant and innovative contributions to American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, LatinX, or rural health. Applications from faculty members in any discipline to fund research on health disparities impacting these populations are welcome.

Dedra Buchwald, MD, Director, IREACH, Clemma Muller, PhD, Methods Core Co-leader, and Caitlin Oberst, JD, Associate Director, IREACH, will conduct an application support meeting via Zoom on February 11 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Prospective applicants are encouraged, but not required, to attend.

Details for the February 11 Zoom meeting are as follows:
Zoom Link Meeting ID: 773 362 471

Smith Teaching and Learning Grants – Apply by March 23

Faculty with innovative ideas to enhance teaching and learning are encouraged to apply by March 23 for a Smith Teaching and Learning Grant of up to $5,000.

New Modernization Resources

We’re five months from launching Workday for WSU. Here are some of the new resources from the Modernization Project:

• Video: Faculty, welcome to Workday for WSU
• Printable handout: How Workday will affect faculty (PDF)
• Video: Workday security roles
• Web page: Workday core concepts (with shareable slides)

Subscribe to the monthly Modernization newsletter for regular delivery of new resources and project updates right to your inbox.

More Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Logins Coming

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) will be required when logging into more WSU applications, including Blackboard, Adobe, and others, beginning March 16.

Crimson Spirit Award

Have you noticed a WSU employee going out of their way to help a colleague or customer? Nominate them for the Crimson Spirit award to recognize their excellent service. Submit a nomination.

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Be Safe Cougs

Safety and Wellbeing Services

It is not uncommon during this time of year to experience higher levels of anxiety or depression, or feel unsure of where to access support for safety and wellbeing. Please be aware of several Washington State University health and safety services that are available to WSU students, staff, and faculty.

WSU’s Office of the Dean of Students provides assistance and referrals for any student concern or crisis. If you are unsure what services or support students may need, this office can help point you in the right direction.

The Access Center provides accommodations and services to incoming and current WSU students with disabilities, psychological or medical conditions, or temporary injuries that limit their access to the WSU campus.

The Office of Access & Opportunity provides outreach and comprehensive support services programs to assist first-generation, low-income, or otherwise underrepresented students in higher education, including students with disabilities and undocumented students.

The Student Care Network allows you to share concerns about a student’s emotional or psychological well-being, physical health, or academic performance.

Cougar Health Services provides services and programs to support students, including comprehensive resource guides to help students in distress on the Everett, Pullman, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Olympic College, and Vancouver campuses. Their Counseling and Psychological Services unit provides confidential counseling and testing services for students and a 24-hour crisis hotline.

The Center for Community Standards is available to help everyone understand our community standards and the process for when those standards are violated. The community standards process is outlined at handbook.wsu.edu.

Other student support services include the Office of Multicultural Student Services, Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center (GIESORC), and Women’s Center.

The Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Investigation provides information and resources regarding discrimination and protected speech, and the Office of the Ombudsman provides a neutral channel for students, faculty, and staff to voice university-related concerns.

WellCoug is a comprehensive program that offers WSU employees and their families a wide range of resources to support their overall health and wellbeing. In addition, the Washington State Employee Assistance Program provides confidential counseling and referral services to WSU faculty, administrative professional, and classified staff.