{"id":11410,"date":"2026-06-02T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?p=11410"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:02:21","slug":"june-2-2026-voiland-college-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/2026\/06\/02\/june-2-2026-voiland-college-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2, 2026 Voiland College This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Go Cougs !<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several undergraduate researchers from&nbsp;<strong>WSU Everett<\/strong>&nbsp;were <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.wsu.edu\/2026\/04\/28\/undergraduate-researchers-at-wsu-everett-tackle-real-world-challenges\/\">featured&nbsp;by the WSU Foundation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WSU Insider featured a story\u00a0on research by\u00a0<strong>Funmilayo Adesina\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Karl Englund<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0found that agricultural\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/press-release\/2026\/06\/01\/can-plastic-farm-mulch-be-effectively-recycled-cleanliness-is-key\/\">plastic mulch can be recycled into durable products<\/a>, but only if the heavy soil and organic contamination that accumulates during farm use is significantly reduced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attention Grabbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jason Minor, Smitha Bose, Kris Kynes, Kaye Paranada,&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Terry Olson<\/strong> recently received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/attention-grabbers\/\">recognition from their colleagues<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_1HvzIixWwhr9nsq\">Nominate a Voiland College peer<\/a> who has gone above and beyond in their work to create a positive culture! Nominees will be entered in a drawing for Ferdinand\u2019s Grabbers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, Sept. 18&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/announcements\/sept-18-schweitzer-engineering-hall-grand-opening\/\">Schweitzer Engineering Hall Grand Opening<\/a>: The Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture will celebrate a major milestone this fall with the grand opening and ribbon cutting of Schweitzer Engineering Hall, its new engineering and design student success building on the WSU\u202fPullman campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/upcoming-events\/\">Full listing of Voiland College events.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-callout wsu-border--color-pacificsky wsu-spacing-before--large wsu-color-background--gray-5\" >\r\n    <h2 class=\"wsu-callout__title\">\r\n        Share Your Event    <\/h2>    \n\n<p>Want to list your event on a Voiland College website, in this newsletter, or in our weekly student newsletter? <a href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/communications\/creating-calendar-events\/\">Follow these steps!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opportunities&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nominate a Colleague for the Crimson Spirit Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know a WSU employee who is exceptionally creative in problem-solving or who consistently goes above and beyond? Nominate that WSU employee for the <a href=\"https:\/\/hrs.wsu.edu\/recognition\/crimson-spirit-award\/\">Crimson Spirit Award<\/a> today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be Safe Cougs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wildfire and Air Quality FAQ&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hrs.wsu.edu\/resources\/inclement-weather\/wildfire-air-quality-faq\/\">This FAQ<\/a>&nbsp;is intended to assist Washington State University faculty and staff with impacts due to the current wildfires in our areas throughout Washington, Idaho and Oregon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-callout wsu-border--color-vineyard wsu-spacing-before--xxlarge\" >\r\n    <h2 class=\"wsu-callout__title\">\r\n        Send Us Your News    <\/h2>    \n\n<p>Include your kudos, opportunities, events, and more in the <em>Voiland College This Week<\/em> newsletter for employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEADLINE: <\/strong>Submit items by 12 pm Thursday for inclusion in the following Tuesday newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"mailto:VCEA.News@wsu.edu\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--style-action\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tEmail VCEA.News@wsu.edu\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSU Everett researchers featured; Adesina and Englund&#8217;s farm plastic mulch recycling research highlighted &#8211; See What&#8217;s Happening This Week at Voiland College!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[412],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11410"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11420,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11410\/revisions\/11420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11410"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=11410"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=11410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}