{"id":11457,"date":"2026-07-07T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?p=11457"},"modified":"2026-07-23T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:16:11","slug":"july-7-2026-voiland-college-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/2026\/07\/07\/july-7-2026-voiland-college-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"July 7, 2026 Voiland College This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Go Cougs !<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

KHQ interviewed\u00a0Sasha Richey<\/strong>\u00a0on her research that indicates that the Columbia River Basin\u00a0may face water shortages in the future.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WSU Insider interviewed\u00a0Joseph Iannelli<\/strong>\u00a0about Washington State University\u2019s\u00a0new agreements to pursue transatlantic collaboration with Poland\u2019s\u00a0AGH\u00a0University of Krakow.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kitsap Daily News interviewed students from\u00a0Emily Larsen\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0capstone class about their project to\u00a0help electrify Washington State Ferries\u2019 fleet.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VCEA Attention Grabbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Payam Hamedi , Dar Neunherz, Esther Dodson, John Kirkland, Andrew Bailey<\/strong>, and the\u00a0VCEA IT team<\/strong>\u00a0recently received\u00a0recognition from their colleagues<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Friday, Sept. 18 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Full listing of Voiland College events.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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\r\n Share Your Event <\/h2> \n\n

Want to list your event on a Voiland College website, in this newsletter, or in our weekly student newsletter? Follow these steps!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n

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Opportunities <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Digital Accessibility, Updates, and Guides <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here are the latest updates on digital accessibility<\/a> and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regents\u2019 Distinguished Alumni Award \u2013 Nominations Due July 15 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Washington State University invites you to recognize exceptional alumni whose achievements, leadership, and service bring distinction to the Cougar community. As the university\u2019s highest alumni honor, this award celebrates Cougs whose impact spans industries, communities, and the world.\u202fPast recipients<\/a> represent the very best of WSU \u2014 from visionary philanthropists and entrepreneurs to leaders in education and global media.  Submit a nomination today<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominate a Colleague for the Crimson Spirit Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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 Crimson Spirit Award<\/a> today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Be Safe Cougs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wildfire and Air Quality FAQ <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This FAQ<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\r\n Send Us Your News <\/h2> \n\n

Include your kudos, opportunities, events, and more in the Voiland College This Week<\/em> newsletter for employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEADLINE: <\/strong>Submit items by 12 pm Thursday for inclusion in the following Tuesday newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Faculty interviews, staff recognition and more! See What’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\/11457"}],"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=11457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11458,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions\/11458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=11457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}