WSU administration discloses more details about fall classes
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 15, 2020
Fall instruction will incorporate different types of teaching models, and students will be expected to follow specific classroom protocols to ensure the safety of other students and instructors. “These are evolving. We monitor the public health situation constantly,” said Mary Wack, vice provos...
Schulz says fall classes will still happen
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
May 31, 2020
The university is planning for in-person instruction come fall, but the WSU experience will likely look drastically different, said WSU officials in an online town hall Friday morning. WSU interim provost Bryan Slinker said the university plans to reopen for fall, even though classes will not retu...
WSU launches certificate program for online teaching skills
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
May 29, 2020
The WSU Provost’s Office and WSU Academic Outreach and Innovation have launched a new distance delivery mastery certificate to improve the faculty’s ability to teach online. The certificate provides an opportunity for instructors to learn how to successfully adapt their teaching style to an online e...
Chemistry department now using take-home lab kits
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
May 18, 2020
WSU's Department of Chemistry is adjusting to online classes this summer by using lab kits that allow students to perform laboratory experiments at home. Cole Mercer, lab manager for CHEM 345, said the experiments included in the kits range from measuring the melting point of hydrocarbons, which...
WSU offers employees tuition waivers for online classes
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
May 15, 2020
For the first time, WSU employees are able to waive tuition for Global Campus’ summer classes. Global Campus lets students take courses online. Students are not required to be online at a set time during the day, said Dave Cillay, WSU Global Campus chancellor. Cathy Lentz, program manager for Acad...
Professors protect against ‘Zoom bombing’
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
April 30, 2020
When Gabriel Condon put together a Songwriters Roundtable, he expected the event to be an opportunity for musicians around the WSU campus to share their music. What he did not expect was for his meeting to be the target of Zoom bombing. Condon, instructor of classical and jazz guitar, said within 15 ...
Orientation, summer classes move online
AMAAN RAHMAN, Evergreen reporter
April 17, 2020
WSU administrators have decided to move the first few orientation sessions online due to the COVID-19 pandemic during a teleconference on Thursday. Pullman Mayor Glenn Johnson said he is working with Gov. Jay Inslee to open some local businesses in Pullman to help the affected business community....
OPINION: Pass fail option doesn’t help students
HALEY BRICKWEDEL, Evergreen Columnist
April 17, 2020
Campus is allowing a pass/fail option for the spring semester. However, applying for pass/fail classes is not easy as it may seem. Each department has their own limit on the amount of pass/fail classes for a degree. Moreover, the pass/fail class will not affect overall GPA and may count towards a deg...
Instructors describe their transition to online teaching
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
While most students and professors worried about how to resume lectures and exams through online instruction, chemistry professors worried about continuing their labs. WSU announced all classes would be transitioning to online instruction following spring break on March 11, due to COVID-19. Ryan Rice, chemistry laboratory supervisor, said the chemistry department came up ...
Access Center continues accommodations online
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 3, 2020
One WSU Access Center employee says the move to online classes removes barriers for some students with disabilities. Rochelle Dach, Access Center assistant director, said the center’s physical office closed due to the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy,” order, but students can continue to receive accomm...
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