Zoom to no longer require passcodes for meeting
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
September 22, 2020
Zoom reversed its decision to require passcodes or waiting rooms for every virtual meeting conducted on the platform. The reversal of required passcodes or waiting rooms is a Zoom decision, not a WSU decision, said Jacqueline Southwick, communications manager of WSU Information Technology Servic...
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...
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...
Children’s Center continues to teach online
JAKOB THORINGTON, Evergreen reporter
April 10, 2020
When the kids in Michael Chapman’s class at the WSU Children’s Center were told they would no longer be meeting in person anymore, they all had one question. What was going to happen to their pet rat Maxine? Chapman, Children’s Center assistant director, said he answered their concerns by having Maxi...
Three individuals died and seven individuals tested positive for COVID-19 today. Whitman County’s total is 1,689 cases. Of the reported deaths,...
