Center offers summer tutoring over Zoom
ALANA LACKNER, Evergreen reporter
June 29, 2020
The Academic Success and Career Center is hosting free tutoring on Zoom this summer for all WSU students. This is the first time summer tutoring is available to all campuses, including Global Campus, said ASCC Assistant Director Alicia Petersen. Summer tutoring is usually held in-person on th...
GIESORC celebrates Pride Month virtually
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 4, 2020
The Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation Resource Center (GIESORC) will provide online gatherings and an ally training to celebrate Pride Month. The events will be held virtually. GIESORC Director Matthew Jeffries said the schedule has not yet been finalized. Typically, the center...
Zoom application offers updates for students, faculty
JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen news editor
May 29, 2020
Zoom users must update their application by May 30 to continue using its video services. If users do not update Zoom by that date, they will be unable to access meetings until they do so. Jacqueline Southwick, communication manager for WSU Information Technology Services, said the update takes a few m...
CAPS psychologists offer telemental health services for students
ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter
May 1, 2020
The Counseling and Psychological Services under Cougar Health Services is offering telemental, or remote, health resources to WSU students who are still in Washington state. Loren Brown, associate director at Counseling and Psychological Services, said CAPS can help those who are currently out of state to c...
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 ...
Local churches, mosque adjust to ‘new reality’ of COVID-19
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 22, 2020
When Gov. Jay Inslee issued the executive order to stay home, it left religious leaders questioning how they would conduct their day-to-day services. “I think all of the churches feel the ache of not being together physically,” said Ern Menocal, lead pastor for the Hills Church in Pullman. The...
Second provost candidate presents to university community
JAKOB THORINGTON, Evergreen reporter
April 15, 2020
The second presentation during WSU’s provost search featured a variety of color-coordinated maps from a geography professor seeking to become the university’s next provost. “As a geographer I felt I had to throw in at least one or two maps in,” provost candidate Robert McMaster said. M...
OPINION: Zoom is better than pre-recorded lectures
ANTHONY TORCHIA, Evergreen Columnist
April 10, 2020
Since WSU’s transition to distance-learning methods due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, two main methods are in use by instructors to teach their classes: Zoom lecture sessions or pre-recorded lectures. While pre-recorded lectures and assignments may offer flexibility to students, having Zoom sessions he...
Fall instruction will incorporate different types of teaching models, and students will be expected to follow specific classroom protocols to ensure the...
