Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
2023-08-04 10:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CUE Atrium (Smith Center for Undergraduate Education), Pullman, WA, 99164
On the final day of the WSU-hosted Summer Undergraduate Research program, about 80 students from 50 universities, including WSU, will share their mentored summer research results at a poster event. The students worked in projects across many STEM disciplines. Host of the symposium is the Office of Undergraduate Research.

Student Employment Fair 2023 hosted by ASCC
2023-08-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Glenn Terrell Mall
At this Week of Welcome Signature Event, the Academic Success and Career Center (ASCC) hosts the Student Employment Fair 2023. It’s specially designed for WSU or local Pullman employers looking to recruit top talent from Washington State University, and students seeking future employers for local and on-campus employment.
This event offers a unique opportunity to meet face-to-face to talk about part-time jobs, internships, and full-time positions.
Employers should sign up at either of two locations:
Handshake: WSU Week of Welcome – Student Employment Fair 2023
Google Forms: Week of Welcome Student Employment Fair

Core to Career Kickoff Session for Cohort 3
2023-08-17 09:00 - 13:00 | SPARK Building
The third cohort of Core to Career faculty fellows will meet to kickoff their fall workshops. Each member will learn about and incorporate into their courses some career-readiness skills, helping prepare students to better meet employers’ desired competencies for new hires.

Academic College Kickoffs hosted by ASCC
2023-08-17 14:00 - 16:00 | ASCC Lighty 160 lobby
The Academic Success and Career Center (ASCC) will host all undecided/exploring students at Academic College Kickoffs that aim to continue developing the relationships between new first-year students and WSU’s academic colleges. While this event is geared toward first-year students, all are welcome.

"Here in a Homemade Forest: Common Reading Connections" (museum exhibit)
2023-08-22 - 2024-03-09 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
This exhibit is based around important themes found in the 2022-24 common reading book, Braiding Sweetgrass. Guests are invited to contemplate—through the lens of art—how to prioritize a reciprocal relationship with the land, each other, and other living beings. The exhibit features a diverse selection of artworks and cultural objects created by Native and non-Native artists.

Career Expo and Technical Fair (Fall 2023)
2023-10-02 - 2023-10-03 | WA
Students can visit with employers from dozens of industries at this two-day fall event, with Mon. Oct. 2 being virtual, and Tues. Oct. 3 being in-person. Preparation workshops and resume reviews precede the Expo. Registration will be available on Handshake closer to the Expo.
The Oct. 2 event runs from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. online.
The Oct. 3 event is from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in Beasley Coliseum.

Thriving Authentically Industry Panel hosted by ASCC
2023-10-03 | CUB Junior Ballroom

WSU Academic Advising Fall Forum
2023-10-06 08:30 - 12:30 | WA
Hosted by the Academic Advising and Career Center (ASCC), the fall advising forum is an opportunity for academic advisors to network and learn about new details for the upcoming year. Registration information will be forthcoming from ASCC to eligible attendees.

TEACHxWSU 2023 (hosted by the WSU Teaching Academy)
2023-10-20 | WA
TEACHxWSU 2023 will feature discussions on the WSU Teaching Academy Book Club book, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Strategies for Teaching, edited by University of Cincinnati Blue Ash professors Rita Kumar and Brenda Refaei. Registration information and further details will be forthcoming.

Distinguished Scholarships Celebration
2023-10-27 15:30 - 17:00 | Distinguished Scholar’s Gallery in the CUB, WSU Compton Union Building, Pullman, WA, 99164
The annual Distinguished Scholarships Celebration recognizes every recipient of prestigious, nationally competitive awards from the past year. Students and alumni who have received such awards of Fulbright U.S. Student, Goldwater, Udall, Gilman, and other awards are recognized at the event, along with their mentors.

Core to Career Faculty Fellows Final Workshop
2023-12-13 09:00 - 12:00 | WA
The third cohort of Core to Career faculty fellows will meet to network and work on their course-revision planning. Throughout fall semester, members learned about career-readiness skills that employers seek in new hires. Their goal is to build career-readiness skills into their courses for students.

SURCA Required Judging Training for Post-candidacy Doctoral Students (two same-day options)
2024-03-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-03-21 15:00 - 16:00 | CUE 518
Judging at SURCA is a great way to both put your knowledge to use and to learn what the next generation of scholars is exploring. SURCA staff greatly appreciate that you have volunteered to be a judge. To help make your time at the event enjoyable and productive, SURCA requires that all post-candidacy doctoral students attend one of two training sessions (at 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. today). You’ll get tips from experts, learn about SURCA’s scoring rubric and judging software, and more. We look forward to seeing you at a meeting! And, please browse the SURCA website, especially the judges’ and the searchable abstracts sections, to learn about the showcase.

Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (SURCA) 2024
2024-03-25 | CUB Senior Balloroom
Visit the poster exhibits and presentations by undergraduates engaged in faculty-mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities at SURCA 2024! Around 200 students will describe their work to investigate new, or confirm existing, facts in their discipline. SURCA presenters register for presentations in any of nine categories. While students present to judges who evaluate presentations according to a rubric, the students also present to the public and answer question about their efforts. Be sure to save the date!

Spring Awards Event
2024-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 | WA
Please join the offices and programs providing student engagement and success services for a spring awards celebration. Students, faculty, and staff will be honored for their contributions and accomplishments at this annual event. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Core to Career Cohort 3 Shares Course Change Results
2024-05-03 | WA
The third cohort of Core to Career faculty fellows will share the results of spring course modifications to include career-readiness competencies into their classes. Core to Career members teach UCORE courses and impact the learning of hundreds of undergraduates. The goal is to help students to better meet employers’ desired skills for new hires. To date, cohorts one, two, and three will have impacted a broad section of students at WSU.

Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
2024-08-02 10:00 - 13:00 | CUE Atrium (Smith Center for Undergraduate Education), Pullman, WA, 99164
Come to this poster session to see what STEM students researched with faculty at WSU Pullman this summer. Sixty-seven students from New York to Southern California and Florida to Washington participated in summer undergraduate research programs with mentoring faculty and their lab staff. The visiting students represent 42 universities in 21 states and are taking part in several projects focused on such topics as gerontology, crop resiliency, waves in the universe and technology, plant genomes, and race and policing. The symposium is free and open to the public, and all are invited.

University Convocation
2024-08-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Beasley Coliseum (WSU Pullman campus)
All new incoming students at WSU Pullman are invited to this formal ceremony and program to officially kick off the start of their college experience. Convocation is a WSU tradition, and it’s where everyone meets the Friday morning before classes start. Join your (old and new) friends, professors, and staff there.

Common Reading Invited Lecture, featuring author Priya Fielding-Singh
2024-10-15 19:00 - 20:30 | To Be Decided
Author of this year’s Common Reading book, “How the Other Half Eats,” Priya Fielding-Singh will deliver this year’s Invited Lecture. The book is being used in classes and programming this year at the WSU Pullman, Vancouver, Tri-Cities, and Global campuses. Attending this event is a great way to gain insights from the author and get more or new information on book topics. Many students attend in class groups. The event is free and open to the public.

Research Opportunities Fair (LSAMP and TMP)
2024-10-16 07:00 - 20:30 | CUE 203
This annual event brings research faculty and students together to explore opportunities for undergraduate research at WSU Pullman. An orientation session will kick off the evening, followed by presentations in various rooms in the CUE. Organized by the WSU LSAMP and TMP programs.

Distinguished Scholars Celebration
2024-10-25 03:30 - 17:00 | Distinguished Scholar’s Gallery in the CUB, WSU Compton Union Building, Pullman, WA, 99164
This event celebrates every student who received a distinguished scholarship over the past year. Each awardee will be recognized with a description of their award and a medallion. A reception follows the ceremony.

TEACHxWSU, hosted by the WSU Teaching Academy
2024-10-25 09:00 - 15:40 | WA
The third annual TEACHxWSU conference will be October 25, 2024 and is themed “Becoming a Student Ready College.” The WSU Teaching Academy will host lead author Tia Brown McNair for a morning, virtual keynote address and workshop on the book, Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success. Faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to this and a full schedule of events for the day to include lunch, afternoon workshops, campus-specific discussions, and more.

Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness (ACE) Awards Program
2024-11-05 | WA
ACE hosts this event to honor WSU undergraduate programs with exemplary assessment practices. Effective assessment supports quality academic programs and advances WSU’s land grant mission and goals of providing a transformative student experience. Events were held in 2017, 2019, and 2022.

Undergraduate Research Halls Dedication
2024-11-08 03:30 - 17:00 | Terrell Library Atrium
Two new galleries featuring undergraduate research posters are in Terrell Library and Owen Science and Engineer Library, and an afternoon ceremony will officially dedicate the exhibits. The gallery exhibits are the result of a collaboration between WSU Libraries and the Office of Undergraduate Research, a DAESA program. Guest speaker at the event will be alum Julian Reyes, Climate Adaptation Program Lead for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Washington, D.C. The public is welcome.

SURCA (Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities)
2025-03-24 15:30 - 16:45 | CUB Senior Balloroom
Undergraduates engaged in mentored research, scholarship, and creative activity will present posters to judges and the community at this popular, annual event. SURCA has become a WSU tradition featuring around 200 student presenters from all majors, years in college, and campuses; most are in-person but some presentations may be virtual. Presentations can be in any of nine categories, covering the wide scope of research being done by students with faculty mentors. Guests are welcome to browse posters and talk to student presenters from 3:30-4:45 p.m. in the CUB Senior Ballroom, and to attend the awards event starting at 5:00 p.m. in the CUB Aud.

WSU Teaching Academy Induction of New Members
2025-04-15 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
Following an application/nomination period ending March 21, the WSU Teaching Academy will induct its first new members in two years at a ceremony in the Bundy Reading Room in Avery Hall. New members will be notified with information about the event.

DAESA Awards Celebration
2025-04-22 15:00 - 16:15 | Lewis Alumni Centre
Programs in the WSU Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA), and partnering units, will present annual awards to students, faculty, and staff at this annual event. Joining the awards presented will be the Alumni Association’s Top Ten Senior awards for the university, and undergraduate research awards and grants from the WSU Emerita/Emeritus Society. The celebration will be at the WSU Alumni Centre. Doors for the awards event open at 2:45, with the program running from 3:10-4:15. If you cannot join in person, please join by Zoom:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android: wsu.zoom.us/j/96002637760?pwd=sAt…
Meeting ID: 960 0263 7760
Passcode: [REDACTED]
(Please refer to this Confluence guide on Joining WSU Zoom Meetings before trying to join the meeting.)

Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
2025-08-01 10:00 - 13:00 | CUE Atrium (Smith Center for Undergraduate Education), Pullman, WA, 99164
On the final day of the WSU-hosted Summer Undergraduate Research program, students from universities across the country, including WSU, will share their mentored summer research results at a free and public poster event.
The posters will show work and results from more than 70 students’ mentored projects across many STEM disciplines. The symposium is hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research.
The welcome and keynote address at 9:00 a.m. will feature a guest speaker. That session will be in-person in CUE 203 and on Zoom.
Students will be at their posters starting at 10 a.m. to discuss their efforts and findings with guests and other students. All are welcome to attend!
