Join Ģ������Ƶ with a gift to support student success and student hardship relief as part of #CougsGive Day on Wednesday, April 14!

Ģ������Ƶ is raising dollars for the following funds as part of #CougsGive Day:

• Ģ������Ƶ Chancellor’s Excellence Fund
• Ģ������Ƶ Scholars Excellence Fund
• Ģ������Ƶ Emergency Hardship Fund

To donate, visit cougsgive.wsu.edu/tricities.

Every dollar goes toward supporting student success and preventing student hardship. It’s been a tumultuous year. Let’s celebrate our students with a donation that celebrates them!

 

SEB/ASWSUTC Student #CougsGive Day Sharing Challenge
Win Coug prize packs or a $200 Bookie gift card
Winners announced at noon (prize packs) and 8 p.m. (gift card)

Share a quick sentence or story about someone at Ģ������Ƶ who changed your life for the better on , or and tag @WSUTriCities AND #CougsGiveTC.

• Five students will be randomly selected to win a Ģ������Ƶ prize pack (announced at noon)
• One student will be randomly selected to win a $200 gift card to The Bookie (announced at 8 p.m.)

 

Alaska Airlines Faculty Challenge
Faculty can earn a $2,500 Alaska Airlines voucher for their department
Winner announced at 1 p.m.

The Ģ������Ƶ academic department with the most donations from faculty to one of the three Ģ������Ƶ #CougsGive Day funds will earn a $2,500 Alaska Airlines flight voucher for their department.

 

HAPO Cares Challenge
Unlock a $500 HAPO matching gift
Announced at 3 p.m.

The first 10 gifts to the Ģ������Ƶ Scholars Excellence Fund unlocks a $500 gift from HAPO Community Credit Union.

 

Show Your Cougar Pride Challenge
Win a Coug prize pack
Winner announced at 5 p.m.

Share on ,�����ǰ��� about why you give to Ģ������Ƶ and tag @WSUTriCities AND #CougsGiveTC.

A winner will be selected to win a Ģ������Ƶ Coug prize pack.

 

CougsGive Employee Challenge
Unlock a $500 Advancement matching gift
Announced at 7 p.m.

The first 10 Ģ������Ƶ employees to give to the Ģ������Ƶ Student Emergency Hardship Fund will be matched by the Ģ������Ƶ Advancement team (up to $500).

 

Ģ������Ƶ Chancellor Challenge
$500 and $250 additional gifts from Chancellor Haynes
Winner announced at 10 a.m. next day (April 15)

The top two Ģ������Ƶ #CougsGive Day funds with the most unique donors will unlock $500 and $250 gifts, respectively, from Chancellor Sandra Haynes.

 

RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will honor 12 individuals as part of its 2018 Women of Distinction class during a gallery exhibition opening and reception at 4 p.m. on April 20 in the Consolidated Information Center Art Gallery on campus.

The Ģ������Ƶ Women of Distinction program recognizes female students, staff, faculty, alumnae and community members who have made notable contributions to the campus and their community through service, teaching or involvement.

“It is our honor and privilege to recognize exceptional female leaders, mentors and overall professionals that have given back to the university and their communities,” said Chris Meiers, Ģ������Ƶ vice chancellor of student affairs. “These are individuals who have improved access to educational opportunities, created pathways for others to be successful and generally provided incredible support to the next generation of leaders.”

Those being honored as the Ģ������Ƶ 2018 Women of Distinction class include:

• LoAnn Ayers – United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties president and CEO
• Eadie Balint – Ģ������Ƶ professional development and community education coordinator
• Diahann Howard – Port of Benton director of economic development and governmental affairs and Tri-Cities Research District executive director
• Savanna Kresse – Ģ������Ƶ junior studying history and pre-law
• Kate McAteer – Ģ������Ƶ assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs
• Mysti Meiers – Ģ������Ƶ senior academic advisor
• Judy Morrison – Ģ������Ƶ academic director for the College of Education and associate professor of education
• Maegan Murray – Ģ������Ƶ public relations/communication coordinator
• Sarah Newcomer – Ģ������Ƶ assistant professor of education
• Darlene Scrivner – Columbia Basin College special assistant to the president
• Karen Sinclair – Mission Support Alliance project manager
• Dani Young – Ģ������Ƶ junior studying civil engineering

After the ceremony on April 20, all photos and biographies of the award recipients will be on display in the East Building hallway next to The Bookie, Ģ������Ƶ’ student bookstore.

The honorees will also be highlighted on the Ģ������Ƶ Women of Distinction website at /women-of-distinction/.

 

Contact:

Danielle Kleist, Ģ������Ƶ specialist assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs, 509-372-7104, danielle.kleist@wsu.edu

RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities will honor its international students, faculty and staff members with a new international flag installation and celebration that will take place at 1:15 p.m. on Monday in the Floyd Atrium on campus.

There will be an initial total of 32 flags represented of the known 32 countries of current international students, faculty and staff that will be hung as part of the installation. Members of the public are welcome to attend the celebration.

“These flags are displayed in a prominent place in recognition of faculty, staff and students who have come to our campus from countries around the world and of their diverse backgrounds and experience strengthen the campus,” said Jana Kay, campus registrar.

As part of a brief celebration for installation, the campus community will hear from Kate McAteer, assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs, Israa Alshaikhli, president of the Associated Students of Washington State University Tri-Cities, and Yuna Okamoto, a student in the Intensive American Language Center, on the importance and impact of having the installation on campus.

If there are flags not represented of current campus community members’ home countries, those individuals are encouraged to contact Erika Kraus, Ģ������Ƶ international student coordinator, at erika.kraus@wsu.edu. Additional flags will be installed as they are identified.