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January 2020
We All Belong: Tools to Create a Beloved Community
When peer exclusion persists, it not only diminishes self-esteem, but can also be academically and emotionally debilitating. We all play a pivotal role in creating the safe and welcoming environment that all students deserve. Through Mindfulness practices and group exercises, this retreat hopes to will provide students with tools to create loving and welcoming environments. Facilitators: Dr. Lydia Gerber, Dr. Cecilia Richards, Trymaine Gaither, and Mary Kay Patton. Register here!
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November 2020
Freshmen Welcome: Dessert with the Deans!
Attention Honors College Freshmen Students! Join us for Dessert with the Deans When: Thursday, November 5th, 6:30-7:30PM Where: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/97551832145?pwd=T0VuN2w4NjYyVDc3WVcrY2tSQU9aUT09 Attention Honors College Freshmen Students! Please join Dean Grant Norton and the faculty and staff of Honors for our first virtual Dessert with the Deans event on Thursday, November 5 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. No agenda or program – just an opportunity to meet your Deans as well as the Honors College team and fellow classmates. We’ll enjoy interactive games…
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Residential Energy Use and Efficiency Internationally Presentation
Presentation for the Honors College Certificate of Global Competencies Friday, December 4, 2020, 1:10 p.m. Everybody welcome! Patrick Robichaud (BS Civil Engineering, 2021): Residential Energy Use and Efficiency Internationally ZOOM LINK: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/91535821871 Energy is key to human survival. Where and how humans have gotten their energy has changed over time and the total amount needed has increased as the population of the world has grown. Since the industrial revolution coal, oil and gas have been the main energy sources…
Find out more »An Assessment of Ecuador’s Promises from the Paris-Climate Agreement Presentation
Presentation for the Honors College Certificate of Global Competencies Monday, December 7, 2020, 1:10 p.m. Everybody Welcome! Kainoa Torres (Strategic Communication, 2021) An Assessment of Ecuador's Promises from the Paris-Climate Agreement ZOOM LINK: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/91758135364 The Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, home to at least nine different indigenous societies. However, the country’s economy is heavily dependent on oil extraction. The extraction began in the 1920s. By 2000, an oil pipeline had been constructed,…
Find out more »Honors College Virtual Fall Commencement Ceremony
Honors College Virtual Fall Commencement Ceremony With keynote speaker Lewis Lee ('88), CEO and global head of Aon Intellectual Property Solutions Friday December 11 @ 6:00pm Add to Calendar YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/AMSSrW8pt1A Lewis Lee is CEO and global head of Aon Intellectual Property Solutions, a business focused on enhancing enterprise value by executing IP-based value creation strategies and minimizing the cost of IP risk. With IP emerging as a valuable asset class, Lewis provides advanced business and data analytics to help…
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