BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ÎçŇąľçłˇ - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ÎçŇąľçłˇ REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210904 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210723T180911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T180911Z UID:101005-1630627200-1630713599@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:National College Colors Day DESCRIPTION:National College Colors Day is an annual celebration dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that make the college experience great by encouraging people across America to wear apparel of their favorite college or university throughout the day. The College Licensing Company founded College Colors Day in 2004. It is traditionally the Friday before Labor Day. \nWear your college colors; share your stories. Use #CollegeColorsDay to post on social media and spread the word. \nFriday\, September 3\, 2021 is the day! Visit collegecolorsday.com to win prizes and support your team. URL:/event/national-college-colors-day/ LOCATION:ÎçŇąľçłˇ\, 2710 Crimson Way\, Richland\, WA\, 99354\, United States CATEGORIES:ASWSUTC,Calendar,Career Services,Celebration,Community Event,Event,Featured event,MOSAIC Center,Recruitment,Retention,SEB,student,student clubs,Student Success,Study Abroad,university ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:/wp-content/uploads/info-card-image-coug.png ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Kok":MAILTO:kkok@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210907 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210831T010010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T010010Z UID:101899-1630886400-1630972799@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Labor Day | No Classes | Campus Closed DESCRIPTION: URL:/event/labor-day-no-classes-campus-closed/ LOCATION:WA\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T103000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210822T185901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210822T185901Z UID:101654-1631178000-1631183400@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:APAC Monthly Meeting DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]APAC regular meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month from 9:00 -10:30 am. For the 2020 – 2021 year our meetings will be held remotely via Zoom. We have special presentations for each meeting! All AP staff members are invited to attend. \nMeeting URL: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/571015013?pwd=eFovR1ZsditaNUZFdzdWR3Z5MU1TUT09[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/apac-monthly-meeting/ LOCATION:ÎçŇąľçłˇ\, 2710 Crimson Way\, Richland\, WA\, 99354\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210911 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210831T010238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T011043Z UID:101902-1631232000-1631318399@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Deadline for students to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination or exemption DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now that there is an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine\, personal exemptions are no longer valid or accepted. However\, exemptions are still accepted for religious or medical reasons. \nIndividuals should abide by the timelines for submitting proof of COVID-19 vaccination or religious or medical exemptions. \nSubmit proof of vaccination or exemption: Sept. 10\nStudents must submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination\, proof of initiation of the vaccination\, or file for a religious or medical exemption by Friday\, Sept. 10. \nIndividuals with personal exemptions on file: Oct. 18\nStudents with a personal exemption currently on file must provide proof of full vaccination or request a religious or medical exemption by Monday\, Oct. 18. \nWhere to submit:\nCougar Health Services\nWorkday (student employees\, only)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/deadline-for-students-to-submit-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-or-exemption/ LOCATION:WA\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210916 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210911T024426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T024426Z UID:102405-1631664000-1631750399@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Deadline to submit nominations for WSU Alumni Association Awards DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNominate amazing WSU alumni\, faculty/staff\, students\, volunteers\, and friends for a wide range of WSU Alumni Association awards in recognition of their commitment to and support of WSU.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit a nomination \nDeadline: Wednesday\, Sept. 15[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/deadline-to-submit-nominations-for-wsu-alumni-association-awards/ LOCATION:ÎçŇąľçłˇ\, 2710 Crimson Way\, Richland\, WA\, 99354\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T133000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210908T222328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T222328Z UID:102266-1631707200-1631712600@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Fall 2021 Speaker Series & Virtual Book Club - Disability and Intersectionality DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our Disability and Intersectionality Fall 2021 Speaker Series is intended to provide a platform for the underrepresented voices within the disability community. This series will address the intersection of disability and race\, sexuality\, sexual orientation\, religion\, and socio-economic status. This series is hosted by the WSU Access Center and the Disabled Students and Allies Club (DSAAC). \nRequest accommodations early at access.center@wsu.edu.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102296″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr. Joseph Stramondo[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This talk will explore if or when one has an ethical duty to disclose their disability as a faculty member. It will explore such topics as: Who do you have a responsibility to disclose your disability to and why? Do faculty specifically have an ethical obligation to disclose their disability that is entailed by their role? How do you judge whether the ethical reasons you may have for disclosure are outweighed by your own self-interest to avoid the harms of disability stigma and discrimination by passing? Does one have an obligation to disclose all disabilities or is there reason to disclose some disabilities more than others?[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]September 15 | Noon–1:30 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102295″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dustin Reischman\, MBA[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There has been a lot of discussion of equality and inclusion in the workplace over the past few years and some may be asking\, “how diverse is the workforce?” or “is my potential employer open to my disability?” to name a few concerns those with disabilities may have. Over the past 10 years\, being disabled and finding adequate employment has been a struggle at times due to being placed into a preconceived category or concern of workplace accommodation as disability is a delicate territory for the employer and employee alike. How a disabled and non-disabled person handles themselves is critical in attempting to overcome these obstacles and having the right guidance in your field is paramount in finding careers that allow all to contribute fully\, without bias or perceived ability.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]September 22 | 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102294″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Virtual Book Club\nSick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sick is Khakpour’s grueling\, emotional journey—as a woman\, an Iranian-American\, a writer\, and a lifelong sufferer of undiagnosed health problems—in which she examines her subsequent struggles with mental illness and her addiction to doctor prescribed benzodiazepines\, that both aided and eroded her ever-deteriorating physical health. Divided by settings\, Khakpour guides the reader through her illness by way of the locations that changed her course—New York\, LA\, Santa Fe\, and a college town in Germany—as she meditates on the physiological and psychological impacts of uncertainty\, and the eventual challenge of accepting the diagnosis she had searched for over the course of her adult life.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]September 9 | 4:00–5:00 p.m.\nRegister here for book club!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102293″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Sophie Poost[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Through the use of storytelling\, this presentation will address common myths about bisexuality and disability while addressing passing privilege from a disabled and queer perspective. Sophie will take the audience through her journey of self-identifying\, coming out (and coming out\, and coming out) and ongoing acceptance\, as she elaborates on the battle against systemic and internalized ableism and biphobia. Sophie invites audience members to join her in questioning their preconceived notions of identity expression and community acceptance.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]October 6 | 12:30–2:00 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102310″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Kelsey Ellison[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This talk will explore how disability is represented in media\, especially in the film industry on screen and behind the screen\, and why it is so important for disabled people\, but also for non disabled people to see. And not just through the stories that are told\, but also by who tells them. Kelsey will show examples of representation she loves and where there needs to be change. As an actor herself she has personal experience with the film industry and will tell her stories and what she has experienced. However\, we won’t just focus on the facts and what has happened\, but how we can also actively change this whether you are involved in the film industry or not.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]October 20 | 10:00–11:30 a.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102292″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Rain Dove & Kelsey Ellison[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kelsey Ellison and Rain Dove are an intersectional couple on many levels. Kelsey is disabled\, Rain has no gender and they both identify as Queer. Both of them living proof that these intersectionalities are desirable and relationships like this exist. They will share their experiences on what it’s been like to love\, live and learn with all of these aspects and how they’ve helped to support each other as a couple. This talk will include performance re-enactments and sketches from Kelsey and Rain\, and will encourage questions and conversations from the audience. The aim is to show\, educate\, inspire\, comfort anyone who attends.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]October 20 | Noon–1:30 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102291″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Reyma McCoy McDeid[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Oftentimes in the disability community\, racially marginalized leaders are expected- either implicitly or explicitly- to maintain a level of affability and decorum that can feel constricting to the point of oppressive.  Referencing the unprecedented interest in openly discussing race-based inequity in professional environments- including the nonprofit sector\, academia\, and other so-called “safe” work spaces- that has recently emerged\, this talk invites both racially marginalized and white participants to critically examine how social mores must also be included in such conversations in order to truly facilitate just and equitable work environments for all.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]November 3 | Noon–1:30 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102290″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Mia Ives-Rublee[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Disability intersects every facet of human life. But many organizations continue to struggle with how disability affects the issues they care about and how to be inclusive of the disability community. This workshop provides participants the opportunity to understand the basics of Disability Justice and learn how to make their own organizations and businesses more inclusive of the disability community.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]November 17 | 1:00–2:30 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102297″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr. Joseph Stramondo & Leah Smith[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This talk will lay out and help the audience interpret some of the key conceptual themes of the documentary film Far From the Tree and the book of the same name by Andrew Solomon.  Solomon wrote the book and made the film to reconcile the tensions that existed in his own family between his gay identity and his parents’ very different values and experiences.  The fundamental question he set out to explore was: how do the members of a family create durable\, loving relationships across vastly different social identities and correspondingly divergent experiences of the world? The speakers\, Joseph Stramondo and Leah Smith\, feature heavily in the film as Little People that have both average size parents and average size kids of their own.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]December 1 | 10:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.\nRegister here!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/fall-2021-speaker-series-virtual-book-club-disability-and-intersectionality/ LOCATION:Zoom\, WA\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar,student clubs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T183000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210914T202809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T202909Z UID:102573-1631727000-1631730600@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Cougs LEAD Club Meeting DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The purpose of Cougs LEAD is to allow members the opportunity to develop and improve leadership skills through volunteer efforts and community service. The club will host workshops for professional development where students can develop crucial leadership skills to give back to the community (volunteering). Additionally\, this club will make sure to spread awareness on resources for all ÎçŇąľçłˇ students.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Club meetings will occur every other Wednesday.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/cougs-lead-club-meeting-2/ LOCATION:SUB 120N\, WA\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T100000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210911T024337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T024337Z UID:102402-1631782800-1631786400@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Coffee Chats about Teaching with Kate and Janet DESCRIPTION: URL:/event/coffee-chats-about-teaching-with-kate-and-janet/ LOCATION:Collaboration Hall patio\, WA\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T180000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210816T170316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T185033Z UID:101437-1632326400-1632333600@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Grand Opening Celebration Collaboration Hall DESCRIPTION:Attend the grand opening celebration of Collaboration Hall\, ÎçŇąľçłˇâ€™ new academic building. \nThe grand opening will feature official remarks by university leaders\, light refreshments\, a ribbon cutting and open tours of the building.\n\nUnable to attend in-person?\nAttend virtually: youtube.com/wsutricities \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 22\n4 p.m. – 6 p.m.\nÎçŇąľçłˇ Collaboration Hall\n2780 Crimson Way\nRichland\, WA 99354\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the safety and wellbeing of our guests\, COVID protocols will apply\n\n\n\nRSVP URL:/event/grand-opening-celebration-collaboration-hall/ LOCATION:Collaboration Hall\, WA\, United States CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:/wp-content/uploads/9703d5c1-de52-c68d-680c-eb8c5d2f5dc2.png ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210907T161557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T162250Z UID:102138-1632335400-1632344400@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:WSU Visiting Writers Series DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mark your calendars! WSU Visiting Writers Series invites you to a semester of free public in-person and live-streamed readings\, Q&As\, book signings\, and museum exhibits.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102144″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Zoe Hana Mikuta | YA Fiction[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Zoe Hana Mikuta is a Korean-American writer currently attending the University of Washington in Seattle where she is majoring in English with a creative writing focus and minoring in History of Religion. She grew up in Boulder\, Colorado\, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady infatuation for fictional worlds. She enjoys writing about deteriorating worlds inhabited by characters with bad tempers\, skewed morals\, and big hearts. Her YA wlw sci-fi debut Gearbreakers was published by Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan in June 2021. An untitled sequel will follow in 2022.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Wednesday\, September 22\, 2021  |  6:30 P.M.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Watch live on YouTube![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102143″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Haki R. Madhubuti | Poetry[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Haki R. Madhubuti is an award-winning poet\, one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement\, an essayist\, educator\, founder and publisher (Emeritus) of Third World Press (1967) and Third World Press Foundation. He is the author/editor of over thirty-six books of poetry and nonfiction including Don’t Cry\, Scream (1969)\, Run Toward Fear: New Poems and a Poet’s Handbook (2004)\, YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life (2006); Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems 1967-2009 (2009)\, Honoring genius\, Gwendolyn Brooks: The narrative of Craft\, Art\, Kindness and Justice (2011); and the best-selling Black Men: Obsolete\, Single\, Dangerous? (1991). A long-time community activist and institution builder\, Madhubuti is a co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education and its three schools in Chicago. He retired in 2011 after a forty-two-year distinguished teaching career that included Cornell University\, Howard University\, Chicago State University where he was appointed its first University Distinguished Professor and was the founding Director of its MFA Program in Creative Writing\, and DePaul University\, where he served as the last Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor. Madhubuti’s most recent books are\, Taking Bullets: Terrorism and Black Life in Twenty-First Century America (2016)\, co-editor of Not Our President: New Directions From the Pushed Out\, the Others\, and the Clear Majority in Trump’s Stolen America (2017) and Taught By Women: Poems As Resistance Language New And Selected (2020).[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Tuesday\, October 5\, 2021  |  6:00 P.M.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Watch live on YouTube![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”102142″ img_size=”medium” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Brian Blanchfield | Prose[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Brian Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose\, including Proxies: Essays Near Knowing and A Several World\, which received\, respectively\, a 2016 Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the 2014 Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award.  His recent work appears in The Oxford American\, Grand\, Tin House\, A Public Space\, The Map Is Not the Territory\, Northwest Review\, Textual Practice\, and Chicago Review.  A finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir and the recipient of fellowships from the Howard Foundation and the Idaho Council for the Arts\, Blanchfield teaches in the Bennington Writing Seminars and directs the MFA writing program at the University of Idaho.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Tuesday\, October 19\, 2021  |  5:30 P.M.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Watch live on YouTube![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/wsu-visiting-writers-series/ LOCATION:YouTube\, WA\, United States CATEGORIES:academic,Calendar,Event,Professional Development,student ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/wp-content/uploads/WSU-Visiting-Writing-Center-Series.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210927 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210723T231612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T231819Z UID:101011-1632441600-1632700799@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:JCPenney Suit Up Event DESCRIPTION:Get 30% off your purchase by using code: WSUTCCOUG online or in-stores. URL:/event/jcpenney-suit-up-event/ LOCATION:Online\, WA\, 99354\, United States CATEGORIES:Career Services,student ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210928 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210928T155813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T155813Z UID:102952-1632700800-1632787199@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Get to know a Hispanic Coug DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tune in for interviews on the ÎçŇąľçłˇ MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion Instagram account with Hispanic students\, faculty\, staff and others. \nEvery Monday through Oct. 15![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/get-to-know-a-hispanic-coug/ LOCATION:@wsutc_mosaiccenter\, WA\, United States CATEGORIES:Calendar,Celebration,Event,MOSAIC Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:/wp-content/uploads/WSU-Tri-Cities-Hispanic-Heritage-Month-Events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210911T024553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T024553Z UID:102407-1632756600-1632758400@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Campus-wide budget forum DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Monday\, Sept. 27\n3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.\nEast Auditorium (East 266) and Zoom\n(Meeting ID: 7710 6797\, Password 968331) \nAttend a campus-wide budget open forum\, where the following topics will be presented and discussed: \n\nState\, system and local budget outlook\nWhere we are in the FY22 budget process\nUpdate on FY22 budget requests\nOverall campus budget update\n\nWe welcome your comments\, opinions and concerns.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/campus-wide-budget-forum/ LOCATION:East Auditorium\, 2710 University Dr\, Richland\, WA\, 99354\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T183000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210911T024719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T024719Z UID:102409-1632850200-1632853800@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Let's Talk ÎçŇąľçłˇ Hanford: Hanford History Part II DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wednesday\, Sept. 28\n5:30 p.m.\nHanford Facebook Page (Facebook live) \nThe discussion will dive into the history of the Hanford Site from the end of World War II through the signing of the Tri-Party Agreement in 1989. The first part of Hanford history was covered in the Department of Ecology’s May event. A recording is available to watch. \nRobert Franklin\, assistant director and archivist of the ÎçŇąľçłˇ Hanford History Project\, is slated to join the live conversation\, along with Ginger Wireman\, Ryan Miller\, and Daina McFadden from the Department of Ecology’s Nuclear Waste Program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/lets-talk-about-hanford-hanford-history-part-ii/ LOCATION:Facebook live\, WA\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="ÎçŇąľçłˇ":MAILTO:tricities.info@wsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210913T222819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T223237Z UID:102491-1632999600-1633003200@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:RFO Forum with Chancellor Haynes DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is an RFO Forum where we will talk with the Chancellor.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Zoom link[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/rfo-forum-with-chancellor-haynes/ LOCATION:Zoom\, WA\, United States CATEGORIES:Calendar,Faculty Development,RFO page END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T153000 DTSTAMP:20260515T195124 CREATED:20210928T160942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T160942Z UID:102961-1633010400-1633015800@tricities.wsu.edu SUMMARY:Latinx Professional Panel DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The panel will feature local Latinx professionals that discuss honoring identity and culture in the workplace\, the impact of discrimination and systemic injustice and identify-based resources for professionals. The panel will be followed by a question and answer session with students. The event is hosted by the ÎçŇąľçłˇ MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion\, ÎçŇąľçłˇ TRIO Student Success Programs and the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. \nThursday\, Sept. 30 | 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | ÎçŇąľçłˇ East Auditorium (East 266)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:/event/latinx-professional-panel/ LOCATION:East Auditorium\, 2710 Crimson Way\, Richland\, WA\, 99354 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:/wp-content/uploads/Latinx-Professional-Panel.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR