Read about WSU Showcase 2018
(a week-long event) ...
... CELEBRATING WSU and HOW
NEW IDEAS CHANGE THE WORLD
Tuesday, March 27
Crimson Reads:
A Celebration of WSU Authors
1:00 p.m. | Terrell Library Atrium
Celebrating the diverse publishing achievements
of WSU authors.
State of the University Address
3:10 p.m. | Bryan Hall Auditorium
Celebrating WSU’s recent successes with President
Kirk Schulz
Wednesday, March 28
Three-Minute Thesis
12:00 p.m. | SPARK Atrium
Celebrating students’ thesis work in a
challenging, consolidated manner.
Distinguished Faculty Address
3:45 p.m. | Goertzen 21
Celebrating a faculty member who has risen to the
front ranks of his or her discipline.
Please Register Thursday,
March 29
GPSA Research Exposition
9:00 a.m. | CUB Carey Senior Ballroom
Celebrating the work of graduate and professional
students through presentations.
Academic Showcase
9:00 a.m. | CUB Carey Senior Ballroom
Celebrating the research, scholarship, and
creative activities of faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students.
Friday, March 30
Celebrating Excellence
Recognition Banquet
5:30 p.m. | CUB Carey Senior Ballroom
Celebrating the research, scholarship, and
creative activities of faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students.
Please Register
Monday, April 2
SURCA Presentations and Demonstrations
3:30–5:00 p.m. | CUB Carey Senior Ballroom
Celebrating undergraduate students’ original
intellectual or creative contribution to their field.
SURCA Awards Ceremony
5:00–5:45 p.m. | CUB Junior Ballroom
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TENNIS
No. 50 Cougars Rally for 4-3 Victory at No. 21 Oregon
March 11, 2018 / from WSU Sports Info
NO. 50 COUGARS RALLY FOR 4-3 VICTORY AT NO. 21 OREGON
EUGENE, Ore. – Sophomore Guzal Yusupova rallied from a set
down in the deciding match to pull out a three-set victory and propel No. 50
Washington State to a 4-3 victory at No. 21 Oregon Sunday afternoon at the
Student Tennis Center. With the win, the Cougars improve to 15-1 on the season
and 1-0 in Pac-12 Conference play.
Oregon captured the opening doubles point by taking
identical 6-1 victories at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. It marked just the
second time in 16 matches this season WSU did not take a lead into singles
play. Junior Tiffany Mylonas was the first singles player off following a 6-1,
6-1 win at No. 3, evening the score.
The two teams went back and forth, as Oregon won at No. 4,
then WSU at No. 6 as sophomore Melissa Ates rode a break of serve in the third
set to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win. Oregon took its last lead at 3-2 when senior Alyssa
Tobita defeated Michaela Bayerlova at No. 1 in three sets, the first loss of
Bayerlova's collegiate career against 20 wins. Junior Aneta Miksovska evened
the match at 3-3 with a straight-set win at No. 5, setting the stage for
Yusupova's heroics.
The Cougars continue their road swing through Oregon Monday
when they face Portland Monday at noon in Portland.
Coach Lisa Hart on the Match:
"Oregon is a very tough team to play. To beat them in
Eugene after losing the doubles point says so much about the character of this
team. Our players battled today, played hard for each other, and mostly, played
with so much Cougar pride. Our players deserve this win and I could not be more
proud of them. Go Cougs!!"
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Students choose Rogers and Parchem
Rogers, ninth female president in 114 years, promised to follow through
on ‘working for change’
By ABBY TUTOR , Daily Evergreen March 8 2018
Savannah Rogers, right, and Tyler Parchem celebrate moments after
receiving their winning results. Rogers said she never wanted anything more in
her life.
March 8, 2018
Candidates Savannah Rogers and Tyler Parchem won the ASWSU presidential
election Wednesday night by about 300 votes.
About 2,300 votes went to Rogers and Parchem and about 2,000 to
candidates Harald Hyllseth and Devon Holze, with just under 4,300 votes in
total.
Rogers and Parchem’s campaign focused on five pillars: empowerment,
accountability, engagement, safety and education.
They have specifically pointed to Green Dot violence prevention
programs as an area for improvement. Parchem has said he wants the program to
expand beyond a one-time course at the beginning of a student’s college career.
Rogers is ASWSU’s ninth female president in 114 years.
She has said one of her biggest goals will be improving ASWSU’s
relationship with students by expanding its communication branch.
Rogers and Parchem will now focus on establishing their executive board
and fortifying their 100-day plan by going back to student groups, this time
without the nerves, to see what they will work on for the year, they said.
“I’m just excited to get to work,” Rogers said.
Before the results were announced, Rogers said she was anxious,
terrified and excited.
“I think regardless of what happens,” she said, “we’re so proud of what
we’ve run.”
Parchem said they plan to get right to work if they win.
“If we are fortunate enough to win, it starts tomorrow,” he said.
Rogers-Parchem campaign manager Parker Blekkenk said it’s crazy how
fast the campaign has gone by, but it’s been great to see how the two
candidates have grown.
“It’s honestly been a whirlwind,” he said.
The two candidates did great things in Senate even before the campaign,
Blekkenk said, and seeing them visit students groups and listen to what
students want has not only strengthened Rogers and Parchem, but has also been
one of his favorite parts of the campaign experience.
Current ASWSU President Jordan Frost and Vice President Garrett Kalt
arrived at the winners’ party to congratulate them, and were welcomed by cheers
and excited faces from Rogers, Parchem, their friends and members of Alpha Omicron
Pi, where the election party was held.
Frost and Kalt handed the candidates the letters confirming their win
and hugged them as “We Are the Champions” played.
Everyone around the candidates congratulated them, and they called
family members to tell them the news.
Rogers and Parchem said they were both speechless and grateful.
“This is the biggest honor I’ve ever had in my life,” Rogers said.
Both candidates also expressed their gratitude toward voters.
“The only way that we can ever thank you enough is by working for
change,” Parchem said, to their campaign slogan.
Rogers directly thanked the people at the election party for their
support throughout the campaign.
“We couldn’t have done this without any of you all,” she said. “Really
and truly.”
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Gilmore, Silva to lead GPSA
Team hopes to promote relationships between grad students,
administrators
GPSA President-elect Amir Gilmore, left, and GPSA Vice President-elect
David Silva talk about their plans for the next year, including improving
communication with student organizations and administrators.
By ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter March 9, 2018
Graduate and Professional students chose Amir Gilmore as GPSA president
and David Silva as vice president for the 2018-2019 school year on Thursday
night.
Gilmore and Silva ran uncontested, winning 436 of the 489 ballots cast
for GPSA president and vice president.
Gilmore has been a part of GPSA for three years. He was the special
elections senator his first year, director of programming his second and is
currently the vice president.
Silva is currently the executive director for GPSA and has only been
involved for a year. As vice president-elect, he said he plans to create a
culture in GPSA that makes communication stronger.
He said there are important policy decisions to make and many problems
to solve, such as conflicting ideas regarding travel grants. He wants to make
sure the constituents know what is happening.
“We want people to think, ‘GPSA Senate, that’s where we go to get stuff
done,’” Silva said.
Gilmore said seed grants are one of the ways he hopes to better involve
senators with their constituents. GPSA will award money — he hopes about $750 —
to a college, and the senators and the constituents will have to figure out how
to utilize it. He said this is a great way for senators to empower themselves
and build comradery.
GPSA, Gilmore said, is currently funding about 30 registered student
organizations. He wants to give more support to RSOs by going to events and
participating in them, he said.
Silva said he wants to improve relationships with college
administrators to better inform graduate and professional students on issues
that may affect them.
“I think that this year we have done a pretty good job, but we want to
keep advancing that,” Gilmore said, “making sure that our voices are heard and
we’re brought to the forefront of the table for Student Affairs.”
Gilmore said relationship building is one of the improvements he would
like to make in GPSA. He also wants to stir conversation about what GPSA does,
its purpose on campus and the services it offers.
Gilmore said graduate and professional students are underrepresented on
campus.
“When we talk about students, we usually think about undergraduates
first,” Gilmore said. “Grad and professional students are here. We do a lot of
meaningful work and research and we teach students … we want to make sure we
are definitely heard.”
Silva said he hopes to foster something similar to GPSA in other WSU
campuses. He wants to make sure GPSA is not Pullman-centric, and that other
graduate and professional students are not forgotten.
Gilmore and Silva said they were not planning to hold any celebratory
event after their win.
“Are you kidding?” Silva said. “We’re graduate students.”
Gilmore also doesn’t have any celebratory plans in mind, for now.
“I have prelims, I teach,” Gilmore said. “When all this quiets down,
maybe we’ll have a drink and celebrate to that.”
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BASEBALL
Cougs start Pac-12 play most in need of one thing
One final non-con game before Friday's matchup at No. 13 UCLA
From Cougfan.com
WASHINGTON STATE dropped Sunday’s game on the baseball diamond 3-1 to
split the four-game series with Saint Mary’s. The start of Pac-12 play is less
than a week away and for crimson optimists, it signifies a new beginning. That
said, Washington State (4-8) hasn’t looked like a team about to go on a roll.
Washington State is No. 8 in hitting in the conference (.257) and the
lack of timely hitting has kept run production down. The Cougs have left 115 on base to date, an
average of 9.6 per game.
WSU’s starting pitching has been better than its team ERA would
indicate (5.38) but it’s still next to last in the conference.
Ultimately, WSU just hasn’t scored enough runs.
The Cougs are averaging 3.8 runs per game. In contrast, UCLA has averaged 7.0 runs per
game.
WSU travels to UCLA for to open conference play on Friday with the
start of three-game series (radio only).
The Bruins lead the conference with a 1.94 ERA. UCLA was ranked No. 13 in the nation in the
latest USA Today poll.
The Cougars complete their nonconference schedule at Long Beach State
on Wednesday.
Washington State is t-6 in the conference in fielding (.970) and plays
like this have helped.
NOTABLE NOTE:
WSU lost some non-conference at-bats when it had to cancel a 4-game
series against Sacramento State last week due to weather.
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