- Shawn McDonald, Christian music artist, performs at an ASWWC sponsored concert on Saturday night in the WEC Alumni gym. Photo by Eric Ashley.
TAKE NOTE
The First People of Suriname
If you are interested in seeing more about the people of Suriname, watch a film Jerry Hartman (WWU Communications Department) produced as part of his MFA thesis study. This film was created for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) that took place in New York (April 21-May 4). A member of The Organization of Indigenous People in Suriname took the film to the UN conference. This is part of a larger film project that Hartman is working on. There is more to come!
Registration is Now Open!
Those registering for summer classes can now do so on Oasis. Seniors, juniors, and sophomores registering for summer and/or the 2008-2009 school year may also register now online. Registration opens for freshmen on May 12 for both summer and fall 2008. Seniors will also need to stop by the Academic Records office to obtain an Application for Degree. This application will need to be signed by the appropriate persons and returned to the Records office before June 13, 2008.
Got Some Great Photos?
Whether you’re new to the whole photography scene or you’ve been taking snapshots of our world as you see it for years, I’d like to see it. Every week the editor of Inside WWU would like to feature your photography in the announcement email that goes to the entire WWU campus. Don’t be shy – send anything: people, landscape, animals, artistic shots. It doesn’t matter if you took it 10 years ago or yesterday, as long as you have a digital copy, I’ll take it! Send your photos, along with your name, year, and major, or official title, to becky.stclair@wallawalla.edu.
Contemporary Christian Concert at WWU
ASWWC is providing tickets for Brandon Heath’s live performance in the University Church on Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available for students, faculty, and staff free of charge, and can be picked up at the ASWWC desk in the SAC. Write Sheldon.Parris@wallawalla.edu with any questions or comments regarding this event.
Living History at Fort Walla Walla
Walla Walla Area Small Business Center Director Rich Monacelli portrays Hudson Bay Company trader William McBean during a Living History presentation at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 11 at Fort Walla Walla Museum. The Museum is located in beautiful Fort Walla Walla Park on Myra Road. Hours: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily through October. Admission: $7 adults; $6 seniors 62 and up and students; $3 children 6-12; free for under 6. For more information: 509-525-7703, info@fortwallawallamuseum.org, or www.fortwallawallamuseum.org.
Staff Development Event
The spring quarter staff development event is today, Thursday, May 8. All staff are welcomed and encouraged to enjoy this afternoon of professional and personal development, prepared for you by your Staff Development Committee. Dr. Robert Egbert, of the Education & Psychology Department at WWU, will present on yet another aspect of RENEWAL, a topic we began during fall quarter. Join us in the Alaska Room at 2:30 p.m. for this entertaining, interesting and educational event.
Dirty Car? Sweet tooth?
Solve both problems in one go! Come to the car wash and bake sale put on by WWU’s String Orchestra and I Cantori on Friday, May 9, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Express (also known as the DX) parking lot. There is no set price for the car wash; any and all donations will go toward the two groups’ tour to Canada at the end of this month. Come support these two fantastic musical groups as they prepare to share their gifts and pieces of WWU with our friends north of the border.
Remember a Former WWU Registrar
A memorial service for Kathryn Andrews will be Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. at Mountain View Funeral Home on Dalles-Military Road in Walla Walla. Kathryn was associate registrar at WWU for 28 years, from 1961-1989.
Use Your Skills, Make Some Cash
With the selection of a new logo occurring this week, ASWWC needs a way to introduce the sweet new student design. What better way to introduce a contest-created logo than a contest-created debut video? If you have a talent for making videos, this is your opportunity to turn that talent into cold, hard cash: $200. Be sure to start thinking of a unique way to present ASWWC’s new logo. Making of the video can start whenever you would like; keep in mind that the deadline is Friday, May 9. The sky is the limit for your video--just keep in mind that this video will be debuted to the whole campus! Be sure to make it short and sweet: a maximum of 90 seconds. When you are ready to place the new logo in your video, or if you have questions or comments regarding this contest, email ASWWC.PR@wallawalla.edu. Teams are allowed and encouraged. One submission per student, please.
AGA Weekend
May 9-11 is this year’s AGA Weekend, which corresponds nicely, as usual, with Mother’s Day. Watch for details on what is sure to be a touching, fun-filled weekend, including vespers, special church services, a Saturday evening program, and more! Mark your calendars now for AGA’s Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 11. All are welcome to help AGA celebrate Mom. Tickets are $15/person. To RSVP for the 10:30 a.m. brunch, contact Misty Puymon at 509-527-2532, or misty.puymon@wallawalla.edu.
Let Out Your Inner Musician
The Social Work Club presents a Guitar Hero Spectacular, on May 10, 2008 at Centennial Green. It starts at sundown and ends when you can't ROCK anymore! Bring your mom and come show off your mad Guitar Hero skills, play volleyball and Frisbee golf, or enjoy some refreshments. Whatever you want to participate in, you want to be there! If you are a Social Work Club member, come by and pick up your jacket and get in for free; for everyone else entrance is $3.
The Revolution Showcase
Communications seniors Tasha O'Neill and Katie Woolever invite you to view their senior project. They have a strong belief that the students of WWU are creative, innovative and have a lot to offer the film industry. Inspired by the talents they have seen in their peers, they have found a way to share some of this talent with the community. Their senior project will be a film showcase in which they will screen a variety of films made by WWU students. The final creation, “The Revolution Showcase,” will be held at the Walla Walla Grand Cinemas on Saturday, May 10 at midnight. Tickets are on sale now at the Communications office, and will be sold the night of the showing. For more information call 509-527-2832.
National Bike to Work Week
May 12-16 is National Bike to Work Week. To encourage you to leave the car at home and get out and ride your bike to work that week, the Warped Wheel Cyclists (the WWU bike club) will be offering prizes. One $30 and two $20 certificates from Bike Nashbar will be given away. Here is how it will work:
- You need to ride your bike to school all 5 days of the week.
- On Friday, May 16, at 12:30 p.m., you need to ride your bike to the lawn in front of the cafeteria.
- If you have a class or are otherwise detained, you can send a friend as a proxy for you.
- There will be a $10 cash bonus to each of the gift certificate winners for being present in person.
- See Gary Rittenbach and get your name entered for the drawing, which will occur right there.
- After the drawing, there will be a group photo of all the participants.
Bicycle commuting is a WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN deal. You win by (1) getting exercise, (2) saving gas and car repairs, (3) the environment wins by totally avoiding CO2 emissions (4) you get a chance to win a gift certificate and some cash. Get out there and bike!
Monthly Emergency Siren Test
Wednesday, May 14, at 12:55 p.m., the emergency alert siren on the College Place campus will sound for its monthly test. The siren sounds on the second Wednesday of each month at 12:55 p.m. In the future, the siren will be activated in the event of an emergency that would require you to take shelter indoors (for example, threatening weather, a major chemical spill, or violence on campus). When activated, the siren will sound a continuing series of rise-and-fall tones. If you hear the siren sounding, take shelter indoors (stay away from windows), secure your location and check for information via www.wallawalla.edu, campus telephones, email and/or the WWU Emergency Information Line at 866-839-3498. Remain in a secure location until told to do otherwise by authorities.
Village Housing Workshop
Come at 7 to the Rigby Hall lecture room, or at 9 p.m. to Conard Chapel, on Wednesday, May 14. Or, if Thursday works better, come on the 15th to Conard Chapel at 7 p.m. or to the Rigby Hall lecture room at 9 p.m. This workshop is designed to help all students that plan on signing up for the Village Housing Wait List get acquainted with the wait list and reservation process. It is required for all dormitory students who will be eligible for summer 2008 or fall 2008, and who wish to sign up on the wait list May 14-16 or 18-20. The workshop will be given four times, but they are all the same presentation.
Faculty-Staff Picnic This Month
Spring is here, and your social committee is looking forward to celebrating it with our annual WWU spring faculty-staff picnic. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 17, at 1:30 pm. Watch for your personal invitation that will be coming to your mailbox soon. Bring the whole family and enjoy the outdoor fellowship.
Need Family Lodging for Graduation?
Graduation weekend is June 13-15. It’s a good idea to get your reservation in now if you plan to reserve a dorm room for the weekend. For more information and details pertaining to women’s dorm room reservations, contact Jeannie Stanford, Office Manager for Foreman and Conard Halls, at 509-527-2151. For more information on men’s dorm room reservations, contact Karan Shultz, Office Manager for Sittner Hall, at 509-527-2411. Deadline for reservations is June 1.
SAVE THE DATE
- May – Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- May 8 - Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Make Appointments at Career Center
- May 8 – Staff Development Event, Dr. Robert Egbert, 2:30 p.m., Alaska Room
- May 9 – Education Club Soup Supper, 6 p.m., UC Youth Room
- May 10 – Village Club BBQ, 1 p.m., Lion’s Park
- May 10 – Piano Meditations, 4 p.m., UC
- May 10 – WW Balloon Stampede Concert & Night Glow Show, 7 p.m., WW Fairgrounds
- May 10 – Sonnenberg, 8:45 p.m., WEC Alumni Gym
- May 11 – Mother’s Day
- May 11 – AGA Mother’s Day Brunch, 10 a.m., Village Church Youth Center (across from Plant Services on Bade St.)
- May 11 – Osborne Classic Try-outs, 6 p.m., WEC Softball Field
- May 13 – University CommUnity, Richard Litke, 11 a.m., UC
- May 13-15 – LLU School of Dentistry Interviews, Sign Up at Career Center
- May 13 – Brown Bag, Darold Bigger, “Forgiveness: Letting Go Without Giving Up,” 12 p.m., Alumni Board Room
- May 13 – Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, WW Symphony & WW Choral Society, 7 p.m., UC
- May 14-15 – U-Shop Parking Lot Sale
- May 14-15 – Theology Department Book Sale, 3rd Floor, ADM
- May 14 – LLU School of Dentistry Information Session, 6 p.m., Rigby 220
Don’t forget to visit the online calendar!
KUDOS
Big Cheese, Big Support
Thank you so much, WWU, for your support of WWU Athletics on Big Cheese Pizza Customer Appreciation Day on April 30. With your help, we sold around 2,000 pizzas in 10 hours. Our team of volunteers, athletes, and coaches set a new record for pizzas sold.
Way to go, WWU!
PERSONAL SIDE
New Faces
Rocky Cardwell
Information Services
Next time you need some help with your computer, it just might be Rocky that fixes the problem. Rocky is a familiar face around campus; he began working in Plant Services as a student in 2002, and in 2003 he changed jobs and took on duties in IS.
After graduating, Rocky stayed on to help IS with the transition to PeopleSoft, and in February 2008 he was officially hired as the PeopleSoft Systems Administrator. Rocky received his degree in Computer Science from WWU in 2007.
When he’s not trying to work with the various ins and outs that come with handling technology, Rocky enjoys biking, drawing, photography, music, and learning new things. One of his biggest pet peeves? Email spam.
“I am grateful for the privilege to work with so many amazing people,” says Rocky.
When you get the chance, send a warm welcome to Rocky, IS’s newest employee.
Information Services Tip of the Month
Information Services is happy to announce the immediate availability of a new remote access solution for all students, faculty and staff. The system allows WWU users to access their home directories (My Documents), office drives (I: drive) , and shared storage (K: drive) by logging into our new remote access web portal – https://go.wallawalla.edu.
The new “Go” web portal features single sign on technology enabling users to login once in order to use applications such as remote file access and Outlook WebAccess. This will make it easy for users to navigate, via the application drop down menu, to any of the available services without having to re-login.
To access one's files a user logs in and clicks on the “File Access” icon. A user can then choose to expand the “MU” file server to see the files that are available to them. The Faculty and Staff will find their “My Documents” under the “Home” folder. Students will find their “My Documents” under the “StudentsHome” folder. If a user clicks on a folder that they do not have permissions to they will simply not see any of the contents. For more information please visit the computer support page at - www.wallawalla.edu/index.php.
Features and applications will frequently be added to the “Go” web portal enabling remote access to many of the WWU services that users employ from on campus. If you have questions regarding the new secure web portal please call us at 509-527-2317.
Last update on May 8, 2008
