2025

The 2025 Biennial Summary of Student Achievement of UCORE Learning Outcomes (PDF) is now available to WSU faculty, leadership, and other stakeholders. This report summarizes the results of UCORE assessment on the learning outcomes of the UCORE general education program, and provides evidence of UCORE’s contribution towards advancing the WSU Undergraduate Learning Goals, using data collected in AY […]

General education programs across the country are evolving, and UCORE is no exception. As we look ahead to anticipated updates, the General Education Reform Committee is eager to hear directly from current WSU UCORE faculty. This fall, our UCORE Lunch and Learn series will host three focus group conversations: These sessions are designed to gather your […]

Kate M. Watts, Washington State University professor in the Department of English, has been selected as the new director of the University Common Requirements (UCORE) general education program effective July 1. “We are pleased that Professor Watts will lead UCORE and bring her experience, expertise, and vision to the program,” said William B. Davis, vice provost for academic engagement and student achievement.

UCORE/general education professors Hillary Mellinger and Jesse Spohnholz were presented with the Richard G. Law Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching for 2025 for their outstanding efforts. The award commemorates the high value placed on the faculty who teach UCORE courses across the university.

Thank you to all attendees for the March Lunch & Learn and Coffee & Conversations events! A copy of the slide deck (PPTX) is now available. Thank you! —The UCORE Team and the Writing Program

Dear UCORE faculty who assign writing in your courses: At the March 19th Lunch and Learn we are going to be discussing “almost rubrics” and how to take frameworks (such as the UCORE Outcomes grid) and re-purpose them to be the backbone of grading rubrics for writing tasks you assign and grade in your classes.  […]

UCORE faculty have until March 19 to apply for the next Richard G. Law Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching. The award recognizes outstanding teaching by instructors of record — lecturers, career-track, and tenure-track faculty — on all campuses who teach courses in the University Common Requirements (UCORE) general-education curriculum. The newest awardee will be announced at a ceremony April 22, and will be the 15th recipient of the honor.

Please save the dates for the following lunch and learn workshops from UCORE and the Writing Program and planned for the spring 2025 semester: Workshop 1: BSCI/PSCI Assessment Data / Engagement in Large ClassesWednesday, January 29, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m. Workshop 2: Making Transparent the Hidden Curriculum in UCORE Tuesday, February 25, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m.  Workshop […]