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Register for Lunch & Learn/Coffee & Conversations!

Join us for Lunch & Learn/Coffee & Conversations events! Please register at the link below for our first events on Wednesday, October 16, 12:10-1:30pm OR Thursday, October 17,  9:10-10:30am. Workshop 2 is titled “Principles of creating good writing assignments and strategies for writing clear instructions for those assignments” and will be offered at two times to allow participants to […]

RSVP to Lunch & Learn!

Join us for Lunch & Learn/Coffee & Conversations events! Please RSVP at the link below for our first events on Wednesday, September 11, 12:10-1:30pm OR Thursday, September 12,  9:10-10:30am. Workshop 1 is titled “Articulating Goals, Outcomes, and Evaluation Criteria” and will be offered at two times to allow participants to attend when is most convenient for them. RSVP Here: […]

UCORE Workshops: Save the Dates!

Dear Colleagues: This year, UCORE will offer a series of workshops around assignment design, writing, and assessment related to UCORE Learning Outcomes across designations.  Partnered with the WSU Writing Program, we will host 3 workshops, offering each one two times to allow participants to attend when is most convenient for them.   Please save the dates […]

UCORE to Host Spring 24 Lunch & Learn Series

The University Common Requirements (UCORE) Committee will launch its Lunch & Learn series in spring 2024 with a focus on information literacy throughout the UCORE Curriculum. Workshops will kick off with a focus on the BSCI/PSCI/SSCI/QUAN designations on January 24th, 2024, in CUE 518 on the Pullman campus and via Zoom.   We will begin […]

Ashley Boyd Appointed as New UCORE Director

Helping faculty design classes for the new equity and justice course designation and addressing the changing educational landscape catalyzed by ChatGPT are two areas that Ashley Boyd, incoming director of University Common Requirements (UCORE), looks forward to addressing. Boyd, a Washington State University associate professor of English, began her new position as UCORE director on Sept. 1. She replaces history Professor Clif Stratton, who served as UCORE director for the past four years before becoming the inaugural Pullman campus vice chancellor for academic engagement.

UCORE faculty can help promote NSSE

Greetings Colleagues, Every other year, Washington State University participates in the National Survey of Student Engagement. Student responses provide us with valuable feedback on what we’re doing well and where we might improve. The NSSE survey is currently open through May 15, 2023 to all first-year and senior students. Please help promote responses by sharing […]

Law Award applications open through March 21

Washington State University announces that applications for the next Richard G. Law Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching will be accepted through Tuesday, March 21. Detailed information about the award and the online application process is available on the Law Award web page. Following reviews by the Law Award Committee, the recipient will be announced mid-April at the annual […]

Common reasons UCORE proposals are returned for revision

Welcome to a much deserved winter break! In Summer 2022, UCORE leadership conducted an inaugural analysis of its course review decisions dating back to Fall 2018. Leadership updated these data after the conclusion of the Fall 2022 semester. We are pleased to offer a brief synopsis here, and we hope that this information will help […]