Full Events Calendar
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Listed below are keynote events that are planned and hosted by the Common Reading Program itself. Our Coug Presence page lists both these events and additional events hosted by our partners.
“Citizens of the Cosmos” by Jolie Kaytes
CUE 203Landscape Architecture professor Jolie Kaytes will talk about the complicated relationship between native and invasive vegetation, and how those relationships play into larger issues of naturalization, border crossing, and climate […]
Get Rooted: Pine Creek Restoration Project
Meet at CUB parking lotJoin the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI) on a special Common Reading service project to improve a section of Pine Creek. See some of the Palouse and experience the ideas of Braiding Sweetgrass first-hand by helping to restore native plant life, water quality, and fish habitat! Transportation and snacks provided. Please bring a water bottle and […]
Kellen Trenal Performance of “According to Coyote”
CUB Auditorium“According to Coyote” is an immersive hour of creative storytelling that teaches lessons from the deep familial roots of its creators with connections to community, family, and the realization that […]
“Addressing WSU’s Land Grant History and the Appropriation of Native Lands: Exploring a More Equitable Future”
ZoomAt the start of Native American Heritage Month, Zoe Higheagle Strong, WSU vice provost for Native American Relations and Programs and tribal liaison to the WSU President, will present an […]
“Covenant of the Salmon People” Screening
CUB AuditoriumThis documentary film is a portrait of the Nez Perce Tribe’s ancient agreement with salmon and follows their efforts to uphold this relationship as dams and climate impacts threaten the […]
“Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts” Screening
CUE 203In honor of Veteran's Day, the Common Reading Program is screening the 2023 documentary Buffalo Soldiers, a film directed by Dru Holley that examines the profound and often contradictory roes […]
Ties that Bind: Macrame keychain activity
CUE 202A macrame keychain-making activity, led by First-Year Programs Director Karen Weathermon, repeats a similar session held Jan. 16 on National Day of Racial Healing on the WSU Pullman campus. That […]
“Palouse Prairie Habitat Restoration”
CUE 203The WSU Common Reading Program will host a talk on efforts to restore the Palouse Prairie on Tues., Feb. 6, at 4:30 pm in CUE 203 on the WSU Pullman […]
Film screening: “Bring Her Home”
CUE 202The Common Reading Program is screening this 2022 documentary in honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIW) National Day of Action and Awareness (February 14). Although Indigenous […]
Indigenous Arts Talk (on beading and weaving practices relate to MOA exhibit)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Pullman campusGuest curator Michael Holloman and visiting artist Jacy Sohappy will speak about Indigenous beading and weaving practices as they relate to artworks and cultural materials featured in the exhibition Here in a Homemade Forest: Common Reading Connections at WSU's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Holloman will emphasize the importance of intergenerational knowledge and the artworks […]