Welcome to Global Connections
Global Connections brings engaging co- and extra-curricular events to WSU Global Campus students—free and online. Global Connections connects you with other students and expert presenters through webinars, livestreamed events, academic contests, and activities.
If you need help navigating this site, please contact global.connections@wsu.edu for assistance.
Check out upcoming and past events!
2024 WSU Global Campus Chancellor’s Awards
Please join us in showcasing outstanding student achievement with the 2024 Global Campus Chancellor’s Awards. Help us highlight the exceptional students who make an impact on the Online Cougar community by nominating a Global Campus student.
Click here to learn more and nominate a Coug.
Global Campus is Hiring Student Ambassadors
Get paid to help grow the Online Cougar Community with this remote, flexible, and rewarding position. Applications are open now and will close once the positions have been filled, so apply today!
Click here to learn more and apply.
Global Campus Featured Events & Contests
Our online events are a mix of fun game nights, informative webinars, and interactive meet-ups. To stay connected between live events, participate in our asynchronous contests. All of these opportunities are a great way to engage with the global Cougar community!
The WSU Global Campus LGBTQ+ Club invites you to attend our safe and inclusive space. Join us on Zoom as we plan future events and discuss the clubs’ opportunities, there might even be fun surprises! You can suggest future ideas for the club, ask questions, or just come to hang out. All are welcome!
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We’re excited to invite you and your family to a Book Night under the stars. Join us on Zoom where we will be reading, Included: A book for ALL children about inclusion, diversity, disability, equality and empathy, written by Jayneen Sanders. Immerse yourselves in the magic of storytelling as we come together to explore that kids with disability are just like kids everywhere. This event will teach your little ones about ways they can be more inclusive in their play and encourages the celebration of diversity in all its unique and wonderful forms. Children will come away with a growing understanding that people everywhere have differing abilities, and this only makes the world a more colorful, exciting, diverse and amazing place. That’s not all – we’ve prepared an engaging activity that will make the evening even more special.
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Please join us for the Women of Distinction Awards. Celebrating the rich tradition of women’s contributions to Washington State University encompasses teachers and scholars, staff and advisors, students and alumni, administrators and regents, volunteers and friends. The WSU Women* of Distinction and Woman* of the Year Awards are traditionally presented annually during National Women’s History Month to recognize the achievements and contributions of women to the academic and local community, and to our society.
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Share Your ‘Why’ – Crimson & Gray Day Contest
March 22nd – April 7th
Why WSU Global Campus? You tell us! Help us celebrate Crimson & Gray day (WSU’s 134th birthday is March 28th, 2024) by sharing your story. Use the link below and one lucky S&A fee paying Global Campus student will win an awesome prize! Everyone’s journey is different and we all took unique paths toward WSU Global Campus. Come together by sharing your story, we want to hear them! What made you choose WSU Global Campus?
Coming soon! (March 22nd – April 7th)
Our goal for this workshop is to cover the basics of Mannerism. Generally, mannerism focuses on the speaking, behaviors, or gestures that occur when interacting with others. Sometimes we are not always aware of our mannerisms when we are in public and communicating with others, so hopefully by the end of this workshop you will be more aware of some of the gestures that occur.
This event is open to all WSU Students and staff. Only WSU Global Campus S&A fee-paying students will be eligible for free swag given away during the event.
This event contributes to the completion of our
DEI certificate program: EmpowerAll.
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SURCA is the only WSU-wide event featuring the faculty-mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities of undergraduates from all majors, grades, and campuses—work that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to a discipline. It is a symposium hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research, which is part of WSU Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement. SURCA is part of the annual WSU Showcase, highlighting academic achievements across WSU.
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Join us in our celebration of WSU’s 134th birthday on Thursday, March 28th at 5PM PT!
In partnership with the Alumni Association, ASWSUG is hosting a virtual birthday party with cake pops, BINGO, and prizes! BINGO winners will receive some sweet WSU Global swag (such as blankets, tote bags, hats, and more!), and one lucky attendee will walk away with a grand prize WSU item provided by the Alumni Association!
The first 12 Global Campus students, staff, or faculty to register will receive everything they need to make red velvet cake pops, as well as easy-to-follow instructions. Make them ahead of time or with the group – up to you!
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Join the WSU Global Campus LGBTQ+ Club for an evening of fun and prizes. We will be playing live games of Bingo through Zoom, with a musical twist. After we play a short clip from a popular song, guess the correct song title and mark it on your card, 5 in a row is Bingo! All are welcome to the inclusive event, come from the music, prizes, or the good company.
This event contributes to the completion of our
DEI certificate program: EmpowerAll.
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How does summer financial aid work? What is the impact if I am a part time student? Join Global Campus for this informative webinar hosted by WSU Financial Aid Services to learn the best tips and tricks for maximizing your aid. If you ever wanted to learn more about maximizing your financial options as a student, you won’t want to miss this event!
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Join First Generation Club leaders as we discuss upcoming events, contests, and more. Have your voice heard if you have any feedback or suggestions you want to share. Meetings take place through Zoom on the first Friday of every month and are open to everyone regardless of First Generation Club membership status.
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The Student Entertainment Board presents the 2024 WSU Drag Show with Guest Artist Pangina Heals of RuPaul’s Drag Race Thailand, Omnia Nova of Hawaii, and our own local super stars from the Tabikat Ensemble! Join SEB for a night jam packed full of electrifying performances from international and regional drag artists! Pangina Heals takes the stage again, with hosts Omnia Nova and Aquasha Delusty. You don’t want to miss the region’s best drag show of the year!
This event contributes to the completion of our
DEI certificate program: EmpowerAll.
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This workshop is to bring awareness to Tokenism, a form of racism, and how we can better understand the term. Tokenism is a way of preventing criticism and making sure things are inclusive and everyone is treated with fairness. Tokenism plays a part in our everyday lives, including in the media, and our intentions with this workshop are to help educate what Tokenism is and how to identify when it is happening in front of us.
This event is open to all WSU Students and staff. Only WSU Global Campus S&A fee-paying students will be eligible for free swag given away during the event.
This event contributes to the completion of our
DEI certificate program: EmpowerAll.
Click here to RSVP
The WSU Global Campus LGBTQ+ Club invites you to attend our safe and inclusive space. Join us on Zoom as we plan future events and discuss the clubs’ opportunities, there might even be fun surprises! You can suggest future ideas for the club, ask questions, or just come to hang out. All are welcome!
Click here to RSVP
Global Cougs Clean Contest
April 16th – 30th
🌎 Join the Global Cougs Clean Contest! 🌿
From April 16th to April 30th, we’re hosting an exciting virtual contest that you won’t want to miss.
🚮 Trash Pickup Kit for Early Birds!
Register now and we’ll send you a special Trash Pickup Kit loaded with fun gifts to enhance your Earth Day experience (while supplies last).
🌟 Incredible Prizes Await!
Share your experience by filling out the form or post a photo with the hashtag #GlobalCougsClean, and you’ll automatically enter the race for incredible prizes.
🌈 How to Join?
It’s easy – just click the link below, register, and become part of a global movement dedicated to a cleaner, greener planet.
🌍✨ #GlobalCougsClean
Coming soon! (April 16th-30th)
We’re excited to invite you and your family to a Book Night under the stars. Join us on Zoom where we will be reading, We Are All Connected: Taking care of each other & the earth, written by Gabi Garcia. Immerse yourselves in the magic of storytelling as we come together to explore caring for each other and the earth. We Are All Connected reminds us that it is up to all of us to care for each other and the earth. When we celebrate differences, stand up for each other and work together, the world is a better place. That’s not all – we’ve prepared an engaging activity that will make the evening even more special.
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The WSU Global Campus LGBTQ+ Club invites you to attend our safe and inclusive space. In our public Zoom meeting this month, we will all be bringing short presentations to share with each other, reflect on the year that has passed, laugh, and get together one last time before summer. Here are some examples:
-Your colleagues as The Office Characters 🤣
-Your Spotify Wrapped list 🎵
-Water bottle brands ranked 💧
-Your friends as Disney Characters 🌟
-Things you would do if you were president 🇺🇸
-Fashion trends you can’t get behind 👗
And so much more. All are welcome!
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We’re excited to invite you and your family to a Book Night under the stars. Join us on Zoom where we will be reading, All Kinds of Families, written by Suzanne Lang. Immerse yourselves in the magic of storytelling as we come together to explore all types of families. This event will teach your little ones about lots of nontraditional family structures. Kids will love finding their own family represented, no matter if they have two moms, one grandpa, or just a cousin named Doug. That’s not all – we’ve prepared an engaging activity that will make the evening even more special.
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We’re excited to invite you and your family to a Book Night under the stars. Join us on Zoom where we will be reading, Kindness makes you stronger, written by Elizabeth Cole. Immerse yourselves in the magic of storytelling as we come together to explore kindness. This book follows Nick on his grandparents’ farm with his new friends – funny animals that don’t behave nicely. Having faced a great challenge our little hero manages to teach his new friends the power of kindness, caring and compassion. That’s not all – we’ve prepared an engaging activity that will make the evening even more special.
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Visit our Video Vault to find recorded webinars and live streams on a variety of topics, including career development, WSU student resources, mental health, financial aid, and so much more.
Explore the Video Vault now!
Is there something you’d like to learn about that isn’t being offered? Let us know! If you are interested in Global Connections hosting a presentation on a specific topic, issue, or skill, or if there is a speaker you’d like to hear from, please suggest it for a future program using the link below.
Click here to Suggest a Program
WSU Events
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