The 2023 Elevating Cougs conference is the largest employee development event in WSU’s history, and the success of the conference continues to be recognized, both internally within WSU and externally. 

The content provided in both the main sessions and micro-sessions was relevant to employees throughout the organization, validated by continued access to the courses as well as continued positive feedback regarding the quality of the content.  Many of the sessions have been integrated into various customized learning “Journeys” in Percipio, allowing us to utilize these recorded resources to continue supporting targeted skill development specific to WSU processes and procedures. External recognition of the success of the combined Modernization and Learning and Organizational Development efforts includes conference co-chairs Paul Fleming McCullagh and Laura Hamilton being invited to present on the structure and planning for this conference at the Spring CUPA-HR national conference later this month.  The conference has also been nominated for CUPA-HR’s Innovation Award, highlighting the innovative approach utilized to produce this all-employee development event.