What’s New

2023 WSU employee engagement survey.
Impact Plans results for the 2023 WSU Employee Engagement Survey now available
WSU staff mentoring.
Learn more about the WSU Staff Mentoring Program
Elevating Cougs conference.
Elevating Cougs Conference resources and recordings
New employee orientation
New Employee Orientation is now on-demand
WSU Leadership Development Program.
Learn more about WSU’s Leadership Development Program
Employee Assistance Program.
Additional Learning Opportunities through the Employee Assistance
Skills benchmarks.
Skills Benchmarks
Training request form.
Have a non-standard training request? Use our new Training Request Form!

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Training and Skillsoft Percipio

Skillsoft Percipio is WSU’s learning management system. Personalized, immersive, and accessible learning for WSU employees. Complete assigned courses and pursue your own learning journey with personalized recommendations in Percipio. Log on and Learn!

Report any issues with access or content on Skillsoft Percipio or Compliance platforms to hrstraining@wsu.edu (please include screenshots, if possible).

What’s New in Percipio

Role Based Learning available NOW

Learners can now add a job role to their user profile, which provides them with content recommendations on role-specific skills. There are over 131 roles available to choose from, allowing learners to explore meaningful and relevant content that directly aligns with the skills needed for the chosen role. Please note that learners can update their role on the Account Information page anytime.

NEW! Five-Level Scoring Model for Skill Benchmarks

The skill level scale has expanded from three to five levels to offer a more precise grouping of learners’ scores and help you more accurately calibrate the impact of your skilling programs. Learners now see the new score chart when viewing a Skill Benchmark, while admins can view the new chart in the Skill Benchmark dashboard.

Employee Assistance Program

  • Instructor-Led Sessions (for WSU staff and faculty):
    • TBD
  • Live Webinars
    • Breaking the Burnout Cycle
    • Transitioning into the New Work Life: Strategies for Responding to Change
    • Transitioning into the New Work Life: Creating Psychological Safety in Work Teams
  • On Demand Webinars
    • Leading the Human Side of Change
    • Navigating Change in Challenging Times

EAP offers a variety of webinars on self care, change management, and other related topics to support emotional and mental health and wellbeing. Register for an upcoming live session or view a pre-recorded session on-demand. Sessions are added regularly.

You can also view the “Self-Care with the Washington State EAP” webinar recording on the WSU HRS Learning & Organizational Development YouTube.

Policies

University supervisors may release employees from normal work duties to attend training programs which promote professional development or improve jobs skills.  An employee may take any amount of supervisor directed training, and an eligible full-time employee may use up to 96 hours of release time per fiscal year. An eligible part-time employee may use hours of release time prorated according to their FTE percentage.