WSU Spokane Campus
Bulletin
Issue 2001-16 (May 2,
2001)
IN THIS
ISSUE
·ANSWERLINE NOW OPEN
·ENERGY CONSERVATION UPDATE
·PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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ANSWERLINE NOW
OPEN
AnswerLine, the Web-based
service to enhance internal communication, has opened for use by the campus
community. You can see the site here: http://AnswerLine.wsu.edu -- and it will be
linked on
the Faculty & Staff page and the Current Students page of the WSU web
site.
Students, faculty and staff can ask a question, view the 10 most
recently asked questions and their answers, view the full archive of Q&A, or
do a search for a topic.
Feedback welcome on this new service. Send email
to AnswerLine@wsu.edu.
ENERGY CONSERVATION UPDATE
Jon Schad, Facilities Manager
It would
take a very complex report to record all the variables in order for us to give
you a complete picture of the many ways that energy has been conserved on campus
since the Governor's mandate was given to all state agencies on January 26,
2001. In order to give you a sample of the savings that everyone is achieving I
have listed a few statistics here to encourage you to keep up the good
work.
From January/February to February/ March billing period of 2001 the
campus consumed 5% less electricity and 29% less natural gas.
In
comparison to the same billing period a year ago we consumed 5% less electricity
and 7% less natural gas. Temperatures averaged 2 degrees colder this year than
in 2000.
Natural gas prices have climbed by 48% this year for the
campus. Electricity has fallen from 0.0419 per kilowatt to 0.0393 per
kilowatt. It is expected that cost for both gas and electricity will
continue to climb this year. It is our hope that we can continue to pull
together to save energy and our operating dollars for other university
needs.
PERSONNEL
DYNAMICS
Searches
Communications & Events Coordinator,
Communications (closing May 11)
Assistant Professor, Audiology, Speech &
Hearing Sciences
Clinical Assistant/Clinical Associate Professor, Speech
Pathology, Speech & Hearing Sciences
Assistant Professor, Architecture
and Landscape Architecture, Interdisciplinary Design Institute
Assistant
Professor, Interior Design, Interdisciplinary Design
Institute
NOTEWORTHY
Darlene
Septelka, assistant professor, construction management, and coordinator of
the graduate program in design-build management (M.S. Arch.),
The
Associated General Contractors Washington Education Foundation will be issuing a
$5,500 grant for a thesis study proposed by Leandra Thompson, a MS Arch
Design-Build Management Graduate Student. The topic of study revolves around
alternative project delivery methods and the new leadership models required to
successfully manage innovative design and construction. We are particularly
interested in what makes a successful project manager. Leandra's research
will investigate the relationships between formal project management training
(hard skills) and the informal leadership techniques gained thorough experience
(soft skills). The study will also research and investigate individual
leadership models and compare and contrast them with team based leadership
models. Besides her thesis a white paper on the study and presentation to AGC in
Seattle will be required.
Steve Setter, assistant professor,
pharmacy practice, has been selected to attend an Alzheimer's dementia
traineeship sponsored by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists in June,
and a similar traineeship on Parkinson's disease in October. Each traineeship is
a week long and Setter will be working in a hands-on environment with national
leaders in each area of neurology.
Danial Baker, professor,
pharmacy practice, and director, Drug Information Center, was named Patroller of
the Year. 49 Degrees North’s National Ski Patrol,
2000-2001.
Selected presentations by Baker:
New drug
update. Washington State Pharmacists Association. Moses Lake, WA; 1
April 2001.
Emergency care first aid. Otsuka Pharmaceuticals: Managed
Care Division. Coeur d'Alene, ID: 3 April 2001.
Black box
warnings. Pacific Northwest Continuing Education Institute, Inc.
Tucson, AZ; 23 April 2001.
Publications by Baker, some with
Terri Levien (PharmD 2000), drug information specialist, Drug Information
Center:
§Levien TL, Baker DE. Iron sucrose. Hospital
Pharmacy 2001;36(4):404-12..
§Baker DE. Current drug information: New drugs
approved by the FDA; New dosage forms and indications; Agents pending FDA
approval; Market withdrawals; and Major labeling changes. Hospital
Pharmacy 2001;36(4):426-34.
§Levien TL, Baker DE. Drug Evaluation - Caspofungin:
Updated Evaluation. In: Cada DJ, Baker DE, Levien TL (Ed.) The
Formulary. Dana Point, CA: Facts & Comparisons, April
2001.
§Levien TL, Baker DE. Drug Evaluation - Ibritumomab
tiuxetan: Preliminary Evaluation. In: Cada DJ, Baker DE, Levien TL (Ed.)
The Formulary. Dana Point, CA: Facts & Comparisons, April
2001.
§Levien TL, Baker DE. Drug Evaluation - Ziprasidone:
Updated Evaluation. In: Cada DJ, Baker DE, Levien TL (Ed.) The
Formulary. Dana Point, CA: Facts & Comparisons, April
2001.
§Levien TL, Baker DE. Drug Evaluation - Abarelix:
Preliminary Evaluation. In: Cada DJ, Baker DE, Levien TL (Ed.) The
Formulary. Dana Point, CA: Facts & Comparisons, April
2001.
§Levien TL, Baker DE. Drug Evaluation - Peginterferon
alfa-2b. In: Cada DJ, Baker DE, Levien TL (Ed.) The Formulary.
Dana Point, CA: Facts & Comparisons, April 2001.
§Baker DE. Drug Utilization Evaluation -
Caspofungin. In: Cada DJ, Baker DE, Levien TL (Ed.) The
Formulary. Dana Point, CA: Facts & Comparisons, April
2001.
SEND YOUR NOTEWORTHY NEWS about staff, faculty, students, or
graduates of WSU Spokane to chamberlain@wsu.edu for inclusion in future editions
of the weekly campus bulletin and spokane@wsu.edu, the quarterly
newsletter.
UPCOMING EVENTS
INTERNAL EVENTS
May 3:
Thursday Threads. MFC 1st floor conference room,
noon-1pm. Bring your lunch & needlework.
May 10: Thursday Threads.
MFC 1st floor conference room, noon-1pm. Bring your lunch &
needlework. May 17: Thursday Threads. MFC 1st floor conference room, noon-1pm. Bring your lunch &
needlework.
May 24: Joint Gathering: Women’s Health Lunch and Thursday
Threads. MFC, room TBA, noon-1pm. Bring your lunch & needlework. Topic:
Roundtable discussion on issues of aging, especially those around dealing with
aging parents.
PUBLIC
EVENTS
ALWAYS CHECK www.events.spokane.wsu.edu FOR THE LATEST EVENT DETAILS.
NOTE: Use the
online form at www.events.spokane.wsu.edu to submit event information for
web, media, & publications.
April 24-May 18: “Student Work.”
Design Institute Gallery. Interdisciplinary Design Institute Lectures &
Events Series.
May 9: On Stage! Presents Theatre Extraordinaire, a musical
theatre company. FREE at the Met, 7:30pm. Call 358-7676 for more
information. Tickets NOT required; reservations suggested for groups of 10 or
more.
May 11: COMMENCEMENT. Spokane Opera House, 2pm. Reception
following commencement at Riverpoint campus.
May 18: WSU Foundation
Trustees Meeting. Tour and program at Riverpoint campus. More information to
come.
May 19: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Washington
Speech and Hearing Association co-sponsor a continuing education workshop for
Spokane area audiologists. Riverpoint Campus in the Phase I Classroom
Building, Room 148, 8:30am-4:30pm. Re-broadcast of the Mayo Clinic's 11th
Annual (2001) Audiology Symposium.
May 22-June 14: MFA Graduate Thesis
Display. Interdisciplinary Design Institute Gallery.
Send corrections
on event information to
chamberlain@wsu.edu .
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