WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2001-37 (November 21, 2001)

IN THIS ISSUE

· TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AT RIVERPOINT
· GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE: DRUG INFORMATION CENTER
· PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
· MEDIA COVERAGE
· NOTEWORTHY
· COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
· EVENTS
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TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AT RIVERPOINT

The Department of Transportation has set the survey stakes that mark the beginning of an 18- to 24- month construction project that will replace the Trent Avenue Bridge. The bridge is scheduled for shut down beginning November 26, limiting campus access to Trent Avenue from Division Street, Spokane Falls Boulevard, or Pine and Olive Street. We anticipate that there will be fewer vehicles traveling at a lower speed on Trent Avenue during this construction period but we may also experience increased congestion accessing campus. Please plan to provide some extra time in your commute to work and classes.

The opening of the Health Sciences Building this fall triggered a planning process in October of 2000 that will bring a parking system to campus beginning January 01, 2002. A campus parking advisory committee made up of representatives from faculty, staff, and students from Washington State University, Eastern Washington University and SIRTI have been meeting over the last year to design and implement this system. Campus Administration believes that a fee- based system is needed at this time to provide a tool that will help us to manage the increasing demand for available parking spaces for all that commute to work and classes.

The parking system is designed to be a self-sustaining operation that will cover costs for maintenance, materials/supplies, and staff needed to maintain our parking lots and to supplement funding for security staff and equipment on campus for the protection of the campus community. One additional parking lot has been added to campus on the south side of Trent Avenue adjacent to the WSU Bookie. This lot will have a capacity of 400 spaces and should provide the additional parking needed as the Health Sciences Building comes on line.

Sales of parking permits will begin by mid December at our new parking services offices located in the basement lobby just outside the elevators in the Phase One Academic Building. Annual parking permits for staff and students will be pro-rated for this year at $87.00 and be valid from January 01 to August 31. Monthly permits will be available for $15.00. Daily passes will be available for $1.00. Parking meters will be installed on campus to provide short-term spaces primarily for visitors during the day but open to all in the evenings. Restrictions will be placed on meters provided in the Health Sciences Building north lot. This lot is dedicated to clients visiting the EWU/WSU programs that provide health services to the community from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Meters rates will be 25 cents per hour.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time of transition for the campus. This news brief is intended to provide a cursory outline of transportation and parking issues that are coming to campus. If you have additional questions, please contact Jon Schad, Facilities Operations Manager @ 358-7991 or e-mail schad@wsu.edu

GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE

This week’s department overview feature: Drug Information Center.

The Drug Information Center (DIC) at Washington State University Spokane specializes in answering questions related to drugs and disease states. Information is provided to pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other allied health care professionals.

DIC staff writes multiple drug reviews and a medication use evaluation for The Formulary Monograph Service each month, which are used by various health care institutions and insurance companies to teach their providers about new medications and in deciding the formulary status of these newer medications.

During the past five years the staff have published over 600 articles and monographs in various pharmacy databases, textbooks, and pharmacy and medical journals and answered over 7,000 inquires regarding medications.

NOTE: The DIC will be closed from Nov. 22 through Dec. 7 due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the move, and then while staff and students attend a national pharmacy meeting.

DIC online: http://www.pharmacy.wsu.edu/dic.html

Meet the Drug Information Center Staff
Meet Danial Baker, Pharm.D., FASHP, FASCP, and Terri Levien, B.Pharm. via the faculty experts database at http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/Database/expert_search.html

PERSONNEL DYNAMICS

Comings
Diane Norell, clinical associate/research associate, transferring from DSHS at Eastern State Hospital to WIMIRT

Goings
Jacki Granger, HREC/WSU Spokane CityLab

Recruitments
Custodian Supervisor I, Facilities Operations, Promotional Only
Custodian

Searches
Professor and Chair, Pharmacy Practice
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Research Center
Assistant/Associate Professor, Speech Language Pathology, Speech and Hearing Sciences
Assistant/Associate Professor, Management Information Systems

MEDIA COVERAGE

Easy on the Joe: Drinking just 2-1/2 cups of coffee a day can significantly accelerate spinal bone loss in elderly women, says a study in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Earlier studies have suggested that in younger people, but not necessarily the elderly, caffeine-induced bone loss can be overcome by boosting calcium intake. The new study, by a Creighton University team, suggests a gene leaves perhaps 10 percent of older women vulnerable. Since a test to detect the gene is not widely available, caffeine "prudence" is urged. What's prudent? A daily limit of two or fewer cups of brewed coffee or no more than 32 ounces of brewed tea. Or for soft drinks, six or fewer 12-ounce cans per day, according to Linda Massey, professor and program coordinator, Food Science and Human Nutrition, who wrote an editorial that accompanies the study. Decaf beverages of any kind pose no risk (from the November 18 issue of the Seattle Times). For more, go to http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=healthvitals18&date=20011118&query=%22Washington+State+University%22

Keith Diaz Moore, associate professor, architecture/landscape architecture, served as a juror in the Spokesman-Review 2001 Inland Northwest Home Awards program. Juror selections were featured in the IN Life section Sunday, Nov. 18, 2001.

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The WSU Spokane CityLab was the subject of a story in the Spokesman-Review North Side Voice, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001:

Hunched over a small tray, Shaw Middle School students James Eidson and Ben Stefoglo worked together to identify the inner workings of a mouse. They opened flaps of skin on the abdomen and then poked around under the liver to locate the stomach. "Cool," Stefoglo grinned to his partner. "Is that it?" Read more online: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=111501&ID=s1054342

NOTEWORTHY

Danial Baker, director and professor, Drug Information Center, was the keynote speaker at the combined Spokane Pharmacist's Association and the Spokane Area Society of Health-System Pharmacists annual awards banquet on November 13 at the WestCoast Grand Hotel in Spokane. The focus of the lecture was sleep disorders and their treatment. Dr. Baker was also named as the "Speaker of the Year" for both the Spokane Pharmacist's Association and the Spokane Area Society of Health-System Pharmacists for 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.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Building an Equitable & Healthy Community Through Diversity: AHANA Business & Professional Association is proud to host its 1st annual Holiday Potluck Celebration Saturday, December 8, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., at Providence Hall (northeast of Sacred Heart Medical Center), 20 W Ninth Ave. Feast on diverse food, conversation, and music as we celebrate our members, partners, friends, and community. Bring your favorite dish to share. Bring a can of food or a new toy for those less fortunate; proceeds will go to the Second Harvest Food Bank. Contribute professional and personal development books to AHANA’s Leadership Initiative Library. RSVP by November 27 to 838-1881/475-5650, ahana@usa.com, or 104 W Fifth Ave, Suite 122E, Spokane, WA 99201.

UPCOMING EVENTS

INTERNAL EVENTS

Thursday, November 22-Friday, November 23: Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Thursday, November 29: Karen DePauw, Dean of the Graduate School, will visit Spokane for an open dialog. You are invited to attend the appropriate session outlined below. All meetings will be held in the Phase I Classroom Building in the first floor conference room. Her schedule is as follows:
1:30 to 2:15 p.m.  Meet with the Instructional Leadership Council
2:15 to 2:45 p.m.  Open session with Spokane faculty and staff
2:45 to 3:15 p.m.  Open session with Spokane graduate students

Thursday, January 10: All-Campus Meeting. Presentations on strategic planning ideas from our various clusters, and a final chance for your feedback before we submit our campus strategic plan to the University January 15. Details of time & place TBD.
 
EXTERNAL EVENTS

Displayed through Friday, November 30: “Palouse Farm Architecture: Reinterpretations of Rural Landscapes”. Exhibit of student work from the School of Architecture at the WSU Spokane Interdisciplinary Design Institute. Riverpoint Higher Education Park, Phase I Classroom Building Gallery. Hours: Monday  Friday, 8:00 a.m.  7:00 p.m.; Saturday, 8:00 a.m.  5:00 p.m. Open and free to the public. Call 358-7920.

Friday, November 30: “Low Impact Design and Development: Back to the Future”. Len Zickler, ASLA, AICP, Principal with AHBL, Inc. Planners and Landscape Architects, will discuss low-impact design and development strategies as part of the 2001 Fall Lectures, Exhibits & Events sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Design Institute. The lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Phase I Classroom Building.

Tuesday, December 4: State of the Arts Discussion by NPR writer and vice-president of cultural programming, Murray Horwitz, Phase I Classroom Building Auditorium beginning at noon. The discussion is free and open to the public. The discussion is followed by the KPBX Community Meeting from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Cameo Catering & Events, 1017 W First. Attend one or both!

Friday, December 7: ASWSUS Winter Ball. Save the Date for the ASWSU Spokane annual Winter Ball! Bring a toy for Toys for Tots and receive discounted admission. Watch for more information to come on location, time, cost and activities.

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