WSU Spokane Campus
Bulletin
Issue 2001-38 (November
28, 2001)
IN
THIS ISSUE
·TEDDY BEAR DRIVE
·GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE: FOOD SCIENCE AND HUMAN
NUTRITION
·HOLIDAY PARTY
·OPEN ENROLLMENT MEDICAL/DENTAL
CHANGES
·PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
·MEDIA COVERAGE
·NOTEWORTHY
·COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
·EVENTS
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TEDDY BEAR
DRIVE
The American College of
Health Care Executives Student Chapter at Washington State University Spokane is
sponsoring a Teddy Bear Drive for Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Students in the
Health Policy and Administration Department are members of ACHE and have adopted
the Crisis Nursery as their appointed charity for the upcoming holiday
season.
Students of Washington State University Spokane and Eastern
Washington University are encouraged to donate new or lovingly used Teddy Bears
to children who visit the Crisis Nursery over the holiday season (faculty and
staff are invited to participate as well).
Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery
is a safe, warm home where families can leave their children for up to 3 days
when there is no where else for them to turn in times of crisis or needed
respite. The children range in age from 6 months to 5 years.
The Health
Policy and Administration Department is a 2-year graduate program dedicated to
educating future leaders in the healthcare industry.
You can make a
donation to the Teddy Bear Drive in the lobby outside the CALS Library at the
Phase 1 Classroom Building beginning November 29 until December 14. Let’s make
this a cuddly holiday for a few kids at Vanessa Behan. If you have any questions
you can contact Karen Dickson in the HPA Department.
GET TO KNOW WSU
SPOKANE
This week’s department
overview feature: Food
Science and Human Nutrition
Since 1985 the department of Food Science and Human
Nutrition (FSHN) has offered a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and a
dietetic internship (This program is no
longer being offered) at WSU Spokane. The graduate program is designed to add
depth to the knowledge of dietitians and other health professionals, and to
develop research and analytical skills. The internship program is designed for
graduate students or persons in the workforce who have already obtained a
graduate degree and want the credential of a registered dietitian
(RD).
See the
attached to find out who can apply for
an MS degree, how long it takes to complete the degree and how many full-time
students the program has enrolled each year. You will also find out which
community hospitals and agencies host dietetic interns and at what level they
enter the workforce upon graduation.
The FSHN department is in the
process of getting a graduate certificate in Human Nutrition approved by the
university. This certificate will focus on nutrition to maintain wellness in
family and community settings. FSHN will be opening a nutrition clinic for
the general public sometime in the spring. The clinic will provide dietary
analyses and state of the art body composition assessment. Faculty research
interests include kidney stones, osteoporosis, eating disorders, sports
nutrition, and cultural influences on breastfeeding and food
choices.
Visit FSHN’s web page & Meet the Staff
Meet the
Food Science and Human Nutrition department, Linda Massey, program
coordinator, Janet Beary, internship director and Maddy Houghton,
University of Idaho. http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/academic/health_sciences/human_nutrition_overview.asp.
NOTE: The Drug Information Center’s
complete department overview is attached to this week’s Campus Bulletin in
addition to FSHN’s. The DIC’s department overview was inadvertently left
off as an attachment on last week’s Campus Bulletin for some recipients. We
apologize for the omission and any inconvenience this may have
caused.
HOLIDAY
PARTY
This year’s WSU Spokane
holiday party is Friday, December 14, from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. and will take place
on the Riverpoint campus at a location to be announced. Cost of admission is
$6.00 per person or $10.00 per couple, or cuisine to be served at the party in
lieu of cash (hors d'oeuvres and desserts). Those who are of a generous Holiday
disposition may, of course, donate additional cash or food items, or may choose
to both purchase a ticket and bring a treat to share.
Deadline for
purchasing tickets or signing up to bring food items is Friday, December 7. Each
ticket purchased or menu item delivered will entitle the purchaser or cook to a
chance in the drawing for door prizes.
Purchase your tickets or reserve
your opportunity to share your culinary delights through any of these
people:
Academic One Building or SIRTI -- Ruby Latham or Jaime
Rice
Health Sciences Building -- Anna Ragaza-Bourassa or Liz
West
Metropolitan Financial Center -- Joyce
Harbison.
OPEN
ENROLLMENT MEDICAL/DENTAL CHANGES
The deadline for 2002 open enrollment medical/dental
changes is Friday, November 30. Contact Human Resources at 8-7554 for
change forms or find forms on the web at http://www.wa.gov/HCA/pebb/
PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
Comings
Diane Norell, research associate,
WIMIRT
Ann Glynn, adjunct assistant professor,
WIMIRT
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
The following story was
published in the Spokesman-Review Valley Voice on Nov. 22, 2001 (full text not
reproduced here; not available online):
Safe Start helps children
caught in family violence: A sobbing child tells the 9-1-1 dispatcher that
his mommy and daddy are having a fight. There's a yell in the background, the
child screams ''Mommy!" and the line goes dead. While police can rush to the
scene, stop the fight and make an arrest, sometimes little is done to help ease
the emotional trauma suffered by a child who has witnessed domestic violence.
But help is on the way for children in the Spokane Valley. A new program got
under way this month called Safe Start. It aims to help children through the
trauma of screams and punches followed by police sirens and handcuffs. “I can't
imagine doing more important work than what you're going to be doing," Chris
Blodgett said after the group listened to the taped 9-1-1 call. Blodgett, a
clinical psychologist with Washington State University, wrote the Safe Start
grant and will administer the project. WSU is coordinating the project and is
working with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, the Spokane Police Department
and Casey Family Partners, a nonprofit organization that works with children who
have been abused. The goal of Safe Start is to break the cycle of violence, said
Blodgett.
The Family Friend Project research being conducted by
Melissa Ahern, associate professor, HPA, and Elinor Enz, project
coordinator, was the subject of an article in the Spokesman-Review, Saturday,
Nov. 24, 2001. Read online: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=112401&ID=s1060909
NOTEWORTHY
David A. Sclar, Boeing Distinguished Professor of
Health Policy, delivered Psychiatry Grand Rounds at Harvard University School of
Medicine and the Massachusetts General Hospital on October 25-26, 2001. The
two-day invited lecture series focused on factors influencing physician's
prescribing and patient's access to antidepressant pharmacotherapy, including
insurance coverage, ethnicity/race, and gender.
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 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.
2:15 to 2:45
p.m.
2:45 to 3:15 p.m.
Friday, December 7: ASWSUS Winter Ball.
ASWSU Spokane’s annual Winter Ball begins at 7:00 p.m. at the DoubleTree
Spokane City Center. Bring a toy for Toys for Tots and receive half-price
admission. Admission is $5 for individuals, $10 for couples and $15 for
families. Dress is semi-formal. Call 358-7921 for more
information.
Friday, December 14: Health Sciences Seminar. Sherry
Bye with the Institutional Review Board will present at 11:30 a.m. in the
Phase I Classroom Building Auditorium. Call Cathi Lamoreux at 358-7509 to
RSVP.
Friday, December 14: WSU Spokane Holiday Party. This year’s
holiday party commences at 3:30 and wraps-up at 6:00 p.m. at the Riverpoint
campus location TBA. Cost of admission is $6.00 per person or $10.00 per couple
or cuisine to be served at the party (hors d'oeuvres and desserts). Purchase
tickets by Friday, December 7 from Ruby Latham or Jaime Rice at
Phase I, Anna Ragaza-Bourassa or Liz West at the Health Sciences
Building, or Joyce Harbison at the Metropolitan Financial Center. Call
Fredrick Peterson at 358-7529 for more information.
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 Bldg 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!
Wednesday,
December 5: Body Mass Index (BMI) Obesity Project. What Is It Doing and
Where Is It Going? Dr. Ken Cathcart, endocronologist, and Chair of the
Spokane County Medical Society Task Force on Obesity, will present the topic
starting at 5:30 p.m. and ending at 7:00 p.m. in room 267 at the Deaconess
Health and Education Center. Free and open to the public, space is limited. Call
358-7928 for more information.
Saturday, December 15: Cougar Men’s
Basketball vs. Gonzaga. Tickets are limited to the Cougar men’s basketball
game against Gonzaga in the Kennel. If you are not one of the few to watch the
game courtside, join WSU fans at The Swinging Doors Tavern, 1018 W. Francis, and
take in the game on their new big screen TV. Game time is 7:00 p.m. WSU
fans will be in the Dart Room which is reserved under ASWSU.
Send
corrections on event information to
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