WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2001-17 (May 9, 2001)

IN THIS ISSUE
·COMMENCEMENT
·CAREER CONTACT AND ALUMNI NETWORK
·WOMEN’S MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE PROGRAM
·LAND USE EXPERT TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO SPRAWL IN SPOKANE/COEUR D’ALENE CORRIDOR
·PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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402 GRADUATES--LARGEST COMMENCEMENT EVER

Washington State University Spokane will celebrate its 11th -- and largest ever -- class of graduates with the Intercollegiate College of Nursing/Washington State University College of Nursing when diplomas are handed out Friday, May 11, at WSU Spokane’s commencement ceremony.

The ceremonies will include the first-ever graduates in the entire state from the Master’s of Technology Management program (WSU Vancouver has graduates going through their Commencement the following week). The program begins at 2 p.m. at the Spokane Opera House.

See more online at
http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/releases4/bc111.htm.

CAREER CONTACT AND ALUMNI NETWORK
Ronda McLean, WSU Internship Coordinator and Career Counselor

The WSU Alumni Association and Career Services invite you to join the Career Contact and Alumni Network. The Career Contact and Alumni Network is a web-based mentor program that allows WSU students and alumni to connect with Cougars working in their field of study. At this time, we are building our database of mentors before promoting the program to students. WSU Employees have a broad range of experience and skills and are invited to share those by participating in this program.

Academic departments are encouraged to promote this program in their correspondence with alumni. For more information, contact Greg Henion at 335-6904 or
henion@mail.wsu.edu.

To sign up, go to http://alumni.wsu.edu/ccan/

WOMEN’S MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Nominations are requested for faculty/staff women to participate in the Mentoring and Leadership Exchange Program developed by the Women in Higher Education Roundtable. The partners in this program are the colleges and universities of the Inland Northwest.

Through the program, women faculty and professional/exempt staff with leadership potential have the opportunity to spend time with senior-level college and university officials, gaining a deeper understanding of higher education leadership and issues.

Washington State University will nominate four mentees and four mentors to participate in the program during the 2001-2002 academic year.

Please email the names of mentee and/or mentor nominees to Kathy Zeches at zechesk@wsu.edu , by Monday May 21. Self-nominations may be made. President Rawlins will make the final nominations for Washington State University.
 
For additional information or questions, please contact the Women's Resource Center at 335-6849.

LAND USE EXPERT TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO SPRAWL IN SPOKANE-COEUR D'ALENE CORRIDOR

SPOKANE--Resource Efficient Building and Remodeling Council, (REBAR), has joined with several other organizations to bring a workshop called "Conservation Subdivision: Alternatives to Sprawl" to Coeur d'Alene and Spokane, May 14-16. REBAR is a nonprofit association of environmentally conscientious architects, builders and vendors.

"Land development at Spokane's urban fringe and in the booming Rathdrum Prairie of North Idaho under emerging land use plans calls for new solutions from landowners and developers, not just land use planners and politicians," said REBAR spokesman Jim Wavada.

Nationally respected land use consultant Randall Arendt will show developers and landowners, planners and community members how to combine residential development with environmental ethics on the following dates:

Monday, May 14, 1 - 4 p.m. in Coeur d'Alene, at the Kootenai County Public Building, Room 1, 501 Government Way.
Tuesday, May 15, 4:30-6 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. (split session) in Spokane, at the Shiloh Hotel, 923 E. Third Ave.
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Arendt specializes in turning the traditional large-lot urban fringe development process onto its head. The result is very livable communities that preserve wildlife corridors, scenic vistas, watersheds and other open space that otherwise might have been sacrificed to mathematical calculations of allowed density.

"I've attended this workshop; I've seen the 'lights go on, the 'aha' experience of the landowners and developers in the room," Wavada said, "The opportunities for mutual benefit are amazing when you move out of traditional patterns of thinking about land development."

Arendt combines a common sense message that recognizes the public's support for preservation of our remaining open spaces with a practical methodology that allows landowners and developers to turn a profit on their land and deal with down-zoning issues.

A $50 registration fee is required for the Coeur d'Alene workshop. Contact Jan Gera, at (208) 769-4414 or by e-mail at
jgera@co.kootenai.id.us. The Spokane workshop is free, but there is a $22 charge for dinner during the split session. To register for this workshop, contact Jim Wavada, (509) 456-3150, or e-mail at
jwav461@ecy.wa.gov <mailto:jwav461@ecy.wa.gov>. Registration is on a space-available basis, so please register early.

REBAR Council co-sponsors for Arendt's workshops and consultations are: Greenstone Corporation, Northern Rockies Corporation, Spokane Home Builders Association, Northwest EcoBuilding Guild, North Idaho Building Industry Association, Rathdrum Prairie Steering Committee, WSU's Interdisciplinary Design Institute <www.idi.spokane.wsu.edu>, American Institute of Architects-Spokane Chapter, American Planning Association-Inland Northwest Chapter, EWU's Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Washington Department of Ecology.

To learn more about Arendt's concepts, visit his Web site at <http://www.greenerprospects.com/>. You can also check out a streaming video and an essay by Arendt that lays out an application of his principles on the National Lands Trust web site: http://www.natlands.org/Planning/growgreen.html>
<http://www.plannersweb.com/articles/are015.html>.

PERSONNEL DYNAMICS

Searches
Communications & Events Coordinator, Communicationscloses this Friday, 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

Martin Hoegl, assistant professor and graduate program coordinator, technology management, has published with Hans Georg Gemuenden (Technical University of Berlin) a chapter on teams, team conflicts and team structures in a leading German management lexicon: Team, Teamkonflikte, Teamstrukturen. [Teams, team conflicts, team structures] (Gemuenden & Hoegl) in: Management-Lexikon. R. Buehner (Ed.). Muenchen: R. Oldenbourg, 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 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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