WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2001-21 (July 11, 2001)

IN THIS ISSUE
·SETTER NAMED WASHINGTON STATE PHARMACIST OF THE YEAR
·ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WINE TASTING JULY 18
·WSU SPOKANE SPONSORS LIVE AFTER FIVE AND UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY
·WSU SPONSORS ALLEGRO FIREWORKS FESTIVAL JULY 28-29
·LETTERHEAD TEMPLATE AVAILABLE
·REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK ON HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATIONS
·PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
·MEDIA COVERAGE
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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SETTER NAMED WASHINGTON STATE PHARMACIST OF THE YEAR

Steve Setter, assistant professor, pharmacy practice, has been named the Pharmacist of the Year by the Washington State Pharmacists Association board of directors.

Setter serves as Clinical Pharmacy Consultant, Elder Services / Visiting Nurses Association of Spokane. He received a Bachelor of Science in Crop and Soils Science, with honors, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, with honors, from Michigan State University in 1981 and 1986 respectively. He received a Bachelor of Pharmacy, summa cum laude, in 1995, and a Doctor of Pharmacy, summa cum laude, in 1996, from Washington State University. Setter completed a post-graduate fellowship in geriatric pharmacy at Washington State University in 1997.

Setter was the recipient of the Washington State University College of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award in 1997, and the Washington State University Spokane Faculty Excellence Award in 1999.

Setter’s research interests focus on geriatrics, internal medicine, and pain management. Supported by grants from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation, the United States Pharmacopeia, and the pharmaceutical industry, his research has appeared in numerous journals including, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, American Journal of Health System Pharmacy, Consultant Pharmacist, The Female Patient, The Diabetes Educator, Postgraduate Medicine, and Hospital Pharmacy.

Setter recently became one of only 10 Certified Geriatric Pharmacists in the state of Washington. There are approximately 400 pharmacists throughout the entire United States and Canada who have successfully completed the test offered by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WINE TASTING JULY 18

The WSU Alumni Association invites you to attend the Fifth Annual Wine Tasting, Wednesday, July 18, 6:30-8:30pm, at Wyvern Cellars (a division of Worden Inc.). Cost is $15/person, payable in advance. Here’s the fun:

§A chef from Cambria Catering will match wines with a variety of specialty foods for your enjoyment.
§Four wine tastings and a souvenir wine glass are included (additional wine $2/glass).
§Raffle for Cougar memorabilia
§Winery tours
§Pictures with Butch
§Music by WSU Alumni Band

For more information or to RSVP by July 16, call 800-258-6978 with a credit card, or send checks payable to WSU Alumni Association, Lewis Alumni Centre, PO Box 646150, Pullman 99164-6150.

Wyvern is located at 7217 W. Westbow, Spokane. Take Exit 276 from I-90 west of Spokane, go across the freeway, and follow the Wyvern signs.

WSU SPOKANE SPONSORS LIVE AFTER FIVE AND UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY

WSU Spokane will be a sponsor of the Live After Five events held in downtown Spokane and this year’s Unity in the Community, in keeping with our identity as an urban campus and a partner with the community of Spokane.

Mark your calendar for Thursday July 26, Saturday August 18, Thursday August, 23, and Friday October 5, and watch for more news on our involvement! (Hint: Volunteers get goodies)

WSU SPONSORS ALLEGRO FIREWORKS FESTIVAL JULY 28-29

Washington State University will participate in Allegro's Royal Fireworks Festival in 2001 as the title sponsor. The festival will be held July 28-29 in Spokane's Riverfront Park. WSU's sponsorship of the festival is part of the university's increased commitment to greater participation and visibility in community events in Spokane.

As title sponsor, WSU has a reserved area in the meadow in Riverfront Park for the Saturday evening, July 28th Shakespeare play, "As You Like It." The play will be performed at 8 p.m. on the Shakespeare Stage, which is at the base of the Lilac Bowl Meadow in the park, and is free.

WSU students, employees, alumni and friends are invited to sit in the reserved section, which will be roped off and holds 75-100 people. Tickets are not necessary to sit in the WSU roped area and it will be first-come, first served for seating. Bring your blankets--no chairs please.

Washington State University student recruiters will also be at a fun and festive WSU booth located in the park. Stop by Saturday afternoon or Sunday and say hello!

For more festival information for both Saturday and Sunday, please see the web site at www.allegrobaroque.org.

LETTERHEAD TEMPLATE AVAILABLE
Barb Chamberlain, Director of Communications and Public Affairs

A master template is available with the new letterhead design, intended for use on memos and other less formal documents that do not rise to the level of using two-color letterhead.

It is available for your use provided you follow the requirements of the graphic identity standards (available online at http://www.wsu.edu/identity/).

Basically, this means you use the template as-isyou do not typeset a departmental or unit name and hang it somewhere around the campus signature (logomark) at page top. If you need to have your departmental name in the signature mark, you need to obtain a custom version from Publications & Printing (cost $23, or $15 with your order of printed letterhead).

The template has a footer with the address (two versionsone for MFC, one for Riverpoint). You may add the departmental name and any other contact information to the footer above the address.

The template has two pagesone shows a letter already in place. Margins are set for proper alignment of text in relationship to the graphic signature.

To access the document:
1.   Go to the X drive.
2.   Go to the folder /Master Templates for Graphic Identity.
3.   COPY the version you want to use onto your computer. PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE DOCUMENT AND TYPE INTO IT. If you do, you’re altering it for all subsequent users.

REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK ON HIGHER EDUCATION REGULATIONS

The Congressional Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness is requesting feedback regarding regulations under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (specifically student aid programs) that should be changed or eliminated, and why.

Deadline for response is July 20, 2001. The website at www.house.gov/ed_workforce/ has a link at the bottom labeled “Fed. Up Project: Upping the effectiveness of our student aid programs” with further information and an online response form.

Questions regarding the process can be sent to fed.up@mail.house.gov.

PERSONNEL DYNAMICS

Coming
Started last weekpreviously announcedwelcome, all!

Jamie Rice, Academic Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Design Institute. Jamie comes to us from WSU Pullman, where she was an academic counselor in athletics.

Kaarin Appel, Communications & Events Coordinator, Communications. Kaarin most recently worked with IMPACT at WSU Pullman as a research assistant and technical writer, and is a WSU alumnus in agribusiness and public relations.

Joyce Harbison, Secretary Senior, Communications/Development. Joyce joins us from DSHS, Children and Family Services.

Going
Lisa Woodard, assistant professor and director of experiential programs, pharmacy practice

MEDIA COVERAGE

OriGyn (formerly Advanced Reproduction Technologies), the biotech firm founded and owned by Joanna Ellington, assistant professor of pharmacy, and Sylvia Adams Oliver, assistant director of the HREC, was the subject of an article in the Wednesday, July 11, Spokesman Review. See the article at http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=071101&ID=s990038.

Clarke St. Dennis, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, was quoted extensively in a front-page article Sunday, July 8, 2001, in The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) on the rate of anti-depressant use in Washington state. Research by David Sclar, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and interim chair of the pharmacy practice department, concerning different rates of prescriptions for African Americans and Hispanics, was cited in the article.

Bob Scarfo, associate professor of landscape architecture, was interviewed by KXLY-AM Tuesday, July 3, on design for the aging. See the tip sheet that led to this interview online at
http://www.wsu.edu/ (will be linked Thursday 7/12web glitch).

Scarfo was also interviewed by the Des Moines Register on how smells shape cities. The article appeared July 2, 2001. The full article is available online at http://www.dmregister.com/ (search for the reporter’s last name, DeValois). This coverage came as a result of responding to a ProfNet query (national media inquiry service).

Scarfo was also interviewed for an article in the Trenton, NJ Times on luring people back into downtowns to live (URL not available). This coverage also came as a result of responding to a ProfNet query.

David Sclar, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Health Policy, was interviewed for an article in the Moscow Pullman Daily News on his past research on antidepressant prescription rates for African Americans and Hispanics. See the original news release online at http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/releases2/hi140.htm. See the tip sheet that led to this interview online at
http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/1999Tips.html (will be linked Thursday 7/12web glitch).

Michael Jones, recently selected as superintendent of the East Valley School District, is receiving his superintendent’s certification through the Field-Based Superintendent Certification program run by Dennis Ray. Read about Jones in the article at http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/29639_jones02.shtml.

Dennis Ray, professor, education, was quoted extensively in an article in the Tacoma News Tribune about a new law making it a crime for school employees to have sex with students. The article, which ran in the Sunday, July 1, 2001, edition, can be found online at http://www.tribnet.com/.

While it wasn’t a WSU Spokane context, Lori Olson was quoted in the Seattle Times June 30, 2001, in her role as coordinator of center court for Hoopfest.

NOTEWORTHY

The Dept. of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant that Glynis Hull wrote for School District 81 this year was awarded funding. It was one of 308 out of 2780 submitted. The grant is for $5.3 million over 3 years and will provide afterschool activities for 5th and 6th graders in 22 District 81 sites. WSU Spokane CityLab will be able to continue offering science camps for kids through it.

Dennis Clifton has been appointed Manager of the Sacred Heart Medical Center Drug Research Unit.

Winsor Schmidt, director and professor of health policy and administration, gave the keynote address: "Legal Framework for the Mental Health System: Rules of the Game for Consumers, Family Members, and Professionals," as well as a presentation on "Informed Consent: Legal and Consumer Perspectives," at the Second Mental Health Human Rights Conference, Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities, June 14, 2001, Richmond, Virginia.

Terri Levien and Danial Baker published: Ziprasidone. Hospital Pharmacy 2001;36(6):645-56.

Baker also published: 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(6):664-76.

Baker's biographical profile will be in the 56th Edition of Who's Who in America (2002).

Baker is the new Assistant Outdoor Emergency Care Supervisor for the Pacific Northwest Division of the National Ski Patrol. Prior to this position he was the Outdoor Emergency Care Administrator for the Inland Empire Region of the Pacific Northwest Division of the National Ski Patrol.

For more information on the PNWD see: http://www.nsp-pnwd.org/
For more information on the NSP see: http://www.nsp.org/

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

August 23 or 24: Possible dates for Faculty/Staff Fall Orientation.
August 24: WSU Spokane Night at the Spokane Indians. Gates open 5:30pm, game time 6:30pm. Tickets $3. Reserved block of bench seats. 50-cent hot dogs, sodas, and ice cream sandwiches. Wear your crimson and gray and cheer on the Indians with WSU families and friends. We’ll have tickets here for sale sometime mid-summer, or you can reserve directly by calling 535-2922 (ask for Jonathan).

EXTERNAL EVENTS

July 18: Alumni Association Wine Tasting. Wyvern Cellars, 6:30-8:30pm, $15/person. RSVP by July 16 to 800-258-6978 (with credit card to reserve ticket).
July 26: Live After FiveWSU Spokane is a sponsor.
August 18: Unity in the CommunityWSU Spokane is a sponsor. This year’s theme: Equity in Education.
August 23: Live After FiveWSU Spokane is a sponsor.
October 5: Live After FiveWSU Spokane is a sponsor.

Send corrections on event information to chamberlain@wsu.edu .

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