WSU Spokane Campus
Bulletin
Issue 2001-22 (July 25,
2001)
IN THIS
ISSUE
·JOIN US DOWNTOWN JULY 26 FOR ALL THAT
JAZZ
·WSU NEWS CLIPS SERVICE
·WSU SPOKANE ENGINEERING FACULTY RECEIVES NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT
·PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
·MEDIA COVERAGE
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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JOIN US DOWNTOWN JULY 26 FOR ALL
THAT JAZZ
Kaarin Appel,
Communications & Events Coordinator
Thursday is Jazz Night
for the second Live After 5 in downtown Spokane. Listen to jazz vocalist Robin
Marks perform from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on the WSU Spokane stage located in
Riverfront Park. Then mosey on down to the Cricket main stage at Wall and Main
for the sounds of Darren Motamedy from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Visit WSU
Spokane representatives at our booth next to the main stage and see the fun you
can have volunteering for the upcoming Live After 5 events on Thursday, August
23, and Friday, October 5. Volunteers will receive a free WSU Spokane shirt as
well as live entertainment. In addition to live music, art exhibits and other
fun activities are spread throughout downtown so bring a friend.
, communications and events coordinator, at 8-7528 or for more information.
WSU Spokane is pleased to
partner with the Downtown Spokane Partnership as a headliner sponsor for this
year’s Live After 5 season in keeping with our identity as an urban campus and
as a part of the Spokane community.
WSU NEWS CLIPS SERVICE
News Clips is a service of the WSU News Bureau. It is
intended primarily to give subscribers a brief overview of current news stories
directly affecting the university. The clippings will also include selected
reports about higher education and issues that may be of interest to the WSU
community. Because of practical limitations, not all news stories relating to
WSU appear.
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Replace "Your Name" with your real name, not your e-mail
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WSU
SPOKANE ENGINEERING FACULTY RECEIVES NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
GRANT
Complex mathematical
calculations will provide new diagnostic capabilities using existing medical
equipment if a faculty member at Washington State University Spokane is
successful in his research.
Paul Schimpf, associate professor of
engineering at WSU Spokane, has received a $400,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation to fund his pursuit of such demanding computational problems.
See more online at http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/releases4/bc116.htm.
NEW FAX COVER SHEET
AVAILABLE
A new fax cover sheet
design is available on the X drive. It includes the new logo and a fact box
highlighting features of the campus.
IMPORTANT: The layout works
correctly only if you have the Stone Sans font installed (available in the Fonts
folder on X drive).
To access the document:
BEFORE YOU START!
PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE DOCUMENT AND TYPE INTO IT. PLEASE DO
NOT DRAG THE DOCUMENT ONTO YOUR DRIVE--THAT MOVES IT OFF
THE X DRIVE.
- 1. Go to the X drive.
2. Go to the folder /Master
Templates for Graphic Identity.
- 3. COPY it onto your computer.
PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
Coming
Julie Schimmels,
Research Assistant, HREC
Chris Berry, Research Assistant,
WIMIRT
Elizabeth Cook, Coordinator, WIMIRT
Cathy Dorman,
Library Technician III, CALS
Going
Bill Voss, Research
Assistant, WIMIRT
Shelly Wyrick, Research Technologist I,
HREC
MEDIA
COVERAGE
Bill Fassett, dean,
college of pharmacy, was quoted in an article in Business Week, July 23, 2001,
on the shortage of pharmacists. See more online at http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2001/nf20010723_056.htm.
This coverage came as a result of his listing in the American Pharmaceutical
Association's Media Contact Network.
An article on women in construction
in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, quotes Darlene Septelka, associate
professor, construction management. See more online at http://www.dnews.com/07182001/local/1057548.htm. This
coverage resulted from a news tip available online at http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/releases4/sht101.htm. The Seattle
Daily Journal of Commerce also responded to the news tip and will be doing a
story on the topic.
A story in the New York Times Daily News quotes
John White, associate professor, pharmacy practice, on inhalant insulin.
White is the co-author with R. Keith Campbell of the first book on medications
for diabetes. See the article online at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/health/anatomy/17INSU.html.
See a press release on their book online at http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/releases3/ln102.htm.
July 17,
2001, Spokesman-Review guest column. "Politicians' glib words don't pay seniors'
medical bills" was written by Robert Lehman, MD, MHPA, a graduate of the
Health Policy & Administration program at WSU Spokane. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=071701&ID=s993074
NOTEWORTHY
Matt Nelson, a staff member in Facilities
Operations, won the 25K (15.5 mile) Newman Lake Run on Sunday, July 15. He
outran approximately 300 other participants to take the title.
Terri
Levien, drug information specialist, Drug Information Center; and Danial
Baker, professor of pharmacy practice and director, Drug Information Center,
published: Formoterol. Hospital Pharmacy
2001;36(7):753-65.
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(7):773-85.
Joanna Ellington, director of
biomedical development, Health Sciences Department; and Barry Hicks,
associate professor, Health Policy and Administration: Appointed to the Inland
Northwest Technology Education Center's (INTEC) Biomedical Technology Advisory
Committee. Martin Hoegl, assistant professor, Management Technology:
Named to INTEC's Information Technology Advisory Committee.
Sylvia
Oliver, assistant directory, Health Research and Education Center; Glynis
Hull, grants development coordinator; and Howard Waterman, science
curriculum consultant: Named to INTEC's K-20 Education and Training Advisory
Committee.
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
July 25:
Spokane Area Economic Development Council (EDC) Night at the Spokane
Indians. Gates open 5:30pm, game time 6:30pm. Tickets $7 for upper box
seats. EDC members, families, and guests will enjoy a complimentary pre-game
picnic including 2 hotdogs, chips, soda, and ice cream sandwich. You can order
tickets by calling 535-2922 (ask for Jonathan or Sonny).
August 23:
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 26:
Join Us Downtown for All That Jazz at Live After Five. (see article
above)
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.
September 25-26: Intercollegiate College of Nursing 2001
Cleveland Visiting Scholar: Dr. Francis Lewis, Ph.D., FAAN, professor of
family and child nursing at the University of Washington. Both events
also offered via WHETS and TeleHealth.
Thur. Sept. 25: 4:30-5:30pm, wine
& cheese reception. 5:30pm, presentation and discussion: “Smoothing Out the
Ride: Healing the family during cancer care.” Room 156, College of Nursing.
Public invited. CE units available.
Fri. Sept. 26: 7:30am, breakfast and
presentation: “Soothing the Spirit Along the Way: Self-care and healing for the
staff.” Sacred Heart Medical Center, Providence Auditorium. Clinical health
professionals invited. CE units available. RSVP by Sept. 17 to Karen Malone,
4-7339, malone@wsu.edu.
October 5: Live After FiveWSU Spokane is a
sponsor.
Send corrections on event information to Kaarin Appel,
.
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