WSU Spokane Campus
Bulletin
Issue 2001-23 (August 8,
2001)
IN THIS
ISSUE
·WHEN THE STARS COME OUT
·UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY
·MEDIA COVERAGE
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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WHEN THE STARS COME
OUT
Plan to attend the Spokane
Cougar Club Fall Sports Banquet, "When the Stars Come Out," August 27,
5:30 p.m., WestCoast Grand Hotel in Spokane. Dinner, raffle, loud and silent
auctions, coaches, and special guests. You do not have to be a member of Cougar
Club to attend. Cost is $43 per person. Reservations may be made with Lori
Olson, 358-7541 or olsonl@wsu.edu . Deadline for reservations is August
20.
UNITY IN THE
COMMUNITY
WSU Spokane is a
sponsor for this year's Unity in the Community event on Saturday, August 18, at
Liberty Park. This year's theme is "Equity in Education". Unity in the Community
is an annual, family-oriented event that emphasizes Spokane's growth in valuing
and embracing diversity.
Please join WSU Spokane as we partner with the
community to celebrate Diversity in Spokane. We are looking for volunteers to
staff the WSU Spokane booth from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in two-hour shifts. The
shifts are 10 a.m. to noon, noon to 2 p.m., 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. Our booth will be handing out balloons, stickers, pencils, bike bottles,
and a lot of smiles.
Please check your calendar and get back to Anna
Ragaza-Bourassa no later than Wednesday, August 15, if you would like to help.
Anna can be reached at annarb@wsu.edu or 358-7537. In your response, please
indicate your shift preference and t-shirt size. Join us for a day filled with
games, arts & crafts, and entertainment from a variety of cultural
backgrounds.
MEDIA
COVERAGE
Linda Massey,
professor, human nutrition, was quoted in the article "Chemical Dependency:
Reading the Label," in the August 2, 2001, Inlander, on nutritional labeling.
Read more at http://www.theinlander.com/theinlander/index.pni.
This coverage resulted from a casual conversation between Joan
Menzies and a friend who writes for the Inlanderproving that our media
relations efforts can include not only formal activities of the Communications
Department, but also the same kind of word mouth that recruits students, if
you’re knowledgeable about our programs and our faculty.
NOTEWORTHY
Gail Chermak, chair and Edward Meyer Distinguished
Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, published July 2001: Auditory processing
disorder: An overview for the clinician. The Hearing Journal, 54,
10-25.
Chermak presented in June 2001: One-day invited workshop
for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, psychologists, educators, and
physicians on auditory processing disorder, Kapiolani Medical Center, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Chermak will present in August 2001: Two lectures on
differential diagnosis and management of auditory processing disorder and
attention deficit disorders at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Current Perspectives on
Auditory Processing Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Conference.
David Brody, assistant professor, Criminal Justice,
June 20, 2001: Spoke before the Public Trust and Confidence Committee of the
Washington Board for Judicial Administration on the topic of judicial
performance evaluations.
Brody, July 25, 2001, also spoke before
the Byrne Grant Advisory Committee regarding the development of a county-level
risk assessment framework for violent crime and substance abuse and how such a
framework should be used in determining the allocation of State Byrne Grant
funds.
Kerry Brooks, director, GIS and Simulation Laboratory
Interdisciplinary Program Design Institute, is contributing time and expertise
to the development of a GIS database program for the Spokane Agency Council on
Coordinated Transportation (ACCT), which will be used to promote transportation
coordination for the special needs population by improving information access
and increasing partnerships between organizations. He is also providing training
support for a pilot team at the Northeast Community Center.
In the book,
Design-Build, Planning through Development by Beard, Loulakis, Wundram,
McGraw-Hill, 2001, the Graduate Program in Design-Build Management was
mentioned in Chapter 18.7 Education and Training: "A number of major
universities offer design-build courses within their architecture, engineering,
or construction management programs. As of spring 2000, Georgia Institute of
Technology and Washington State University have completed planning for Masters
programs in Design-Build. These programs will draw from the pool of graduates
who posses first professional degrees in design or construction, and then tailor
the individual program to emphasize management of integrated design and
construction services." Georgia Tech and WSU were the only colleges mentioned in
the Education and Training chapter.
Tracy L. Skaer, assistant dean and
associate professor of Pharmacy Practice, and David A. Sclar, Boeing
Distinguished Professor of Health Policy, are among 120 scientists from around
the globe invited to participate in the World Health Organization initiative
entitled, "Adherence with Long-Term Therapies: Toward Policies for Action."
Skaer and Sclar will focus on the design of educational
interventions for developing countries with specific focus on depression,
diabetes mellitus, and hypertension.
Sclar has been awarded a
Queen's Trust Visiting Professorship in the Department of Mental Health Services
at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, University of London. Over the
next three years, Sclar will travel to London on a regular basis to conduct
research with Dr. Andre A. Tylee, Chair, Department of Mental Health Services.
An exchange program between researchers at Washington State University Spokane
and the University of London is under discussion.
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:
Faculty/Staff Fall Orientation.
August 24: WSU Spokane Night with the Spokane
Indians. Gates open 5:30 p.m., game time 6:30 p.m. 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 as
they play the Boise Hawks. Reserve your tickets by calling 535-2922 (ask for
Jonathan) or mail or fax the "WSU Spokane Night with the Spokane Indians" flyer
you received in your mail box with a check or credit card
information.
August 28, 29, 30, and 31: Fifth Annual Design &
Construction Charrette at the Interdisciplinary Design
Institute.
EXTERNAL
EVENTS
August 18: Unity in the
CommunityWSU Spokane is a sponsor. This year’s theme: Equity in
Education.
August 23: Live After 5 Oldies Night. The Hot Rod and
Custom Car Show will fill Riverside with classy cars. Come join the fun and
visit the WSU Spokane booth on Wall and Riverside. Call Kaarin Appel at 358-7528
if you would like to volunteer to staff the booth and receive a free WSU Spokane
t-shirt!
October 5: Live After 5 Visual Arts Tour. Pick up an
Inlander the week before for an event map. The music of Trailer Park Girls,
Canned Music, Lindell Reason, and Spokane's favorite local band, Delbert, will
fill the night air. Rally in the Alley will wrap-up the evening and this year's
Live After 5 event season. 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.
Send corrections on event information to
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