WSU Spokane Campus
Bulletin
Issue 2002-14 (May 1,
2002)
IN THIS
ISSUE
·GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE: TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
THE BULLETIN AND DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWS
·MEDIA COVERAGE
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE
This week’s feature: Tell us what you
think about the Bulletin and Department Overviews!
By now you should have had the chance to read the newest
addition to the Campus Bulletin, the Department Overviews. This information
piece was added to the Bulletin last fall as a result of comments gathered
through the strategic planning process and through a focus group and survey done
summer 2000 on internal communications. The purpose is to educate the campus on
various programs offered at WSU Spokane and to introduce the faculty and staff
associated with each.
We are requesting your feedback on the Department
Overviews and other Bulletin content. Please take a few minutes to fill out and
return the attached survey. You may edit the text file directly and submit your
answers by attaching the file to an email to Joyce Harbison, harbison@wsu.edu, or print the survey and send via campus mail to Joyce
at MFC.
MEDIA
COVERAGE
Kerry Brooks, associate
professor of landscape architecture and director of the GIS lab at Washington
State University Spokane, has been named to the Fulbright Senior Specialist
Roster by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Read more at
http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=2986.
Paul
Schimpf, associate professor of engineering, is doing original research in
biomedical engineering and received a $400,000 grant from the National Science
Foundation to fund his research. His research project requires a lot of
heavy-duty computing accomplished quickly, so he needs a lot of computer power.
His answer was to create a “Beowulf Cluster.” Read more in the Terabyte
Triangle Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 4, at http://www.terabytetriangle.com/index.php/id=5&article_ID=44.
The
Inland NW Academy of Family Physicians, Family Medicine Spokane Residency
Program, and the Area Health Education Center at Washington State
University Spokane are presenting the 19th Annual Primary Care Update Conference
in Spokane, May 3 and 4, 2002. The two-day conference designed for primary care
providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners,
registered nurses, and allied health professionals will be held at the WestCoast
Grand Hotel at the Park. The press release can be read online at: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=2990.
The
UPCD Clinic was featured on KHQ over the weekend covering the free
hearing screenings that were conducted at the Valley and Northtown malls on
Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20.
Fox TV covered the Area
Health Education Center’s workshop on integrating cultural competence into
healthcare Thursday, May 2, 2002. (This coverage resulted from a news release
and follow-up)
NOTEWORTHY
Joseph
Coyne, associate professor, health policy and administration, has presented
a paper before the French Ministry of Health in Paris, France, March 19-21,
2002, as a follow-up to his article in the January 2002 issue of the American
Journal of Public Health regarding the WHO 2000 study, in which the French
health system was ranked first worldwide among 191 countries. His paper was on
"The Evolution of the Hybrid Model in the Publicly Financed French Health
System".
Heidee McMillin has been awarded the Paul L. Beckett
Graduate Fellowship for doctoral research from the Department of Political
Science in Pullman. Heidee is a 2001 graduate of the Criminal Justice MA. Her
doctoral studies are largely centered around WSU Spokane with areas of
specialization in Health Policy Administration and Criminal
Justice.
Steve Setter, assistant professor, pharmacy practice,
spoke to the “Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS)” support group in April. Deep brain
stimulators are used to decrease the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and
essential tremor. He covered new therapies and therapeutic approaches to the
treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Gail Chermak, the Edward R.
Meyer Distinguished Professor of Audiology and Chair of the Department of Speech
and Hearing Sciences at Washington State University, received the 2002 College
of Liberal Arts Distinguished Faculty Award.
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 for other publications and web content.
UPCOMING EVENTS
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Thursday, May 2: Integrating
Cultural Competence into Healthcare
Pre-conference workshop sponsored by
the Primary Care Update Conference. Target audience is health care providers in
all sectors. Registration fee. Contact AHEC at 358-7640 or ahec@wsu.edu.
Friday, May 3 & Saturday, May 4: Primary
Care Update
Annual conference for primary care providers. Held at the
WestCoast Grand Hotel at the Park. Registration fee. Contact AHEC at 358-7640 or
ahec@wsu.edu.
Friday, May 10: Commencement Brunch
The
Associated Students of WSU Spokane invite all WSU Spokane staff and faculty to
join them in honoring this year's graduates at a brunch from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
in the 110 Series of the Health Sciences Building. Join graduates, their
families and alumni in this celebration and in what the students hope will
become a tradition. RSVP by May 3rd to ASWSUS office at 358-7921 or email
aswsus@hotmail.com.
The event is free of charge. To volunteer, call Sandie Kruse at 358-7551 or
e-mail her at kruses@wsu.edu.
Friday, May 10:
Commencement
Commencement will take place from 2 to 3:45 p.m. at the
Opera House, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Reception to follow in the Health
Sciences Building lobby, 310 N. Riverpoint Blvd., from 4 to 6 p.m. All faculty,
staff, students and their families are encouraged to attend. To volunteer, call
Kaarin Appel at 358-7528 or send e-mail to .
Thursday, May 16: Living Free: A Musical
Celebration of Life
On Stage! a program of the Washington Institute for
Mental Illness Research and Training (WIMIRT) at WSU Spokane, presents a free
performance in tribute to National Mental Health Month. Metropolitan Center for
the Performing Arts, 901 W. Sprague, 7:30 p.m. Event supported by Spokane County
Regional Support Network, United Behavioral Health, WSU Spokane, WIMIRT, and the
Simanton Foundation. For more information contact Donna Douglass at 358-7676 or
email douglass@wsu.edu.
Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17: Inland
Northwest Association of Clinical Research Professionals (INACRP) Spring
Symposium
Registration is $30 for members and $45 for non-members. CEU
credit 6 hours. May 16, 6 8 p.m., "ACRP Update" presented by Dennis
DeRosia, Chair, Board of Directors, ACRP, at Spokane Club. May 17, 8 a.m.
2:30 p.m., HIPPAA Privacy Standards & Regulations, at Deaconess Health and
Education Center. For more information, call Linda Appleby at
879-3762.
Tuesday, May 21: PA/NP Seminar Series
Wound Care
presented by Greg Jones, MD. Held at the Deaconess Health and Education Center,
910 W Fifth Ave. Registration required. Contact Cathi Lamoreux, 358-7509 or
lamoreux@wsu.edu.
Sunday, June 2: Football and Fashion 101
Find
out everything you want to know about Cougar Football from WSU Head Coach Mike
Price at the Downtown Spokane Nordstrom at 5:30 p.m., complete with a Nordstrom
fashion show, prizes and a post-event shopping opportunity just for attendees.
Tickets are $30 with proceeds to support student-athletes’ scholarships at WSU.
Send checks to the Athletic Foundation, 601 W First Ave., Spokane, WA 99201 by
May 24th or call Lori Olson at 358-7541 or e-mail
olsonl@wsu.edu.
Submit event information or send corrections to
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