WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2002-21 (July 31, 2002)
· WSU PHARMACY PROGRAM RECEIVES CONTINUED FULL ACCREDITATION
· WSU SPOKANE STRATEGIC PLAN
· UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY
· PARKING UPDATE
· IN THE NEWS
· NOTEWORTHY
· EVENTS
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The Doctor of Pharmacy degree program at Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy has been granted continued full accreditation status for six years starting July 1.
In March, a team of evaluators sent by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education examined the college. The ACPE board voted at the end of June to continue the college’s accreditation through June 30, 2008.
Read more online: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=3158.
Memo dated July 9, 2002, from V. Lane Rawlins, President, to Dr. William Gray, CEO and Dean, and Members of the Spokane Strategic Planning Process:
“Thanks for the draft strategic plan. It outlines an ambitious future and one that, in broad strokes, is attainable. Many aspects of the plan need further discussions and refinement as it is brought into the University Operating Plan. We will keep you involved in that process. I look forward to many productive discussions in the near future.”
The strategic plan is available online at www.spokane.wsu.edu/thefuture, along with a comment form for your feedback.
The 8th Annual Unity In The Community all Spokane picnic and celebration will take place Saturday, August 10 at Liberty Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Games, arts & crafts, entertainment, education, business & agency information and cultural performers will be featured.
Join WSU Spokane as we partner with the community to celebrate diversity and this year’s theme, “Higher Education – The Link to Your Success.”
***VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED*** for two-hour shifts at the WSU Spokane booth. Contact Kaarin Appel at 358-7528 or kappel@wsu.edu. Volunteers will receive a free WSU Spokane t-shirt. For more information on Unity in the Community call 534-3007.
Parking Operations has issued a few reminders:
Parking for students is NOT reciprocal.
Full-time faculty and staff with valid Spokane parking passes are able to park in all Pullman zones except Grey and Orange (map available at the parking office).
If students or faculty are visiting from Pullman, have them contact the parking office at 368-6999. Remind other guests and visitors to park at meters or purchase day passes for $1 (still a great deal) at the parking office.
There is a new payroll deduction form for parking, and parking fees can now be withheld before taxes which makes the cost of parking more economical. Passes may also now be purchased with Visa or MasterCard.
Color zones at Riverpoint will reduce the cost of parking passes down for those who don't mind walking a bit:
· Red parking lots include the main parking lot between HSB and Phase I and the parking lots on either side of SIRTI.
· Blue parking lots are on the south side of Trent--the new large lot and the small lot west of the Bookie.
· The green parking lot is south of the large blue lot. This area is very limited (it is the old Riverside road that will be cleaned and striped).
· People who purchase red passes may park in the red, blue, or green areas. Those with blue passes may park in the blue and green areas. And those with green passes will feel more exercised and refreshed as they take a little stroll before coming to work.
· Downtown (MFC) parking permits are valid in any color zone at Riverpoint.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the parking office at rpparking@wsu.edu.
“Some downtown residents wouldn't choose anywhere else”
Yakima Herald-Republic
July 22, 2002
http://www.yakima-herald.com/cgi-bin/liveique.acgi$rec=54598?home
David Wang, associate professor, architecture was quoted in an article
written by Paul Dunn. This article was part of a special report series, “Defining
Downtown,” that appeared July 21-23 in the Yakima Herald-Republic. Read online
at: http://www.yakima-herald.com/newsfeatures/Downtown/main.html/.
The Intermediate Summer Design Camp was featured on the noon broadcast of KREM 2 News, the six o’clock KXLY news, and the ten o’clock FOX 28 news and received a feature picture in The Spokesman-Review’s Wednesday, July 24 edition. The Seattle Times was also on hand and may use a picture of the campers in Monday’s paper with an article on the economy. The stories focused on the design campers’ tour of The Hall of the Doges, which is currently under construction at the newly re-opened Davenport Hotel. Adjunct faculty member Elizabeth Payne organized the two-week beginning and intermediate design camps that had about 25 sixth through ninth grade participants. This coverage was generated by a media advisory, http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=3149, and follow-up calls to the media by the Communications department.
KREM 2 News interviewed director of Student Services, Joan Menzies, on Wednesday, July 24 regarding the increased number of graduate school applicants due to the lull in the economy and job market. The spot aired on the 5 p.m. news that same day.
Graduate Certificate in Public Service Leadership Approved for WSU Spokane: A new graduate certificate focusing on public service leadership is being added to Washington State University Spokane's criminal justice program. The certificate was developed as a partnership between the Washington State Institute for Community Oriented Policing at WSU Spokane, the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Association and the Washington Associate of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. For more information on the certificate, contact Mike Erp, director, WSICOP, erpmj@wsu.edu, (509) 358-7951, or see www.spokane.wsu.edu/academic/crim_j/certificate/index.asp.
Adults with disabilities do not take their medications as
prescribed because they cannot afford to
”Health Notes”
Spokane Spokesman-Review
July 23, 2002
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=072302&ID=s1186458
Jae Kennedy, assistant professor, health policy and administration,
findings published in the July issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
“An ATM for Pills”
Pacific Northwest Inlander
July 25, 2002
http://www.inlander.com/theinlander/search/279982600079149.pni
Together with Dennis Clifton, professor, pharmacy, CHAS has developed a
Telepharmacy.
“WSU researcher hopes data will increase the understanding of
certain kinds of disease”
Lewiston Morning Tribune
July 31, 2002
http://www.lmtribune.com/07312002/northwes/54451.asp
(ID-new, Password-1010769)
It was just a theory, a hypothesis, a logical assumption formed in the mind of Gary
Meadows, director, Cancer Prevention and Research Center. Alcoholic mice, which
receive 30 percent of their daily calories from alcohol, have weaker immune
systems, with half the killer cell activity of normal mice.
For the second year, AHEC's Bettie Rundlett, coordinated Project HOPE which is an annual summer internship offered to high school students across Washington state. This year 11 Eastern Washington communities received a student intern on a part-time basis for six weeks. The students receive a $600 stipend once the internship is successfully completed. Deaconess and Valley Hospitals, Sacred Heart Medical Center and St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute are participating Project HOPE sites in Spokane. See the press release at http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=3166 for more information.
Charlotte Hardt, assistant director, AHEC, presented "State Offices of Rural Health and State Rural Health Associations: Working Together to Improve Rural Health" in Washington, DC, for the National Rural Health Association's State Association Council's "7th Annual Skill-Building Workshop" and the federal Office of Rural Health Policy's ORHP "Rural Leaders Program". Hardt also facilitated a meeting in Charleston, West Virginia, to organize a West Virginia Rural Health Association.
Dennis Clifton, professor, pharmacy, was invited to the Section of Teachers of Pharmacy Practice to present "Therapeutic Instruction using a Traditional Lecture Format" at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy meeting in July in Kansas City, MO.
Jae Kennedy, assistant professor, health policy and administration, published "Prescription Noncompliance due to Cost Among Adults With Disabilities in the United States” in the July 2002 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, which is the official journal of the American Public Health Association and is one of the top three ranked health care administration journals.
In the same July 2002 issue, Joseph Coyne, associate professor, health policy and administration, exchanges published letters with Adnan Hyder, MD, PhD, MPH of Johns Hopkins University regarding Dr. Coyne’s article, “The World Health Report 2000”, published in the January 2002 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
Michael Hendryx, associate professor, and Melissa Ahern, associate professor, health policy and administration, published “Access to Health Care and Community Social Capital” in the latest issue of Health Services Research which is the official journal of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy and is the number one ranked journal in health care management.
Winsor Schmidt, chair and professor, health policy and administration, published “The Wingspan of Wingspread: What Is Known and Not Known About the State of the Guardianship and Public Guardianship System Thirteen Years after the Wingspread National Guardianship Symposium” in the Spring 2002 issue of Stetson Law Review.
Washington State University and Peking University (“the Harvard of Asia”) have finalized an International Agreement to establish and conduct a collaborative educational program offering Washington State University’s ACEHSA-accredited Master of Health Policy and Administration degree to twenty new students per year for five years. The first student cohort is planned to begin Fall 2003. Bill Gray, campus executive officer and dean, Washington State University Spokane, and Joseph Coyne, associate professor, health policy and administration, are the Agreement Managers for the program. ACEHSA is the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration.
The Department of Health Policy and Administration was awarded funding for a Health Administration Traineeship, sponsored by the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The recipient of the Traineeship for 2002-2003 is Scott DeGrand. Traineeship priority is given to students “who demonstrate a commitment to employment with public or non-profit private entities” in health administration.
Barry Hicks, associate professor, health policy and administration, is chairing the federal grant review group for the Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, to review grant proposals for projects designed to meet the mental health services needs for older adults.
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.
INTERNAL EVENTS
Thursday, August 22: All-campus Fall Semester Kickoff
Health Sciences Building Quads (Rooms 110) from 8:30 a.m. to 4 pm. Be there to meet co-workers and start the academic year off right. Information on agenda coming soon!
Friday, August 23: Workshops for Faculty and Staff
Learn about classroom audio-visual systems, Blackboard online instruction, and more. Place and time TBD and announced at Kickoff.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Saturday, August 10: Unity in the Community
“Higher Education – The Link To Your Success”
Join WSU Spokane as we partner with the community to celebrate diversity and higher education in Spokane at Liberty Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. To volunteer for a two-hour shift at the WSU Spokane booth, contact Kaarin Appel at 358-7528 or kappel@wsu.edu. Volunteers will receive a free WSU Spokane t-shirt.
Wednesday, August 14: Cougar Welcome
The Alumni Association welcomes incoming WSU freshmen before they head to
Pullman at the Spokane Bookie, 410 E. Trent, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Meet other new
WSU students for Ferdinand's ice cream and door prizes including WSU clothing,
Bookstore gift certificates and a $100 scholarship! To RSVP or for more information
call Nancy Rinaldi at 465-9085 or the Alumni Association at 800-258-6978.
Thursday, August 22: Spokane Cougar Club Fall Sports
Banquet
Raffles, Silent and Live Auctions, coaches and special guest speaker Mike
Utley will be featured at this annual sports banquet that takes place at 5 p.m.
at the WestCoast Grand Hotel. Cost is $43 per person. Contact Lori Olson
at olsonl@wsu.edu or 358-7541
to register.
Friday, August 23: WSU Spokane Night with the Indians Baseball
Gates open 5:30 p.m. with game time at 6:30 p.m. enjoy 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 Tri-City Dust Devils. Reserve your $3 tickets in the bench seats by calling 535-2922 (ask for Sonny). Or reserve tickets by mailing or faxing the flyer you received in your mailbox with check or credit card information.
Monday, August 26: First day of class
September 9-11: NIH Orientation/Workshop and Grant Writing
Seminar
Designed to help research faculty and administrators learn the fundamentals
of preparing a strong application and navigating the review process, discover
research training and career development opportunities, better understand the
roles and responsibilities of parties involved in Federally funded research,
and clarify Federal regulations and policies. The NIH grants management,
review, policy and scientific program staff provide a broad array of expertise
and will make themselves available for participant questions throughout the
two-day seminar. The seminar is most appropriate for grants administrators,
researchers new to NIH funding and graduate students/trainees. Details on
agenda to come. For more information contact Dennis Dyck at 358-7618 or dyck@wsu.edu.
Thursday, September 26: Cleveland Visiting Scholar Presentation & Reception
Michael Carter, DNSc, FNP, RN, FAAN, distinguished professor
from the University of Tennessee and national nursing scholar, presents “The
Spirit of Nursing for Society. From Many Small Streams, a Mighty River is
Formed,” at the Intercollegiate College of Nursing campus, 2917 W. Fort George
Wright Drive, Spokane. The event is free and open to the public beginning with
a wine and cheese reception at 4:30 and presentation at 5:30 p.m. The
presentation is directed toward academics, students and members of the greater
community of interest to nursing. The focus will be on understanding nursing’s
role as full citizens of the greater society and factors that can affect that
citizenship. Continuing education contact hours and TeleHealth locations
available by contacting Carol Johns 509-324-7354 or cjohns@wsu.edu. For more information go online
to http://nursing.wsu.edu/cleveland/index.asp.
Friday, September 27: Cleveland Visiting Scholar Breakfast
University of Tennessee’s Distinguished Professor, Michael Carter, DNSc,
FNP, RN, FAAN, will present, “Nursing’s Central Role in Health and Health Care.
Why Do We Care?” at a continental breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. for clinical
health care professionals at the Deaconess Health & Education Building,
entrance level, room 267, 910 W. Fifth Ave., Spokane. RSVP to Karen Malone by
September 20 at 509-324-7339 or malone@wsu.edu.
Continuing education contact hours and TeleHealth locations available by
contacting Carol Johns 509-324-7354 or cjohns@wsu.edu.
For more information go online to http://nursing.wsu.edu/cleveland/index.asp.
Submit event information or send corrections to kappel@wsu.edu.
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