WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2002-23 (August 21, 2002)
· METROPOLITAN MORTGAGE BLOOD DRIVE
· WALK TO CURE DIABETES
· NEW WSU SPOKANE POLO SHIRTS & OLDIE BUT GOODIE DENIM SHIRTS
· SPOKANE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT
· IN THE NEWS
· NOTEWORTHY
· EVENTS
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When you give, others live! Please join us in giving the gift of life on Tuesday, August 27, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Metropolitan Financial Center, 601 West First Avenue. Everyone will receive an INBC summer t-shirt. Contact Jackie at 835-2950 to sign up.
If this date/time is not convenient for you, check out the Inland Northwest Blood Center website at www.inbc2.org for other scheduled blood drives.
WSU Spokane now has its own blood bank account. Our group fund number is H843. Anyone can give to our fund at any time, at any location. If an employee or family member needs blood, contact Joyce Harbison, harbison@wsu.edu, 358-7540, for use of WSU Spokane credits, once we have some accumulated.
WSU Spokane has enough faculty, staff, and students to support its own blood drive in the future. If you are interested in coordinating this for the Riverpoint campus, please contact Joyce Harbison at harbison@wsu.edu or call 358-7540.
The Walk to Cure Diabetes, a 5K walk, will take place on Saturday, September 14, at Spokane Community College. Each walker who raises $100 or more will receive a JDRF Walk t-shirt on the day of the walk. If you are interested in participating on a WSU Spokane team that will join the hundreds of participants who will be walking together to find a cure for diabetes, please contact Joyce Harbison at harbison@wsu.edu or call 358-7540.
Four different colors of WSU Spokane embroidered polo shirts will be on hand at the Fall Semester Kickoff, Thursday, August 22. Bring your checkbook and place your order! Sizes range from XS to XXL and cost between $22 and $25.50. For a sneak preview, see the Parking Operations crew. Denim shirts from last year will also be available to order for $27 for S-XL, $28 for XXL, or $29 for XXXL.
WSU Spokane is a member of the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce. A benefit of membership is that all employees are eligible to participate in the wide variety of opportunities the Chamber offers for networking, information, and so forth.
What’s available? Check out the Chamber web site at www.spokanechamber.org.
Send the e-mail addresses of those who would like to receive Monday Coffee (a weekly e-newsletter from the Chamber) to Louise Fendrich at lfendrich@chamber.spokane.net.
Remember to book www.news.spokane.wsu.edu for the latest news updates!
The superintendent certification program was the subject of a story on KAQQ radio August 15, 2002. The story noted especially the high quality of the program and the benefit to school districts of having program graduates at the helm.
“Drug runners fill rural gap”
Spokane Spokesman-Review
August 18, 2002
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=081802&ID=s1201319
Article quotes pharmacoeconomist David Sclar, Boeing Distinguished Professor of Health Policy at WSU Spokane.
“The real deal”
The Pacific Northwest Inlander
August 15, 2002
David Wang, associate professor, architecture, quoted in an article regarding the process to become an architect.
WSU Spokane Graduate Program in Health Policy and
Administration Enters Five-Year Agreement with Peking University
Washington State University and Peking University (PKU), known as a leading
medical and health sciences university in China, have finalized an
international agreement to establish and conduct a collaborative educational
program. The program will offer WSU’s ACEHSA-accredited Master of Health Policy
and Administration degree to 20 new Chinese students per year for five years.
News release online: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=3204
Sixth Annual Design Charrette Focuses on the ‘Great Gorge
Park’
More than 100 local design students at Washington State University Spokane
soon will propose design concepts for a question that has been facing the
community of Spokane since 1908.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, just one day after fall classes begin, students at the WSU
Spokane Interdisciplinary Design Institute will meet for one of the more
rigorous and intense group projects they will complete as part of the Sixth
Annual Community Design and Construction Charrette: The “Great Spokane River
Gorge.”
News release online: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=3205
Don Epley, Victor Lyon/CCIM Distinguished Professor of Real Estate, presented the results of his year's research to the Education Foundation Board of Directors of the Commercial and Investment Institute, at its recent meeting in Phoenix. The Foundation has been exploring various alternative methods of identifying with higher education institutions. Epley has completed the fourth year of a five-year grant from the Foundation.
Epley had an article accepted for publication in the Real Estate Issues journal, published by the Counselors of Real Estate, Chicago. "Better Real Estate Market Analysis for Metro Areas Through the Use of Unique Sources of Internet Data” covers various uses of the internet for conducting an accurate and efficient market analysis for new and expanded properties.
Epley made a presentation to the legislative committee of the Spokane Homebuilders Association on the current state of the Spokane economy. Epley publishes a quarterly analysis of the Spokane economy that includes an estimate of real economic growth and a leading economic index. The growth research provides the basis for additional research into real estate indicators.
A Spokane junior majoring in real estate, David Adamson, was the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the CCIM-Institute in a national competition. David is currently completing an independent study in commercial property leasing analysis with a local real estate company. He transferred to Spokane from BYU.
The Spokane Institute of Real Estate (IREM) Chapter recently donated IREM publications that include texts, monographs, and special studies. IREM is the leading professional trade group in the US that specializes in the management of real estate. Tom Hix, regional vice president of IREM, Tomlinson and Black, was the coordinator for the gift.
The ARGUS Financial Software Co. Houston Texas, donated a set of its interactive software for use by students at WSU Spokane. Their financial spreadsheets are considered to be among the premier software in the real estate analysis industry.
Jim Madden, superintendent certification program graduate, has been hired as director of business and operations in the Enumclaw School District. Read more online in the Enumclaw Courier-Herald: http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=archivedetails&pnpid=827&om=0&ArchiveID=819766.
The 2000 and 2002 recipient of the International Awards Program at WSU for internationalizing the health policy and administration curriculum, Joe Coyne, associate professor, health policy and administration, will receive $1250 which will provide support for him to join the WSU 2002 China Delegates to Beijing. There he will meet with the US Embassy and Peking University as follow-up to implement the five year WSU-PKU agreement and in preparation for the Fall 2003 admitting class.
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
Remember to bookmark www.events.spokane.wsu.edu for the latest events updates!
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. New WSU Spokane polo
shirts will be available to order so don’t forget your checkbook.
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.
Monday, August 26: Pharmacy Student Picnic
The Department of Pharmacotherapy will kick off the year with the First Annual - WSU College of Pharmacy Student Picnic
at Manito Park from 3 to 7 p.m. on the first day of class. Join fellow third
and fourth year Pharmacy students, faculty, staff, pharmacists, technicians and
their families for David’s Pizza, fun and games.
Friday, August 30: ASWSUS All Campus BBQ
Meet faculty, staff and students at the all campus BBQ sponsored by ASWSU
Spokane beginning at noon outside of Phase I. Open to all WSU Spokane faculty,
staff and students at no charge. Contact Joan Menzies at 358-7526 or jmenzies@wsu.edu for more information.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
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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