WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2004-2 (January 21, 2004)


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MAC Exhibit Features Work by WSU Architecture Students

State Route 26, stretching from Colfax to Vantage in Eastern Washington, might seem an uninteresting stretch of routine highway linking farm fields and the Columbia River. Neither the American Automobile Association nor the Washington State Bureau of Tourism makes any mention of the 133-mile long highway in their travel guidebooks.

So, why will this stretch of road be the focus of a four-month long exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Art & Culture in Spokane?

"Imagine a 133-mile long museum," says Paul Hirzel, associate professor in the School of Architecture and Construction Management. Through a series of proposals by his students for a "museum" along the highway, the exhibit hopes to increase awareness of its dramatic landscapes and residents. Many of the features that represent the beauty of Eastern Washington are crossed by SR-26 - from evidence of dramatic geological events, to historical trails, to diverse social, biological, and agricultural zones, says Hirzel.

With nearly 10,000 college students regularly driving the road from the Westside to Pullman, Hirzel sees the idea of a linear museum as a potentially tremendous learning opportunity. After all, the students are a captive audience, trapped for two hours as they make their way across the landscape. The exhibit also hopes to encourage economic development of communities along SR-26.

This exhibition celebrates the MAC collaboration with Washington State University students. The exhibit runs from Jan. 24 to May 2, 2004.Return to the Top of the Page

Trent bridge open
The Trent Avenue Bridge re-opened to traffic on Wednesday, January 14, allowing for easier access to and from campus.

Cohen Named to Psychiatric Pharmacy BoardLawrence J. Cohen, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pharmacotherapy

WSU Spokane pharmacotherapy department chair Lawrence J. Cohen has been named to the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Specialty Council on Psychiatric Pharmacy. Appointed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Cohen began his term on Jan. 1.

During his three-year term, Cohen will join with specialists across the nation in developing processes to certify and recertify specialists in the area of psychiatric pharmacy. Representative duties will consist of attending annual specialty council meetings, maintaining correspondence, exhibiting at national pharmacy meetings and participating in item development.

Read more in the news release online here. Return to the Top of the Page

Nominations Sought for Outstanding Women

WSU to Select Women of Distinction for 2004

Washington State University is seeking nominations for its Woman of the Year and Women of Distinction awards, presented annually during National Women's History Month in March. The deadline to nominate is Feb. 6.

WSU President V. Lane Rawlins will present the awards at the Women's Recognition Luncheon on March 25. Women from across the university system are eligible for nomination. To be considered, nominees must be women distinguished in academic work, career, leadership, public service or any combination thereof. Women who have not received the award in the past five years are eligible.

The awards recognize women for their personal accomplishments and contributions to society and women's lives. Nomination forms are available online here. For more information, contact Jill Griffin, awards committee chair, at (509) 335-2473 or e-mail at griffinj@wsu.edu.

Spokane Women in Higher Education to be Honored

The Sixth Annual Spokane Area Leadership Conference invites you to nominate an outstanding Spokane/Coeur d'Alene woman to be recognized through one of six Outstanding Woman Leader awards. Recipients of this distinction will be recognized at an awards ceremony to be held Friday, March 5, 2004, at Spokane Community College. This tradition of Spokane area women honoring an outstanding student, faculty, staff/administrator, business and community leader is the culmination of a conference that celebrates the leader in every woman. Nominations may be made by anyone from the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area. Only one nomination per category will be accepted from each nominator.

For additional information about the Outstanding Woman Leader Awards or the Spokane Area Women's Leadership Conference, call Tracy Struble, SCC Institutional Diversity Department at (509) 533-7030.

Deadline for submissions is February 18, 2004.Return to the Top of the Page

Gendering Research Across the Campuses
First Annual Research Symposium

The new WSU-based faculty research group, Gendering Research Across the Campuses (GRACe), invites researchers, both faculty and students, to its first annual research symposium on gender, to be held February 13 in the Compton Union Building on the Pullman campus.

The goals of this day-long event are to showcase gender research and to promote future research collaborations across the disciplines. Faculty and graduate researchers will present their work on four panels and in research posters throughout the day. Two visiting experts will speak along with WSU scholars on a keynote panel in the mid morning. WSU musicians will perform at the closing reception. All events are free and open to the public.

Openings are still available in the research poster session for faculty and/or students wishing to present specific research on gender or teaching. Please contact Amy G. Mazur regarding submission details at mazur@mail.wsu.edu

For more information about GRACe or the symposium visit http://libarts.wsu.edu/grace/ or contact Amy G. Mazur at 335-4615 or via email at mazur@mail.wsu.edu

Training Opportunity for Principal Investigators and Support Staff

"Effort Reporting / Cost Sharing" Presentation
Presenter: Lori Selby, Sponsored Program Services
Date: Friday, January 23, 2004
Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Phase 1 Building, Room 118

Content:
1) Definition of effort reporting
2) Federal cost principles
3) Acceptable methods of effort reporting
4) Federal requirements for institutional policies & procedures
5) NIH Cases - Audit findings at other institutions
6) Risks of not complying with federal regulations
7) Definition of cost sharing
8) How does cost sharing effect the F&A rateReturn to the Top of the Page

Volunteer opportunity:
Bowl for Kids' Sake benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters

The 2004 Bowl for Kids' Sake will take place the last weekend in February and the first weekend in March. This fun and important event is an opportunity for you and your co-workers to enjoy two hours of bowling while raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Monies raised from Bowl for Kids' Sake will help recruit quality volunteers, reach out to resources that refer children to the program and facilitate long lasting friendships with volunteers and children.

WSU Spokane is looking for volunteers to serve as team captains for this event. Team captains will be responsible for recruiting four other team members to bowl on their team. Each team captain will receive a team captain's packet and will be responsible for handing out a sponsor sheets to each team member, completing the team roster, faxing or mailing that roster to BBBS, and scheduling the teams bowling location, date and time. Each team member must have a minimum of $90 (or $75 if pre-collected) in pledges to participate in the two hour bowling session. If you are unable to volunteer as a team captain, you can also volunteer to participate as a bowler with one of the teams, or sponsor one of your co-workers.

The bowling event for each team will take place at Lilac Lanes North, Silver Lanes South, or Players & Spectators in the Valley on either February 26, 27, 28, 29, or March 5, 6, 7. If you are interested in volunteering as a team captain, contact Renee DeWees at dewees@wsu.edu to receive more information.Return to the Top of the Page

David Buxton named Chair of CACT

WSU Spokane Campus Librarian David Buxton has been named Chair of the Spokane Regional Transportation Commission's Citizens' Advisory Committee on Transportation for 2004.David Buxton, Campus Librarian

The CACT is a citizen advisory board comprised of 15 city and county residents who meet monthly to provide input to the SRCT on transportation planning process by reviewing and commenting on projects and programs.

Buxton, who took office January 1, has been a member of CACT for five years. Throughout his service he has continued to contribute to transportation issues in the Spokane region, including being nominated for, and named, Spokane County's Most Valuable Commuter in December of 2003.

Buxton's interests have also led to support for the Riverpoint Campus. He organized an opportunity for WSU Spokane administrators and planners to meet with city and state transportation planners to discuss safety issues related to having a state highway running through campus. This effort led to the proposed name change of Trent Avenue between the river and Division, to Spokane Falls Boulevard.

On January 21, WSU Landscape Architecture students will be presenting a study to the CACT on ways to promote pedestrian safety along that stretch of Trent Avenue, which will possibly lead to future presentations to the SRCT and the Transportation Technical Committee, the professional counterpart to the CACT, made up primarily of engineers from the city and county.

Throughout his tenure, Buxton plans to make strides in helping the CACT take a proactive approach in identifying transportation issues that are important to citizens and the community. He hopes that recommendations based on these efforts will lead to a safer and more efficient transportation system.

With two open positions on the CACT, it is the perfect opportunity for interested students to get involved and complete an application. The CACT meets on the third Wednesday of every month and members serve three-year terms, beginning January of the year they are appointed.

Links:
Spokane Regional Transportation Commission: http://www.srtc.org
CACT: http://www.srtc.org/cact.htmReturn to the Top of the Page

Personnel and staffing changes

Goings
Vince Alberty, Research Associate with CAFRU, effective 1/31/04

Searches
Research Professor, Sleep Research Initiative, Health Sciences, position is open until filled
Assistant/Associate Director, Development, position is open until filled
Clinical Assistant Professor (3 positions), Pharmacotherapy, positions are open until filled
Chancellor & Vice Provost for Health Sciences, WSU Spokane, position is open until filled

Did you know … about the WSU Spokane online directory

The WSU Spokane online directory houses a wealth of information including faculty and staff phone numbers, addresses for each building on campus, delivery information for packages sent to campus, and security and information line phone numbers. As a faculty or staff member of WSU Spokane, information including your phone and fax numbers, email address, and room locations, may be included in this online directory. To check if your information is up to date go to:

Service learning workshop reminder: Jan. 22

Come to a presentation and discussion concerning service learning at WSU Spokane.

Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: HSB Quad 110C
For more information/RSVP: Student Services Office (8-7978)

Community Connections

"Alzheimer's Disease: Beyond Fear" to air Jan. 21

How do you distinguish between forgetfulness and Alzheimer's? As a caregiver, how do you deal with personal suffering, and what are the resources our community has to support patients and their families?

Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapy Stephen M. Setter will appear on KSPS January 21, from 7-8 p.m., to discuss just these issues. The locally produced program, entitled Health Matters, is one part in a series focused on Alzheimer's disease. Setter, who specializes in caring for the elderly, was named the Pharmacist of the Year in 2001 by the Washington State Pharmacists Association board of directors.

Setter will be joined by Dr. Susan Melchoire of the Memory Clinic at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d' Alene and Don Chin, a man whose wife has Alzheimer's Disease and who has recently been diagnosed himself.Return to the Top of the Page

Women and Heart Disease Luncheon Feb. 11

Actress Tracey Conway remembers the night her heart stopped beating, she died on stage, and lived to tell about it.

Conway will appear as a Keynote Speaker at the First Annual Women and Heart Disease Luncheon on February 11, 2004, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Red Lion Inn at the Park.

The myth that coronary heart disease affects only men is common when in fact it is the number one killer of women in America today: More than half a million women die of heart disease and stroke every year.

The Women and Heart Disease Luncheon was created to make women aware of their health, establish a proactive lifestyle, and inform and inspire women to become champions of good health through a woman's everyday roles in the community, home and at work.

Along with a heart healthy lunch and raffle auction, there will be a presentation by Cardiologist Jacquelyn Ryan, MD, Medical Director at Sacred Heart Women's Health Center. Tickets are $40 and must be purchased by Thursday, February 5. Attendees are encouraged to wear red.

For additional information or to purchase tickets, contact the Spokane Office of the American Heart Association at 509-536-1500 or e-mail spokanewomen@heart.org.Return to the Top of the Page

Way to go!

Gretchen Arend Eaker, Linda Edwardson, Jeanie Wolf, Susan Pfeifer and Principal Investigator Chris Blodgett of the Child and Family Research Unit all deserve a "way to go" for their work in a recent federal grant audit (coming to you from Phyllis Hornbeck, Business Affairs).

She wrote, "The Department of Justice Safe Start grant started in May 2000 and is now up to $2,010,000. As you can imagine, the program work and the fiscal support work has been complex! In addition to the great program work that Chris directs for this sizeable project, the business affairs staff has been invaluable in tracking funding, expenditures, helping with re-budgets and yearly renewals as required. Lori Selby indicated this is the first federal grant audit of this size that WSU Central Administration has had in many years."

Send your "Way to Go!" comments to Renee DeWees at dewees@wsu.edu and watch for your thanks to be published in an upcoming issue of the campus bulletin!Return to the Top of the Page

Find it on the Web

  • Health Sciences at WSU Spokane: Have you noticed the "splash page" for the health sciences? Denise Palmen did a stellar job of design, as usual, for this Web page that helps showcase the health sciences cluster on campus.
  • Interdisciplinary Design Institute: Have you checked out the complete redesign launched a few weeks ago? If you haven't yet, mouse on over and see the stellar work of academic coordinator Jaime Rice, Web designer Denise Palmen, and campus Webmaster Sicco Rood
  • Neighborhood News: Launched as a service to individuals and businesses in the vicinity of campus. Check it out, forward it to people you know who work or live nearby, and suggest additional content to Barb Chamberlain, chamberlain@wsu.edu
  • In the News: Media coverage of campus programs and people
  • News Releases: Recent news releases and links to news releases organized by subject.
  • Events Calendar: What's going on around here, anyway?
  • Department Overviews: Links to background information on campus units (Word documents)

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