WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2004-7 (March 31, 2004)


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Pres. Rawlins campus visit set for April 12

Washington State University president V. Lane Rawlins will be on campus Monday, April 12, for an all-day campus visit.

As with our visit from Pres. Rawlins last December, we have lined up a full day of presentations and opportunities for him to learn more about our programs and accomplishments.

WSU Spokane faculty and staff are invited to join Pres. Rawlins for any and all of the morning presentations listed below.

9:30-10 a.m.
SCLS 113
Area Health Education Center, WSU Extension: Working to build the health professionals pipeline and help rural communities

Open to campus community. AHEC director Steve Meltzer will highlight three areas of their work: Project HOPE, workforce development, and community development and outreach.

10-10:45 a.m.
SCLS 113
Faculty/staff open dialogue

Open to WSU Spokane faculty and staff. Chancellor Rom Markin particularly encourages you to attend to ask questions, make comments, and learn more about what the future holds for WSU Spokane.

With the passage of new legislation that redefines our relationship to the main campus, the search under way for a new chancellor, and the system principles being developed, you should have lots of questions!

11 a.m.-Noon
SCLS 114
Students connecting with the community

Open to campus community. Hear from four outstanding students who will be introduced by their faculty to talk about their learning experience here and the opportunities provided by Spokane’s “urban laboratory”:

Pres. Rawlins will have lunch with a number of students who have been invited by their programs as outstanding representatives and those who hold student leadership positions.

In the afternoon, he will meet with community leaders in the social services and law enforcement sectors to talk about our research partnerships with them, and tour WSU Spokane CityLab and the Hearing and Speech Clinic.Return to the Top of the Page

Is it systemic?
Attend the discussion April 1

Still wondering what it means for us to be a university system?

You’re invited to participate in dialogue with Hal Dengerink, Chancellor, WSU Vancouver, on the implementation of a systemwide approach for Washington State University on Thursday, April 1, 10-Noon, Phase 1 Auditorium.

In his role as special assistant to WSU President V. Lane Rawlins on this issue, Dengerink is well-versed on the challenges facing the University to implement the vision articulated in the “Recommendations for Newer Campuses" passed by the Board of Regents, March 2003. Invitations also have been extended to several Pullman faculty, asking that they join us in this discussion.

Please call Pat Rossini at 8-7551 or email her at rossini@wsu.edu to let her know you plan to attend.Return to the Top of the Page

Shakespeare meets Confucius:
Leadership in an East-West context

Professor of education Fredrick Peterson delivered the Honors College invited lecture at Washington State University.Fredrick Peterson, professor of education, delivered the 2004 Honors College Invited Lecture in February. A full house was on hand for Peterson’s commentary on the stark differences between the leadership styles of English kings, particularly Henry IV and Henry V, and Confucian and Daoist perspectives on the same topic.

According to Peterson, the Western perspective on leadership emphasizes asserted authority, decisive action, and reward-seeking. Leaders set the agenda, establish the goals, and bend others to their will, as demonstrated by examples ranging from Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Henry V.

While some Chinese literature and history has advocates of those views of leadership, the two most influential philosophies in Chinese history have different ideas.

The Confucian view focuses on responsibility, integrity, and service, guided by scholarship and knowledge. Daoism would suggest that the leader should seek neither glory nor fame, but should instill ownership in the people. What matters is what is done, not who did it. The leader’s role is to see what needs doing, then to set things in motion to bring it about—the people then believe that they did it themselves.

Peterson concluded his remarks by suggesting the value of incorporating ancient concepts of leadership from China into traditional Western approaches. Peterson teaches principles of leadership in his interdisciplinary course for Educational Administration (EdAd 522), a popular elective for students in a variety of programs including criminal justice, health policy, and technology management.Return to the Top of the Page

Sinclair named outstanding student
in landscape architecture for 2003

WSU Spokane student Wil Sinclair was recently named the Outstanding Student in Landscape Architecture for 2003-04. A senior, Sinclair will receive his degree in May along with those who have made the journey beside him from Pullman here to Spokane.

Sinclair has used his experience in the landscape architecture program as an opportunity to build paths not only in the natural world, but in his personal life as well.

He has worked on such projects as the Palouse Empire Mall project, with Sean Michael, developing a plan for frontage and parking outside the Moscow, Idaho, shopping center. In Spokane, Sinclair has participated in the Children’s Society site, the East Sprague Project, the Minnehaha Project, and the Moses Lake Charrette.

In the spring and summer of 2003, Sinclair worked on the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch project. Made possible by a grant received by associate professor Bob Scarfo, the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch project helps boys learn the tools of design while eventually making that design a reality. Sinclair taught hands-on training for the first year section of the three-year program.

“I am mostly concerned with connected communities,” Sinclair said, “whether it’s planning a trail system or uniting over the goal of reducing impervious surfaces and enhancing natural systems for our and future generation’s benefit. The ideal of community responsibility and cohesiveness for future generations lights my fire.”

Sinclair who judges his success based on the relationships he forms, plans to attend Eastern Washington University and earn his master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning.

Through his project experiences and time here at WSU Spokane, Sinclair said he has learned, “How difficult and rewarding it is to design and build one’s own creation.” However, he is not unfamiliar with satisfaction derived from challenge. It all began a few short years ago years ago when, with a wife and daughter, Sinclair uprooted his family for Pullman, and along that dusty road he discovered in himself strength and the ability to achieve supreme happiness.

When asked to describe his experience here at WSU Spokane, he simply replies it was, “A dream come true.”

Related news: WSU Spokane Faculty and Students Work with Morning Star Boys’ Ranch to Improve Ranch, Glenrose Watershed (May 13, 2002)Return to the Top of the Page

“Should I leave the building?”

Information on Riverpoint campus emergency communications procedures

In light of the recent bomb threat at Eastern Washington University, and subsequent cancellation of their classes at all EWU locations, this article reviews briefly the information channels for faculty, staff and students of Washington State University Spokane in the event of an emergency situation.

REMINDER: Review the “Riverpoint Campus Emergency Procedures” flip chart. If you are do not have one, contact Sandi Baldwin, 8-7994, sbaldwin@wsu.edu, to receive a copy.

Any official campuswide communications for WSU Spokane faculty/staff will come from WSU Spokane Facilities Operations, the Chancellor’s Office, or Communications.

Student Services may also communicate directly with students.

Media channels may be utilized in the event that we are trying to keep people from coming to campus. Any media information will specify that the information relates to Washington State University’s Spokane campus.

Information from Eastern Washington University concerning their operations does NOT constitute cancellation or closure of Riverpoint operations as a whole.

BE AWARE that the media may say “Riverpoint is closed” when they mean that EWU has canceled its classes on the campus.

If a situation involves WSU Spokane, we will utilize the official campus alert information sources:

If you receive questions from anyone—students, co-workers, the media—direct them to these official information sources.

In the event of an imminent threat to safety, the WSU Spokane Office of Public Safety has full authority to act as necessary to safeguard the public.

The Washington Administrative Code (WAC) requires compliance with emergency personnel. Emergency Coordinators for the Riverpoint campus are Jon Schad and Al Pignataro.

Your area also has a Floor Captain who will direct you in the event that you are to leave a building. Watch for an article in the April 14 Campus Bulletin with more information on floor captains.

If you are asked to leave the building, please:

  • Turn off your computer and any coffee pots, heaters, or other electrical equipment in your work area.
  • Take your personal belongings.
  • Leave the building as directed, and go to the appropriate assembly point.

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Faculty Excellence Award:
Submit nominations by April 2

Just a reminder that the deadline to nominate your outstanding colleagues for the WSU Spokane Faculty Excellence Award is this Friday, April 2. More information online.

Statistical Consulting Center presentation April 9

Richard Alldredge from WSU Pullman Statistical Consulting Center will be here to present a workshop on Power Analyses and Regression Analyses, Friday, April 9.

The workshop will be held in Health Sciences Building, Rm. 110D. The Power Analyses will be from 1-2pm with the Regression Analyses from 2:15-4pm. RSVP to Lorri Bays, baysl@wsu.edu.

Did you know? Surplus stores

It’s a jungle in there. In the South Campus Facility, beyond the doors of the Bookie, past the mail services counter, lies an organizer’s dream world: Office furniture as far as the eye can see.

“Pretty much everything you could want, we have at least one or two of,” said mail services carrier Melissa Estrada. There are filing cabinets, desks, bookshelves, chairs, lockers a lamp and even an old nursing bed. It’s enough to give a theatrical set dresser heart palpitations.

Facilities Operations stores surplus materials in the building and unclaimed items are processed and transferred to the Pullman campus, where they are auctioned off. Surplus will remain in the warehouse as the facility is prepared for renovation.

If departments have items that they want to get rid of they can call the Facilities Office and schedule to pick them up. If departments are in need of a piece of furniture or equipment they are welcome to contact Facilities and ask to look at the surplus materials that are in stock, free of charge.

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Community connections

University District community workshop TONIGHT, March 31

The City of Spokane will host the first University District Community Workshop on March 31, 6-8 p.m., at the Avista Auditorium, located at 1411 E. Mission Avenue.

Citizens will have a chance to:

  • Define the vision of the University District
  • Provide input and feedback on key planning issues and challenges
  • Articulate opportunities for the future

Attendees should enter the Avista building through the front entrance, and they will then be directed to the Auditorium. Parking for the workshop is available in Avista's adjacent parking lots.

Bookmark www.spokane.wsu.edu/universitydistrict and the City of Spokane Office of Economic Development for news and updates. Please share this information with anyone who may be interested: students, co-workers, neighbors. Return to the Top of the Page

St. Luke’s Festival of Wine and Flowers April 3-4

Support St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, a research and teaching partner of Washington State University Spokane, at this weekend’s Festival of Flowers. For more information on Saturday’s “Evening of Wine and Flowers” and Sunday’s “Flowers and Afternoon Victorian Tea” see the Web site.Return to the Top of the Page

Inland Northwest Medical Informatics Symposium April 21-23

Technology is creating more time for physicians to care for patients and allowing hospitals to improve their quality of patient care. A variety of innovations in telemedicine and information technology will be highlighted at an upcoming symposium at the elegant Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington.

Hundreds of health care professionals from Washington and Northern Idaho will gather at The Davenport Hotel, April 21-23 for the annual Inland Northwest Medical Informatics Symposium (INMIS).

Northwest Telehealth and Information Resources Management, both divisions of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS), in collaboration with the Spokane County Medical Society, will present the symposium. Register online at the INHS Web site.

To subscribe to the INHS newsletter for news on future such events, and the activities and accomplishments of Inland Northwest Health Services, e-mail inhseditor@inhs.org. Return to the Top of the Page

Child Abuse Prevention Box Lunch Day April 22

Have a great gourmet lunch delivered and contribute to the fight against child abuse! Order and pay for your $10 box lunch (turkey club or grilled veggie wrap) by Friday, April 16.

Lunches will be delivered between 8 a.m. and noon on Thursday, April 22. Proceeds benefit the Spokane Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Center.

Building contacts to place your order:

Pharmacy students participate in
“Celebrating Women" health event

Pharmacy students took part in a health education and outreach event held March 20 at the West Central Community Center. CHER (Community Health Education Resources at INHS) sponsored the event, which included health screenings, displays, and booths from health clinics such as CHAS, People's Clinic, and Christ Clinic. Attendees could receive information about nutrition and other health related services. Washington State University doctor of pharmacy students at the Celebrating Women Health Day.

The event was unique in that the target audience was intended to be women from a lower socio-economic background who may or may not be connected to the health care system. This was the first year something like this has been done--the hope is that every year, the word will get out and attendance will be greater so that more people can be reached.

Pharmacy students provided blood glucose monitoring, BP checks, body mass index calculation and stroke risk assessment and screening. It was attended by approximately 125 people.

Student participants included Jill Harvey and Wendy Meuler, 4th year; Jennifer Robinson, 3rd year; Heather McHenry-Kroetch, David Gigler, Ben Larkin, and Majid Tanas, 1st year. Catrina Schwartz and Brenda Bray served as faculty preceptors.

Way to go!

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

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  • World Class Faculty: Check out the online profiles featured as links from our home page. The images rotate randomly on the home page, but the profiles are always available from this central profile page. You can also navigate to this page by choosing "About WSU Spokane" from the home page, "People" in the lefthand navigation, and "Profiles" in the lefthand navigation there.
  • Bulletin archives: Links to past issues of the Campus Bulletin from Oct. 2003 forward.
  • 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?
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