WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2002-5 (February 20, 2002)
IN THIS ISSUE
· GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE: EDUCATION
· WSU SBDC, NETHERCUTT EFFORTS HELP SPOKANE PHYSICIAN
RECEIVE NASA PATENT LICENSE
· PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY LECTURE FEB. 21
· HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING DEDICATION ACTIVITIES FEB. 22
· EDC BREAKFAST WITH CONTRACT PHARMA EDITOR FEB. 26
· PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
· NOTEWORTHY
· VOLUNTEER BOARD OPPORTUNITIES
· EVENTS
GET TO KNOW WSU SPOKANE
This week's department overview feature: Education
Highlights
· Statewide Superintendent's
Certification program
· Field-based Principal's Certification Program
· Master's in Teaching Program (a Pullman-based program
offered in Spokane)
· School Psychologist's Certification program in
collaboration with EWU
· Student Teaching supervision of undergraduate Pullman
students
· National Board Professional Teacher Certification
(academic credit option created by Lenore Schmidt of WSU
Spokane)
Accomplishments
Over two-thirds of the
superintendent's in Washington State received their
Superintendent Credential from Washington State!!
First year of operation
Education programs have
been a part of WSU Spokane since the inception of the branch
campuses.
Mission
The mission of WSU's Leaders
for Tomorrow's Schools program is “…
to prepare school district leaders with the leadership and
management skills needed to lead their organizations to the
improvement of student learning.” The
Field-Based Superintendent's Certification Program, a
component of Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools, is
specifically designed to prepare current building principals and
mid-level administrators to meet the leadership challenges to be
faced by school superintendents in the twenty-first century.
Plans
Development of a multi-campus Ed.D.
program, state-level professional teacher certification program,
and establishment of the High Tech High in connection with a Gates
Foundation grant.
Community Partners
The program has extensive
involvement with almost all of Spokane County's schools and
school districts through internship placement in the
Principal's credential program or student teacher placement
with the MIT and Student Teaching Supervision.
Meet the Staff:
Dennis Ray, Director, Leader for Tomorrow's
Schools
Program Coordinator, Superintendent's Certification Program
Unit Director
Jim Howard, Program Coordinator, Principal's
Certification Program
Fred Peterson, Professor, Director of
International Academic Affairs
Jack Marchant, Student Teacher Supervisor
Lenore Schmidt, Program Coordinator, Masters in
Teaching (MIT)
Steve Hirsch, Program Coordinator, School
Psychologists Certification Program
Alison Olzendam, Director, High Tech High
Project
Deborah Hoerner, Secretary Senior
WSU SBDC, NETHERCUTT EFFORTS HELP SPOKANE PHYSICIAN RECEIVE
NASA PATENT LICENSE
A press conference is set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
February 21, at Washington State University Spokane's new
Health Sciences Building, Room 110A, to announce that a NASA patent
license has been secured by Spokane physician Don Baker for a
portable fetal heart rate monitor.
The monitor is the first of its kind using aerospace technology
developed by NASA.
Among those attending the press conference will be Dr. Baker,
Congressman George Nethercutt, Spokane Small Business Development
Center staff member Rick Thorpe, statewide SBDC
director Carolyn Clark, and NASA representatives,
including Barrie L. Price of its Technology Commercialization
Program Office.
Reporters will have an opportunity to interview Dr. Thomas Hoban
(see below) and to tour and photograph the new health sciences
building following the press conference.
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY LECTURE FEB. 21
Thomas J. Hoban, an international expert on the
growing use of biotechnology in society, will discuss the public
perceptions of the industry during a 1 p.m. talk at Washington
State University Spokane Thursday, Feb. 21. The lecture will be
held in the new Health Sciences Building on the Riverpoint campus,
310 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Room 110B.
For the past 10 years, the professor and extension specialist in
the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina
State University has researched how American agriculture, the food
industry, public officials and others can most effectively respond
to issues surrounding biotechnology. His most recent research
project examines what global leaders think and know about
biotechnology.
More information: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.html?StoryID=2717
HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING DEDICATION ACTIVITIES FEB. 22
We encourage you to invite friends, family, and
colleagues into the Health Sciences Building this Friday,
Feb. 22, for the public activities. See details online:
http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.html?StoryID=2732
Faculty, staff, and students, we hope
to see you at the dedication ceremony activities, 3:30-5pm, and the
social hour and tours following. Gov. Gary Locke will be
touring the building immediately following the dedication.
Thanks to the Herculean efforts of Kenny
Bisagno, Sicco Rood, Mike Bergam, and Larry
Hoffman, we can view the events via live video feed in
Rms. 272-274 and the Dental Hygiene Clinic. Please feel
free to invite prospective students to join you there as well.
EDC BREAKFAST WITH CONTRACT PHARMA EDITOR
FEB. 26
Contract Pharma is the nation's leading magazine
devoted to contract services and the outsourcing sectors of the
pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries.
Contract Pharma editor Gil Roth will visit Spokane this month to
learn more about the companies here and the resources our region
offers this industry. He will speak at a breakfast sponsored by the
Spokane Area Economic Development Council about trends in the
industry and the kinds of resources and tools communities such as
Spokane can use to help grow the industry here.
Cost for breakfast is $12. Seating is limited, and seats are going
fast. RSVP to the EDC, 624-9285.
Date: Tuesday,
February 26
Time: 7:30
a.m.
Location: Decades (Percy's Cafe Americana), University
City, 10502 E. Sprague Ave.
Cost: $12
Mr. Roth will be touring the Health Sciences Building the afternoon
of Tuesday, Feb. 26, as part of his introduction to Spokane.
Barb Chamberlain is coordinating arrangements with
the EDC and their public relations firm and with our faculty to
provide information to Mr. Roth on WSU Spokane research
activities.
PERSONNEL DYNAMICS
Coming
Myah Houghten, Research Associate, Child and Family
Research Institute (CAFRI)
Recruitments
Fiscal Technician II, SIRTI
Searches
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention
and Research Center
Associate Professor, Audiology, Speech and Hearing Sciences
Assistant/Associate Professor, Speech Language Pathology, Speech
and Hearing Science
Assistant/Associate Professor, Management Information Systems
Chair/Director of Program in Interior Design and Assistant Director
of the Interdisciplinary Design Institute
Chair, Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Research Coordinator, Pharmacy Practice
Executive Director, SIRTI
NOTEWORTHY
Darlene Septelka, associate professor and Spokane
construction management program coordinator, Interdisciplinary
Design Institute, had a peer reviewed paper accepted for the 38th
Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in
Blacksburg, Virginia in April. The title of the paper is "The
Design-Build Charrette - An Educational Model for Teaching
Multidiscipline Team Collaboration".
David Wang, associate professor and graduate
coordinator of architecture, Interdisciplinary Design Institute, is
pleased to announce the publication of his book, Architectural
Research Methods, released by John Wiley & Sons on January 25,
2002. The book is co-authored with Linda Groat of the University of
Michigan. WSU Spokane is prominently featured in the book
with examples from the design charrettes and various other student
contributions.
WSU Researchers: ADHD Rising Rapidly Among U.S.
Girls: The number of children visiting U.S. physicians for
the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder tripled
between 1990 and 1998, according to an article by Washington State
University researchers published in the February issue of CNS
Drugs. Researchers participating in the study include Linda M.
Robison; Tracy L. Skaer, assistant dean of
pharmacy; David A. Sclar, Boeing Distinguished
Professor, pharmacy; and Richard S. Galin. See more online:
http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.html?StoryID=2738
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 spokane@wsu.edu, the quarterly
newsletter.
VOLUNTEER BOARD OPPORTUNITIES
The City of Spokane Mayor's Office is presently
accepting applications for the following volunteer boards and
commissions:
Design Review Committee (1 Vacancy): Licensed architect,
deadline for application is Friday, February 22, 2002, 5:00
p.m.
Sister Cities Association (1 Vacancy): Open to both city and
county residents, deadline for application is Friday, February 22,
2002, 5:00 p.m.
Human Services Advisory Board (4 Vacancies): Deadline for
application is Friday, February 22, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Park Board (2 Vacancies): Deadline for application is
Friday, February 22, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (2 Vacancies): The first
vacancy is for a representative of businesses required to collect
hotel/motel tax monies, and the second vacancy for representative
involved in a group or activity with authorization to be funded by
revenue from the hotel/motel tax.
Sports, Entertainment, Arts and Conventions Advisory Board
(SEACAB) (1 Vacancy): Deadline for application is Friday, March
1, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Library Board of Trustees (1 Vacancy): Deadline for
application is Friday, March 22, 2002, 5:00 p.m.
Applicants must be a resident of the city unless otherwise noted.
Applications and position descriptions are available in the
Mayor's Office at 808 W Spokane Falls Blvd or by clicking on
the links above.
UPCOMING EVENTS
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Thursday, February 21: “Public Perceptions of
Biotechnology”
Presented by Thomas J. Hoban,
Ph.D., a Phillip C. Holland Lecturer from North Carolina State
University. Free and open to the public, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., Health
Sciences Building Room 110B.
Friday, February 22: Health Sciences Building Dedication
Day Activities
·The Hearing & Speech and
Dental Hygiene Clinics are scheduling reduced-cost appointments for
children in the morning from 8:00 am to noon. MESA, Cooperative
Extension, Student Services and other units will have information
and activities for children in the main lobby.
·An Open House for public tours will begin at noon and run
through 1:00 p.m. (tours scheduled at noon, 12:30pm, and 1:00pm, to
be led by faculty and students).
·The formal dedication, 3:30-5pm in the quad classrooms (HSB
rooms 110A-D), is an invitation-only community-oriented event.
·Due to space limitations, a live video feed of the
dedication program will be shown in HSB rooms 272-274 and the
Dental Hygiene Clinic. We believe we can accommodate our community
guests in the quad classrooms if faculty, staff, and students will
congregate in the video feed spaces listed above. Refreshments will
be served in the video feed spaces during the program.
Thursday, February 28: Winter Rally on
Hospitality
Did you know that the hospitality and
tourism industry is the No. 1 business in the world today? We are
all customers. As we look at our food, drink, the decor, and
service, we can see how the hospitality industry operates from a
customer's viewpoint. Join us for the EDC Winter Rally at 7:30
a.m. for a look at the industry from the inside and its regional
economic impact. Featured speakers include: Denney G. Rutherford,
Ph.D., Ivar Haglund Distinguished Professor, Washington State
University Hotel and Restaurant Administration Program; John
Brewer, President and CEO, Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors
Bureau; Ken Belisle, Vice President of Operations, Landmark
Restaurants. The rally will be at the Regal Cinemas Theater 12,
Spokane Valley Mall.
RSVP by February 26 to 624-9285 or e-mail Pam
Mackey at pmackey@edc.spokane.net. Washington State
University and Jones & Mitchell Insurance and Risk Management
are sponsors of the rally.
Saturday, March 9: DOE Regional Science
Bowl
High school science bowl teams from Northeast
Washington and Montana will come to the Riverpoint campus to
compete for the right to travel to Washington D.C. for the
Department of Energy's National Science Bowl competition.
Volunteers are needed for this event. Call or
e-mail Kaarin at 358-7528 or for more information. See press
release online: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.html?StoryID=2737
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