WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2004-9 (April 28, 2004)
IN THIS ISSUE
 Academic Center
construction to begin
The long awaited Academic Center Project is set to begin the
week of April 26 – 30. You should begin to see job trailers
and perimeter fencing arrive in the central campus parking lot, and
construction will begin  as early as
the second week in May.
We will be losing most of the east end of the central campus lot
for parking for the next two years. We appreciate your patience
with this process and hope you look forward to watching this
exciting new building take shape.
To see it taking shape live, you can go to the WSU
Spokane WebCam page now featuring high bandwidth
stream.
Commencement May 7
 As you no
doubt know by now, the annual event in which higher education
ritually fires all its customers--otherwise known as
Commencement--takes place Friday, May 7, 2 p.m. at the Opera
House.
For more information on the event, see the
Commencement Web page. Check that page in a couple of weeks for
our traditional “Commencement Photo Album” online slide
show. Past year's pictures are linked there as well.
The post-Commencement reception will be held in the Health
Sciences Building lobby. We start as soon as people get back from
the Opera House, so around 4 p.m., and go until approximately 5
p.m. All faculty, staff, students, family and friends are
invited.
New degree
programs approved by Faculty Senate
Two degree programs recently approved by the WSU Faculty Senate
will be offered in Spokane: the Doctor of
Audiology and the BA in Professional
Development. Both degrees were approved at the April 15
Senate meeting, along with creation of the Program in Professional
Development based at WSU Spokane.
The bachelor's degree goes now to the Higher Education
Coordinating Board for final approval for delivery; the doctorate
degree was pre-approved by the HECB as part of a statewide plan
under which only WSU and UW plan to offer the doctorate.
A third degree proposal, for the BS in Exercise
Physiology and Metabolism, awaits final approval, which
may still take place this academic year.
Future Bulletin articles will focus in-depth on each of these
degrees—we provide a brief overview here.
The BA Professional Development might be
described as “a high-quality degree for the undecided.”
Many students know that they need the broad grounding that a
liberal arts-based degree will provide, along with knowledge of
organizational dynamics and professional skills, but they don't
yet know what types of organizations they plan to work in or
precisely what positions they might fill.
The interdisciplinary curriculum of the bachelor's program
is designed to meet that need. The Program in Professional
Development will offer degrees that, when completed, will position
graduates to seek meaningful work in multiple venues. These include
positions in the government sector, private enterprise for profit
organizations, public foundations such as universities and museums,
charitable institutions and other non-profit organizations, support
positions in hospitals, managerial positions in communication and
media-oriented organizations, public relations firms, staff and
support positions in law firms, public accounting organizations,
and many others.
The BA Professional Development embraces the concept suggested
by William G. Durden, in The Chronicle of Higher Education
(June 2003), that liberal arts is the bulwark of education and that
institutions of higher education must “…prepare
undergraduate students for leadership (through) the pursuit of the
liberal arts—which contain those subjects that explore the
fullest range of human thought, action, emotion, and
character—the most useful preparations for a life of business
accomplishment and leadership.”
This degree meets that need through a mix of coursework in
business and the social sciences. It is designed to allow students
either to begin their studies in Pullman and complete
upper-division coursework in Spokane, or to transfer directly to
WSU Spokane from a community college or another college or
university. Coursework will begin Fall 2004, pending HECB
approval.
The professional Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) is
designed to replace the department's audiology curriculum that
leads to the master's degree in audiology option within the
master of arts in speech and hearing science. The department will
continue to offer the master's degree in speech-language
pathology.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggests a growing
demand for audiologists locally, regionally, and nationally. The
BLS projects that the number of audiology positions is expected to
climb 45% from 2000–2010 (BLS November 2001 Monthly Labor
Review).
Major technological advances; momentous scientific discoveries
in hearing science, neuroscience, and in related fields; and
improved treatment strategies for hearing disorders have
necessitated a transformation in graduate audiology education. It
has been the position of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
for over a decade that a two-year master's program is no longer
adequate to prepare students for clinical practice due to the
numerous advances in technology and the expansion of the scope of
practice in audiology. The Legislative Council of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) resolved in 1993 that
the professional doctorate replace the master's degree as the
entry-level credential for the practice of audiology, beginning in
January 2012, with competencies commensurate with doctoral
education required for entry into the professional practice of
audiology by 2007.
Summer hours start May 10
WSU Spokane will observe the longstanding University practice of
moving to summer hours effective with the start of summer session,
May 10, 2004.
Summer hours are 7:30am to 4:00pm with 30 minutes for lunch.
Work schedules will return to the regular 8am to 5pm schedule on
August 13, 2004.
Departments such as CALS and Facilities Operations that are open
for extended hours will maintain their regular schedules instead of
moving to summer hours.
In order to meet the terms of the University Summer Hours
announcement, several offices will be designated as lead offices
responsible for remaining open to the serve the public for the
regular business hours of 8am to 5pm, including the noon hour.
The lead offices, located in each building representing WSU
Spokane, include:
Administration Annex
- Chancellor's Office
- Academic Affairs
Phase I
- Interdisciplinary Design Institute
- CALS
- Facilities Operations
Health Sciences
SIRTI
The lead offices are responsible to develop schedules to assure
necessary coverage and permit the maximum number of employees to
participate in the alternate work schedule.
Employees from other program areas not designated as lead within
each building will participate in the coordinated schedule of the
lead offices to share responsibility for overall staffing needs of
the building, as agreed. Sharing resources among program areas
includes the ability to forward department telephones to the lead
office after 4 p.m.
The Assistant to the Chancellor coordinates staff coverage of
the campus receptionist and central switchboard. Departments that
need to forward telephones to the campus receptionist must
coordinate with the Chancellor's office.
It is better to give than to receive—or can you do both?
WSU is celebrating the spirit of giving this month and thanking
faculty and staff who give back to the University through their
personal financial investment. Faculty and staff are encouraged to
participate in the annual giving program.
In particular, it may surprise you to know that your generosity
is one of the factors weighed in determining our status as one of
the top 50 public research universities in the United States.
Jennifer Harris, Director of Annual Giving at the WSU
Foundation, notes that “giving participation rates are often
used to develop national rankings among universities and by
foundations when considering grant or funding proposals. In rating
WSU among the nation's top 50 public research institutions,
U.S. News and World Report cited the University's
annual giving rate among the determining factors.”
What you may not know is that you can designate your
annual gift to a specific area of WSU that is most important to
you, including your own college, department or campus.
To find out more about giving opportunities at the WSU Spokane
campus contact Lorna Walsh, Associate Director of Development, at
358-7565 or by email at lornawalsh@wsu.edu.
You may also go directly to the WSU Foundation website at:
http://wsufoundation.wsu.edu/annual_giving_programs/faculty_staff_drive.html
and click on the "I Want To Give" button to make a gift
to an area of your choice.
Community
connections
Community forums will focus on budget challenges for Spokane
Public Schools
Two forums are scheduled the first week of May to provide the
Spokane community with an overview of the challenge facing Spokane
Public Schools in development of the 2004-2005 school district
operating budget and various reduction options to develop a
balanced budget.
Over the course of the last three years, the school district has
engaged in a planning process that has crafted a balanced budget,
despite enrollment reductions due to population shifts, increases
in fixed costs such as transportation and energy expenses,
decreases in state support, and the continuation of unfunded
mandates from the Legislature.
Interested community members are invited to attend one of two
public forums. The first is at Chase Middle School, 4747 E. 37, at
7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5. The second is at Glover Middle School,
2404 W. Longfellow, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 6. District
officials will be on hand to present information about next
year's budget and the options available to bring it into
balance.
Menzies
nominated for Volunteer of the Year
 Joan Menzies, director of Student
Services, received recognition last week at the annual United Way
Volunteer of the Year luncheon for her nomination in the adult
category. Linda Finney, executive director of Leadership Spokane,
submitted the nomination.
Finney nominated Menzies for her work on the Community Congress
on Race Relations and the Task Force on Race Relations. Also
notable are Menzies' extended involvement on the Leadership
Spokane Board of Directors and Program Committee, the annual
Women's Leadership Conference, and her service on the
Browne's Addition Neighborhood Council/Association.
In Finney's nomination, she said, “Joan practices this
discipline (servant leadership) in her work in the community with
great success and vision . . . . Our community needs people like
Joan to lead us as we create a healthy environment for all our
citizens.” She added, “Joan is great at examining new
situations and welcoming change, while holding these things up to
an ethical mirror.”
Congratulations, Joan! And thank you for your leadership!
American Heart Association
walk
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Pictured here from left to right:
Larry and Ginger Cohen, BUTCH, Diane Davis, Mary Carr, Mimi
Salamat, and Justin, Darralyn, Jordan and Joel Lohr.
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The WSU Spokane team stepped out with Butch on Saturday, April
17, for the annual American Heart
Association Heart Walk. The team showed support to help
fight America's number one killer - heart disease and stroke
– and raised more than $500. Proceeds from the Heart Walk go
towards vital cardiac research, some of which takes place at
WSU.
Blood Drive Breaks a Record
Thank you to all the folks who donated blood Tuesday, April 20.
We had a record turn-out, and at the end of the day the Bloodmobile
rolled off with 21 units of Riverpoint Campus blood, fairly evenly
divided between WSU and EWU donors.
LaunchPad
v6.0!
LaunchPad is back again this year at The Big Easy Concert House
on Thursday, May 20, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Inland Northwest
Technology Education Center (INTEC) is once again celebrating the
technology companies and people of the Inland Northwest. This event
is an exciting way to connect with the entrepreneurs and
organizations that are shaping our region. WSU Spokane will have a
booth--encourage students and colleagues to attend.
INTEC is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to
“fueling economic growth through innovation, technology, and
training”. INTEC in partnership with WSU Spokane is examining
the workforce issues supporting biomedical research. Outcomes will
focus on occupational ladders and training program
development.
Japan
Week
WSU Spokane participated as one of the city-wide hosts for
Spokane's Japan week activities. Gordon Gates,
associate professor of education, and Joan
Menzies, director of student services, participated on the
Japan Week Planning Board.
In the picture at right, Haruo Shintani, a
Japanese graduate student in Speech and Hearing
Sciences, reads a traditional Japanese children's story.
Below, Haruo and classmate Hsui-Ching Lee from
Taiwan teach children how to use chopsticks.
Way to go!
Send your “Way to Go!” comments to Deanna Vannice,
vannice@wsu.edu, and watch for
your thanks to be published in an upcoming issue of the
Campus Bulletin!
Find it on the Web
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