WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2004-1 (January 7, 2004)
IN THIS ISSUE
Looking Forward to
2004
A message from Chancellor Rom
Markin
Wishing you health and happiness in the New Year!
Washington State University Spokane anticipates a tremendous
2004, with a number of milestones and accomplishments we will
celebrate throughout the year.
In 2004, with your help and through the efforts of our
world-class faculty and staff, Washington State University Spokane
plans to:
- Welcome a new Campus Chancellor and WSU Vice-Provost for Health
Sciences.
- Maintain and increase our research productivity: Annual average
is now close to $5 million and growing.
- Welcome our 14th class of students, congratulate our 2,000th
graduate at this year's Commencement, and continue to expand
academic offerings to meet Spokane's needs.
- Continue physical development of the campus: We will work to
obtain construction funds for the Academic Center, and begin design
of the nursing building to follow.
We look forward to working with you to make the coming year a
success for Spokane and for Washington State University.
We have shared this same message with campus friends and
community leaders in a card illustrated by interior design faculty
member Robert Krikac (Pullman campus). We appreciate their ongoing
support.
Campus
Planning Dialogue Jan. 8
Many of you participated actively in the development of the
campus strategic plan over the course of 2001-2002. Your caring and
creativity show in every page of the final document and the goals
identified there.
At the Jan. 8 planning dialogue, 8 a.m.-noon in the Phase I
Classroom Building, we are discussing the university's
strategic goals, our campus priorities as identified in that
planning process, and the new systemwide principles currently under
development.
In our work, we will identify relevant and appropriate
benchmarks to measure our progress toward campus goals. Units will
then take this process to the next step to develop
department-specific outcome measures.
Information from this work session will be archived at www.spokane.wsu.edu/thefuture.
Background material
University goals
- Offer the best undergraduate experience in a research
university.
- Nurture a world-class environment for research, scholarship,
graduate education, the arts, and engagement.
- Create an environment of trust and respect in all we do.
- Develop a culture of shared commitment to quality in all of our
activities.
Campus goals
- Academic Programs: Expand and enhance academic
programs within a thoughtful, systematic approach to program
development and delivery.
- Student and Learning Experience: Offer the
best possible learning experience for all campus constituencies:
students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and others.
- Learning Environment: Sustain and enhance a
stimulating physical and intellectual learning environment that
meets the needs of our campus community and enhances our urban
context.
- Academic and Information Services
Infrastructure: Ensure effective educational and
institutional information infrastructure to support students,
staff, and faculty in the delivery of expanded academic offerings,
research, and service and administrative support functions.
- Research: Lead the development of
Spokane's research community.
- Community Engagement: Focus, coordinate,
integrate, and capitalize upon community linkages to serve the
region and enrich the campus.
- Recognition of Faculty, Staff, Students, and
Stakeholders: Strengthen the campus as a celebrative,
open, purposeful, caring, inclusive, just, creative, and
disciplined learning community that invests in all members of the
community and recognizes the value of contributions from both
internal and external stakeholders.
- Identity: Communicate a consistent,
distinctive campus identity based on mission and strengths.
Related reading
Making WSU
Spokane more accessible
Kenny Bisagno and Lonny Waddle
of Information Services have been hard at work creating more
accessibility for the hard-of-hearing in the Health Sciences
Building.
They have hooked up an assistive listening device to the
Polycomm conference microphones in the HSB conference rooms, thus
making it possible to hear people in a crowded room or at the far
end of a table. This solution uses existing equipment, thereby
saving money.
The new set-up can solve a major problem in conference meetings,
where several people speak and it can be difficult to hear. For the
many "late-deafened" hard-of-hearing who do not know sign
language, this use of assistive technology can help improve
accessibility.
The technology could also help hard-of-hearing students in
interactive seminars; clients of speech and hearing, and/or
hard-of-hearing people participating in rehabilitation, independent
living, gerontology or other seminars.
To schedule use of these accessible rooms, contact scheduling
coordinator Adi James, adijames@wsu.edu, 8-7536. Be sure to
let her know you want to use the assistive listening devices in
your AV set-up.
Belly dancing,
ballads & magic
Partygoers had a great time at the 2003 Holiday Party, Friday,
Dec. 19 at Northern Lights Brewery.
Faculty and staff were entertained by the sweet voices of
Katie and Laura Chamberlain, dazzled by Doug and Anne Marie
Stephens' magic shows, and awestruck by Zahirah's belly
dancing. As always, the raffle baskets were a huge hit! Thank you
to all departments that donated, contributing to the success of the
event. 
Congratulations to the CALS planning committee on an
entertaining event! The Holiday Party Committee for 2003 included
the entire CALS staff: Jeannie Smith, Dee Rodgers, Cathy
Dorman, Rietta Pew, Michelanne Adams, and David
Buxton, along with Mimi Salamat and
Doug Stephens of Speech and Hearing Sciences.
Dennis Dyck has volunteered HREC to organize
next year's party, to be held at Arbor Crest.
A picture speaks 1,000 words! WSU Spokane faculty members
Harry Mielke and Chuck Madison
enjoy Zahirah's belly dancing at the 2003 Holiday Party. To
view more pictures see the images page.
Spokane Alliance
for Medical Research
Web page
launches
WSU Spokane is one of the leading partners in the newly formed
Spokane Alliance for Medical Research (SAMR). Associate dean for
research Dennis Dyck serves as SAMR's
director, and a search is under way for a director of the sleep
research initiative that will be the first major SAMR
initiative.
Sicco Rood and Lorri Bays have
developed the new Web page for the SAMR, found online at www.spokanemedicalresearch.org.
For recent news coverage, see "Army
abuzz over WSU research on sleep: Pentagon awards $1.5 million for
cooperative research program in Spokane," a Dec. 17, 2003,
article in the Spokesman-Review that also ran in the Seattle Times
and on KING 5 TV in Seattle.
Personnel and
staffing changes
Comings
Hergen Eilers, Associate Director of Applied
Sciences with the Institute for Shock Physics effective 1/1/04
John Roll, Research Associate and Assistant
Director of Substance Abuse and Other Addictive Disorders Research
with the Washington
Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training effective
1/1/04
Bonnie Wagner, Model AHEC/Health Careers
Coordinator with the Area Health Education Center effective
1/1/04
Recruitments
Custodian Lead, Facilities
Operations, apply by 1/12/04
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
AHEC becomes
first to join universitywide Extension
"The Fourth H"
“…(I pledge) my health to better living, for my
club, my community, my country, and my world.”
Many a former 4-H'er can still recite that pledge (and if
you can't, check out this Web page).
In mid-December, the fourth H took on new meaning for WSU
Extension, as the Area
Health Education Center at WSU Spokane became the first unit to
join the new Extension under its universitywide mission.
Linda Fox, Associate Dean/Associate Director for WSU Extension,
and Wayne Madsen, Northeast District Extension, congratulated
Steve Meltzer, AHEC director at the Dec. 18
partnership celebration. Watch for the full article in the upcoming
issue of WSU
Today.
Service learning workshop Jan.
22
The WSU Spokane campus has been actively moving forward in the
past year in developing a model for greater implementation of
service learning across all curricula and departments. Service
learning is a widely used pedagogy that enhances learning by
engaging students in academically relevant community projects.
WSU Pullman has a very well developed and rich Community Service-Learning Center
that involves 2,000 students each year in curricular as well as
co-curricular service learning and annually supports faculty
teaching more than 50 classes with community-based learning
components.
We are pleased offer a short session to help whet your
appetites, encourage your participation and answer your
questions!
Service-Learning at WSU Spokane:
Creating Campus-Community Connections and Enhancing the
Curriculum
Presenters:
- Melanie Brown, Director of the WSU Community Service-Learning
Center. Melanie has been involved with the Center since its
inception over ten years ago and has a wealth of information about
service-learning and how it fits our WSU mission.
- Jeff Sellen, Faculty, Dept. of General Education. Jeff has been
very active incorporating service-learning into courses and can
respond to many questions faculty may have.
Date: Thursday, January 22
Time: Noon-1 p.m.
Location: HSB Quad 110C
For more information/RSVP: Student Services Office (8-7978)
Community Connections
SIRTI Technology Showcase VI Jan. 13:
Value-Added Agricultural Technologies
Have you heard of harvesting insulin from a barley crop? Would
you build a straw deck? Can you imagine snacking on lentils instead
of popcorn? When you hear AgTech do you think of combines? Yes?
Well, the researchers from WSU have a few things to share with
you at the SIRTI Technology Showcase VI on Tuesday, January 13 from
4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Doubletree Inn, Ballroom, Salon 4, 322 N.
Spokane Falls Court, Spokane.
The theme of the event is Value-Added Agricultural Technologies,
with a keynote address from James Moseley, Deputy Secretary, United
States Department of Agriculture. Admission is free and hors
d'oeuvres will be served.
Presentations include:
- Biopharming: A New Value-Added Agriculture: Presented by R.
James Cook, Ph.D., Member, National Academy of Science, Interim
Dean, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource
Sciences
- Crispy Puffed Lentil Snacks: Presented by Denny Davis, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering
- Straw in Extruded Natural Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic
Composites: Presented by Donald Bender, Ph.D., Director, Wood
Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Weyerhaeuser Distinguished
Professor of Wood Materials and Engineering
For more information e-mail showcase@sirti.org or call (509)
358-2000.
Economic Update Rally Jan. 15
to Focus on Higher Education
The quarterly Spokane Area EDC Economic Update Rally on January
15 will focus on the important subject of higher education as a
significant contributor to the economy of the Spokane region. With
more than 65,000 students enrolled in the regions colleges and
universities, students and tuition are only one aspect of this
multi-million dollar economic driver.
The program will also include an overview of the University
District initiative and brief presentations from each college or
university president, including WSU Spokane Interim Chancellor
Rom Markin. Collaborating on this informative
program are the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce and the
Chamber's Higher Educational Leadership Group.
The Rally will be held in the Lair Student Center building on
the campus of Spokane Community College at 7:30 a.m. A continental
breakfast will be available at 7:00 a.m. Admission into the event
is free. RSVPs are requested by January 13 to 363-6820 or
pmackey@spokaneedc.org.
For further information visit www.spokaneedc.org.
Academic program changes
The BS Computer Engineering, MS Electrical Engineering, and MS
Computer Science (coursework) programs are no longer accepting
applications from new students for the programs at WSU Spokane.
Students currently enrolled and making satisfactory progress will
be able to complete their degrees.
See information on the BS Computer
Engineering program at WSU Pullman for information on degree
options there.
Way to go!
Would you like to thank someone publicly for going the extra
mile? 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!.
Find it on the Web
- Research and
Service at WSU Spokane: Have you looked lately at the overview
page that describes our research and service programs and projects?
Newly updated to feature federally funded projects.
- Interdisciplinary
Design Institute: Have you checked out the complete redesign
that wrapped up in 2003? 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
-
Bulletin Archives: Missed that article? Want to reread the
"Way to go!" someone sent in about a coworker? Read back
issues of the Campus Bulletin online.
- In the
News: Media coverage of campus programs and people.
- News
Releases: Wondering what our news has been in diabetes
research, interdisciplinary design, or criminal justice? From this
page, you can follow the link to news
releases organized by subject.
- Events
Calendar: Don't miss a thing!
- Department
Overviews: Links to background information on campus units
(Word documents)
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