WSU Spokane Campus Bulletin
Issue 2004-7 (March 31, 2004)
IN THIS ISSUE
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.
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.
Shakespeare meets
Confucius:
Leadership in an
East-West context
 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.
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)
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 
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!
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