Campus Bulletin

Teen Girls Catching up to Boys in Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome

By Judith Van Dongen

There appears to be an increased awareness of the need to get our nation’s youth moving and eating well—schools are taking a critical look at the meal options provided to students, and with the emergence of interactive exercise video games, game-loving teens don’t necessarily equal couch potatoes. So have things improved in recent years?

Yes and no, says Kenn Daratha, an assistant professor at the Washington State University (WSU) College of Nursing and the lead author on a paper, “Effects of Individual Components, Time, and Sex on Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents,” published in the April 2009 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Daratha and co-author Ruth Bindler, a professor in the WSU College of Nursing, looked for changes in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among teenagers and analyzed the percentage of teens who exceeded cutoff points for individual components of the syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome predicts an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and is generally diagnosed when individuals exceed cutoff points for at least three out of the five components, or risk factors: elevated glucose levels, high blood pressure, central obesity or elevated waist circumference, decreased levels of HDL (‘good’) cholesterol and elevated triglycerides.

The authors analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on more than 3,000 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19. The data was gathered in mobile examination centers between 1999 and 2006 as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES).

The new findings show that, while metabolic syndrome was on the rise among teens throughout the 1990s, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in this group has remained stable over the period studied. They observed, however, gender-based differences in certain individual risk factors. The waist circumference in teen girls has increased, while the level of HDL cholesterol has improved slightly in boys. Of particular concern is the fact that the fasting glucose level has nearly doubled in both boys and girls, indicating an elevated risk of early-onset diabetes in this population.

“Historically, rates of metabolic syndrome have been higher for adolescent males,” Daratha said. “But based on the latest data used for this study, there are no statistical differences between boys and girls…Girls have ‘joined the club,’ if you will, partly based on their increases in waist circumference.”

The outcome of this investigation will serve as baseline data for a study that Daratha and Bindler are currently conducting. Funded by a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the two researchers are evaluating the impact on obesity rates of school-based, family-based and individual interventions in nearly 5,000 students at six middle schools within Spokane Public Schools in Washington State. Interventions focus on diet, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and environmental design.

“Many of our children eat too much, and a large percentage of youth exceed their daily recommendation of extracurricular screen time, which is two hours,” said Daratha. “As a result, only a small percentage of our children are meeting the recommended 60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity.”

The motivation to study metabolic syndrome in adolescents came to Daratha after a project with Spokane area cardiologists to study adult health outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a non-surgical procedure that relieves narrowing and obstruction of the coronary arteries.

“I saw people in their forties who were having coronary interventions, and I realized that to help solve the problem of cardiovascular disease we need to start much earlier in life.” said Daratha. “If we can work with youth at a time when they are starting to make their own decisions about healthy eating and increased physical activity, we expect we can really make a difference in their lives.”

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Biennial Budget Timeline, Comparison Chart, Questions Considered

By Cynthia King, WSU Today

Employee uncertainty in the face of looming budget reductions received empathy from the president and provost at last Tuesday’s noon budget forum. But providing premature details of potential cuts, that might allay the anxiety of some, would undoubtedly foster fear in others, they said.

“We don’t want to unnecessarily alarm people,” president Elson S. Floyd told the somber crowd of mostly WSU employees. “That would be cruel, and I won’t do it.”

He did offer to include talking points in his next Perspectives column for employee use in making the case for higher education to the Legislature and said he would be grateful for those efforts.

The president laid out a broad timeline of how the remaining budget process would unfold. Key approximate dates are as follows:

• March 30, Senate budget introduced
• March 31, House budget introduced
• March 31 - April 26, conference budget committee negotiates
• April 26, Legislature adjourns
• April 27/28/29, special meeting of the Board of Regents
• May 1, announcement of budget plans
• May 1 - June 30, university-wide budget forums
• July 1, implement budget

 

Provost Warwick Bayly then explained a chart (see above) comparing the proposed budgets from the governor, the Senate and House. After figuring in tuition increases and federal economic stimulus funds, the proposed reductions to WSU are:

• Governor, 6 percent
• Senate, 12 percent
• House, 18 percent

These will be hammered out in conference committee in the next month.

Questions at the forum concerned:

• Breakdown of budget reductions
• Notifying students over the summer about how cuts would affect them
• Whether furloughs still are under consideration
• How many employees are taking advantage of the voluntary early retirement incentive

A videostream of the budget forum will be available later this week at www.experience.wsu.edu.

 

Spokane Healing Garden Embraces Native American Traditions

By Meara Hall, communications intern

It’s hard to imagine that chewing on a willow branch can cure a headache and eating the roots of a licorice fern can alleviate stomach pain. Why bother when it is easier to take two aspirin or a few antacids?

Robbie Paul examines a Dwarf Arctic Willow in the Healing Garden. (Photo by Cori Vaughn)

For centuries natural remedies dominated the medical field, linking people with their surroundings. This past fall, Washington State University Spokane installed a Native American healing garden next to the new Nursing Building on the Riverpoint Campus, encouraging students to explore traditional remedies and honor the Native American cultures indigenous to Spokane.

Discussion about the healing garden began more than four years ago, when plans for the Nursing Building began to take shape. Robbie Paul, director of Native American Health Sciences, broached the topic with Ruth Bindler, director of Ph.D. programs for the College of Nursing. Both agreed that a healing garden would benefit the campus and the community. After securing the necessary funding, Paul joined forces with Anne Hanenburg, a local landscape architect and WSU alumna, to create a list of plants that would reflect the local area and serve a holistic purpose.

In keeping with Native American traditions, most of the plants in the healing garden encourage healthy living. Plants like camas and bitterroot, used as part of a traditional Native American diet, grow alongside licorice ferns, willow trees, and others that serve medicinal purposes.

This spring as the weather warms up and the plants begin to blossom, the healing garden will also provide a pleasant outdoor area for students to cultivate their emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being, said Paul.

“The garden will be a great area for students to go breathe and sit and relax,” said Paul.

Paul hopes that the garden will help people appreciate Spokane’s Native American heritage and the benefits of cultivating medicinal plants. She also hopes students will take the time to understand how plants and nature affect well-being.

“This garden is a collaborative effort meant to be respectful of different cultures,” said Paul. “Enter with respect, and the environment there will touch your spirit, your social, emotional, and physical self.”

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New Riverpoint Art to Be Dedicated on May 7

By Meara Hall, communications intern

The newest addition to the State Art Collection, a sculpture installed last fall on the lawn east of the Nursing Building on the Riverpoint Campus, will be dedicated in a special ceremony on May 7, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. in the Nursing Building Courtyard at 103 E Spokane Falls Blvd.

The sculpture is titled "alive lively living for Ramona Hodges" and was created by native Spokane artist Jim Hodges. It consists of three stainless steel panels, each more than 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Each panel features irregular edges on its top and sides, creating a camouflage-like pattern. The panels also feature different levels of polishing with areas of clear, mirror-like reflection along with areas of distortion. Cut-outs in the panels create a paradox of solid steel and open windows.

The piece’s outdoor setting and distinct form provide an interesting fusion of man-made modernity and the natural environment. Because of its unique properties and location, each person will experience the sculpture in a different way, opening the door for personal reflection and exploration. The Campus Arts Committee, who selected Hodges from a roster of state-approved artists, also believes that the piece will foster interaction between the campus community and the greater Spokane community.

“On the surface, the work offers an invitation to experience oneself in the landscape in multiple ways, both playful and surprising,” said Hodges. “’alive lively living for Ramona Hodges’ like its materials, is open, reflective, all encompassing, non-discriminative and equalizing…”

To create "alive lively living for Ramona Hodges," Hodges dipped into his local roots. Memories of playing outside in the woods around Spokane inspired his vision for the sculpture, which is dedicated to his mother, Ramona D. Hodges, who passed away two years ago. Hodges also cites his Shadle Park High School art teacher, Claudia Halseth, as one of his great influencers.

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Kehrer to Become Dean of University of Alberta College of Pharmacy

By Lorraine Nelson, College of Pharmacy, & Deb Hammacher, University of Alberta

The University of Alberta recently announced the hiring of James P. Kehrer as dean of its College of Pharmacy. Kehrer has served as dean of Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy since September 2005. Kehrer will assume his new duties Aug. 1.

“It is with a great deal of sadness that I make this move. The past four years have been exciting and challenging. I believe that, working together, we have accomplished much and I am sure that progress will continue. I will miss the friends and colleagues that I have come to know at WSU and the incredible Cougar Spirit that everyone has,” Kehrer said.

Washington State University provost and executive vice president Warwick Bayly said, “Dr. Kehrer has done an excellent job in leading the college through a period of constructive change. We understand this is an outstanding opportunity for him, but he will be missed.”

Bayly said information about the process for naming a successor for Kehrer will be announced at a later date. Kehrer cited the successful efforts in the college’s regularly scheduled reaccreditation process and the consolidation of more pharmacy programs at the university’s health sciences hub at the Spokane campus as two important advances during his tenure.

Kehrer came to WSU from the University of Texas, where he was the director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology and Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Professor of Toxicology. Kehrer received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Purdue University and a doctorate in pharmacology from the University of Iowa.

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Riverpoint Partners Want All Students Ready for College Math Success

By Julie Titone, College of Education

You’re in a classroom. The teacher puts the test on your desk. You start to sweat as you realize you’re completely unprepared. For students taking their first college math course, that familiar bad dream is sometimes close to reality.

The Riverpoint Partnership for Math and Science is trying to prevent the anxiety for college freshmen, and set them on the road to success. Composed of faculty from the Washington State University College of Education, as well as Spokane-area high schools and colleges, the partnership is working to implement the state’s new College Readiness Standards in mathematics.

“All kids can achieve the college standards,” said Kris Lindeblad, a 32-year veteran of teaching hired to serve as math director for the partnership. “It’s our shortcoming if we don’t get them there.”

The partnership started in 2007, and is being headed by assistant professor Janet Frost this year. Also involved in planning and facilitation are WSU faculty members Tariq Akmal and Joan Kingrey, along with faculty members at Community Colleges of Spokane, Eastern Washington University, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane Public Schools, Central Valley’s University High School, and Educational Service District 101.

The partnership is funded primarily by the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, which recently provided a second grant for a total of $371,911. Frost is especially pleased about the addition to the budget of a $38,321 grant by the multi-agency Transition Math Project (TMP), which allows college math faculty to collaborate on their own professional development.

According to the TMP, almost one-third of Washington students graduating from high school begin their higher education experience in two-year colleges. Of those students, 45 percent take pre-college (remedial) math in their first year. In comparison, 22 percent of all college students need help catching up.

Frost and Lindeblad lead four two-day professional development sessions for 30 high school math teachers and 10 college instructors. As a means of learning what the students understand and misunderstand, the high school and college teachers are using a common problem that college-ready students should be able to solve, Lindeblad explained. “We all want to know what the kids know, and what their mistakes are.”

At a recent session, the faculty-turned-students gathered around tables at the Spokane Skills Center. It was clear from the lively conversation that everyone enjoyed the chance to network. It’s rare, said Frost, for college instructors and high school teachers to have the chance to learn from each other.

The WSU faculty members are learning, too. As part of her research, Frost regularly videotapes lessons in the classrooms of math teachers, including that of Briana Driscoll of Spokane’s Rogers High School.

Before participating in the partnership, Driscoll said, she wasn’t well versed in the College Readiness Standards and rarely checked to be sure that what she was teaching aligned with them.

“The standards are now very much in the forefront of my mind when I plan each unit and each lesson,” she said. She makes some lessons more challenging, and sometimes incorporates new problems.

The goal of the Riverpoint Partnership is to infuse Driscoll’s approach and enthusiasm throughout the educational system. Lindeblad envisions all students taking challenging high school math classes, and being ready for college admission.

“Maybe 65 percent of our kids in high school didn’t go past geometry in the past,” Lindeblad said. The higher-level math courses used to be a filter, she said, keeping poor performers out of college. Now, math is looked at as a pump—a way of thinking and a type of achievement that pushes all students forward.

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SLIDESHOW: White Coat Ceremony Held for Inaugural WWAMI Spokane Class

Photos by Judith Van Dongen

During a special ceremony on Friday, April 3, students in the inaugural WWAMI Spokane class received their white coats, marking the transition of their studies from preclinical to clinical health sciences. In addition to family and friends, the ceremony was attended by many of the Spokane area physicians who served as the students' preceptors during the fall and spring semester. The attending preceptors were given a special role in this ceremony: helping "their" students don their new professional garb.

Click on the ► button to see the slideshow. For full-page view, click on the button showing four small arrows at the far right of the control panel.

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Grant and Contract Award Summary
 January 1 through March 31, 2009

Faculty Member	Department	Research Title/ Funding Source	Research Summary
Kerry Brooks	Interdisciplinary Design Institute	Spokane Regional Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Spokane Transit Authority/U.S. Department of Transportation	This is continued funding for a project under the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) grant program, which assists localities in developing new or expanded transportation services that connect welfare recipients and other low-income persons to jobs and employment-related services. Spokane's JARC program uses geographic information systems (GIS) for two components of the projects. The first is the LIFTS project, which allows public use of layered data to see relationships between necessary services, such as Spokane Transit fixed bus routes, job training sites, affordable housing, child care, and employment sites. The second is the mapping of pedestrian facilities with attention to people with mobility impairments.
Debra Jo Franck	College of Nursing	Clinical Instructor to Supervise BSN Students at Sunnyside Community Hospital Yakima Valley Community Foundation	This grant supports a pilot project to fund a clinical instructor who will supervise WSU undergraduate nursing students at Sunnyside Community Hospital (SCH) in Yakima Valley, allowing students to gain more clinical experience in a rural setting and help meet critical health care needs. The instructor will supervise five to seven students per semester.
Marzena Gajecka	WSU Spokane Office of Research	Fish Probe Development Agreement Amendment #4 Sacred Heart Medical Center	This is a continuation of funding for an ongoing contract with Sacred Heart Medical Center to develop fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes for their laboratory use.
Casey Jackson	WIMHRT	Educational Service District 112: Motivational Interviewing Training Educational Service District 112	This contract provides funding for WIMHRT to conduct two full days of motivational interviewing training at Educational Service District 112, which covers 30 public school districts and 23 private schools in southwest Washington. Held on January 8 and 9, 2009, these customized training sessions specifically addressed working with at-risk and/or difficult youth.
Casey Jackson	WIMHRT	Youth in Transition Toolkit Washington State Department of Social and Health Services	The purpose of this project is to develop a library and training curriculum for transition-age youth (16-25 years old). WIMHRT will conduct a literature review of current practices relating to life skills training, coaching and mentoring transition-age youth, and create a Life Skills Academy curriculum based on best practices to teach transition-age youth skills related to goal setting and prioritizing, career skills, household management, and illness management and recovery practices.
Bob Short	WIMHRT	PACT Fidelity Review University of Washington/ Washington State Department of Social and Health Services	The Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is a person-centered recovery-oriented mental health service delivery model for facilitating community living, psychosocial rehabilitation, and recovery for persons who have the most severe and persistent mental illnesses, have severe symptoms and impairments, and have not benefited from traditional outpatient programs. This contract provides funding for WIMHRT to conduct six- and twelve-month fidelity assessments for three Washington State PACT teams, as well as provide consultation on motivational interviewing and stage wise assessment and treatment for people with co-occurring disorders across 10 Washington State PACT teams.
Roxanne Vandermause	College of Nursing	Women and Methamphetamine: Portraits of Addiction and Recovery American Nurses Foundation	Women’s addiction to methamphetamine is particularly grievous because of the effects on children. Yet, the voices of women who have experienced addiction and recovery are absent from many educational and social discourses. This multidisciplinary, multimedia research project addresses this lack with a focus on the stories of three women by analyzing in depth a series of their transcribed interviews and interpreting these using various methods. Collaborators on this project include faculty in a variety of disciplines, including nursing, music, theatre and dance, English, and education.
Hans Van Dongen/ Gregory Belenky	Sleep and Performance Research Center	Homeostatic and Circadian Modulation of Cognition: Integrating Mathematical and Computational Modeling Approaches U.S. Department of Defense/Air Force Office of Scientific Research	This is a three-year project in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a mathematical/computational model that will allow detailed predictions of the effects of fatigue on specific cognitive performance tasks. The model will help facilitate operational planning and targeting of fatigue countermeasures to minimize human error and maximize success on Air Force missions and other 24/7 operations.
Catherine Van Son	College of Nursing	Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program Oregon Health and Sciences University/Washington State Health and Recovery Services Administration	This is a subcontract of a grant managed by Oregon Health Sciences University. The purpose of this grant is to increase faculty knowledge of geriatric nursing and to increase geriatric content in the curricula of nursing schools in a five-state region of the northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington). To support this project, Van Son will set up, coordinate, and present the instructional workshops for faculty in the participating schools; provide follow-up consultation to participants; and participate in evaluation and dissemination activities for the grant.

 

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Milestones

• Janet Beary, a clinical assistant professor in the exercise physiology and metabolism program, is the new president-elect of the Washington State Dietetics Association (WSDA), an affiliate of the American Dietetic Association. Beary will be installed as an officer later this month at the WSDA's annual convention. Her one-year term as president is set to begin in  spring 2010, and will be followed in 2011 with a one-year term as past president.
• Staff and students affiliated with the Sleep and Performance Research Center received multiple honors recently. Registered polysomnographic technologist Amy Bender and undergraduate psychology student Bryan Presler have been selected as developing scholar presenters at the 2009 Inland Northwest Health Sciences Research Symposium. Intern Andrew King has won an Abstract Merit Award for his submission to SLEEP 2009, the 23rd annual international meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, which will be held in Seattle in June.
• Professor of pharmacotherapy Bill Fassett has been appointed to a three-year term on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
• Assistant professor of nursing Janet Purath has been selected as a recipient of a 2009 Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Claire M. Fagin Fellowship, a competitive program coordinated by the American Academy of Nursing and funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies. The fellowship supports two years of full-time advanced research and leadership training for doctorally prepared faculty committed to careers in academic geriatric nursing.
• Students and faculty from WSU's interior design program received numerous awards and honors at the recent Interior Design Educators Council’s annual conference in St. Louis. Under the guidance of instructors Leylan Salzer and Meaghan Beever, three teams of junior interior design students swept the Pacific West region in the student design competition, qualifying as national finalists. The teams consisted of students Sarah Gross, Craig Pfaff and Kelly Strand; Katie Fuller, Jessica Phillips, and Weng Hei Au (Billy); Benni Adams, Jessica Cook, and Jessica Jensen. Faculty members Kathleen Ryan and John Turpin were among 11 finalists for Best Paper Presentation, out of more than 200 submissions. John Turpin won the Best Paper Award for “Exploring Success: Dorothy Draper and the Means-Ends Approach.” Faculty member Matt Melcher’s “North Idaho Retreat” was selected for exhibition by jury in the Interior Design category. Jo Ann Thompson, professor of interior design, received a Presidential Award for her efforts in expanding the quality and visibility of the Journal of Interior Design. Meaghan Beever also received a Merit Award for assistance in the transition of the printed Journal of Interior Design to the digital version hosted by Blackwell/Wiley. Finally, Washington State University Spokane was awarded the first ever Institutional Merit Award for their support of the Journal of Interior Design through continued resource allocations over the past five years.

If you or one of your colleagues or students has received a special honor or award, or reached another professional milestone, please e-mail the information to Judith Van Dongen at jcvd@wsu.edu.

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Community Connections

• April 18, KPBX Kids' Concert at Get Lit!
  KPBX Kids' Concerts, in partnership with GetLit! 2009, is bringing award-winning children’s author Margaret Lippert to town on Saturday, April 18, from 1 to 2 p.m. for a special reading at The Bing Crosby Theater.  Lippert's programs are a smorgasbord of her favorite multicultural folktales gathered from decades of reading, hearing, and telling stories. In her storytelling, she invites audience participation as she shares stories that entertain and enlighten. Also featured as part of this event are musical interludes from the Spokane Area Children’s Chorus, youth poetry slam winners, and book signings by the author. Admission is free. For more information, see http://www.kpbx.org/events/GetLit2009.htm.
• May 9, KPBX Kids Concert: Banjo Bash
  A trio of banjo players will entertain, along with backup band, "The Skillet Pickers," in this family concert that introduces kids to the art of pickin' and a-grinnin'. The concert takes place on Saturday, May 9, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Bing Crosby Theater. Hosted by Nacho Celtic's Carlos Alden. For more information, see http://www.kpbx.org/events/index.htm.
• May 10-15, MusicFest Northwest
  The largest festival of its kind in the United States, Musicfest Northwest will bring an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 young musicians to Spokane from Sunday, May 10 through Friday, May 15. Events include adjudicated performances in ballet, brass, flute, guitar, organ, piano, reed, string, and voice that are open to the public; radio broadcasts on KPBX-91.1FM; a young artist concert with the Spokane Symphony at the Martin Woldson Theater; and a Festival Highlights Concert featuring “Adjudicator’s Choice” soloists from each division. Admission to many events is free. For details on times and locations, see http://www.musicfestnorthwest.org/events.html

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Personnel and Staffing Changes
 

• Comings:
  • William Clegern, Research Technologist 2, WWAMI, effective 03/19/09
  • Conrad Felice, Research Professor, Applied Sciences Laboratory (ASL), effective 03/30/09
  • Gay Lynn James, Administrative Assistant 3, College of Education-Spokane, effective 04/20/09
  • Hyunwook Kwak, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Applied Sciences Laboratory (ASL), effective 04/20/09
  • Yuanbing Mao, Senior Research Associate, Applied Sciences Laboratory (ASL), effective 04/21/09
• Goings:
  • Keerthisinghe Senevirathne, Research Associate/Post Doc, Applied Sciences Laboratory (ASL), effective 03/31/09
  • Annette Tindal, Custodian 1, FacOps, effective 04/03/09
• Recruitment & Searches:
  • Office Assistant 3, College of Nursing, currently interviewing
  • Program Assistant, College of Nursing, on hold
  • Academic Coordinator, Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, review of applications began 02/02/09

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• MESA (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement) would like to give “kudos” to Facilities Operations, for helping us set up for the MESA Seventh Grade Science Competition on March 19, and Pam Medley at the Design Institute, for giving our seventh grade group an impromptu tour of the design lab. One Chase Middle School student was inspired by the department tour, asking her teacher “How can I get to go to school here?” We appreciate their efforts in support of our students.
  (from the staff at MESA)
• Way to go to Mike Reitemeier and Jane Graydon for their reassuring presence on campus and particularly in the library. We feel more secure knowing they are available.
  (from "the Night Crew" at the Riverpoint Library: Rietta Pew, Deb Robertson, and Jeanne Wagner)

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A Warm Welcome to...

• ...Dongchun (Mary) Qiao, a new research associate with the Applied Sciences Laboratory, who is spending her time doing materials processing and mechanical properties testing. She was previously employed with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

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