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Issue 2010-09 (September 15, 2010)

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WSU Spokane Designated as Health Sciences Center, Biomedical Building Funding Approved

By Barb Chamberlain

Washington State University Spokane is now officially designated as the university's health sciences campus following a proclamation issued by the WSU Board of Regents at their Sept. 3 meeting in Pullman.

The proclamation establishes the campus' direction: "…with a focus and commitment to grow graduate and professional education in the biomedical and health sciences, discover new knowledge through fundamental and translational research, and engage with people and communities throughout the region and the state to improve health in order to create a full-fledged research-intensive enterprise that will become America's next great health science center in Spokane."

"WSU has been building the Spokane campus with a focus on health sciences for some time," said Bryan Slinker, WSU's vice provost for health sciences. "This designation provides a clear commitment from the university's administration and governing board to accelerate development of a comprehensive academic health science center in Spokane, building on the excellent basic science and health-related research that will continue to take place at WSU Pullman."

The proclamation speaks to WSU's long history of excellence in the education of health professionals and the opportunity to emphasize a new interprofessional approach in preparing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others to serve as members of health care teams that can better provide patient-centered care in a very dynamic landscape of changing health care delivery and reform. 

WSU was a founding partner in the five-state collaborative medical education program, WWAMI (Washington-Wyoming-Alaska-Montana-Idaho), with the University of Washington School of Medicine. First-year medical students study at WSU Spokane and at WSU Pullman; in Spokane, an effort is now under way to add second-year studies and complete the medical education system there. WSU's College of Nursing graduates more nurses each year than any other program in the state. The WSU College of Pharmacy currently teaches its final two years at WSU Spokane; the first two years of the program will move to Spokane when a new Biomedical/Health Sciences Building is finished.

The language in the proclamation citing the opportunity to be "America's next great health science center in Spokane" is drawn directly from a recent economic impact study conducted by Tripp Umbach, the nation's leading expert on analysis of health sciences campuses and medical colleges. The study found that continuing to build the Riverpoint Campus as a research-intensive comprehensive academic health science campus would drive growth in the regional healthcare sector with an eventual statewide economic impact of $2.1 billion per year. Of that, $1.6 billion in economic impact would be felt in the eastern Washington region.
 
At the June 11 unveiling of the study at a Greater Spokane Incorporated meeting Paul Umbach noted that this study—unlike many they have done that focus solely on a medical school’s contributions—rests on creating the integrated healthcare campus of the future. "This campus will be a cheetah, not a dinosaur," he said, in describing the way the campus can take advantage of its lack of silos to build programs that integrate across disciplines, teach students to work effectively in interprofessional teams, and expand interdisciplinary research and collaboration.

WSU Spokane chancellor Brian Pitcher said, "We applaud this action by the Board of Regents aligning and focusing WSU Spokane priorities on growing the regional healthcare industry. Spokane's business and community leaders are giving top priority to accelerate economic development through university based research and our healthcare partners want to participate in education and research. Investment in interdisciplinary health science research and education including medicine, pharmacy and nursing will improve health care access, quality of care, and fuel economic growth. Eastern Washington, the state, and beyond will be healthier as a result of the programs and services here. We have an opportunity to lead the way into the future of health care with a new campus and a new culture of collaboration."

At the same meeting, the Regents approved a capital budget including $70.775 million for construction of the Biomedical/Health Sciences Phase One Building at WSU Spokane. The building is the top priority on the university's capital construction request for the upcoming legislative session. It will provide space for students in medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, and lab and clinical space in the building will bring together students from across the health professions to engage in interprofessional, team-based learning.

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WSU Researchers Discover Key Mechanism for Initiating Sleep

By Eric Sorensen, WSU News Service

Washington State University researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the brain switches from a wakeful to a sleeping state. The finding clears the way for a suite of discoveries, from sleeping aids to treatments for stroke and other brain injuries.

"We know that brain activity is linked to sleep, but we've never known how," said James Krueger, WSU neuroscientist and lead author of a paper in the latest Journal of Applied Physiology. "This gives us a mechanism to link brain activity to sleep. This has not been done before."

The mechanism—a cascade of chemical transmitters and proteins—opens the door to a more detailed understanding of the sleep process and possible targets for drugs and therapies aimed at the costly, debilitating and dangerous problems of fatigue and sleeplessness. Sleep disorders affect between 50 and 70 million Americans, according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The Institute also estimates the lost productivity and mishaps of fatigue cost businesses roughly $150 billion, while motor vehicle accidents involving tired drivers cost at least $48 billion a year.

The finding is one of the most significant in Krueger's 36-year career, which has focused on some of the most fundamental questions about sleep.

Even before the dawn of science, people have known that wakeful activity, from working to thinking to worrying, affects the sleep that follows. Research has also shown that, when an animal is active and awake, regulatory substances build up in the brain that induce sleep.

"But no one ever asked before: What is it in wakefulness that is driving these sleep regulatory substances?" said Krueger. "No one ever asked what it is that’s initiating these sleep mechanisms. People have simply not asked the question."

The researchers documented how ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the fundamental energy currency of cells, is released by active brain cells to start the molecular events leading to sleep. The ATP then binds to a receptor responsible for cell processing and the release of cytokines, small signaling proteins involved in sleep regulation.

By charting the link between ATP and the sleep regulatory substances, the researchers have found the way in which the brain keeps track of activity and ultimately switches from a wakeful to sleeping state. For example, learning and memory depend on changing the connections between brain cells. The study shows that ATP is the signal behind those changes.

The finding reinforces a view developed by Krueger and his colleagues that sleep is a "local phenomenon, that bits and pieces of the brain sleep" depending on how they've been used.

The link between sleep, brain cell activity and ATP has many practical consequences, Krueger said.

For example:

  • The study provides a new set of targets for potential medications. Drugs designed to interact with the receptors ATP binds to may prove useful as sleeping pills.
  • Sleep disorders like insomnia can be viewed as being caused by some parts of the brain being awake while other parts are asleep, giving rise to new therapies.
  • ATP-related blood flow observed in brain-imaging studies can be linked to activity and sleep.
  • Researchers can develop strategies by which specific brain cell circuits are oriented to specific tasks, slowing fatigue by allowing the used parts of the brain to sleep while one goes about other business. It may also clear the way for stroke victims to put undamaged regions of their brains to better use.
  • Brain cells cultured outside the body can be used to study brain cell network oscillations between sleep-like and wake-like states, speeding the progress of brain studies.

 
An abstract of "ATP and the purine type 2 X7 receptor affect sleep" can be found at http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/japplphysiol.00586.2010v1.

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Senator Murray Tours Education Facilities At WSU Spokane

By Judith Van Dongen

Senator Patty Murray joined with Washington State University officials and students at the Riverpoint campus Wednesday to discuss the growth of its health science programs, and to see firsthand how students are preparing for the future of health care.

 

After an introduction to students and campus leaders, Murray viewed artist renditions of a fully built-out campus, with traffic relief and improved safety for student. The senator was also able to see firsthand how health students are gathering skills for future employment through technology. One example is the nursing simulation lab. The lab consists of work areas, similar to a hospital, that teach students how to use human patient simulators.

Using simulations is rapidly becoming the standard for active learning and evaluation in medical and nursing education; it uses life-sized mannequins that actually breathe, have bowel sounds, lung sounds, pulses and a heartbeat.

Murray said the amount of healthcare professionals coming out of WSU would benefit everyone.

"This campus here, training healthcare students at all levels, will eventually lower the cost [of health care] for everybody, but just as important, we want to make sure people have great skills if we ever have to go to the doctor and end up in hospital;" said Murray.

WSU Spokane chancellor Brian Pitcher said the university is very thankful for Murray's help in expanding the campus through federal money.

"Senator Murray has been a champion of the health care community in Spokane and of WSU’s partnership for well over a decade. She has been an early champion of the vision of this campus and its economic development role in the community and we see it being realized today," said Pitcher.

Murray was instrumental in allocating $2 million in the FY2011 Senate's Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee appropriations bill to clean up contaminated soil located within the building site of the Riverpoint Biomedical/Health Sciences Phase I Building.

This most recent funding request still requires additional approval, including votes by the full Appropriations Committee, the full Senate and a joint House-Senate conference committee.

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Nursing Leader to Explore Future of Nursing at Cleveland Visiting Scholar Discussion

By Lindsey Friessnig, Communication Intern, WSU College of Nursing

The 2010 Thelma L. Cleveland Visiting Scholar, Marla Salmon, will be at the Washington State University Spokane campus on Thursday, September 23 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. to answer questions in an armchair-style discussion with College of Nursing dean Patricia Butterfield. The event—titled “Hard Time, New Opportunities and the Future of Nursing”—will look at issues such as workforce trends and the growing demand for nurses and nurse practitioners, major challenges occurring in health care today, and opportunities for nursing related to health care reform, among others. The event will be held in room 20 of the Academic Center and is free and open to the public.

This will be the first Cleveland Visiting Scholar discussion to be broadcast live via the internet. It will also be broadcast to several WSU locations across the state, including Pullman, Tri-Cities, Vancouver, Walla Walla, and Yakima. The event has been approved for continuing education credits for those who sign in at the live presentation or one of the four WSU broadcasts.

Currently the dean of the University of Washington School 
of Nursing, Salmon was considered the 'nation's head nurse' during her work as the director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Nursing. She serves on the board of trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Salmon was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, and her research focuses on global nursing leadership, public health nursing, and health sciences policy. Exploring the nursing field both domestically and internationally, she published the book, "Nurse: A World of Care," which won the 2008 Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing.

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WSU among Top Schools Favored by Job Recruiters

By Maria Ortega, WSU News Service

Washington State University ranks among the 25 top favorite universities of companies recruiting new hires, according to a Wall Street Journal newspaper survey published this week.

WSU tied for 25th position on the list and it is listed among institutions such as Pennsylvania State University, Texas A&M University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. WSU is the only school in the Northwest to make the list.
 
"The ranking also strongly indicates that WSU is doing a good job inspiring students to succeed in their major coursework while also honing skills that employers tell us they want—in critical thinking; communication through writing and presentations; and intercultural and civic engagement," said Mary F. Wack, vice provost for undergraduate education and dean of the University College....

The survey asked private and public companies about their recruiting habits and their choices. Recruiters said graduates of top public universities are often among the most prepared and well-rounded academically and fit well into corporate cultures.

The WSJ article said that public universities have become the favorite of companies over liberal arts or Ivy League colleges because of their large student populations and their focus on teaching practical skills. Last year top corporate recruiters included in the survey hired a total of 43,000 new graduates.

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Smith Joins Health Policy & Administration Faculty on Dual Appointment

By Judith Van Dongen

The Department of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) at Washington State University Spokane has recently hired Gary Smith as a clinical associate professor. Smith has worked for WSU since 2008—he also has an appointment as a senior project associate with the Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a unit within WSU Extension that promotes health and wellness for rural and underserved communities. His dual appointment was effective Aug. 16.

Smith brings more than 40 years of health care administration and management experience to the HPA program.  A physical therapist by training, he began his career in health care administration as an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps in 1968. Since then, he has headed up several physical therapy practices and rehabilitation facilities and served as faculty member and chair of Eastern Washington University's Department of Physical Therapy. Most recently, he was the chief operating officer for St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane.

"With the addition of Dr. Smith, we have a strong core HPA faculty," said Joseph Coyne, interim chair and professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration. "The collaboration with AHEC through Dr. Smith will be an excellent conduit for faculty and students to apply health care management techniques in practical settings."

Smith's areas of expertise include health services administration and governance; leadership development; the operational viability of rural hospitals; and medical informatics. He will teach courses in health care and human resource management; health care management; and strategic management and marketing to students in the WSU Master of Health Policy and Administration program....

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Design Research Conference to Explore the Intersection between Design and Health

By Becki Meehan

The WSU Interdisciplinary Design Institute invites you to join them for the sixth annual Design Research Conference, held October 7 and 8 in the Phase I Classroom Building on the Riverpoint Campus. This event brings together international experts, students, business professionals, and community leaders in a wide range of disciplines, such as natural and social sciences, health fields, the arts, and design.

The focus for this year's conference is "Designing Health." Design and health intersect in many areas, and the conference will address these intersections. How do the designs of our environments affect our health? Can good design contribute to good health, and if so, how can the study of design and health facilitate the most healthful outcomes? These are some of the issues that will be explored.

The program for the conference includes an amazing array of presentations with a broad interdisciplinary approach that will address all scales of design, from small to large: architecture and buildings, interiors and near environments, and communities as a whole. The following three keynote speakers will touch on each of these aspects in their presentations.

  • Thursday, October 7 at 9 a.m. in the Phase I Classroom Building
    Richard Dallam of the NBBJ architecture firm in Seattle will discuss the collaborative interdisciplinary process of architecture and how it relates to the design of the new Biomedical Sciences Building on the Riverpoint Campus.
  • Friday, October 8 at 9 a.m. in the Phase I Classroom Building
    Barbara Huelat of Huelat Parimucha Ltd. in Alexandia, Virginia, will discuss healing environments for home, work, and play.
  • Friday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bing Crosby Theater at 901 W Sprague Avenue, Spokane
    Fred Kent, the president of Project for Public Spaces, will discuss the creation of the city of the future, which will be specific to Spokane.

WSU faculty, students, and staff can attend the presentations at no charge. For those not affiliated with WSU, a conference fee of $175 applies.

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Lighting Up Riverpoint

By Judith Van Dongen

Campus security involves more than having security officers patrol buildings and parking lots. Lighting plays an important role in the perception of safety on campus, especially in the dark winter months ahead of us. That's why Facilities Operations recently completed a project to light up the two bus shelters along Riverpoint Boulevard.

Each bus shelter now has a solar-powered fixture, making the Riverpoint Campus the first Spokane site to have solar-lit bus shelters. Light fixtures were funded by a grant from the Federal Transit Administration and installed by the Spokane Transit Authority (STA). WSU collaborated with the STA on site preparation work.

The addition of the lights meets requests from students and staff for better lighting on campus, said Jon Schad, director of facilities operations. But he also emphasized the "green" factor.  

"This project corresponds with our goals to reduce energy consumption and use sustainable technology," Schad said.

Expect to see more of the Riverpoint Campus lit up in the near future—Facilities Operations has also received funding from the WSU minor capital improvement program for lighting at crosswalks on Riverpoint Boulevard. Those lights will be installed sometime this academic year.

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WSU College of Education Fills Leadership Positions

By Julie Titone

Professors Phyllis Erdman and Mike Trevisan have been named associate deans of the Washington State University College of Education.

Dean A.G. Rud said the two experienced administrators have skills that complement one another, and will move the College of Education forward in research, teaching, and outreach.  

"Phyllis will oversee curriculum and faculty matters, as well as the key areas of assessment and evaluation of our work in improving education at all levels in our state," said Rud, noting that Erdman was interim dean before he became dean in August.

Before serving as interim dean for a year, Erdman chaired the college's Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology (ELCP). She is a marriage and family therapist who co-authored the book "Attachment: Expanding Cultural Connections" (Routledge, 2010). She holds a Ph.D. in counseling from St. Mary's University. 

Trevisan will focus on research, especially fostering collaboration among faculty members, Rud said. Trevisan will help secure funding for individual projects as well as collaborative research efforts both inside and outside the WSU system.

Trevisan, whose areas of expertise include program evaluation and student assessment, is co-director of the WSU's Learning & Performance Research Center. He holds a PhD in educational psychology from the University of Washington. He was interim ELCP chair in 2009-2010. 

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A Taste of Nursing History Brings Together WSU Community, Raises Scholarship Funds

By Lindsey Friessnig, Communications Intern, WSU College of Nursing

September 10 marked the inaugural "A Taste of Nursing History” Wine Tasting event. About 80 friends of the college came to celebrate and raise money to benefit student scholarships for the WSU College of Nursing.

The guests in attendance enjoyed wine tasting, a silent auction, live music, a raffle, and the "Nurses at Your Service: A Century of Caring" exhibit. The raffle raised $240, and the winner received a wine basket. The silent auction included 14 different baskets and a Native American jewelry display, which featured six different pieces of earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.

The baskets with the largest bids included a hot tamale dinner at the home of the dean for six guests and a traditional Nez Perce salmon feast at the home of Robbie Paul and her husband. The money collected from the silent auction and raffle totaled over $1,700, which benefits the college's general student scholarship funds.

The wine tasting portion of the event featured two custom label wines, the Tributary Tachycardia and the Sangiovese Syncope, provided by Russell Creek Winery and complimented with hors d'oeuvres from Charley's Catering. Commemorative wine glasses were given to all guests.

The event received overwhelmingly positive feedback from guests in attendance and brought together alumni and friends of the university, in addition to contributing to nursing scholarship funds.

To learn about the College of Nursing and other events like this follow the College of Nursing page on Facebook.

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Design Students Define 'Home'

By Becki Meehan; photos by Cori Vaughn

Projects from WSU Spokane's Interdisciplinary Design Institute's annual fall design competition were on exhibit earlier this month in an exhibit that focused on ideas of "home."

The 12th Annual Fall Design Charrette was the kickoff event for fall semester. The 48-hour competition grouped design students into twenty-eight teams and challenged them to explore their perception of home. They were asked to consider their own experiences in Spokane, either as long-time residents or new arrivals, and the experiences of other groups living in the community. As a result of their explorations, each team constructed a three-dimensional representation of their concept.

"We asked the students to consider how the idea of home—our home, others' home, or the lack of home—defines us individually and collectively," said Bryan Orthel, a doctor of design student at WSU Spokane. "We are really excited to see how the students turned abstract ideas about ‘home’ into physical forms.”

In addition to creating a three-dimensional project, individual team members visited a concept booth throughout the competition to discuss and record their personal understanding of home. Excerpts from the concept booth were compiled into an audio recording that accompanied the exhibition.

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WSU to Adopt Late December Closure in 2011

By James Tinney, WSU News Service

Beginning in 2011, Washington State University will close all non-essential business operations and associated buildings at all locations during the last week of December.

"This is a measure that many people suggested in response to our request for possible cost-saving ideas. Other universities have implemented it successfully. We believe it can be put in place without undue disruption of university functions," said Warwick M. Bayly, provost and executive vice president, who led an ad hoc campus committee created by President Elson S. Floyd to look at the change.

Through the break period, the university will remain open only for essential operations during regular business hours. Essential operations include designated business offices in the French Administration and Lighty Student Services building, as well as public service operations including university police, admissions, animal care and information technology.

Vice presidents, chancellors, and deans will be asked to exercise discretion to determine essential business operations and services and essential minimal staffing levels. Faculty will retain access to their individual offices and labs during the December break; however, the thermostats may be turned down in buildings that are otherwise closed....

WSU employees will be strongly encouraged to use their annual leave, personal holiday or accrued compensatory leave during the break. Employees who do not have sufficient leave balances may request personal leave without pay in accordance with departmental guidelines. Management is encouraged to grant leave and LWOP requests during this period.

Under the policy, employees who choose to work on the non-holiday days of the December Break shall work with their supervisor to establish alternative schedules, workplaces and assignments as needed....

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In the News

  • Janet Beary, a registered dietition and a clinical assistant professor in the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology program, was recently interviewed by KHQ's Bill McGinty for a TV feature on 5-hour energy drinks. Watch it here.
  • Weihang Chai, an assistant professor affiliated with WWAMI Spokane, got more news coverage for her breakthrough discovery in cancer research. An interview with Chai aired on KREM 2 News. Watch the feature here.
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Milestones

  • The WSU College of Pharmacy Student Society of Health-System Pharmacy (SSHP) has received official recognition from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists for 2010-2011. The criteria for official ASHP-SSHP recognition encourage activities that promote membership in loca, state, and national health-system organizations' stimulate interest in health-system pharmacy careers; and encourage career development and professionalism among students aspiring to careers in health-system pharmacy.

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

  • Tuesday, September 14 - Science on Tap Coeur D'Alene
    "When Psychopaths Come to Dinner: Serve or Hide?" is the theme for this edition of Science on Tap, to be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Coeur D'Alene Brewing Company, 2nd & Lakeside Ave. in downtown Coeur D'Alene. While most of us (fortunately) will only hear about the activities of high profile psychopaths like Charles Manson through the news headlines, Richard Reardon—interim associate vice president and center executive officer at the University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene—will discuss the more common issues we may face when confronted with these individuals on a routine basis. Free admission. For more information, see the Science on Tap Web site.
  • Saturday, October 2 - KPBX Kids' Concert: OktoberFest
    Come celebrate the fun of Oktoberfest with Spokane Public Radio at our annual back-to-school concert in River Park Square, from 1 to 2 p.m. in the atrium area. Oompah band the Bottom Line will take the stage to celebrate fall with tunes that will put a little leder in your hosen. They will be joined by couples from Spokane's folk dancing troupe the Silver Spurs, led by Susan Dankovich. Free admission.
  • Wednesday, October 6 - KSFC 10th Anniversary Event
    In honor of the tenth anniversary of Spokane Public Radio's news and information station, NPR West Coast correspondent Howard Berkes will treat listeners to a presentation highlighting his 30 years of reporting for NPR and talk about the news media today, regional issues, and public radio reporting. SPR North Idaho bureau chief Doug Nadvornick will share the stage to discuss news and lead a question and answer session with Berkes. The event will be in the Bing Crosby Theater and will start at 8 p.m.Tickets are $20 for SPR members, $25 for nonmembers, and can be reserved by calling 509-328-5729. For more information, see the anniversary event Web page.

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Personnel and Staffing Changes
     

Comings:

  • Sterling McPherson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Nursing, effective June 1, 2010.
  • Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, effective July 16, 2010.
  • Teresa Cardon, Assistant Professor, Speech and Hearing, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Maria Castillo, Instructor, College of Nursing at Tri-Cities, effective August 16, 2010.
  • JoAnn Dotson, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Brooke Jordon, Instructor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Sarah Kooienga, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing at Vancouver, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Joan Owens, Instructor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Mitra Rado, Instructor, College of Nursing at Tri-Cities, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Kyra Schmidt, Instructor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Patricia Zimmerman, Instructor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010. 
  • Adrianne Lara, Academic Coordinator, College of Pharmacy (HPA), effective September 1, 2010.
  • E’lise Balogh, Research Assistant, College of Nursing, effective September 1, 2010. 
  • Jennifer Cameron, Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Nursing, effective September 1, 2010.
  • Nancy Adame, Coordinator (Outreach Liaison), National Children’s Study in Grant County (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, effective September 8, 2010.
  • Kimberly Lamb, Coordinator (Community Liaison) with the National Children’s Study in Grant County (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, effective September 15, 2010.
  • Neva Crogan-Pomilla, Research Professor, College of Nursing, effective October 1, 2010.
      

Transitions:

  • Amy Bender, Polysomnographic Technician 2, transitioning from Polysomnographic Technician 2 to Graduate Research Assistant with the Sleep and Performance Center, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Robin Faubion, Graduate Teaching Assistant to Instructor, College of Nursing at Yakima, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Anne Mason, Instructor to Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing at Tri-Cities, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Kristine McMurray, Graduate Teaching Assistant to Instructor, College of Nursing at Tri-Cities, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Gail Oneal, Graduate Research Assistant to Instructor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Michele Shaw, Instructor to Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, effective August 16, 2010.
  • Steven Stokes, Graduate Teaching Assistant to Instructor, College of Nursing at Tri-Cities, effective August 16, 2010.
      

Goings:

  • Jacob Pellinen, Research Assistant, WWAMI, effective August 25, 2010.
      

Recruitment & Searches:

  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology (position may be in Spokane or Pullman), screening of applicants begins immediately, with an August 15, 2010 deadline.
  • Coordinator (Community Liaison), National Children’s Study in Grant County (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing; position filled.
  • Coordinator (Outreach Liaison), National Children’s Study in Grant County (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing; position filled.
  • Coordinator (Clinic Liaison and Research Assistant), National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, screening applicants.
  • Information Technology Specialist 3, National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, screening applicants.
  • Office Assistant 3, National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, screening applicants.
  • Coordinator (Provider Liaison), National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, position is open until filled.
  • Manager (Research Study Manager), National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, position is open until filled.
  • Research Study Assistant (Research Study Filed Recruiter), National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, position is open until filled.
  • Research Study Coordinator Lead (Research Field Supervisor), National Children’s Study in Grant Country (Moses Lake)/College of Nursing, position is open until filled.
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Way to Go!

I would like to send a "way to go" to Pam Medley, Kristie Clark, and Julie Johnson for their quick work and positive attitudes regarding the move of design space from the South Campus Facility to the Phase I Building.  The speed at which this move had to take place was very quick, and considering everything else going on right before school starts, the fact that it got done with such efficiency and grace is a real kudos to our team.  Thanks as well to the Facilities team and Ryan Ruffcorn for helping us make this transition a very positive one for the Design Institute.
(from Jaime Rice, Interdisciplinary Design Institute)

A big thank you to Jon Schad and his Facilities Operations team for their continued support of our lunchtime yoga class. The class has moved from building to building over the years, most recently to the Sirti Building. Throughout those moves, Jon's crew has happily supplied carpeting to cover bare floors and storage space for yoga mats and exercise balls, making the whole experience even more relaxing. Now that's what we call zen!
(from the Riverpoint yogis)

Here's where you make someone's day a little brighter by extending your thanks for a job well done. Send your “Way to Go!” comments to Judith Van Dongen and watch for your thanks to be published in an upcoming issue of the Campus Bulletin!

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