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Central Washington University provided gifts for about 220 Kittitas County children through its annual holiday giving program.
The gifts are purchased and wrapped by CWU employees, collected in the president's office and then distributed to Head Start and Children and Family Services.
Lisa Bugni at Head Start said parents are very excited when they pick up the presents. This year for the first time the program included infants to 3 year olds. Head Start has about 140 children enrolled at locations in Ellensburg, Roslyn and Central Washington University's Michaelsen Hall.
"It is a neat thing," Bugni said of the gift program. "Employees at Central put a lot of time and thought into the gifts. Some put a stuffed animal or toy or car on the outside of the package. It's really cute."
Social workers deliver gifts for about 30 recipients at the Department of Children and Family Services.
"The children are really appreciative," Lynnette Hynden of Children and Family Services said. "It's also a bonus for our social workers, because they are very happy to give the gifts."
CWU President Jerilyn S. McIntyre said, "This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share the bounty of the season with the children of our community."
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Christine McDermott, associate director of athletics at the University of British Columbia, has accepted the position of senior director of development at Central Washington University, effective Jan. 6, 2003, said Paul Baker, CWU vice president for university relations.
"We look forward to Christine's arrival and her role as an integral member of the university relations and development team," Baker said.
McDermott says her major gift fund-raising efforts have been rewarding. She has structured complex gifts of up to $3.5 million. Prior to her arrival at UBC in 1999, the department of athletics raised $100,000 per year. Since then, McDermott has been responsible for more than $1 million yearly in philanthropic support to athletics.
"I am honored to be chosen for this incredible opportunity," McDermott said. "I'm really optimistic about the community support and involvement that will make investment at Central a success and a priority. I am excited and look forward to being part of such an outstanding team that is in place to facilitate university development."
McDermott's professional experience includes higher education and non-profit fund raising, sales and marketing, and she is licensed to practice law in Washington and Oregon. She earned her bachelor's degrees in psychology at the University of British Columbia and her law degree at the University of Kansas.
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Dr. Linda MARRA and Diane THEUSEN-REICH, Music, sang solo pieces on the teachers' recital of the National Association of Teachers of Singing district meeting at Whitman College in Walla Walla on Nov. 8. The Inland Empire District of NATS held its annual meeting and student competition on Nov. 9 at Whitman. Competing were 154 students from nine universities from Washington and Idaho. CWU freshman Rose TURK, sophomore Ryan WALSH, and senior Miriam GNAGY all took first place in their respective divisions. Junior Amy SEIDL took second place in her division. All four are students of Dr. Linda Marra. Twenty-four NATS teachers judged the competition, and winning students received cash prizes ranging from $35 to $65.
Bob HICKEY, Geography and Land Studies, Erick Burns, John Bolte, Paul Measeles, Diana Walker and Ray Jaindl co-presented a paper titled "Development of a Statewide Erosion Vulnerability Screening Tool for Oregon" at the Agriculture and Water Quality in the Pacific Northwest Conference Nov. 19-20 in Yakima. The project involved collaboration between CWU and the Oregon Department of Agriculture to develop an erosion vulnerability map for the state of Oregon.
Karen BLAIR, History, returned from a yearlong sabbatical, where she researched the history of voluntary associations of men, women, and children in America. She had grant support from the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History to study at the New York Historical Society for a month in New York City. She also won a Winterthur-Hagley Fellowship to study at the Henry I. duPont libraries in Delaware.
Dan HERMAN and Jim COOK, History, traveled to China during spring break, 2002. Herman presented a paper at Beijing University on the cultural significance of hunting in U.S. history. At quarter's end, he participated in a month-long NEH Institute in Texas on the history and literature of the Southwestern Borderlands. After the Institute, Herman spent two months in Arizona doing research for his new book project, Frontiers of the Tonto Rim, under the auspices of a CWU Faculty Seed Grant. He also gave two papers at two different conferences on how historians and novelists have interpreted the bloodiest feud in American history, the Pleasant Valley War that occurred in the 1880s in Arizona's Tonto Rim country. At the first of those conferences, Herman was honored with the annual Pacific Coast Branch Book Award given by the American Historical Association's Pacific Coast Branch. He won the award for Hunting and the American Imagination, which was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 2001. Herman's book also garnered him an invitation to join a select group of Arizona authors at the Phoenix Public Library's annual fund-raising dinner on Oct. 18, where a copy of his book was auctioned off. Herman also wrote two encyclopedia articles, reviewed five books, helped plan the General Education Committee's fall workshop, and braved boulders, bears, and poison ivy to explore Devil's Chasm Ruin in central Arizona.
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Jim COOK, History, has completed the first phase of the first year National Science Foundation Grant, Research Experience for Undergraduates "Society and Environment in South China." During this past summer, Cook, Michael LAUNIUS, Richard MACK, Hong XIAO (CWU faculty) and Andrew Morris (Cal State Polytechnic faculty) accompanied and mentored five CWU students and 11 students from other universities outside the state of Washington to Shanghai, China, June 25-July 18, to start their research. In the spring, these students will present their findings/papers at the SOURCE (Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression), NCUR (National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Inc.) meetings and at other professional venues.
Last spring, Roxanne EASLEY, History, received the following awards/grants: Graduate School Seed Grant, CAH Creativity Grant, ISPAC Short-Term Travel Abroad, and Graduate School Faculty Research Leave. Easley's article "The Pecae Arbitrator and Rural Politicization" will appear in Slavic Review Winter 2003. She also presented a paper at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Second International Conference, "Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations" in St. Petersburg, Russia (July 4-7, 2002).
Michael ERVIN, History, defended his dissertation on Nov. 18. The title of his dissertation is: "The Art of the Possible: Agronomists, Agrarian Reform, and the Middle Politics of the Mexican Revolution."
Beverly HECKART, History, attended a conference last spring at Seattle University, sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Teaching the Holocaust."
Jan BOWERS, Family and Consumer Studies, was selected by the Washington Association of Vocational Administrators section for the office of Post Secondary Education Representative during the recent WA-ACTE Conference in Spokane. She will serve on the executive board from 2002 to 2004. Bowers is the Plan II Teacher Preparation Program Administrator at CWU. The Plan II Teacher Preparation Program is designed for individuals with business or industry experience who wish to teach their professional skill. CWU is the first institution in the state to become an approved Plan II Program Provider, and it provides teacher preparation training to approximately 140 business or industry workers each year.
WA-ACTE is the state professional organization for more than 1,600 career and technical educators. Its members are career and technical educators from comprehensive high schools, skills centers, community colleges, technical colleges, universities, and staff members of the Career and Technical unit at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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OISP RECEIVES FIPSE GRANT
Central Washington University's Office of International Studies and Programs (OISP) received a four-year $90,000 FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help fund student exchanges with Mexican and Canadian partner institutions. Students interested in studying topics related to North American Studies will have access to up to $3,000 stipends to offset the costs of their exchange.
CWU's partner institutions in Mexico are the Universidad de Guadalajara and the Universidad de Monterrey and in Canada the University of Calgary and the Université Laval.
The new grant complements an existing mobility grant for the study of civic societies and sustainable communities with the Universidad de Guanajuato, Universidad La Salle, St. Francis Xavier University and the University of Northern British Columbia.
CWU IMPLEMENTS SEVIS
Central Washington University has implemented the Student Exchange Visitors Information System (SEVIS) mandated by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) and the USA PATRIOT Act, enacted Oct. 26, 2001.
SEVIS requires institutions that enroll international students to transmit electronically all visa-related information and provide continual monitoring of an extensive event history for international students and exchange aliens. It moves all universities and colleges who are designated to enroll nonimmigrant foreign students and exchange aliens, from a paper-based, manual tracking system to a comprehensive electronic record-keeping and tracking system. All educational institutions in the U.S. are required to implement SEVIS by Jan. 30, 2003.
CWU joins a small number of universities and colleges who have taken the initiative for early entry implementation. Representatives of Computing and Telecommunication Services, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, and the Office of International Studies and Programs have been working on SEVIS compliance since August. Cynthia Green, office of international studies and programs, and Jim Price, computing and telecommunications services, also have been involved in the efforts to implement SEVIS.
SHRM CLUB WINS EVENT
Central Washington University human resources students topped HR professionals recently in a friendly competition.
During the Yakima Valley Human Resources Association meeting Nov. 20, the CWU Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) student chapter posted a 6,800 to 5,000 victory over the professions in the "Who Wants to be an HR Manager" event, which is based on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" format.
Nine CWU students participated in the fourth annual competition, which was won for the first time by CWU. Category topics included employment law and labor relations. The meetings also allow students to network with professionals, who hold monthly meetings attended by CWU students.
Nancy Graber Pigeon, assistant professor of business administration and SHRM student chapter advisor, served as game-show host. Karla Shugart, human resources, also attended. Three of the CWU student participants, Tyson Williams, Candis Sept and Olakunle "Kunle" Arowolo, work in the human relations office.
IN MEMORY
Linwood "Monte" Reynolds, who was a CWU professor from 1947 to 1974, died Nov. 23 in Salem, Ore. He was 90. Reynolds taught in the CWU physical education department and coached track for 13 years. He played football at the University of Montana and served in the Navy during World War II. He received a master's degree at Stanford.
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SHARED LEAVE NEEDED
CWU employees may donate leave to a fellow employee who is severely ill or injured (or who is caring for a family member who is severely ill or injured) and who is off work and has exhausted all personal paid leave.
The following individuals are in need of shared leave: Connie Probasco-Jacobs, facilities management, and Maxine Ryan, university store.
You may donate annual (vacation) and sick leave in eight-hour blocks. The personal holiday may also be donated. The shared leave donation form can be downloaded from the HR forms section of the human resources home page: www.cwu.edu/~hr/forms/hrforms2.htm or requested from the HR office by calling 963-1202. Requests to donate leave must be approved by your supervisor before forwarding to human resources.
CWU EMPLOYEES
Civil Service new hires: Keith Bowden, Maintenance Custodian II, Facilities Management; Kelley Cadman, Research Analyst III, Institutional Research; and Darlene Sirrine, Program Assistant, Continuing Education.
Civil Service job changes: Kristy Magdlin, Office Assistant III, President's Office; and Dawn Varnum, Office Assistant II, Registrar Services.
CWU JOB OPENINGS
Searches are underway for the following positions. You can access the CWU Home page (www.cwu.edu/~hr/jobs) or the Job Line at (509) 963-1562.
Faculty:
Accounting, Assistant/Associate Professor, Jay Forsyth, 963-3340;
American Literature/Composition, Assistant Professor, 963-3340;
Applied Voice Teacher/Performer, Assistant Professor, Peter Gries, 963-1216;
Bilingual Education, Assistant/Associate Professor, Nancy Schnebly, 963-1737;
Biological Anthropologist, Assistant Professor, 963-3201;
Botanist, Assistant/Associate Professor, Linda Raubeson, 963-2734;
Computer Science, Assistant/Associate Professor, James Schwing, 963-1449;
Constitutional/Public Law, Assistant Professor, Linda Rubio, 963-2408;
Contemporary Philosophy, Assistant Professor, 963-1818;
Cultural Anthropologist, Assistant/Associate Professor, 963-3201;
Economics, Assistnt/Associate Professor (two positions), Peter Saunders, 963-1266;
Early Childhood Education, Assistant Professor, Velma Henry, 963-1357;
Flight Technology, Assistant Professor, Search Committee, 963-2297;
Health Education, Assistant Professor, Rhonda Busch-Gehlen, 963-2481;
Information Literary/Outreach Librarian, Assistant Professor, Kirsten Erickson, 963-1023;
Information Technology, Assistant Professor, Catherine Bertelson, 963-2611;
Instructional Technology, Assistant Professor, Tina Clark, 963-1465;
Management/Human Resources Management, Assistant/Associate Professor, Tinja Wyman, 963-3339;
Media Writing, Assistant Professor, Search Committee, 963-1066;
Operations Management Assistant/Associate Professor, Tinja Wyman, 963-3339;
Organic Chemistry, Assistant Professor, Lisa Stowe, 963-2811;
Paramedic/First Aid, Assistant/Associate Professor, Carolyn Booth, 963-1451;
Physical Education, Assistant/Associate Professor, Stephen Jefferies, 963-2241;
Psychology, Counseling, Assistant Professor, Terrence Schwartz, 963-3661;
Public Relations/Advertising, Assistant Professor, Search Committee, 963-1066;
Scenographer-Lighting Designer, Assistant Professor, 963-1273;
Sculpture, Assistant Professor, Search Committee, 963-2665.
Exempt:
Career Development Services, Associate Director, Linnea Nicoulin, 963-1515;
Graduate Studies, Research and Continuing Education, Associate VP, 963-1400;
Research Assistant, Biology, Holly Pinkart, 963-2710;
Undergraduate Studies, Associate VP, Rebecca Bowers, 963-1411.
Civil Service:
Accountant/Accountant, Principal/Accountant, Senior;
Administrative Assistant B, Faculty Senate, Jan. 7;
Fiscal Technician II/III;
Program Assistant, Music Department, Dec. 30.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
Fall Quarter Ends
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20
Basketball: CWU vs. University of Puget Sound, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25
Holiday: Christmas
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1
Holiday: New Year's Day
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7
Winter quarter begins
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8
Faculty Recital: John Harbaugh, trumpet, 8 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
Basketball: CWU women vs. St. Martin's, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10
Swimming: CWU men and women vs. University of Puget Sound, 6 p.m., CWU aquatic facility
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
Basketball: CWU women vs. Northwest Nazarene, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
For other calendar items, please visit:
CWU Life
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MONDAY, JANUARY 13
Art: "Two Photographers," by Andrew J Ortiz and Mark Sawrie, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, noon to 3 p.m. weekends, Spurgeon Gallery, through Feb. 7
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
Basketball: CWU men vs. Western Oregon, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Basketball: CWU women vs. Seattle Pacific, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Basketball: CWU men vs. Humboldt State, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
MONDAY, JANUARY 20
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr.
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