The honorees are:

• Gwen Chaplin, Central Washington Planned Parenthood executive director and CWU board of trustees chair;
• Toni Menig, Central academic advisor;
• Dr. M. Meghan Miller, university geological sciences professor and dean of the CWU College of the Sciences; and,
• Helen Wise, a CWU distinguished civil servant and senior science instruction technologist emeritus in the biological sciences department.

"We devised this award as a way to honor a student who embodies all aspects of empowerment," Katrina Whitney, CWU center for student empowerment director, says. "Crystal is a young women who took risks, challenged her own thoughts and belief system to become a leader on campus and now reaches out to others."

Ester Huey, retired director of the Yakima Valley Substance Abuse Coalition, made the keynote address.

The event, co-sponsored by the CWU diversity center, was attended by more than 100 people.

"I thought it went very well, and the honorees were very impressive, as was Esther Huey's keynote address," CWU President Jerilyn S. McIntyre says.

ART EXHITIT FEATURES YOUNG ARTISTS' WORKS
Binney and Smith's Crayola Dream-Makers Western Region Exhibition of children's artwork, presented for the first time in the state of Washington, is scheduled for CWU's Sarah Spurgeon Gallery April 7 to May 2.

Children from nine states, in grades kindergarten to sixth, submitted artwork on this year's theme Drawing on Character. The theme focuses on character development - honesty, respect, responsibility, compassion, self-discipline, perseverance and giving. Forty artworks and Dream-Maker statements revealing the meaning of the artwork were chosen for this year's exhibition.

Spurgeon Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 3 p.m. on weekends.

CWU ALUMNA STUDIES CHIMPS
Central Washington University alumna Crickette Sanz, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Dave Morgan reported their study of "Naïve Encounters With Chimpanzees in the Goualougo Triangle" in the April 2003 issue of the International Journal of Primatology. Morgan is a field researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Republic of Congo

The Goualougo Triangle, nestled between two rivers in a Central African rain forest, is so remote that the primate researchers, who traveled 34 miles, mostly by foot, from the nearest village through dense forests and swampland to get there, have discovered a rare find: chimpanzees that have had very little or no contact at all with humans.

The chimpanzees' behavior when first coming in contact with the researchers was a telltale sign of lack of human exposure - the chimpanzees didn't run and hide.

ABSENCE REPORTS REQUIRED
All faculty, and those administrative exempt employees who are not covered under the sick leave accrual plan, are reminded that absences due to personal illness or injury must be recorded on the gray half-sheet form, Report of Absence Due to Illness.

Faculty should complete and submit only if all classes in one or more days are missed because of employee's own illness/medical appointment.

Exempt employees should complete and submit for all absences due to employee's own illness or medical appointment.

• Academics
• Contribution to the department
• Motivation
• Organizational and leadership activities
• Recommendation(s) by department and faculty
• Demonstrated financial need

• Be a junior or senior by October when the award is presented
• Declared a major in the department which is nominating him/her
• Be able to demonstrate academic and leadership abilities
• Completed three consecutive quarters at Central
• Be a full-time student at the time of nomination and when the award is presented

Deadline for nominations is April 7. Nomination forms are available in the office of alumni relations, Barge Hall 214, or you may call 963-2752 (e-mail: coopert@cwu.edu) and request nomination forms be sent by campus mail or fax. They are also available at www.cwu.edu/~cwualum/ or www.cwu.edu/~scholar.

RSVP MOVES TO NEW LOCATION
CWU Grants and Sponsored Research announces that the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Kittitas County has moved to a new location at 707 N. Pearl, Suite I, in Ellensburg. The phone number is 509 962-4311, Fax 925-1730 and e-mail rsvp@elltel.net. RSVP invites you to visit its new location.

CWU EMPLOYEES
Civil Service new hires: Jason Bakeman, Inventory Inspector I, Property Management; and Wendy Sienia, Retail Clerk II, University Store.

Civil Service job changes: Laurie Stehle, Secretary Senior, Graduate Studies.

CWU JOB OPENINGS
Searches are under way 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:
American Literature/Composition, Assistant Professor, 963-3340;
Botanist, Assistant/Associate Professor, Lunda Raubeson, 963-2734;
Chinese, Instructor/Assistant Professor, Nathalie Kasselis-Smith, 963-1218;
Director, Educational Tech. Center, Assistant/Assoc. Professor, 963-1357;
Earth Materials/Mineralogy, Assistant Professor, 963-2801;
Information Literary/Outreach Librarian, Assistant Professor, Kirsten Erickson, 963-1023;
Media Writing, Assistant Professor, Search Committee, 963-1066;
Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Assistant/Associate Professor, Tinja Wyman, 963-3339;
William O. Douglas Honors College, Director, Linda Beath, 963-1404.

Exempt:
Accounting Manager, Shelly Johnson, 963-2340;
Admissions Counselor, Tina Morefield, 963-3012;
Director, CWU Gear Up Program, Julie Guggino, 963-3101;
Director, McNair Program, Phil Backlund, 963-1852;
Enterprise Financial Manager, Ken Baxter, 963-1149;
Residence Hall Coordinator, Jennifer Herbold, 963-1324;
Senior Director, Information Technology Services, DeAnn Wagoner, 963-2324;
Undergraduate Studies, Associate VP, Rebecca Bowers, 963-1411;
Web Developer/Project Team Member, Jesse Days, 963-2810.

Civil Service:
Accountant/Accountant, Principal/Accountant, Senior;
Information Technology Systems Specialist III, March 24;
Program Support Supervisor I, March 24.