Greetings,

As has become my habit at the beginning of a legislative session, I want to make you aware of the agenda we'll be promoting to our legislators and other elected officials and to provide some background for our decisions. We are approaching government officials with two general messages and five specific goals.

We will continue to press the legislature to fully use existing space on college and university campuses before spending millions to build new universities or build out under-utilized branch campuses. We believe that current initiatives before the legislature to build new four-year schools, add upper-division authority to existing community colleges, and add lower-division authority to branch campuses are the wrong direction for the state, particularly during times of limited resources. The state expects an influx of students for the next four to six years after which the swell is expected to abate. We agree that the state needs to accommodate these students, but we also believe that existing institutions have sufficient space, just not sufficient funding. According to state planners, existing public baccalaureate campuses now have the room - but not the state operating funds - for the nearly 20,000 more students expected to seek higher education enrollment by 2009. The space is available at university campuses, at branch campuses, and at university centers all over the state. We believe our university centers' two-plus-two model provides exactly the right kind of flexibility the state needs to meet the current demand without mortgaging our future. We're already seeing growth at our university centers, which are located in the population centers where the demand is particularly great, and they still have more room to grow.

Second, we will encourage legislators to provide additional seats for the students who are knocking at our door. We've already enrolled 800 FTE more than the state has agreed to fund and have an additional 151 FTE that the state asked us to grow back during the temporary enrollment downturn in 2000. And we're not the only school that is being forced to say no to deserving students.

In addition to these two general messages, we have five specific goals that we are pursuing with the legislature:

To garner compensation increases for university staff and faculty, who have seen inflation chip away at salaries and benefits over the last several decades. Faculty and staff have not received a general compensation increase since July 1, 2001.

To recoup all the money that was lost during the 2000 rebasing that followed our temporary enrollment downturn. Legislators have restored 246 of the 397 FTE that were lost to rebasing; however, we continue to seek full restoration, which would mean an additional $850,000 annually for the remaining 151 FTE.

To achieve state funding for the 800 FTE that we've admitted but that the state is not supporting. At $5,400 per student, state support for these students would increase our base by more than $5 million per year.

To achieve tuition waiver equity with the other public baccalaureates. Currently, we receive money in our budget to waive tuition for about 8 percent of our students while the other regional comprehensives are able to waive 10 and 11 percent. The research universities waive 20+ percent tuition. This disparity is an accident of history. In 1992, the legislature decided to allow universities to keep tuition funds rather than depositing them in the state general fund. Budget writers calculated how much tuition each university's enrollment would generate and then deposited that sum into a new tuition account for each. The budget reduced each university's general fund appropriation by the same amount. At the same time, the state simply froze tuition waiver authority at whatever level universities happened to employ at that time, resulting in significant disparities in state-supported waivers among public universities.

To garner $17.6 M in capital funds to renovate Dean Hall. The building was home to the university's chemistry and biology programs until 1998 when it was closed due to contamination of building systems by asbestos and heavy metals. The remodeling project will remove hazardous materials and renovate Dean Hall as a "dry laboratory" and general classroom building. The renovated facility will house geography and land studies, anthropology and museum studies, and the interdisciplinary master's degree program in resource management. It will also accommodate the science faculty's interest in creating a Central Washington Museum of Science to support CWU's strong and growing programs in environmental science and provide a focal point for regional science education.

One more important note: As is customary, outgoing governor Gary Locke forwarded a budget proposal to the legislature. Although it is anticipated that Governor Gregoire will forward a new budget shortly, the legislature is in session now and is hearing testimony about Governor Locke's proposal. Many of you have read the December 21 Associated Press article, reprinted in the Daily Record, and several of you noticed that CWU's fate in the governor's operating budget was not included in the article. I want to be sure you know that Governor Locke has proposed general increases for higher education including a $17M increase in CWU's operating budget for the biennium. This increase is roughly comparable to that recommended for other baccalaureate institutions in Washington State. Although we don't know how Locke's budget will fare overall, it's important to correct the record about CWU's place in it.

As we get more clarity about the state's economic recovery and learn the scope of the projected deficit, we'll have a better idea of what the future may hold for us and for other state agencies. In the meantime, we'll continue to forward our agenda and work with our state officials to achieve the best possible outcome for CWU. We are very fortunate that Ann Anderson, government relations director for CWU, has excellent working relationships with legislative members and their staff. We know she will promote our cause, and we look forward to receiving the resources we need to continue to promote access and opportunity at CWU.

Jerilyn McIntyre
President

In the Autumn 2004 edition of the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences newsletter "Perspectives," an article, titled "A&S Alumni, Leaders in Higher Education," chronicled eight alumni of that UW college who have gone on to serve as college and university presidents.

Among the eight are two that have served at Central Washington University, Dr. Jerilyn S. McIntyre, the current president, and Dr. James E. Brooks, who served from 1961 to 1978. Each of the presidents was asked to share thoughts on serving in that leadership role.

After earning a Ph.D. in communications and history from the UW in 1973, McIntyre began an academic career that took her to the University of Iowa, and then the University of Utah, where she served twice as interim president and seven years as vice president for academic affairs. McIntyre became president of Central Washington University in 2000.

After earning his master's degree, in 1952, and Ph.D. degree, in 1975, both in geography at the UW, Brooks taught at Central, Eastern Washington University, and Portland State University - where he was assistant to the president - before becoming president of Central, where he had earned his bachelor's degree. After stepping down as president, he continued on the faculty until 1994, except for two years as interim president at Yakima Valley Community College. Last year, Central honored Brooks by naming its library - built during his presidency - the James E. Brooks Library.

Their thoughts, and those of the other featured UW alumni, about serving in higher education leadership roles are available at: www.artsci.washington.edu/newsletter/
Autumn04/AlumPresidents.htm

The others profiled in the article are:

• UW President Mark Emmert, 2004-present
• Elaine Tuttle Hansen, president, Bates College, 2002-present
• Robert Skotheim, president, Whitman College, 1975-1988
• Virginia Smith, president, Vassar College, 1977-1986
• Yehuda Hayuth, president, University of Haifa, 1994-2004, and
• Elizabeth Kennan, president, Mount Holyoke College, 1978-1995

A higher education partnership involving CWU and Big Bend Community College entered a new phase Wednesday, Jan. 5, when officials from Central and Big Bend Community College dedicated a new joint higher education center: the Grant County Advanced Technologies Education Center in the Peterson Gallery on the BBCC campus.

The institutions jointly ventured into the state capital project which, supported by other contributions from the community, has resulted in the opening Grant County's most technologically advanced building.

Nancy Verkist, operations manager for the Copy Cat Shop, has been named the university's civil service "Employee of the Month" for January.

During surprise ceremonies, Verkist received a certificate and $100 from the president's discretionary fund, through the CWU civil service employee recognition program.

Those nominating Verkist said:

• Nancy is the "multi-tasker" of multi-taskers. Her thorough knowledge of the equipment enables her to make emergency repairs and continue printing instead of waiting for the repair tech to arrive and correct the problem.
• Her job knowledge is the result of 25-years of experience on campus. Even the XEROX people are amazed at how Nancy used the machines in ways that the company had not planned or intended.
• Nancy contributes to customer service by working directly with campus departments to help them produce the best possible results at the best price.
• Nancy is consistently learning how to be more efficient in improving speed or reducing direct costs. Quality is very high as Nancy know how to make all work submissions look as good as possible.

Initiated by the CWU civil service employee council, recognition goes to employees who foster a personalized environment that supports members of the university community as well as the mission of Central.

University students, faculty and staff, along with Ellensburg community members, are encouraged to make signed or anonymous nominations for employees of the month. Nomination forms are available from the CWU human resources office, employee council representatives and on-line at: www.cwu.edu/~hr/ec/index.html.

Translations by Dinara GEORGEOLIANI, foreign languages, and Mark HALPERIN, English, of "Day of Hopes" and "August," two poems of Victor Sosnora, St. Petersburg, Russia poet, appear in the current issue of "Denver Quarterly." They are also collected in "A Million Premonitions," the bilingual collection of Sosnora's translated by Georgeoliani and Halperin which was recently published by Zephyr Press. Their translation of Sergei Nosov's story "Nabob" has been accepted for publication by TIN HOUSE, and "The Men Went Out to Smoke," a story by V. A. P'yetsukh is due out in Antioch Review this summer.

Cynthia MITCHELL, communications, recently presented a paper at this year's annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression in Chattanooga, Tenn. "Checking Financial Power: Newspaper Coverage of the New York Stock Exchange's Bid to Control the Ticker, June 1889" is available online at www.utc.edu/academic/Communication/
conference/04conf/mitchell.pdf.

Christopher SCHEDLER, English, published an article entitled "Computer Technology in the Literature Classroom: A Constructivist Approach" in the Washington English Journal 26.1 (2004): 6-10. He also presented a paper entitled "D. H. Lawrence's Modern Myth of Return in The Plumed Serpent" at the annual Modern Language Association Conference held in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 26-30.

CWU EMPLOYEES

Civil Service new hires: Tim Knudson, Maintenance Mechanic II, Facilities Management, Marian Lien, Program Assistant (Event Planner), President's Office; Lynda di Caro, Secretary Senior, University Housing and New Student Programs, Steven Reich, Electronic Media Producer Lead, Music; Cynthia Fox, Health Care Specialist, Student Health, Counseling and Wellness; Kori Winegar, Espresso Bar Lead, Dining Services; Tim Gasper, Food Service Supervisor I, Dining Services; Sandra Stewart, Office Assistant II, Career Services; Christine Frankenfield, Secretary Senior, President's Office; Lennard Jordan, Scientific Instructional Technician II, Geography and Land Studies; Michelle Long, Cashier Lead, Dining Services; Imal Mohamed, Credentials Evaluator II, Registrar Services.

Civil Service job changes: Dawn Anderson, Program Coordinator, Graduate Studies, Research and Continuing Education; Laurie Stehle, Secretary Senior, Information Technology and Administrative Management; Uriel Hernandez, Information Technology Applications Specialist II, Enterprise Information Systems; Richard Kennedy, Food Service Supervisor I, Dining Services; Peggy Hill, Fiscal Technician III, Graduate Studies, Research and Continuing Education; Barbara Sisko, Program Coordinator, Graduate Studies, Research and Continuing Education; Diane Houser, Program Assistant , Graduate Studies, Research and Continuing Education; Brandy Bradley, Fiscal Technician II, Theatre Arts.

DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGES IN HUNGARY PLANNED FOR CWU

Dr. Geza Jeszenszky, a founding member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, which won the right to hold free elections in that country in 1990, will discuss "The Old-New Ally: Hungary and the Transatlantic Link," at CWU Thursday, Feb. 3. The free, public presentation is set for 7 p.m. in Black 150.

Formerly Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the U.S., Jeszenszky is now a professor of history and international relations at the Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including "An Outline History of International Relations" and "The Changing Image of Hungary in Britain, 1894-1918."

His presentation is sponsored by the history, political science foreign languages departments, the office of international studies and programs, Douglas Honors College, office of graduate studies and research, and College of Arts and Humanities.

'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS' TO BE DISCUSSED AT CWU

Some people believe that our time is one of "the clash of civilizations," when different civilizations are inevitably in deep conflict. Others have wondered whether our world has finally come to the "end of history," when liberal democratic ideology is the only viable value system for human society.

Dr. Chenyang Li, CWU philosophy department chair, will present a third alternative during a lecture titled "Cultural Traditions and Configurations of Values: Between the End of History and the Clash of Civilizations." The free, public presentation, part of the College of Arts and Humanities Faculty Speaker Series, is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in Science Building 142.

CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN TO SPEAK AT CWU

The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun will discuss her political career - including her 2004 Democratic presidential bid - during an address at CWU Thursday, Feb. 24, in McConnell Auditorium.

Her free, public 7 p.m. presentation is part of CWU's celebration of Black History Month and Women's History Month in March. It's sponsored by the CWU diversity education center and President's diversity council.

CHANTICLEER CHORUS TO PERFORM AT CENTRAL

Grammy-award winning Chanticleer, "the world's reigning male chorus" according to the New Yorker magazine, will perform at CWU Friday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Music Building Concert Hall. The 12-member chorus is renown for its interpretations of vocal literature, including renaissance, jazz and gospel.

Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 general admission and $25 for reserved seating. They are available at the Milo Smith Tower Theatre box office, open weekdays from 1 to 3 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased by phone with a VISA or MasterCard by calling (509) 963-1774.

RAD SELF DEFENSE CLASS FOR WOMEN TO AGAIN BE OFFERED

The CWU wildcat wellness center will sponsor a free women's self defense class Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 22-24, at 4 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom. The program will include realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women, students, faculty and staff members, using the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) system.

RAD, which is not a martial arts program, was created by a police officer who found that his training would be beneficial to women who lack the knowledge and skills to defend themselves in a violent situation.

A maximum of 20 people will be accepted into the course. To register, or for more information, call extension 3213.

Tuesday, February 1
Classic Film Series: "Dr. Strangelove," (USA, 1964, 93 minutes, comedy/science fiction) 7 p.m., McConnell Auditorium, $3, $12 bargain pass
Music: Joel Thoreson, student violin recital, 7 p.m. Music Building Recital Hall

Wednesday, February 2
Film and Lecture Series: "Beneath the Veil," 7 p.m., Science Building 147

Thursday, February 3
Presentation: "Let's Talk About Sex," sponsored by the Empowerment Center, Wildcat Wellness Center and Planned Parenthood, noon, SUB Pit
Music: Christopher Aspaas, faculty lecture and recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Presentation: "The Old-New Ally: Hungary and the Transatlantic Link," Dr. Geza Jeszenszky, founding member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, 7 p.m., Black 150
Women's Basketball: CWU vs. Humboldt State, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $8 general admission, $5 students and seniors

Friday, February 4
Conference: "Pacific Ecology and Evolution," sponsored by biology department graduate students, through Sunday, Feb. 6, Science Building, $35 registration
Meeting: CWU Board of Trustees, 1 p.m., Barge 412
Music: Peter Mack, guest piano recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall

Saturday, February 5
Women's Basketball: CWU vs. Western Oregon, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $8 general admission, $5 students and seniors
Music: "Bella Notte" Opera and Italian Dinner, 6 p.m., St. Andrew's Parish
Music: Melissa Thompson, student flute recital, 6 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Music: Beth Erickson, student flute recital, 8 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

Sunday, February 6
Music: CWU Flute Studio recital, 2 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Music: Kristin Wakkuri, student flute recital, 4 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

Monday, February 7
Presentation: "HopeSource," sponsored by the Empowerment Center, noon, SUB Pit

Tuesday, February 8
Presentation: "ASPEN" (Abuse, Support and Prevention Education Now), sponsored by the Empowerment Center, noon, SUB Pit
CAH Faculty Speaker Series: "Cultural Traditions and Configurations of Values: Between the End of History and the Clash of Civilizations," Dr. Chenyang Li, 4 p.m., Science Building 142.
Classic Film Series: "The Return," (Russia, 2003, 105 minutes, drama) 7 p.m., McConnell Auditorium, $3, $12 bargain pass
Music: Sax Nite, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

Wednesday, February 9
Film and Lecture Series: "Iron-Jawed Angels," 7 p.m., Science Building 147
Papa John's Coffeehouse: "Open Mic Night," 8 p.m., Club Central

Thursday, February 10
Career Fair: Construction Management, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., SUB Theatre, presented by career services
V-Day event: "Vagina Jeopardy," noon, SUB Pit
Men's Basketball: CWU vs. Alaska Fairbanks, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $8 general admission, $5 students and seniors
Music: CWU Trombone Club bachelor auction, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Black History Month Presentation: Bobby Seale, founder, chairman and national organizer of the Black Panther party, 7 p.m., SUB Ballroom

Friday, February 11
V-Day event: "That Takes Ovaries!" noon, SUB Pit
Dinner Theatre: "The Vagina Monologues," 6 p.m., SUB Ballroom, $16 general, $14 students
Cowboy Gathering: "Spirit of the West," a celebration of music, poetry and art, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., McConnell Auditorium

Saturday, February 12
Cowboy Gathering: "Spirit of the West," 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., McConnell Auditorium
Music: Jamie VanBuskirk, student trombone recital, 4 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Men's Basketball: CWU vs. Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $8 general admission, $5 students and seniors
Music: "Excellence in Education Through Music" concert, 7 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall
Theatre: "The Vagina Monologues," 7 p.m., SUB Ballroom, $10 general, $5 students

Sunday, February 13
Theatre: "The Vagina Monologues," 2 p.m., SUB Ballroom, $10 general, $5 students
Music: 2nd Sunday Faculty Concert, "All About Love," 4 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall
Music: John Pickett, faculty piano recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall

Monday, February 14
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
Wildcat Wellness Center: "Latte Day!" 9 a.m., free latte, hot chocolate or apple cider to first 150 people, Kamola 128

Tuesday, February 15
Music: String Studio recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

Wednesday, February 16
Music: Dan Lipori and Maria Roditeleva, faculty bassoon and piano recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Papa John's Coffeehouse: "Three Acoustic Artists Singing Their Hearts Out," 8 p.m., Club Central

Monday, February 21
Presidents' Day Holiday

Tuesday, February 22
Music: Trombone Choir recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall

Thursday, February 24
Basketball: CWU women vs. Western Washington, 5 p.m., CWU men vs. Northwest Nazarene, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $8 general admission, $5 students and seniors
Black History Month Presentation: 2004 presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun, 7 p.m., McConnell Auditorium.
Music: Daniel Grijalva, student clarinet recital, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

Friday, February 25
Family Weekend: "Now Arriving Grand Central," through Feb. 27
Music: "Chanticleer" men's chorus, 7 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall, $20 general admission, $25 reserved

Saturday, February 26
Family Weekend Snowshoeing: meet at SUB recreation window, 8:45 a.m. or 12:45 p.m., reservations, 963-3512, $12
Family Weekend Youth Event: "National Girls and Women in Sports Day," education, skills training and playing sports for girls ages 8 to 13, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $15, reservations, 963-3512 Family Weekend Chimposium: one-hour educational workshop, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m., CHCI Building, $10 adults, $7.50 students, reservations, 963-2244
Family Weekend Open House: ASCWU clubs and organizations, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., SUB
Family Weekend Presentation: "Parents as Partners With CWU," 11 a.m., Yakama Room
Family Weekend Campus Tours: leave from SUB, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Basketball: CWU women vs. Seattle University, 5 p.m., CWU men vs. Seattle University, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion, $8 general admission, $5 students and seniors
Music: Jazz Nite II, 7 p.m., Music Building Concert Hall
Family Weekend Special Entertainment Event: "Curse of the Idol," 9 p.m., SUB Ballroom, $19.95 general admission, $12.95 students.

Sunday, February 27
Family Weekend Snowshoeing: meet at SUB recreation window, 8:45 a.m., reservations, 963-3512, $12
Family Weekend "Jazz Brunch": featuring Vocal Jazz 1, 10 a.m., Cesar Chavez Theatre, $14
Family Weekend Chimposium: one-hour educational workshop, 12:30 and 2 p.m., CHCI Building, $10 adults, $7.50 students, reservations, 963-2244
Music: Jed Allen, student voice recital, noon, Music Building Recital Hall
Music: Patricia Crispino, student clarinet recital, 2 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Music: James Durkee, faculty guitar recital, 4 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall
Music: CWU Brass Choir, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

Monday, February 28
Music: Jazz Combo Nite, 7 p.m., Music Building Recital Hall

For other calendar items, visit: www.cwu.edu/~schedule/calendar/

FACTOID
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first two master of science degrees awarded by CWU, then Central Washington State College, both of them in experimental psychology. In 1963, the Washington legislature authorized master of science and master of arts degrees at Central and the other regional institutions, and CWSC awarded its first master's degrees two years later. Both graduate degree recipients went on to enter Ph.D. programs.

Thanks to Warren Street for his research into this landmark CWU event.