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| Name: Loren D. Harris | Department: Information Technology |
| News: Loren D. Harris is the recipient of the BFA Vice Presidential Award for the Center for Excellence in Leadership. He will be honored at the May 15, 2007, award ceremony. Loren has been a student employee in the Web Development office for the past two and a half years and has been instrumental in incorporating advanced dynamic technology in the University's website. | |
| Name: Steve Rittereiser | Department: Business Auxiliaries and Public Safety |
| News: Steve Rittereiser, Assistant Vice President for Business Auxiliaries and Public Safety, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington State Crime Prevention Association. The award was presented to Chief Rittereiser at WSCPA's spring 2007 meeting in Kelso. | |
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| Name: John Ebenal | Department: Accounting |
| News: John Ebenal, Accounting Supervisor II, Grants and Asset Management, has been reappointed to the Retirement and Insurance Committee for a three year term ending June 30, 2010. | |
| Conferences, Workshops or Seminars | |
| Name: Tina Short | Department: Information Technology |
| News: Tina Short attended PMI (Project Management Institute) Seminars World 2008 on May 19 and 20, 2008 in Seattle. She attended the seminar "No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects" instructed by Neal Whitten. It focused on leading edge best practices for leadership and project management. | |
| Name: Larry Bergman | Department: Information Technology |
| News: Larry Bergman attended a 5-day Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) conference in Denver, Colorado during the week of April 13 - April 17. Some topics of discussion included tuning Oracle databases, diagnostics, and tools for Database Administration. | |
| Name: Debbie Hunt and Tina Short | Department: Information Technology |
| News: Debbie Hunt and Tina Short attended a 2-day course on January 8 and 9, 2008, called Project Management Essentials, instructed by Dave Pratt in Lacey, WA. The course addressed theoretical fundamentals of Project Managment as well as hands on activities. | |
| Name: Tina Short | Department: Information Technology |
| News: Tina Short attended a 2-day course, IT Project Management Overview, instructed by Dave Pratt in Lacey, WA. Key elements for Project Management were studied such as project scope, communication plans, defining schedules, performance measurements, activity sequencing, critical path analysis, resource planning, budgeting, cost management, and cost control. | |
| Name: Bruce Porter and Toni Burvee | Department: Business Services and Contracts |
| News: Toni Burvee and Bruce Porter attended the national conference for the University Risk Management & Insurance Association in Denver, Colorado, during the week of September 16, 2007. Some topics of discussion included Technology Transfer issues,Violence Prevention and Emergency Management, Handling Risk in Recreation Programs, Handling Risk in Charter Transpotation and Risks Associated with Online Websites. | |
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| Name: Becky Baker | Department: Human Resources |
| News: Becky Baker is participating on the Quality Improvement Team at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital to help develop a more easily understood billing statement for patients. Becky's understanding of the health care system and experience working with numerous employees to resolve issues makes her input invaluable to this team effort which should benefit our employees and the surrounding community. | |
| Name: Steve Rittereiser | Department: Business Auxiliaries and Public Safety |
| News: Steve Rittereiser attended the 28th National Conference on Law and Higher Education,where he and Dolores Stafford, Chief of Police, George Washington University, presented their paper titled “Community Policing, Crime Prevention and Comprehensive Training Programs: Key Ingredients to Reducing Risk in Campus Public Safety.” | |
| Publications | |
| Name: Steve Rittereiser | Department: Business Auxiliaries and Public Safety |
| News: Steve Rittereiser, Assistant Vice President for Business Auxiliaries & Public Safety, is featured in the October 2007 edition of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) magazine. The article also includes information on Central Washington University's mission and auxiliary services programs. | |
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| Name: Wildcat Shop | Department: Conference and Retail Services |
| News: The Wildcat Shop started providing free blue books to students a year ago. Since that time, the store has handed out about 7500 of these books. The costs associated with printing of the books was funded by five sponsors who received acknowledgement for their sponsorship on the back page of each book. This initiative is an example of how the Wildcat Shop helps students save money while promoting sustainability by using recycled paper. | |
| Name: David Storla | Department: Information Technology |
| News: What started with guest lectures in 1990 and 1991 has turned into 15 years of teaching CWU student how to trace their family history. While teaching the SOC 333 (Genealogy) class is far removed from Dave Storla's normal computer work in ITS, it has been a very enjoyable "second job" for Dave. The SOC 333 class is offered on Thursday evenings in Fall Quarter and on Wednesday evenings in Spring Quarter. For more information about the class, either contact Dave at storlad@cwu.edu or the Sociology Department. | |
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