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In the News
10.10.2008 Eastern Hosts First Class of Master of Science in Dental Hygiene Students
10.6.2008EWU Awarded $236,000 Department of State Grant
Announcements
Power in Pink
Did you know that breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in women ages 15-54? Power in Pink is an annual EWU event in which students, staff and faculty are encouraged to wear pink to raise awareness about breast cancer. Wear your pink on Oct. 21, 2008 and stop by the PUB between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to show your support.
Deadline Extended for Classified Distinguished Service Award
The deadline for submitting nominations for the Classified Staff Distinguished Service Award has been extended to Oct. 17, 2008. Please consider submitting nominations for this prestigious award. Note that the deadline has been extended for only the Classified Staff award.
The award is given to those individuals whose service is generally acknowledged by the University community to be an exceptional contribution to the support and maintenance of the University's programs, physical environment and service to the public. The award, which include a check for $1,000, will be presented during the University Thanksgiving Dinner.
Any member of the EWU community may make nominations for these awards. Nominations must be in writing and should not exceed 20 pages. Support for nominations must come from a broad cross-section of the University community and must include: a personal statement regarding the nominator's reasons for making the nomination; the nominee's current address; a complete description of the nominee's history of service to the University, a resume or personal history of the nominee; letters of support from a broad cross-section of the University, including fellow employees, supervisors, students or others.
All nominations should be submitted to the University Medals and Awards Committee, Office of Graduate Education, Research and Evaluation, 206 Showalter Hall, EWU, Cheney, WA, 99004.
Updates from the Office of Information Technology
Project Looking Glass
The project is now entering its pilot phase; IT is serving as the pilot group for the new mail and calendaring systems. Once project engineers are confident the systems are ready for production and the project team is poised for deployment, Universitywide migration should being in late October.
Outlook and Entourage training will start for all users at the end of October. Please feel free to register.
IT Training and Development
Starting Oct. 14 through the end of the academic year, "Office 2007/2008 Tip of the Month training" will be offered for all staff and faculty interested in learning quick tips and tricks for using Microsoft Office 2007 (Windows). Each month, a specific application (Word, Power Point, Excel, etc.) will be highlighted. Faculty and staff wishing to register can do so at http://www.ewu.edu/trainingscheduler.
Banner HR Time Entry training will be offered starting the end of November, in preparation for the Banner HR "Go-Live" date of January 2009.
eLearning "Tool of the Month Club"
For those interested in FREE instructional software along with expert instruction, you will want to consider attending one or more meetings of the new IT eLearning "Tool of the Month Club." IT has licensed a variety of instructional technology software tools that are available at no cost to Eastern faculty and staff. Wish you could "drag and drop" content into Blackboard? Wanting to simplify the Blackboard test authoring process? Check out the nine different tools that provide those and many other features in this year's Tool of the Month meetings. A handout on tools and meeting dates is available at: http://websrv.ewu.edu/groups/blackboard/Tool_of_the_Month_Club.pdf
Student PUB Lab
The PUB lab is off and running with 150+ Windows and Macintosh workstations, lots of software, video editing stations, scanners, a recording studio and more. The front desk has had a makeover with new paint, signage, and a change in lighting. A new copier service which integrates with students' $9 print credit is being worked on and should be running by winter quarter.
University Graphics
The big news here is that University Graphics has moved under the Office of Information Technology. And while their focus on customer support remains the same, we are working on creating synergies for all of IT's graphic capabilities.
Web Redesign
MarComm and IT are collaborating on the Web Redesign initiative and it is progressing quickly. We are 90 percent of the way to completing a new information architecture/site map. Over the next few weeks, there will be meetings with individual University units to discuss their specific site content and organization. We hope to begin go live during the winter. There are many other things happening on this exciting initiative, for more information check out the initiative blog at: http://ewuweb.wordpress.com.
IT Strategic Plan Wiki
The strategic plan effort has made significant progress over the summer. IT has completed the data analysis of the input you provided and has developed an Issues Narrative outlining what you said in the various feedback venues last spring (interviews, focus groups and web survey). You are invited to review this narrative and provide IT with feedback at their Strategic Planning Wiki: http://wiki.ewu.edu/oit/Planning. You can view without logging in, but you will need to log in to share your thoughts.
Eat, Drink and Be Scary
 Enjoy a night of frightful delight at Monster Mash Oktoberfest Bash, the annual fundraiser for Eastern Washington University Libraries from 5-10:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 25, in the JFK Library.
Enjoy a "killer" feast by Black Tie Catering, with wine and beer tasting courtesy of Latah Creek Winery, Preston Premium Wines, Coeur d'Alene Brewing Company and Northern Lights Brewing Company. Nonalcoholic beverages will also be served.
Live music by the Don Goodwin Group will raise the spirits of guys and ghouls alike, and the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon will perform their award-winning rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Bid on gift baskets, original artwork, certificates to local restaurants, businesses and more during the "silent-as-the-grave" auction. Play the 50-50 raffle to win cash or take a chance on the quilt raffle to win a stunning queen-sized quilt, made especially for Oktoberfest by Elizabeth Malia and quilted by Carol Macquarrie.
Auctioneer Austin Booker will kick off the live auction featuring a "bucket list" of items and activities, including a 2009 Honda Ruckus scooter from Westside Motorsports, an Epic Adventures whitewater rafting trip and a ride in a hot-air balloon with Avian Balloon Company. Other items include an original work of ledger art by George Flett, electronics such as a Treo 750 Smartphone and Dell MID computers, a one-year membership to the new EWU Recreation Center, a Fuji "Crosstown 3.0" bicycle and much more.
Tickets are $35 each or $175 for a reserved table of six, and student tickets are $15. All proceeds benefit the EWU Libraries Collection Endowment Fund for the purchase of books and journals.
Busy Fall for American Indian Studies Program
 Eastern's American Indian Studies Program started off an exciting 2008-2009 academic year with their annual "Welcome Gathering" Thursday, Oct. 9.
Students, faculty and staff gathered for lunch and to meet with special guests JoAnn Kauffman, newly elected chair of Eastern's Board of Trustees and Spokane Mayor Mary Verner in Monroe Hall Lounge.
Eastern's AIS Program is busy preparing for the upcoming National Indian Education Association's annual convention, to be held later this month in Seattle.
As a sponsor of this year's convention, Eastern's AIS Program will be highly visible to attendees, making contact with about 1,500 potential students from across the country. "This is a great opportunity for us to have a presence on the west side of the state and make connections with native students," said Nicole DeVon, counselor/recruiter for the AIS Program.
Deirdre A. Almeida, EdD, director of EWU's AIS Program, was one of the presenters at last year's convention, held in Hawaii and attended by more than 3,400 Indian education advocates.
"The American Indian Studies Program continues to grow and it is from the dedication, leadership and direction of the program director, Dr. Deirdre Almeida," said Kathleen Warren, office manager for AIS.
Dr. Almeida, currently on professional leave, has been the director of the EWU American Indian Studies Program since July 2001.
(Pictured above: Rep. Don Barlow; Kathleen Warren, AIS Program; Spokane Mayor Mary Verner; EWU Board of Trustee Chair, JoAnn Kauffman; President Arévalo and Nadine Arévalo) Get Connected! Join Hundreds Registered in EWU AlumniLINK
 Register today to update your information and find friends. Alumni who register between now and Dec. 1, 2008, are entered in a drawing to win an Eagle spirit pack.
Step 1: Go online.
Step 2: Click on EWU AlumniLINK.
Step 3: Find yourself in the directory (due to data collection challenges, you may not be able to locate yourself in the directory; however, you may sign up as a new user and we will approve you after review of your information).
Step 4: Register and post additional information as desired.
Step 5: Search friends.
The directory is limited to name and graduation year in order to protect the privacy of alumni. Therefore, the more friends who register, the more fun and valuable AlumniLINK will become! Call the Office of Alumni Advancement, 509.359.4550 or 888.EWU.ALUM for more information. Eastern Welcomes 2008 Muskie Fellow
The University is pleased to welcome its second Muskie Fellow, Ms. Seda Murtazalieva, a graduate student from Chechnya. She will be working toward her master's in public administration at EWU Spokane on the Riverpoint Campus.
Murtazalieva is the recipient of a prestigious Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and administered by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX).
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 to encourage economic and democratic growth in Eurasia, the program provides opportunities for graduate students and professionals from the former Soviet Union for a full two-year degree study in the United States. Candidates are recruited through a merit-based competition in their home countries. Muskie graduates often return home to pursue high profile careers in American and international corporations, government offices and non-governmental organizations. For example, Mikhel Saakashvili, the president of Georgia, is a Muskie alumnus.
EWU was selected among leading host universities for a 2008-2009 Muskie fellowship through a competition process. Murtazalieva's tuition is partially covered by a tuition waiver provided to select graduate students and sponsored by IREX. More than 100 fellowships have been awarded for the upcoming academic year.
Dr. Larry Luton, director of the MPA Program, says he is pleased to welcome a Muskie Fellow and looks forward to working with Ms. Murtazalieva. He believes her international perspective will add value to class discussions and benefit faculty and students in the program. Muskie fellows also have the opportunity to participate in many academic and civic activities outside the classroom, including a volunteer project relevant to their professional interests as well as a summer internship following completion of their first academic year. EWU Press' Bestselling Author Launches New Book
 Sarah Conover's new book Harmony: A Treasury of Chinese Wisdom for Children and Parents, published by EWU Press, was launched Oct. 3 at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture's First Friday Event.
Conover has her MFA in poetry from Eastern and is the Press' bestselling author. The book is co-written by Chen Hui, who taught Chinese at St. George's School in Spokane before returning to her native China.
A show of the original art for the book, by Seattle artist Ji Ruoxiao, continues at the MAC, culminating with MACFest for Children from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. The event includes a presentation by the Chinese American Association of Spokane. A reception featuring Chinese cuisine will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
More than 30 Chinese students from EWU will be teaching multiple classes to the area's children. They are students associated with the DIEO international outreach program. The goal is to start an annual "China Week" celebration, with the help of the local Chinese community.
Buddhist Psychology and Gestalt Therapy Workshop
 In this
two-day workshop participants will learn philosophical foundations/guiding principles of
Gestalt therapy; key Gestalt therapy theory concepts; key methodological principles; basic Buddhist psychology concepts; convergence of Gestalt therapy theory and method
with Buddhist psychology concepts; benefits for the psychotherapist.
The workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17 and from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, Health Science Building, room 110-B, Riverpoint Campus. Cost is $149 ($25 for EWU students), 12 CE credits available.
The workshop is conducted by Eva Gold MSW, PsyD and Steve Zahm, PhD and is sponsored by EWU Counseling and Psychological Services, Department of Psychology and the Department of Counseling, Educational and Developmental Psychology.
This is a professional development course. Please see Eastern's course catalog for information on academic credit offerings. For more information call 359.7380 or visit www.ewu.edu/ce. 5th Annual Residence Hall House Call
 From Steve Bertram, EWU Residential Life: The time is quickly approaching for the 5th Annual Residence Hall House Call. This event has been a tremendous success over the years, proving to be an enjoyable evening for students and volunteers alike. As we begin our preparations for this year's program, one of the most crucial elements is recruiting University faculty, staff and administration members such as you.
Residence Hall House Call is a one-night commitment, where University employees volunteer to visit with students in their own element: the residence halls. The goals of the program are 1) to assist first year students in acclimating to campus life by addressing any concerns or questions about the University, 2) to enhance the success of all students by providing a connection within the campus community and 3) to utilize faculty and staff as beneficial resources in supporting student success. By making a "house call," we hope to reach students who are unfamiliar with or otherwise might not seek out the resources available on campus.
House Calls 2008 will be held on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 5-8 p.m. The program will begin with a catered dinner for volunteers, which also serves as an informational session. Volunteers will then circulate throughout their assigned residence hall from 6:30-8 p.m. At 8 p.m. volunteers will return and have an opportunity to discuss the evening while enjoying coffee and dessert (or you can take the dessert home with you!).
The success of this program is largely dependent upon the representation of university employees. All that is required of you is a friendly smile and a desire to help our students feel welcome and at home on Eastern's campus. Please consider participating in this valuable program. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 359.6916 or my assistant, Kim Venetz, at 359.2423.
Pictured above: Dr. Arévalo at a House Call event
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