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Vol. 18, No. 9 January 18, 2001 Issue International
enrollment is going up at WSU After
four years of declining enrollment, the number of international
students at WSU is on the rise again... A
home away from home Efforts
are under way to convert the vacant Alpha Tao Omega fraternity house
on the southeast corner of 17th and Hillside into an international
student center, according to John Koppenhaver, executive director
of international education... Pizza
magnate has success, now a sheepskin After
building not one but two successful pizza businesses in the past
40 years, entrepreneur Frank Carney has taken care of some unfinished
business – a college degree from WSU... New
e-mail service @ WSU We’ve all had these conversations. " ... at t-w-s-u-v-m dot u-c dot t-w-s-u dot e-d-u." "T-w what?" "(sigh) T-w-s-u-v-m ..." In
the past, faculty, staff and students have had to explain long,
confusing e-mail addresses – not to mention the confusion that
has been the result of the university maintaining two central mail
servers (wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu and twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu). But all of
that is going to change in the next few months, and soon we’ll
all be e-mailing from the new server, wichita.edu... McNicol,
Perline win alumni awards Outside
the office of Ecumenical Christian Ministries, students have been
heard to say, "Let’s go ask her. She has a friendly face.".. |
Start the millennium with fun enrichment classes If
your New Year’s resolution involves learning to do and experience
new things, check out the noncredit class offerings by WSU this
spring... Getting
the red light Greg
Matthias likes sports. But it’s his skill and experience as
a TV camera operator, not his athletic ability, which enables him
to get paid at sporting events... Before
you reach for another cup of coffee to help you stay awake because
you didn’t get a good night’s rest, put this lunchtime
talk on your calendar... Faculty
work goes on display Thirty
artists from the School of Art and Design will show photography,
paintings, textiles, printmaking, digital prints, ceramics, pottery,
sculpture and a variety of other mixed media at the 13th Faculty
Biennial show Jan. 26-March 18 at the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of
Art... Four
young Kansas women were big winners, garnering more than a quarter-million
dollars in WSU scholarships in December... Teaching
was right up his alley Professor
Bob Alley is leaving higher education feeling very satisfied about
his 33 years in the department of curriculum and instruction at
WSU, he says... KMUW
FM 89, the public radio station at WSU, is offering a road trip
to New York City and St. Paul, Minn., April 25-29, that will be
filled with backstage visits and live audience taping... |
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Some belated holiday greetings Holiday greetings from the following faculty, staff and friends – offered through the WSU Foundation’s Holiday Greeting Card Scholarship fund – were received too late to be included in the Dec. 7 issue of Inside WSU: Deb and Brian Byers, Naomi W. Carpenter, Dong and Jinyoung Cho, Lois A. Gunter, Judith Johnson, Shirley Knight, Paul and Virginia Lytle, Walter and Kaye Myers, Don Nance and Pennie Myers, Joe and Linda Pisciotte, Susan Ratz, and Richard and Barbara Todd. The future that wasn’t The 1960s movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" depicted a future with humans in space, highly advanced computers and more. Now that the year 2001 is here, Lake Afton Public Observatory staff will offer a look at some of the planetary objects featured in the movie and talk about the future that wasn’t in a new program, "The Lost Future of 2001," 7:30-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 2-3 and 9-10. Find out about new regulations The process of hiring regular and work-study students changed effective Jan. 2. To inform you of the new process, the Office of Human Resources has been offering one-hour workshops. The remaining workshops are 9-10 a.m. and 3-4 p.m. Jan. 18 and 23. Limited seating is available. E-mail here to sign up. Share some leave Sick and vacation leave hours are still needed for the shared leave program. The program is a paid leave program, similar to short-term disability to allow state employees to transfer leave to qualifying employees. Classified employees may donate sick leave if they will have a balance of at least 480 hours after donation and vacation leave if they will have a balance of at least 80 hours. They may also donate unused sick leave when leaving state employment. Faculty and unclassified staff cannot donate vacation leave but may donate 80 hours of sick leave in a fiscal year, if they have a balance of at least 480 hours after donation. For more information, call Frankie Brown, 978-3540. Get in the swim of things The Heskett Center’s American Red Cross swim classes begin Saturday, Feb. 3. Cost is $25 for parent/tot classes and $30 for levels one through four. Times vary for each class. Call 978-3082 to register. |
