Inside WSU

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No longer the ‘center’ of attention
The word "center" has been dropped from the names of WSU’s three satellite campuses. The official names are now WSU Downtown, WSU Westside and WSU Southside. In addition to the new name, the Southside satellite campus is getting a new director July 1. Sheree Utash has been at the Southside satellite campus, which is a joint venture among WSU, Cowley County Community College and the Wichita Area Technical College, since 1996. She’ll serve dual roles as Southside director for WSU and associate dean of north campuses for CCCC. Utash replaces Lynne Syring who retired.

Permitted to park
New parking permits are now available at the controller’s office in Jardine Hall. The sliding-scale fee for the permits can be paid through payroll deduction. The decal needs to be affixed to your vehicle by July 1. The permits will be renewable each fiscal year, rather than the calendar year as had been the case before parking fees were initiated. Holders that will make it easy to transfer the decals among vehicles will also be available.

Center will open for business
Rosalind Scudder, a professor in communicative disorders and sciences, will be the half-time director of the new Center for Teaching and Research Excellence, recently approved by the Board of Regents. The center, which will coordinate and develop a host of activities to support teaching and encourage research, will open Aug. 15 in 423 Jardine Hall. The Academy for Effective Teaching will be located in the center, also.

A living tribute
Eight Paperbark Maple trees are now available as an option for honoring women in the Plaza of Heroines in the center of WSU’s campus. The trees circle the plaza. The tax-deductible contribution for this option is $2,000. For more information, call 978-7161 or e-mail heroine@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu.

Get some ‘sun’ screening
Student Health Services is offering its third annual skin cancer screening clinic 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, June 24, in 209 Ahlberg Hall. To schedule an appointment and fill out the necessary paperwork, visit Student Health Services between 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. Allow 30-45 minutes for your appointment with dermatologist Dr. Marlene Mendiones. Cost is $5 for faculty and staff, which must be prepaid, and free to students.

Starting up the welcome wagon
WSU’s Office of Admissions is planning Welcomefest activities for new students in August and wants you to start thinking about volunteering to help. A number of WSU entities are sponsoring a "Call to Campus Picnic" 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19. It’s being billed as a time for new students to mingle with current students and WSU faculty and staff. They need volunteers to cook hamburgers and hot dogs, serve watermelon or just to meet and greet the new students. If you can help out, contact Kim Volz, campus visit coordinator, at 978-5427 by Wednesday, July 14.