Online edition: Volume 15, Number 31- July 14, 1999.                  



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Give at the office

The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive at the Heskett Center Wednesday, July 21 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Make an appointment to give the gift of life by calling the center, 978-3082. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Exhibit to end Aug. 8

Time is running short to view a unique exhibit at the Ulrich Museum. Gordon Parks’ retrospective, "Half Past Autumn," continues until Aug. 8. The Ulrich Museum is one of only 15 in the country to host the exhibition. Hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays, with special late hours on Friday, July 30, from 7-10 p.m. More than 5,000 people have visited the exhibition since it opened in late May.

Kiss the summer good-bye

As part of Welcomefest ’99, the Student Activities Council is having a fair-like celebration, Kissumbye, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, in the Rhatigan Student Center courtyard. Among the activities will be the WuShock Open miniature golf tournament. The celebration encourages faculty and staff to mingle with current and new students as the new academic year kicks off.

Inside’s first fall issue slated for Aug. 26

The first issue of Inside WSU for the next academic year will be Thursday, Aug. 26. Items for publication in that issue must be submitted 10 days prior, by Aug. 16, to the editor, Amy Geiszler-Jones, at box 62, amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu.edu, or 978-3409. Some changes are in store for the publication and we’ll tell you about them in the first issue.

 

 

Training, communication, respect could keep nursing home workers
By Julie Rausch
Front-line professionals who work in nursing homes typically don’t stay in those jobs for very long. Nationally the turnover rate is up to 200 percent and is very costly to organizations. Mary Lescoe-Long, a faculty member in the department of public health sciences at WSU, conducted a study about why, despite efforts to increase salary and offer better benefits packages to nursing home employees, turnover and absenteeism remain unacceptably high.
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Familiar faces fill administrative spots
By Inside WSU staff
Two longtime WSU administrators have moved up the management ladder, while another has agreed to remain in his leadership role.
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Important osteoporosis research possible with new bone scanner
By Lynette Murphy
If osteoporosis doesn’t kill, it certainly disables. About 25 million Americans suffer from it. As one of five leading causes of death in this nation’s adult women, osteoporosis is a concern to the 200 senior citizens taking part in Wichita State’s Center for Physical Activity and Aging.
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Michael Palmer will lead WSU’s orchestra program
By Julie Rausch
Michael Palmer, former Wichita Symphony music director and conductor from 1977-90, has agreed to a one-year appointment to lead Wichita State University’s orchestra program.
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Gifts help various areas on campus
By Lynette Murphy and Brandon Smith
Twins who have great memories of studying chemistry in McKinley Hall, former teachers who still want to make a difference, a retired faculty member who’s an avid football fan and a son who wanted to honor his father who started a business are among the recent donors to WSU’s Endowment Association.
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New Board of Regents members are named, governor appoints trustees
A new Board of Regents took shape July 1, when a recently passed law that broadened the group’s oversight went into effect.
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Inside WSU is published by the Office of University Communications for Wichita State University faculty and staff on Fridays - with an exclusive online version every other Friday - during the fall and spring semesters. Items to be considered for publication should be sent to campus box 62 or amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu.edu 10 days before publication.

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Matthew Hicks