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'The bells are ringing. • • • In honor of dean Karen DePauw, the
Graduate School is establishing the Karen
BY ROD FOSS room. Most backyard storage get bypassed, but the existing P. DePauw 2nd Century Women in the
WSUTODAY sheds look bigger. amp in that little room still for- Academy Fellowship to attract outstanding
There, next to its modem, wards the sounds to the tower women graduate students to Washington
If you live on or near the Pull- high-tech heir, is the original car- speakers. State University. The fellowship recognizes
man campus, stick your head out illon console with a 25-key key- "The variety and quality of DePauw's contributions in promoting the
the window- go ahead, the board that almost looks like it sound is vastly improved over the cause of women at WSU and the academy
warm weather is finally here- at belongs in a "Peanuts" cartoon. old system," Schoepflin com- in general.
5:05p.m. (or at 1:05 p.m. as well, The bells are enclosed in a plain ments. "By not having an ex- • Barry E. Johnston, Washington State
on weekends) and perk up your metal cabinet on the wall. panded or updated bell system, Karen DePauw University's director of Business Services/
ears, you should hear the crisp The original carillon was played with a musidan at the keyboard, Controller, has been named to the Teachers Insurance and An-
sweet sounds of the Bryan Hall "live" via this keyboard. The the university saves between nuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF)
carillon, back, since last fall, after tones from the bells in the cabi- $25,000 and $50,000. And there advisory council. The two-year appointment begins in June.
an absence of nearly 20 years. net were captured electronically, is no musidan error." Johnston, who manages large projects and budgets for WSl!,
Webster's offers three pronun- amplified and sent to speakers in The Chronobell plays songs received a bachelor's in business administration and economiCs
dations for "carillon," but prob- the Bryan Hall tower. A tape cas- that it picks at random, presently from Austin College in 1972 and his master's from Northern
ably the most common for En- sette in the console could be set from either the "Popular Music I" Arizona University in 1974. He serves on numerous commit-
glish speakers is "CARE-i-lon." It's to record the live play for a later album or the "Classical and Patri- tees and boards.
a system of metal bars, called rerun. About 20 years ago, the otic" album. There is also a • For the third consecutive year, an article published by Gail
"bells," having different tones, cassette system failed and the mu- "Christmas" album for the holi- Chermak, professor and chair, speech and hearing scienc~s,
which when struck, play music sidan who played the keyboard days (only five months and a was named among the best in 2001 in the diagnostic audiOl-
notes. retired and left Pullman. Bryan week away!). ogy category, as cited in the May 2002 issue of "The Hearing
It seems no one knows for sure Hall fell silent. But the 56-bell "daddy" still Journal." The article was "Auditory Processing Disorder: An
when WSU's original SZ-bell caril- Then, last year, president works. When you hear the Overview for the Clinidan."
lon, considered a small set, was Rawlins initiated a move to bring chimes sounding the time across • Darlene Septelka, associate professor, construction man-
installed in Bryan Hall. Jim back the carillon, and asked a campus, you're hearing the origi- agement, will be a guest speaker at the 2002 T?nber~e Edu~a­
Schoepflin, director of the School committee composed of people nal equipment, program-con- tor Conference in Portland to moderate a sessiOn on Teaching
of Music and Theater Arts and from across the university to dis- trolled. And if a music keyboard Computerized Estimating in the Classroom" on June 22.
primary contact for carillon op- cuss it and make recommenda- afidonado really wanted, he or She will be co-presenting, with William Bender (CWU), a pa-
eration, says it was in place when tions. she could sit at the original key- per on "Teambuilding in the Construction Industry" at the As-
he arrived in 1976. The result is a four-foot-high board and tap out a tune, like sociation for the Advancement of Cost Engineering Annual
And it tal<es a small trek to find cube of electronic gee-whiz-ardry "The Bells Are Ringing." · Conference in Portland on June 26.
it. Schoepflin leads the way to the - a Chronobell III, Model CD25 Schoepflin says he has "re- • Clarke St.Dennis, an assistant profes-
rear of Bryan Hall Auditorium programmable, digital sound sys- ceived many favorable comments sor of pharmacy practice, has been
and down the back stairs. A left tem, installed last fall. This unit about the revival of the carillon, awarded the 2002 Washington State Uni-
turn ·at the bottom takes you into holds up to six CDs, each prere- and upon how much nicer this versity Spokane Faculty Excellence Award.
- a short, dead-end corridor and the corded with carillon music pro- system sounds." St.Dennis, who has been with WSU since
one door on the right. Inside, duced by the Maas-Rowe factory So "tune in" at 5:05 and enjoy 1994, is recognized as the regional expert in
there is another door on the right in Los Angeles on a 256-bell in- the music! Melody maestoso mezzo psychopharmacology (the use of medica-
that opens onto a cubbyhole of a strument. The bells on the wall forte, anyone? tion in the control and/or treatment of
mental or emotional disturbances). In addi-
. tion to teaching courses to doctoral students
Clarke St.Denms of pharmacy and nursing ~tudents, he holds
New annual parking,rates .- Graduates appointments in the University of Washington School .of Medi-_
cine, Eastern Washington University School of Social Work, and
can be viewed online honored the Washington Institute of Mental Illness Research and Train-
ing-at WSU Spokane. He consults with providers and patients in
• Adriana Parra, Institute the psychiatry unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Parking and Transportation Services reminds faculty and StDennis has a bachelor of pharmacy and a Ph.D. in phar-
staff that the approved changes to annual and daily parking of Biological Chemistry, was
maceutical science from WSU. He has-received numerous hon-
rates will go into effect July 1. Changes to approved parking named Graduate Student of
ors and awards, including the Patient Teaching Excellence
fines will go into effect August 1. the Year by the WSU College
Award from Sacred Heart Medical Center and Distinguished
You can view the new rates by going to the Parking and of Sciences for her work on
Lecturer for Bristol Myers Squibb.
Transportation Web site at www.wsu.edu/parking and the determinants of produc- • The Ethics Interest Group of Washington State University
clicking on "New Parking Fees and Fines." Copies of the tivity in the symbiotic will honor Val E. Limburg of the WSU School of Communica-
new rates and fines can also be obtained on request by interaction between nitrogen- tion, on the occasion of his retirement, for his distinguished
calling 335-PARK. fixing bacteria and alfalfa. contributions to the teaching and practice of ethics. He will
• Kristine Grimsrud was receive a certificate of special recognition this fall at the Rich-
selected Outstanding Ph.D. ard Crain Faculty Award for Distinction in Ethics Teaching.
Student in the Department of (The 2002 Crain award recipient has not been announced.)
WEB PAGE Agricultural Economics for
2001-02.
• Toby Ripplinger was
During his 35 years at WSU, Limburg has fostered ethical
considerations among students. He created a course in media
ethics, worked with a number of students on their essays for

SPOTLIGHT selected Outstanding M.A.

Student in the Department of
Agricultural Economics for
the Eli Wiesel Prize in Ethics, and Wrote a textbook, "l'.lectronic
Media Ethics," published by Focal Press in 1994. This book is -
now used by more than 25 educational institutions.
2001-02. He has served on the Ethics Committee at Pullman Memorial
• Wen Du, a doctoral Hospital since 1998, and is one of ten volunteer hospital chaplains.
student in agricultural • Michael Kahn, professor and sdentist in molecular bio-
economics, received the sdences, was named Adviser of the Year by the College of Sdences.
American Agricultural Eco- • Ernie Day, Maintenance Supervisor II, Housing and Dining
nomics Association's Sylvia Maintenance Department, received the Student Mfairs Out-
Lane Fellowship for 2002 - standing Employee of the Month award for May. Nominators
03. commended Day as a hard-working and consdentious team
• The Travel Grants Sub- player who cares about quality and service, respected and ad-
committee of the WSU mired by students and professionals alike.
Graduate Studies Committee • Jeg.nifer Walther, admissions counselor ih the WSU West
has awarded travel grants to Office, Seattle, recently was chosen to receive the regional ad-
five graduate students in the mission counselor "Newcomer of the Year" award for the Pa-
College of Agriculture and cific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling.
Home Economics. The • Kirt Scott, an oncology pharmacist at Sacred Heart MediCal
New employee assistance site launched recipients are Mengshi Lin
Center, received this year's "Preceptor of the Year" from Wash-
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) has launched its ington State University's College of Pharmacy. This recognition
and Samauli Manurung,
new Web site, www.wsu.edu/eap. It contains much informa- is given to a pharmacy preceptor for outstanding contributions
food science and human to the education of future pharmacists by demonstrating high
. tion about the EA_P program and can link you to informa- nutrition; Olga Mavrodi, standards of professionalism, ethics and clinical practice.
tion related to many common personal issues. plant pathology; and Andrew Scott graduated from WSU's College of Pharmacy in 1990. He
Norman Fung, an intern, did much of the original devel- Kaufman and Mark Pavek, then completed a pharmacy residency at Sacred Heart Medical
opment, while the staff at University Publications and horticulture imd landscape Center in 1991 and oncology residency in San Antonio.
Printing/WSU Press Web Development produced the final architecture. • Ruth Newberry, an assistant professor in animal science,
design. • JoLie Wagner and Eric will receive the Poultry Welfare Research Award at the annual
EAP assists employees with problems that may interfere Holm were recently elected meeting of the Poultry Science Association in August in New-
with their ability to adequately meet the performance the president and vice presi- ark, Delaware. The award is for. research on poultry welfare,
expectations of their positions. Faculty, administrative dent, respectively, of the WSU which is aimed at preventing and alleviating suffering in the
professional, classified staff, and retire/rehire employees on Graduate and Professional flocks. Newberry investigates humane methods for controlling
appointment are eligible to use EAP services. Student Association. aggressive behaviors within the flocks.