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August 19th,2011 . WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 2 NEWS Central Plaza opens in time for arrival of students for fall semester : WCU News Services ; A landscaped plaza fea-. tiring brick walkways, grassy lawns, a single-plume fountain and a recently con-'. structed series of steps and platforms linking the center of Western Carolina Univer- sitys campus to Centennial Drive is fully open, just in time for the 9,600 students expected to arrive this fall. * The plazas tiered steps flanked by planters were part af the last phase of a compre- hensive initiative to create a safe, pedestrian-friendly- hub at the center of campus. The initiative entailed relocat- ing a road that used to run through the center of campus, the 2004 renovation, of A.K. Hinds University Center and construction of new state-of- the-art facilities, including a . recreation center: opened in 2008, dining hall and resi- dence hall opened in 2009, and a second residence hall _ opened in 2010. : The decision to redo the heart of campus has been ge of the most significant decisions we have made to improve the quality of life forour students, said Keith Corzine, director of residen- tial living. The central plaza and terraced area gives a true polish to the core of campus, and we are excited to have another venue to host outdoor concerts and events. We cant wait to share the new space - with students this fall. PHOTO SUBMITTED Freshman Move-In Day is set for Friday, Aug. 19, and more than 1,000 of approxi- mately 1,500 first-year stu- dents are expected to check- in between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. We look forward to the arrival of students on cam- pus and are making every effort-to make sure move-in day one of the busiest-traf- - fic days of the year on cam- pus is as efficient, easy and | safe aspossible, said Ernie Hudson, chief of WCU po- lice, who Blin an n influk of 2,000 to 3,000, vehicles with the heaviest traffic between 10:30 a.m. and noon. A move-in day traffic map for fall 2011, which is posted on the WCU parking ser- vices website at www.wcu. edu/9005.asp, details how ' traffic will be routed onto and around campus during move- in. Cars will be directed to one of three different cam- pus entrances based on: the residence hall into which the student is moving. Univer- sity Way, the road between ' the H.F. Robinson Adminis- tration Building and the John _W. Bardo Fine and Perform- | ing Arts Center, will become one-way in order to facilitate two lanes of incoming traf- fic to residence halls near the center _of campus, where most first-year students re- -side. With Harrill Residence Hall offline to undergo. a $15.5 million renovation this year, a number of first-year students also will rside in Buchanan Residence Hall. and iano tty ee Residence Hall Signage on Highway 107 and throughout campus will help drivers navigate on . moye-in day, and updates and information will be shared live on the universitys radio station, WWCU-FM. Power 90.5. In addition, the Cat- Tran. tampus shuttle will have expanded service on move-in day to and from out- lying parking lots on campus. Our move-in day traffic patterns are designed to keep ae 107 clear, as amueh as possible, and to maintain the ability for fire trucks, ambulances and other emer- - gency vehicles to be able to access all parts of our campus in the event of an emergen- cy, said Hudson. Its really important for faculty, staff, students and visitors to fol- low these patterns. to ensure that everyone can move in as quickly and as safely as. pos- sible. ' Freshmen will gather at Ramsey Regional Activity Center at 5:30 p.m. for convo- cation, the official welcome ~ event for the Class of 2015. Speakers include Chancellor David O. Belcher, Interim Provost Beth Tyson Lofquist and T.J. Eaves, president of the Student Government As- sociation. The event is free and open to the public. During the. following week, an array of activities are planned as part of WCUs Week of Welcome, which features the annual Valley Ballyhoo outdoor festival on the lawn of A.K. Hinds University Center from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, . and activities such as tubing, outdoor movies, cookouts, games and scavenger hunts a complete look at the events can be found Page 6 of this section. Classes begin Mon- day, Aug. 22. We. hope these activities help students get to know each other and get involved . with, the entire WCU com- | munity, said Corzine. organization committed to eradidating extreme poverty will visit Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to inform campus ahd surrounding community members about the issues and inspire them to take action. | Hugh Evans of the Global Poverty Project will pres- ent an interactive multime- dia presentation called 1.4 Billion Reasons at 7 p.m. in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. The event, which kicks off a yearlong, poverty-focused interdisciplinary learning and service initiative at. WCU, is free and open to the public. Extreme poverty means living on less than U.S. $1.25 per day, said Evans in a video about the presentation. This is a,challenge currently felt by 1.4 billion people in our world. This gives us 1.4 billion reasons to respond immediately. Lets make a legacy of ending. extreme poverty. _ In the presentation, Evans will discuss simple, everyday changes community mem- bers can make in what they learn, say, buy, give and do fpuitticr a ee of a global ; to be part of the cohen: He _ will explore five, questions: What is extreme poverty? Can we do anything about it? What are the barriers to end- ing extreme poverty? Why . should we care? What can I GOR : _ We're looking forward to . a dynamic presentation on:a compelling topic, said Jen-: nifer Cooper, interim direc- tor of the WCU Center for Service. Learning. Poverty is an important issue in the developing world, but it also affects many in our region. Its something that were all exposed: to, particularly. in the current economic climate. We hope that the people who attend this presentation will gain a better understanding of poverty-related issues, glob- ally and locally, and-that they will feel empowered to take , action. Evans traces his interest in combating extreme poverty to age 14 when he went on a trip to The Philippines spon- sored by World Vision, living with a host family in a tent in a slum built on a garbage dump. When he was 15, he spent a year in India. He later served as World Visions in- augural youth ambassador to South Africa in 2002. As a result, Evans was in- spired to set up the Oaktree Foundation, Australias first youth-run aid organization with a mission of young peo- ple working together to end global De: The organiza- PHOTO: SUBMITTED tion has funded development projects in The Philippines, Papua New Guinea, India, Ghana and East Timor that have provided educational opportunities to more than 40, 000 young ede Evans a also was a leader in the 2005 _Make Poveity History cam- paign.. He was foes the Young - Australian of the Year in 2004 and Junior Chamber In- ternational Young Person of the Worldin 2005. Evans latest endeavor, -the Global Poverty Project, was started in 2008 with a $60,000 grant from the Wnit- ed Nations and a $350,000 AusAid grant. The -mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of people tak- ing action. to see an end to extreme poverty. Evans presentation kicks off a yearlong, interdisciplin- ary learning and service ini- tiative called the WCU Pov- erty Project. Throughout the 2011-12 academic year, stu- dents, faculty and staff from across campus will take part in engaged teaching, learn- - ing, service, and creative and * scholarly * opportunities fo- cused on poverty, locally and globally. What we're hoping is that our students will not. only develop a better under- standing of the root causes and consequences of pov- erty, but what they can actu- ally do about. it, said John F, Whitmire Jr., associate College, professor of phileeaphy and. religion. Its a chance for all of us students, faculty, staff and community partners to think together about an enor- mously complex problem in an interdisciplinary way, and ie also to place it in the more specific context of our own. individual lives and voca- tions or majors. We like to. say that Western Carolina is a place for students who want to make a difference in their world, and this is an opportu- nity to do just that to clarify what our values actually are with respect t6 poverty and associated issues, and to practice the kind of respon- sible civic engagement that is consistent with those values. Whitmire and Cooper are co-chairing the WCU Pover- ty Project Steering Commit- tee, which is made up of fac- ulty and staff from all six of WCUs teaching colleges and schools, as well as the Honors Graduate School, Hunter Library, Undergradu- ate Studies and other campus constituencies including the Division of Student Affairs, International Programs and Services, Center for Service Learning, Career Services, student leaders and represen- tatives of WCUs community partners. WCU wins $1. 23 million grant for nurse anesthesia program From Staff Reports Western Carolina Univer- sity recently won a three-year, : $1.23 million grant to expand the nurse anesthesia program and develop a high-fidelity simulation laboratory at the : Asheville-Buncombe Techni- cal Community College Enka campus. During, the first year of | the grant from the Health Re- sources Services Administra- tion, WCUs School of Nurs- ing will purchase a human patient simulator advanced enough to recognize what drugs are being administered , and provide the. appropriate 4 _ response. In nilsicion the sim- ulator is equipped to record video of students. practicing nurse anesthesia and data de- failing the simulation useful for debriefing sessions. We can review with stu- dents what they did, if there was anything they could have done better and where they could improve, said Dr. Shawn Collins, director of the nurse anesthesia program and the grants director. This al- lows our students to safely gain more skills and confi- dence in administering anes- thesia before they begin work- ing with real, live patients. The grant also. provides PHOTO SUBMITTED. * : \ for.a simulation consultant to develop simulation scenarios for anesthesia and a diversity consultant to work with stu- dents and faculty. In addition, the funding will support fac- ulty salaries, resources such as testing software and anes- thesia journal subscriptions. -.WCUs. 28-month nurse anesthesia program. accepts 14 students into each cohort class, which is less than 20 percent of applicants. With the grant, WCU will be able to grow each incoming class to 16 students in the second year of the grant and 18 in the third year of the grant. The use of high-fidelity a simulators in a state-of-the-art simulated operating room will give our anesthesia students. a higher level of preparation and afford them opportuni- ties to practice critical skills and scenarios that rarely oc-. cur in real life, but when they do occur, it is critical that the nurse anesthetist know how _ to respond quickly and accu- rately, said Judy Neubrander, interim director of the School of Nursing. Using this level of technology gives our an- esthesia students a superior education. Collins also recently won $2,400 to fund nurse anesthe- sia student traineeships.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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