SONOMA INSIGHTS

On the front cover of the printed magazine, Psychology professor Susan Stewart digs for the treasures of aging. A pdf version of the entire issue is available here.

Sonoma Insights is the University magazine of Sonoma State University. It is published twice each year by the University Affairs Office. The print version is distributed to alumni, faculty, staff, parents of students and friends of SSU.

CONTENTS

• Feedback Letters, e-mail from our readers
• Perspective Immigration: From Protest to Politics, by David Walls, professor emeritus of sociology

ON CAMPUS

• "Hello Dolly" Broadway legend Carol Channing visits SSU to support performing and visual arts
• SSU Crew Pre-dawn practices and determination have brought the Rowing Club success in just four years
• Darwin Hall An aging science building get an extreme makeover
• Les Vadasz Honored Honorary degree given to Intel founder
• Battlefield to Campus Two Iraq war vets use Troops to College program
• Holocaust Memorial Grove to honor Holocaust and genocide victims, survivors and families
• Frontlines of Nursing A new breed of nurse is being born

FEATURES

• Lost and Found Gifts of the Second Half of Life, by Susan Stewart, professor of psychology
• Of Wine and Research Liz Thach brings knowledge and passion to Sonoma State's one-of-a-kind wine program by Katheryn Horton
• Seals, Ahoy! Dan Crocker and his students track the life of the elephant seal, by Lakin Khan

DEVELOPMENT

• Newman's Scholarships Delphine Newman finds that scholarships are the gift that keeps on giving
• Green Music Center Inspiration for a world-class venue, by Corrick Brown, conductor emeritus, Santa Rosa Symphony

ALUMNOTES

• Distinguished Alumni Michael Fulton, BS 1977 MA 1984, and John Kornfeld, MA 1991, were honored as the 2006 Distinguished Alumni
• Classnotes
• In Memoriam
• Alumni News Alumni Association news and events