Robert Eyler Honored as One of
"Top Forty Under 40"
Robert Eyler, Economics, has been selected as one of the Top Forty under 40 to be honored at the North Bay Business Journal's 2008 gala awards reception on Thursday, April 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Fountaingrove Inn in Santa Rosa. After several weeks of gathering nominations and extensive review of Eyler's survey submission, the Business Journal selection committee found him to be among the most outstanding young business and community leaders in the North Bay. The inaugural event recognizes both the 2008 winners as well as the winners from our first-ever Forty Under 40 awards in 2007. In addition, Eyler will be featured in the Business Journal's Forty Under 40 special publication in the April 14 issue.
Call for Cabaret Acts at Language Festival
SSU Language Clubs are looking for faculty and staff interested proposing Cabaret numbers for the sixth annual Sonoma State University Language Festival. This unique multilingual and multicultural event takes place on Friday, April 18 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Cooperage. Clubs are looking for performances that are lively and entertaining and that members of the audience who do not understand the language will also enjoy watching too. Consider songs, dances, traditional cabaret numbers, or other kinds of performances that are fun, clearly acted out, and full of energy.
Those who are interested in proposing a Language Festival Cabaret number for the Language Festival should send an e-mail as soon as possible to the representative of the SSU Language Clubs, Kari Whalen, whalenka@sonoma.edu. The SSU Language Clubs organizing the cabaret will evaluate proposals, and the candidates will be informed as soon as possible whether they have been selected to perform. Participation at all levels of language and performance is welcome. More information is available at the Language Festival website - http://www.sonoma.edu/forlang/festival/default.html.
Academic Senate Now Accepting
Letters for Excellence in Teaching Awards
Letters of comment may now be sent to the Academic Senate office on behalf of any nominee for the Excellence in Teaching Awards. Letters should be sent in hardcopy and be signed. The Senate office is in Stevenson 1071 and the deadline for letters of comment is March 21 at 5 p.m.
The nominees are Lorna Catford, Psychology; Richard Campbell Jr, Business; Karin Enstam-Jaffee, Anthropology; Emiliano Ayala, Education; Carmen Works, Chemistry; Robert Train, Modern Languages and Literature; Adrian Praetzellis, Anthropology; Catherine Kroll, English; Dolly Freidel, Geography; Steve Estes, History; Elizabeth Burch, Communications; Armand Gilinsky, Business.
New Faculty Mailbox in Stevenson
The campus now has a new mailbox for depositing any types of regular first class mail to be picked up every afternoon. It is located in the Stevenson Hall, just outside of the School of Extended Education. Mail will be picked up each afternoon, Monday through Friday by 2:30 p.m. Any mail deposited in the mailbox after this time, will be picked up the following business day. The box is meant for stamped U.S. mail only. Questions or comments? Call Mail Services at 4-2638 or Steven Nank at 4-2362.
CTPD Announces Two New
Faculty Associate Positions
As part of the commitment to increase support of faculty development efforts, the Center for Teaching and Professional Development and the Professional Development Subcommittee have created two faculty associate positions. These positions are designed to increase the visibility and capacity of faculty development efforts at SSU, providing further support while promoting excellence in teaching, research and creative activities. Each faculty associate position, titled Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Research and Creative Activities, is to take place over the 2008-2009 academic year in the Center for Teaching & Professional Development. In recognizing the commitment necessary to be effective in these Faculty Associate roles, each position will be supported by a one-course (3-4 units) release, applied toward Fall 2008 or Spring 2009. Further information can be found at www.sonoma.edu/ctpd.
APPLAUSE AWARDS
Rosanna Toews, Academic Records Specialist
We extend our appreciation to Rosanna Toews, Academic Records Specialist for Admissions and Records, for her outstanding work and support to the students and staff at the School of Education. Rosanna goes beyond the call of duty when it comes to customer service, efficiency, and promptness. Thanks Rosanna, for all your great work and patience! - Mary Gendernalik-Cooper, Dean of the School of Education.
Michael Bradley, Rose Bruce, Barbara Butler, Paul Cotter, Brandon Dudley, Sue Hardisty, David Hartranft, Kent Hayden, Cynthia Jowers, Mike Kiraly, and Doug Schiller
I wish to publicly thank all of you for the incredible work you have done to help make the WASC Accreditation Team Visit a success. As one of the WASC Visiting Team members stated, "This has been flawless." But in order to make such a visit flawless, it takes incredible extra effort and work behind the scenes by so many people. Thank you to the logistics team of Rose Bruce, Sue Hardisty, David Hartranft, and Cynthia Jowers for making sure that the team was well fed, well housed, well guided, and well taken care of throughout their visit. A special thank you to the Library staff -- Michael Bradley, Barbara Butler, Paul Cotter, Brandon Dudley, Kent Hayden, and Mike Kiraly -- for graciously offering your beautiful space for the team room and meetings, for addressing all of the teams' technology needs, and for keeping the space clean and pristine. Thank you to Doug Schiller for being on call from IT for any issues or questions regarding their computer platforms and connectivity! I give a resounding applause to all of you. You took on these added tasks and made a real difference for the University. Our visitors had a wonderful SSU visit because of you. - Elaine Sundberg, Accreditation Liaison Officer.