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Faculty Emeritus Dinner on Nov. 2

The annual dinner honoring emeritus faculty is on Nov. 2 from 6:30 - 9 p.m. in the University Commons. Honored this year are Patricia Allen (Office of Campus Life), John Dunning (Physics and Astronomy), David Eck (Chemistry), Chris Kjeldsen (Biology), Kris Montgomery (Women's Resource Center), Harriet Neves (LSEE), Bob Nugent (Art and Art History), Clarice Stasz (History), William Wright III (Geology). To attend the dinner visit the emeritus dinner Web site for more information. An RSVP is required. This year Cathryn Fairlee, a master storyteller, will share "Wisdom Stories" and weave the names of the honored emeriti into her stories.

Plug-in Hybrid Car Expert in Oct. 9 Lecture

UC Davis mechanical engineering Professor Andrew Frank speaks about advocating, designing, and building plug-in hybrid cars at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, in Darwin 103 as part of the "What Physicists Do" public lecture series.

Frank, who has been featured in media from the Wall Street Journal to Popular Mechanics and several television stations, has been working on plug-in cars since long before the Prius was introduced. "I have always felt it was possible to build a car that gets more than 100 miles per gallon; it's what this country needs," says Frank, who promises to describe a way to transition from oil-powered transportation without a disturbance in the social structure.

Coffee, cookies and conversation are available in the Darwin Lobby beginning at 3:30 p.m. For more information, visit the What Physicists Do Web site, e-mail phys.astro@sonoma.edu, or call 4-2119.

Sonoma Hillel Plans Welcome to Campus

Sonoma Hillel, the organization supporting Jewish life on campus, invites staff, faculty and administrators to come and enjoy apples and honey in celebration of the New Year, 5767 in their Sukkah (booth) on the main quad from noon-1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13. For information about this and other Hillel events, contact Kathy Morris in LSEE Department or Hillel Director David Rubenstein.

 

 

Carol Channing Event to Benefit
Performing Arts Students, Oct. 14

Carol ChanningA once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the legendary Carol Channing is set for Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park. The event launches a new scholarship program for gifted students in the performing arts being established by Channing and her husband Harry Kallijian. Faculty and staff are invited to a reception at 4 p.m. as well as the 5 p.m. performance. Ticket revenues go towards the scholarship program.

Channing will share the stage during the first half of the evening with students from the music and theatre departments. After intermission, the ever-energetic Channing takes over the stage for 60 minutes of song, stories, and questions and answers about her life in show business.

Channing and her husband Harry Kullijian established an endowment for the arts in education. The goal of the foundation is to establish an arts scholarship at each of the 23 California State University campuses. Channing's dream is to come up with a support program which ensures that young students who show an aptitude for the arts have a college scholarship to help them build on those talents.

"Receiving an honorary doctorate precipitated a deep interest in projecting that into a meaningful program through which I could help elevate the arts in California," she says.

Ticket orders for this event in the Green Music Festival series are available by phone at (877) SSU-FEST. Order via the Internet by visiting City Box Office. SSU employees receive a $10 discount off of the adult ticket price of $35 by indicating they are a campus employee at the time of the purchase. Seniors tickets are $28 and youth tickets are $12. For more information and updates on this event, visit the Green Music Festival Web site.

Sonoma Hillel Plans Welcome to Campus

Sonoma Hillel, the organization supporting Jewish life on campus, invites staff, faculty and administrators to come and enjoy apples and honey in celebration of the New Year, 5767 in their Sukkah (booth) on the main quad from noon-1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13. For information about this and other Hillel events, contact Kathy Morris in LSEE Department or Hillel Director David Rubenstein.

Catlin Named to National Board for
Ethics and Human Rights

Anita CatlinAssociate Professor of Nursing Anita Catlin has been appointed by the American Nurses Association Board of Directors to the National Advisory Board of the Center for Ethics and Human Rights. The center addresses the complex ethical and human rights issues confronting nurses, and it designs activities and programs to increase the ethical competence and human rights sensitivity of nurses. The CEHR Advisory Board focuses on providing guidance to center director Laurie Badzek and policy recommendations to the ANA Board of Directors on issues of current ethical concern to nursing practice, education, research administration and the ANA's mission and goals. Every state submits candidates, who are reviewed by the American Nurses Association. The board consists of 10 members, each of whom serves a four-year term. Badzek said, "Dr. Catlin's nationally known work in perinatal and pediatric ethics will be a welcome addition to our board."

 

 

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