Farewell Fiesta for Director of Counseling, May 26

A farewell party for Richard A. Rodriguez, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services, will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26 at the Arbor by the campus lakes.

Rodriquez has accepted a postion at the University of Colorado at Boulder as a Director in the Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multi-Cultural Center.

He has been at SSU for three years and has worked closely with many departments, students, faculty and staff including EOP and Residential Life, the Women's Resource Center, the Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee and the Sexual Assault Advisory Committee.

He has also served as advisor to the InterCultural Center, the Raza and Native American Council, NAK and as a member of the Campus Climate Committee. Rodriguez has also lectured in many courses on diversity, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gay and lesbian issues.

Web Site for Assessment of Student Learning

A Web page for the assessment of student learning at SSU has been created at www.sonoma.edu/assessment, reports Carlos A. Benito, Professor of Economics and Faculty Assessment Coordinator. Currently, the site features a dialogue about students' learning with Professor Alexandra von Meier from the Department of Environmental Studies and Planning located at www.sonoma.edu/assessment/dialogues.html. Dialogues with other faculty will be featured in the fall semester.

Reminder for Student Employees About Campus Keys

Students with keys to department offices must return or renew their campus keys by Friday, May 21. Keys can be returned to Customer Services in Salazar Hall. Students needing to keep their keys through the summer should submit a new key request form, signed by a dean or department manager. The form can be found at www.sonoma.edu/afd/forms/pdf/stud_key.pdf.

The campus key policy allows students to have keys for the period of one semester or summer. Failure to return/renew campus keys results in an administrative hold being placed on student registration, grades, transcripts, and diploma. These steps are taken to ensure the security of campus offices and areas.

Director Search for Center for Teaching
and Professional Development

The Professional Development Subcommittee announces an upcoming search for a Director for the Center for Teaching and Professional Development.  The Director of the CTPD serves as a resource to support SSU faculty in their evolving instructional role and provides leadership in the development and implementation of long-term planning pertaining to the instructional and professional roles of the faculty.  The position carries six WTUs of released time per semester and is open to tenured SSU faculty. The committee will consider candidates in September. The complete job description and call for applications may be found at www.sonoma.edu/ctpd/ctpddirector.html.

Meetings on Service-Learning Risk Management

The Office of Community-Based Learning has scheduled two meetings to discuss service-learning risk management best practices and to share resources. They are scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, noon -1 p.m., Schulz 1121 and Wednesday, May 19, noon -1 p.m., Schulz 1121. These meetings will cover the same information, so it is not necessary to attend both.

While the information to be shared pertains specifically to service-learning, internship and CIP coordinators might wish to modify these resources for their own purposes. Contact Amra Stafford, 4-3202, with questions.

Travel Center Open All Summer by Appointment

The on-campus travel center offers free Eurail schedule and itinerary planning for Europe-bound SSU faculty, staff and friends, along with discounted air tickets, railpasses, tropical vacation packages and specialty tours worldwide. Call Laurie, the travel advisor, at 4-3400 or 792-0961, or visit the Experience Travel! Center in the Student Union lobby. Contact experience.travel@sonoma.edu or www.sonoma.edu/union/travelcenter.html.

All updates of the University Faculty and Staff Distribution list used for campus-wide mailings has been completed as of May 2004, reports John Griffith, Mail/Recieivng Manager. Because of constant changes in faculty and staff counts, Griffith says the list in label format will be available online by requesting a copy via e-mail to john.griffith@sonoma.edu. Griffith asks changes in address during the year should be reported to him also at that e-mail address to keep the list current.

Join the Listserv for Staff

Stafflink-L is a listserv set up to facilitate communication between staff members. It is a very low traffic list at this point. To subscribe, send an e-mail to listserv@sonoma.edu. In the body of the email type: subscribe STAFFLINK-L and then your e-mail address. Once subscribed, an e-mail arrives in your inbox describing how to use the list. For problems or questions, e-mail laurel.holmstrom@sonoma.edu