FACULTY/STAFF

Retirements

Farewell party for Rich Marker, Stephen Klein

The campus community is invited to join Facilities Management in bidding farewell to Rich Marker and Stephen Klein, June 4 at 12:30 at the Corporation Yard where they both began and will finish their careers at SSU. Please RSVP to Patty Bocalig by May 23, 2008 at 4-2019 or patricia.bocalig@sonoma.edu.

Rich Marker began his career at SSU in 1978 as a member of the Building Trades Shop and progressed through the department, and is concluding his career at SSU as the Senior Director for Facilities Management. Marker 's first order of business upon retirement is six weeks of golfing in Arizona, Tahoe, and Sun River. His retirement years will also be spent with the love of his life, Caroline and flying his small aircraft for Angel Flight, a charity that transports cancer patients. In addition, Marker "looks forward to corrupting his one year old grandson, Hudson, to ensure that his daughter, Natalie, knew what it was like to raise her."

Stephen Klein began his career at SSU in 1976 as a groundsworker and is concluding his career as a tree trimmer. Included in his years of service to the campus, Klein also served as a Unit 5 Shop Steward for four years and holds title for the longest serving member of the Campus Safety Committee (18 years). Stephen will enjoy his blissful retirement time; traveling throughout the U.S. and Mexico, taking piano lessons, enrolling at the Santa Rosa Junior College to continue his life learning, pursuing outdoor activities, and making the best out of life.

Sue Foley On Friday, June 20, Sue Foley celebrates her retirement at a party from 1-3 p.m. in the University Art Gallery. All are welcome to attend, but RSVPs are requested before June 13. E-mail misasi@sonoma.edu or call 4-2146.

Retirement Party for Sandra Zimmerman

Sandra Zimmermann has taught in the Counseling Department since 1991 and joined the faculty full-time in 1996. She has a Ph.D. from Walden University with a specialization in Counselor Education . Although her professional passion is for the K-12 population, she has counseled in a variety of settings from inner city Los Angeles to rural Sonoma County as a School Counselor, social worker and/or therapist in private practice.   Zimmermann has counseled clients in Job Corps, HeadStart, Juvenile Hall facilities, and has worked with families on government assistance. She has been licensed as a clinical social worker (LCSW) since 1980.  Zimmermann has been a School Counselor at the K-12 level as well as a School Principal at both the elementary and secondary level. She has also served as a School District Director for Student Services.  Zimmermann has taught every class in the department's School Counseling Track. Her research interests lie in K-12 counseling issues, especially youth mentoring, violence prevention/intervention, parent education, and counseling students with special needs.

Authors

Raskin Publishes Book on "The Radical Jack London"

"The Radical Jack London: Writings On War and Revolution," edited and with an introduction by Communications Professor Jonah Raskin, has just been published by The University of California Press. The book highlights the life and the work of Jack London, a pivotal figure in American Literature. It contains forgotten and ignored writings that have never before been anthologized or collected. Raskin provides an introduction to each selection that interprets London's work, and shows the connections between his personal life and his politics. The introduction to "The Radical Jack London" examines the man behind the myth and the personal experience behind the fiction, Raskin says.