Low cost physical examinations and health appraisals for well adults and children are now available through the Sonoma State University Nursing Department's Family Nurse Practitioner Program. The exams are offered on Wednesdays through Dec.10 at the campus Health Center.
The exams are supervised by nursing faculty and performed by Family NursePractitioner students who are registered nurses enrolled in the Master's nursing program.
Services include a complete medical and health history, identification of health risk factors, complete physical examinations and screening tests such as blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, urinalysis, hematocrit (for anemia), cholesterol testing, and Pap smears for cervicalcancer.
These services can be utilized for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals and Class II DMV licensing physicals. Appointments are available only to Sonoma County residents.
The cost of a physical examination is $30, pap test $35, and cholesterolcheck $25. Hearing tests are free and a DMV physical examination is $60.Copies of records are given to clients upon request as well as mailed to private physicians or agencies.
Appointments may be made by calling SSU's Nursing Department at (707)664-2466, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The latest in alternative personal modes of transportation - fueled by compressed air, bio-diesel, hydrogen fuel cells, alcohol, electricity, natural gas - will be on view at a Nov. 15 conference at Sonoma State University.
The conference, called "Clearing the Air: Transportation and Growth's Effects on Global Climate Change," will be held in the campus Commons from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The vehicles will be on display in the campus parking lot G.
The day-long event will also feature panel discussions that focus on the transportation policies and initiatives affecting Sonoma and Marin counties, the problems of increasing public transit ridership, and alternatives to gridlocks.
The panels include:How Do We Increase Public Transit Ridership? Bryan Albee of Sonoma County Transit, Elizabeth Deakins of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley, and Golden Gate Transit.
What Are Our Alternatives to Gridlock? Stuart Cohen, Janet Spilman of Sonoma County Transit Authority, and Janet Stone of the Green Belt Alliance address planning and development topics facing a car-centric county.
How Do We Clean the Air - And Who's Paying For It? Vice Mayor of Rohnert Park Jack MacKenzie, Marin County Board of Supervisor Chairman Steve Kinsey, and other officials discuss transportation policies and initiatives effecting Sonoma and Marin counties.
Other presentations include a multimedia presentation on a new car powered by compressed air developed in France, and information on the Car Lite program.
Keynote speaker is Stuart Cohen, Executive Director of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition, a partnership of over 90 environmental, social justice, labor and community groups working to promote transportation investments that hope to create “a more environmentally sustainable and socially-just Bay Area.”
Founded in 1997 and based in Oakland, TALC's says its combination of policy analysis, reports, media advocacy and grassroots campaigns have shifted over $1 billion towards sustainable transportation investments in the Bay Area.
Admission to the conference is $8 online until Nov. 1 and $12 at the door. For further information, contact Jean Wasp, (707) 664-2057, or visit the web site at www.sonoma.ed/projects/climatechange.
CAPTION: Above, the Ford Th!nk EV.
The University Library Art Gallery at Sonoma State University opens a unique and thought-provoking exhibit entitled "Altars of Extinction: Honoring the Vanished Species of California" from Oct. 27 through Nov. 21.
"Altars of Extinction" is an exhibit of altars to California species that, within the last one hundred years, have gone extinct. Together the altars create a space for experiencing and contemplating the powerful reality of extinction, says exhibit curator and psychology professor Mary Gomes.
"Through image, symbol, and text they relate the stories of those who recently shared this land with us, conveying the wonder and dignity of their existence as well as the sadness of their disappearance."
The altars, each strikingly different from the others, provide details of a species' life, including its habitat, habits, and uniquecharacteristics.
As a whole, they evoke the essence of the plant or animal represented. Coastal California is part of an ecological "hotspot," an area teeming with biological diversity that is seriously threatened by human activity, Gomes says.
The exhibit includes two elaborate maps by James Wright, one showing the local hot spot (the California Floristic Province) and another the hotspots around the world. Additional information is also provided on each species, including how and when it became extinct.
"Altars of Extinction" features seven local artists: Monique Aguerre, Venee Call-Ferrer, Ethan Castro, Ivory Fly, Mary McCullough, L. Frank Menninguez, and Adam Wolpert. Although diverse in background and style, the artists share a passion for nature as expressed through their work, Gomes says.
Gomes will speak at a gallery talk at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the University Library Art Gallery. The University Library Arts and Lectures Series is sponsored in part by the Friends of the University Library.
The University Library Art Gallery is open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed on Sundays. A daily parking permit ($2.50) is required Mon.-Thursday, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays except holidays. Daily permits are not valid in reserved lots.
CAPTION: Above, altar to Raven's Manzanita is part of exhibit at SSU Library Art Gallery. At right, gallery visitor ponders altar to the California Grizzly Bear which became extinct in the 1940s.
The Sonoma State University annual crime report is now available, reports campus police chief Nate Johnson. This Information is being provided in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
It includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported
crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by SSU and on the lands within, or public property immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security,alcohol/drug use and crime prevention information, reporting of crimes, sexual assault and other matters. The report can be obtained online at www.sonoma.edu/ps/psannualreport or by calling (707) 664-2143.
The InterCultural Center is hosting an exhibit entitled "Filipino Footsteps in California" in the ICC Gallery in the Student Union at Sonoma State University from Oct. 6-31.
The opening reception will be held on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m. in the ICC Gallery . An artist's talk will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 14 gallery.
The featured artist, Ro Lopez, will be showing pieces that represent the history of Filipinos in California as well as other works the represent broader social commentaries.
Lopez is an emerging artist with a background in scientific research and a degree in veterinary medicine. She is one of the members of that rare breed whose left-brain and right brain functions interdigitate effortlessly. "I love the sciences but art is my passion!"
A prolific and versatile artist, this year she has exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Patrons in America, Canada, Europe and Asia own her paintings. She is an active board member of the Vallejo Artists' Guild and Arts Benicia.
A self-confessed "computer geek", Lopez also does computer graphic arts, designs web pages, slide presentations, large format posters, corporate logos and corporate identity packages.
On Oct. 18, 1587, the first Filipinos set foot in America in Morro Bay, CA. These Luzones Indios were members of a Spanish exploration team. Since that time, Filipinos have been arriving on U.S. shores as laborers, seamen, sailors, students, professionals, and families and as WWII veterans.
Whatever their reasons for coming to America, Filipinos have played an important yet unknown role in the history and culture of the United States. This exhibit will highlight some of those contributions. Through text, photographs and art, over four centuries years of Filipino presence in California will be told.
The InterCultural Center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For further information, contact, Darius Spearman, InterCultural Center Coordinator, (707) 664-2710.
Sonoma State University welcomes 33 Presidential Scholars out of a freshman class of more than 1300 students to the campus this year. The class is one of the most geographically diverse in recent years, with students arriving from New York, Wyoming, and Oregon as well as California communities.
Some of the Scholars name nursing, psychology and teaching among their vocational aspirations.
These students join a coterie of 20 returning scholars in receiving a $1000 scholarship, regular luncheons and meetings with university president Dr. Ruben Arminana, and priority course registration at the beginning of each semester.
Dr. Arminana founded the Presidential Scholars program with monies from the SSU Alumni Association in 1995, and enjoys the close, mentoring relationship he forms with the students.
"The Presidential Scholars are the brightest and most disciplined students who in addition to excellence in their studies, have varied interests and interesting lives. I always learn something new from them about the University and the challenges that young people encounter."
In order to qualify for the Presidential Scholarship, a first-time freshman must have sustained a grade point average of 4.0 or higher throughout their high school career.
For a continuing SSU student, an 4.0 average must be maintained. Because of its rigorous standards, the Presidential Scholarship remains as the most exceptional academic award for first-time freshmen.
Students in this year's class of freshman Presidential Scholars include: Kelli Banker of Annandale, Sheena Bissett of Suisun, Steven Campbell of Rohnert Park, Nicolette Countryman of Loomis, Lisa Dal Porto of Linden, Carmela Datu of Rohnert Park, Amber Davis of Santa Cruz, Rachel Hall of Chico, Paul Heinz of New Windsor, New York, Sarah Hillan of Encinitas, Stephanie Karbone of Vacaville, Amethyst Johnson of San Luis Obispo, Allison Link of Modesto, Brian McBride of Petaluma, Steven Moore of Sunnyvale, Megan Myers of Chino Hills, Courtney Oates of Susanville, Darren O'Brien of Calistoga, Devon Paddock of La Grange, Karina Padilla of Los Banos, Theresa Petrellese of Benicia, David Petrini of Salinas, Jennifer Savage of Benicia, Kelli Schmitz of Gualala, Susan Schultz of Rohnert Park, Stephanie Scott of Beaverton, Oregon, Stephanie Stone of Dixon, Theresa Van Ryn of Manteca, Brian Vondrak of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Brittany Wilbur of Ventura, Carlin Wood of Stewarts Point, Lisa Zapolski of Bonita, and Rochelle Zettler of Point Arena.
For details on the Presidential Scholars program, contact Laurie Ogg in the University's scholarship office at (707) 664-2036 or visit www.sonoma.edu/scholarship/html/university.shtml.
-Kathryn Atwood
An educational program on sustainability on university campuses will be telecast from 9-11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9 in Stevenson 1034 on the Sonoma State University campus.
This telecast will be broadcast by satellite links to campuses in the U.S. and Canada to assist campuses in understanding:
- What sustainability is and its importance for a secure and civil society;
- The critical role of higher education in creating a sustainable world;
- Strategies for making sustainability a foundation of higher education learning and practice.
For further information, contact Jean Wasp, Media Relations
Coordinator, (707) 664-2057.
Sonoma State University and the North Bay Central Labor Council are sponsors of the Sixth Annual Labor and Social Action Conference to be held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25, at the Rohnert Park campus.
Amy Goodman, journalist and host/producer of National Public Radio's "Democracy Now" will be the keynote speaker Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Cooperage. Award-winning journalist Goodman will be speaking on "Staking a Claim for Democracy."
A plenary session "Strategies for Progressive Unity" will open the conference on Saturday, Oct. 25. followed by 18 workshops.
Workshop topics include Local Labor Issues, the Health Care Crisis, Greens, Dems & Electoral Reform: How Our Voting System Divides Progressives, Personal Stories of Veteran Activists, Labor-Environmental Coalitions for Equity and Sustainability, Building the Student Movement, Organizing Migrant Workers, Organizing with Faith Based Groups for Economic Justice, Building Media Democracy through Community Based News & Activism, Politics & Economics of Education in California, California Labor History, New Immigrants: the Changing Face of California Politics, Challenging Corporate Personhood, and Giant Puppets and Performance as Direct Action.
The cost for the entire conference including lunch, appetizers and the keynote is $55 with limited scholarships available. Cost for only Friday's keynote address is $5-$10 sliding scale. College credit is available from Sonoma State University. For further information call (707) 545-7349 ext.109 or e-mail mfromer@seiulocal707.org. A schedule of classes can be found at http://northbayclc.home.mindspring.com.
The cost for the entire conference including lunch, appetizers and the keynote is $55 with limited scholarships available. Cost for only Friday's keynote address is $5-$10 sliding scale. College credit is available from Sonoma State University. For further information call (707) 545-7349 ext.109 or e-mail mfromer@seiulocal707.org. A schedule of classes can be found at http://northbayclc.home.mindspring.com.
