April 11, 2005
Kristen Donahue Named SSU Woman Student of the Year
Sonoma State University’s Women’s History Month Committee named Psychology Senior Kristin Donahue the 2005 Woman Student Leader of the Year in recognition of her outstanding campus service.
The award honoring leadership by women students is part of SSU’s annual National Women’s History Month celebration. The Committee noted that Donahue’s nominators called her: “a high-powered, pro-active, caring, school-spirited mentor and role model,” with a "200% commitment to everything she does.” She has been president of Circle K, vice president of Student Ambassadors and a member of Psi Chi. She has volunteered with JUMP, SAFE and the Health and Wellness Committee. Her ESAS involvement includes work with the Residential Student Association, as a CSA, Leadership TA, and a Summer Orientation Leader.
Donahue came to SSU in 2001 after graduation from Beyer High School in Modesto.
Five women were also recognized with Honorable Mentions: Lauren Castro for her contributions to student governance and student life; Sarina Loeb for her contributions to student life, student governance and awareness of sexual diversity; Sarah Scudder for her contributions to student life, Greek life and the School of Business and Economics; Frances Thomas for her contributions to student life and multiculturalism; and Tara Whiteside for her contributions to Athletics.
The additional nominees were: Nicole Andaya, Emily Barker, Brooke Bauer, Vanessa Cavallaro, Sarah Charamuga, Lianne Dillon, Stephanie DeMartini, Angela Flood, Chandra Farnham, Ellen Heimann, Erica Klescewski, Erika Larson, Brooke Lesniak, Erin Louy, Brynn McCandeless, Jennifer Mumaw, Michelle Myhre, Amy Nadell, Shannon Quihuiz, Elise Tessler, Katie Tole, Jessica Varga, Tucker Williamson and Marina Zimmer.
April 7, 2005
Twin Sisters Earn Geology Honors
Senior geology majors Erin and Emily Haney, who are identical twins, have been selected as the 2005 recipients for the top female student award of the Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Women Geoscientists.
The Haney sisters will be honored at a dinner in San Francisco on May 6 with faculty from the SSU Geology Department and their parents in attendance.
Normally, the AWG requests that just one student per geology department from campuses around the Bay Area be honored each year. But this year Department Chair Matt James petitioned AWG for an exception to their policy in order to honor both of the Haney sisters.
During their four years at Sonoma State University, the Haney sisters have proven to be hard working, cooperative, loyal, students in the classroom, laboratory, and during geological field work, James says.
ABOVE: Students and faculty from SSU's Geology Department at the
world famous Walcott Quarry high in the Canadian Rockies in September 2003.
The Haney sisters are, from the left, 5th and 7th in the group.
Nominees Sought for 5th Annual Diversity Award
The Campus Climate Committee and the InterCultural Center are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Diversity Award for Outstanding Contribution Toward Campus Climate. Nominations are due on Monday, April 25. Application forms for the nominees can be found at the InterCultural Center on the first floor of the Student Union. They are due in the ICC mailbox at the Student Union Receptionist Desk by Monday, May 9 at 5 p.m.
The award seeks to acknowledge those students who have made significant contributions to the campus climate toward diversity through their involvement on committees, student activities, and in the classroom.
An applicant for the Diversity Award for Outstanding Contribution Toward Campus Climate must fit the following criteria:
-Has made a significant contribution to the celebration of campus diversity in a leadership position
-Has a 2.5 or better overall GPA based on Fall 2004 transcripts
The award will be given at the Fifth Annual Multicultural Graduation Celebration on May 18. For further information, contact the InterCultural Center at (707) 664-2710 or e-mail spearman@sonoma.edu.
Print Exchange Exhibition Featuring Art of Tyler School and SSU Students in Santa Rosa, April 8-22
A print exchange between advanced students of the Tyler School of Art and Sonoma State University art students will be showing at The Studio Gallery in Santa Rosa through April 22. Opening reception is April 8 from 5-7 p.m. at the gallery which is located at 3840 Finley Ave.
The exhibition features the work of John Adimando, Gordon Barnes, Josh Black, Megan Czekaj, Colin Harris, Darren Jordan, Sami Lynn, Matt Morales, Mike Munter, Dan Schomaker, April Steele, Reginald Weaver, Jesse Weiss, Ciani Williams, Jeremy Williams, Julie Zenobi and curators Nathan Haenlein and Jason Urban.
The exhibition includes a variety of contemporary and traditional prints, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, collographs, silk-screens and digital prints.
Gallery hours are Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call for additional gallery hours at (707) 576-0368.