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John Hope Franklin named to receive honorary degree at Commencement May 30
John Hope Franklin, dubbed by many scholars as "the preeminent historian of race in our century,"Statement on CETIwill be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the California State University at SFSU's commencement exercises on May 30.
Franklin, 82, currently heads President Clinton's Initiative on Race Advisory Board, a national advisory commission charged by the President to move the Administration's Initiative on Race forward by holding, throughout the nation, planned dialogues and public exchanges on racial issues. Franklin has written 13 books and is working on another, has received numerous awards, and has become an internationally known figure.
"It has been my great privilege and pleasure to know John Hope Franklin for almost thirty years," said President Robert A. Corrigan. "He has to been to me, as to so many others, a mentor, an inspiration, and a reaffirmation of the power of goodness and intellectual honesty to triumph over discrimination and hate. He is an amazing man. Who else, in his 80s, would be asked by the President--and would accept--so challenging a task as leading a national discussion of our most contentious and critical social issue, race."
Franklin will make brief remarks at commencement. California State Senate leader John L. Burton (BA, '54) will be honored as the 1998 Alumnus of the Year.
Honorary degrees from the CSU are awarded to distinguished individuals who have demonstrated intellectual and humane values consistent with the aims of higher education and with the highest ideals of their chosen field. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton; Marian Wright Edelman, founder and director of the Children's Defense Fund; actor and social activist Danny Glover; and the Rev. Cecil Williams, pastor of San Francisco's Glide Memorial United Methodist Church are among those who have received honorary degrees from S.F. State.
President Robert A. Corrigan issued the following statement last week on the California Educational Technology Initiative (CETI).Senate to discuss CETI on April 28There is significant news to report concerning CETI. In providing this update, I am drawing on the briefing that Chancellor Reed provided the CSU presidents at our meeting last week and on the Chancellor's own statement, released just as CampusMemo went to press, together with the joint statement of the presidents themselves. (For the full text of the Chancellor's statement and the presidents' joint statement, see our campus CETI web site: http://www.sfsu.edu/talkceti/ )
First of all, the timetable has shifted. It will be next fall at the earliest before we can even think of having a draft document to review. There are partnership changes. Microsoft and Hughes will not be CETI partners. And as Chancellor Reed has said, "It may be well into the next academic year before we know for certain whether a CETI agreement can be reached with GTE and Fujitsu."
Last month, Chancellor Reed told the Trustees it was "50/50 the CETI negotiations would be successfully completed." That, he now says, is "where we remain today."
The CSU has not given up on CETI, but structuring an agreement of such complexity, in the absence of existing models, is slow, difficult work. What has sustained my confidence and that of the other CSU presidents during this challenging time has been the clear, strongly articulated commitment of CSU leadership to protecting the well-being of our campuses. As the presidents' joint statement emphasized, the Chancellor and the Trustees "have said they would only accept a deal if it were in the best financial, academic, and long and short-term interests of the CSU, its faculty, students and staff." Putting teeth into that commitment is the Trustees' direction that before any agreement is reached, it must be exhaustively reviewed by outside, independent experts analyzing the operational, legal, and financial risks CETI might pose.
Whenever CETI moves forward, the CSU commitment to the previously agreed-upon 45-day period for campus review and response to a draft CETI agreement is unchanged.
One good reason to keep going is the urgency of the need CETI addresses: Some $300 million to provide the CSU with the technology infrastructure that is critical to our ability to offer a strong 21st-century education. Even CETI's critics recognize that need and agree, too, that the State is not able to provide us with that level of support.
I join with the other CSU presidents in the strongly held belief that the CSU "needs to use its limited resources to help close the faculty salary gap, maintain its campuses, and accommodate growing student enrollment system wide.
"As a result, what we need are imaginative private partners who care deeply about the CSU, its faculty, staff, and students, and who are eager to share the risks as well as the benefits (emphasis mine) of this proposed public-private partnership."
If CETI can be made to work, to meet our technology needs while protecting our academic and other interests, it will be enacted. If not, we will still need to find ways to obtain the technology that will be key to our academic quality in the years ahead.
At its meeting on April 28, the Academic Senate will discuss the California Educational Technology Initiative (CETI) at 3 p.m. The discussion will take place in lieu of a planned campus forum which had been set for April 29. .Meet the members of the Centennial Committee
More than 30 faculty, students, staff, alumni and friends of the University have been named to the SFSU Centennial Advisory Committee, which will plan centennial festivities to be held throughout 1999 calendar year.Colloquium on teacher edThe committee is seeking proposals for events and projects from the campus community to celebrate the University's founding in 1899. The first round of sub- centennial ideas were printed in the April 13 edition of CampusMemo. The form also will be distributed via e-mail for those who prefer to respond online. For more information on submitting ideas, call Robin Carmichael, committee liaison, at EXT 86990 or send e-mail to robinca@sfsu.edu. Mrs. Robert A. Corrigan is serving as honorary chair of the committee and James R. Collier, vice president for university advancement, chairs the group.
In addition to committee liaison, Robin Carmichael, coordinator of events planning in university advancement, other committee members are Sue Beckmeyer, senior development officer; Marian Bernstein, lecturer in classics and museum studies; Rodger C. Birt, professor of humanities; Robert I. Bowman, professor emeritus of biology; Teresa Carrillo, associate professor of La Raza studies; Vicki Casella, director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching; Stephen Dobbs, member of the President's Advisory Board; Kenneth R. Fehrman, professor of interior design; Charlotte Ferretti, associate professor of nursing; Marlon K. Hom, professor/chair of Asian American studies; Mark Johnson, associate professor/gallery director, art; Frieda Lee, director of student outreach services; Sarah K. Low, undergraduate student, political science; Leticia M. Marquez-Magana, assistant professor of biology; and David Matsumoto, professor of psychology.
Patty Moran, chair of the Alumni Association Centennial Committee; Stacey Paynter of the Alumni Association board, and Evansgroup Marketing Communications; Mark Phillips, professor of secondary education and chair of the Academic Senate; Izzy Pivnik, an alumnus, now with KRON-TV "Contact 4"; Michael J. Potepan, professor/chair of economics; Don W. Scoble, vice president for business and finance; David M. Serrano Sewell of the City and County of the S.F., Dept. of Building Inspection; Frank Sheehan, professor emeritus of mathematics; Janet M. Sim, chair of hospitality management; Elizabeth B. Small, director of risk management in business and finance; John J. Vlahos of Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Valhos & Rudy, S.F.; Helene Whitson, archivist/special collections librarian; and Edward C. Wilkinson, Jr., graduate student, history.
All faculty involved in teacher preparation are invited to a special colloquium and reception on April 30 from 4-6 p.m. in Seven Hills Center. The gathering is sponsored by President Robert A. Corrigan, Provost and Vice President Tom La Belle, the Academic Senate and the All University Teacher Education Committee.Race in San FranciscoGary Hart, co-director of the CSU Institute for Education Reform, will be the keynote speaker. Faculty focus groups will work on recommendations for new directions in teacher preparation.
Faculty currently involved or who would like to become more involved in collaboration with K-12 and new directions in teacher preparation, should RSVP by April 27 to Stephanie Schwartz, EXT 81141. For details, call Pamela Vaughn, chair of AUTEC, at EXT 87444.
SFSU will be one of several sponsors of a town hall meeting on race in San Francisco on April 30 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Golden Gate University School of Law, 536 Mission St.'Cloning the Human Person'Moderating the meeting will be Charles Ogletree of Harvard Law School. Panelists will include Douglas Laycock of the University of Texas at Austin Law School; Charles Young, chancellor emeritus of UCLA; Larry Elder, radio personality; and Eva Jefferson Patterson of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights.
Other sponsors include KQED, the Commonwealth Club, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the Bar Association of San Francisco and the California State Bar. For more information, call Joe Torres at EXT 87170.
Academica Judaica will sponsor a talk by Laurie Zoloth-Dorfman, director of Jewish Studies, on "Born Again: Cloning the Human Person" on Wednesday at noon in the Verducci Room of the University Club.Party for Art WallaceZoloth-Dorfman will give an academic perspective on bioethics and religion in response to current discussions on cloning. For more information, call the Jewish Studies Program at EXT 86075.
The campus community is invited to a retirement party for College of Business Dean Art Wallace on May 5.Bowl-The-PlanetFestivities begin at 4 p.m. in the Vista Room, Burk Hall 401. In lieu of a gift, contributions can be made to the Wallace Scholarship Fund. Call Rita Quinn at EXT 82670 to RSVP or for more information.
Bowl for free and help raise money to save rainforests and coral reefs around the world.Of international interestSFSU's Center for Ecosystem Survival invites the campus community to the 4th annual Bowl-The-Planet pledge event on May 9 at Japantown Bowl at Post and Webster streets in San Francisco. Games start at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. There's also bumper bowling for children.
From 6 to 9 p.m., the lights dim, the pins glow, and the music pumps for Glow Bowling. A $15 registration fee for Glow Bowling includes food, drink, and music.
The event raises funds to preserve and protect endangered habitats worldwide. To register for the day or evening event, or to pledge or volunteer, call the Center at EXT 83392, or send e-mail to gershenza@sfsu.edu.
The Office of International Programs will sponsor a workshop on U.S. permanent residency through H-1 visas with William May, past president of the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, on Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. in the International House, formerly the Guest Center.Reading by Frances MayesThe workshop is designed for international students and scholars interested in learning more about obtaining permanent residency in the U.S. through the employment visa (H-1B) process.
For more information, call the Office of International Programs at EXT 81293.
The Poetry Center presents faculty member and best-selling author Frances Mayes and Cyrus Cassell reading from their work on April 30 at 7 p.m. in San Francisco's new Main Library downtown. Admission is free.Saluting student leadersMayes, professor of creative writing, wrote "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy," a memoir selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 1996.
Cassell's first book, "The Mud Actor," was a National Poetry Series selection and his "Soul Make a Path Through Shouting" was named as one of the Best Books of 1994 by Publishers Weekly. Admission is free.
Student Activities will hold its 19th annual Leadership Recognition Program on May 4 at 3 p.m. in the Seven Hills Conference Center. Student leaders and faculty advisors to student organizations will be honored. For more information, call Rhonda Wright at EXT 82174.Sidney Mintz to visit
The Anthropology Department brings noted author Sidney Mintz to campus to discuss his new book "Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past" on April 30 at 5 p.m. in SCI 270.Native American artCalled one of America's most influential anthropologists, Mintz is widely known for his studies on racism, colonialism, and the relationship between food and power. For more information, call EXT 82046.
The American Indian Studies Department will host a discussion with leading contemporary American Indian artists on the role of contemporary Native art within the context of post-modernism on May 1 from 8-10 p.m. in Knuth Theatre.About 3,000 years agoPanelists will include Kay Walkingstick (Cherokee), painter and professor of art at Cornell University; Truman Lowe (Winnebago), sculpter and professor of art at University of Wisconsin; Ruthe Blalock Jones (Deleware), painter and educator; Rocky Jensen, director of Hale Naua Society for Native Hawiiaan Artists; and Gary Garrels, chief curator of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A reception for the artists will be held before the event from 7-8 p.m. in the breezeway in front of the Knuth Theater.
In conjunction with the panel discussion, the exhibit--Honoring Circle--by Sara Bates (Cherokee), SFSU American Indian Studies lecturer, opens at 6 p.m. that day in the Hohenthal Gallery/Treganza Anthropology Museum, SCI 380.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information call the American Indian Studies Department at EXT 82698 or e-mail hopi@sfsu.edu.
Selected artifacts from SFSU's Sutro Egyptian Collection are now on display through May 8 at the Museum of Ancient Civilizations, located in the Becker-Colonna Gallery in HUM 510. Gallery hours are weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.Smarter studying for studentsSponsored by the Classics Department and Museum Studies Program, the "Voyage to the Afterlife" exhibit includes ancient model boats, the mummy of Nes-Per-N-Nub and an accompanying triple-nested sarcophagus, CAT scans and x-rays of the mummy, plus personal items such as scarabs, masks, jewelry, pottery, amulets, figurines, and a bronze mirror that were entombed with the remains of the Egyptian priest, who died nearly three thousand years ago.
Items on display are part of the Sutro Egyptian Collection of more than 700 artifacts gathered by Adolph Sutro, mayor of San Francisco during the 1880s. Following years of display at the Sutro Baths, the collection was donated to SFSU and is now the basis of SFSU's Classics Department's museum training program for undergraduate and graduate students.
For more information, call EXT 81500 or 82068.
Faculty are asked to announce thatCET positions openstudents can improve their academic skills through videotapes and books available in the library.
Videotapes of faculty workshops on many academic skills are ready for use in the Media Access Center on the third floor of the Library. Students also may use the academic skills books listed under the Testing Center in the Reserve Book Room in the Library.
For more information, call Jeanne Wick at EXT 82575.
The Center for the Enhancement of Teaching has two 0.40 faculty positions open for the 1998-99 academic year.Biological anthropologyOne is in lecture, seminar, and research support and the other is in Internet mediated learning support. Position descriptions and application procedures are available on the C.E.T. Web page at: http//www.sfsu.edu/talkceti/ or e-mail to honaker@sfsu.edu. for a copy. Review of applications will begin on Friday
The Anthropology Department will sponsor lectures by two noted biological anthropologists this week.What does our garbage say?Jonathan Marks will speak on "What it Means to be 98% a Chimpanzee" on Tuesday at noon and Mark Griffin will speak on "Population Relationships in Spanish Florida" on Friday at 11 a.m. Both talks will take place in SCI 270. For more information, call EXT 82046.
William Rathje, an anthropologist and founder of the "The Garbage Project," will help SFSU celebrate Earth Day with a lecture on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in HSS 278.Notes and remindersRathje, who has led numerous landfill excavations as part of the Garbage Project, will discuss what garbage tells us about ourselves.
His talk is sponsored by the SFSU Recycling/Resource Center and the Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies. For more information, call EXT 86840.
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- Four candidates for the position of director of the Marian Wright Edelman Institute will be on campus this week to give public presentations. They are: Jeffrey Lockman of Tulane University today from 1-2 p.m. in BH 237; Janice Chavez of CSU Fresno on Tuesday from 1-2 p.m. in BH 224; Thereasa Cronan of San Diego State University on Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. in BH 311; and Eurnestine Brown of the University of Alabama on Thursday from 3-4 p.m. Verducci Room of the University Club. For more information, call EXT 82056.
- The Cinema Department's Cinematheque will present "underground visions: an exploration of gender and sexuality," a program of notable, award-winning underground films, on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the August Coppola Theatre (Room 101) in the Arts and Industry Building. Admission is free.
- The annual "Are You Being Served?" luncheon will be held at the University Club on April 29, noon-1:30 p.m. You must be a UClub member to make a reservation. Deadline to reserve is Friday or when reservations are filled. Info: EXT 87053.
- The 1998 Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition is now on display through May 20 in the Art Department Gallery in the A&I Building. Exhibit hours are Monday-Saturday from noon-4 p.m. For more information, call EXT 86535.
- A few tickets are still available for the annual luncheon to honor secretaries and administrative assistants on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Seven Hills Conference Center. The cost of the luncheon is $13 per person and the menu features Polynesian Pineapple Coconut Chicken, Big Island BBQ Ribs and many other island items. For reservations, call EXT 82923.
- Voter registration will be held on the quad from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday and April 29, sponsored by the Academic Professionals of Calif. For more details, call Will Flowers at EXT 82842.
- The deadline is Friday for faculty to rent their academic regalia for commencement. Come by the Student Center, 113C on the mezzanine level or call the Bookstore at EXT 82023.
At its meeting of March 24, 1998, the Academic Senate...
- Report from Chair Mark Phillips:
- At the recent Statewide Academic Senate Chair's meeting in Long Beach, the primary discussion concerned CETI and appropriate time for consultation with the campuses.
- Announced the Academic Senate meeting schedule for Fall 1998.
- In the action part of the meeting, the Senate...
- With sincere thanks elected Newby Schweitzer, Economics, by acclamation to serve another term as one of three faculty members on the Franciscan Shops Board of Directors.
- Heard a report from Provost La Belle concerning assessment. Some of the items he discussed included the Critical Indicators of Institutional Performance at SFSU; work in progress to determine how effective SFSU graduates are in society, the workplace, and/or graduate school; evaluation of teaching; and post tenure review.
- Approved the revision to the Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies.
- Approved the discontinuance of the Concentration in Criminal Justice.
- Discussed the proposed policy concerning the Performance Review of Tenured Faculty for Professional Development and Support.
- Approved the revision to Academic Senate Policy #S96-196-Withdrawal from Courses. Under the new policy, if a student has withdrawn from the same course two times, any subsequent request to withdraw from that course will be denied.
************************************ The next meeting of the Academic Senate will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 1998 from 2ñ4 p.m. in LIB 435. All are welcome to attend.
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