Wednesday
Governor election
and infrastructure
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences' public lecture
series/course continues with a panel discussion of "Campaign
Issues -- Infrastructure: Highways & Housing and the Environment:
Building for Whom and for What?" from 7:15 to 8:55 p.m.
Wednesday in room 133 of the Humanities building.
Panelists include Jason Henderson, assistant professor of geography
and human environmental sciences; Richard LeGates, professor of
urban studies; Amy Leurs, climate impact scientist with the Union
of Concerned Scientists; and Nancy Wilkinson, professor of geography
and human environmental sciences.
Friday
Socrates and the soul
Nicholas Smith, James F. Miller Professor of Humanities and Philosophy
Department chair at Lewis & Clark College, will present "Socrates
on How Wrongdoing Damages the Soul" at 4:15 p.m. Friday in
room 109 of the Humanities building. A reception follows the lecture
in room 391 of the Humanities building.
The event is the Department of Philosophy's Annual Ancient Philosophy
Lecture and is co-sponsored by the College of Humanities.
For details, call ext. 8-1596.
Coming
Up
Indigenous Hawaiian
political theory
Native Hawaiian Noenoe K. Silva will speak on "Indigenous
Hawaiian Political Thought: How to Begin" from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 16, in the the Richard Oakes Multicultural Room of
the Cesar Chavez Student Center. Silva teaches at University of
Hawai'i, Manoa and is the 2006-07 Katrin H. Lamon Resident Scholar
at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, N.M.
The event is sponsored by the American Indian Studies Department.
For details, call ext. 8-1054.
Postcards and colonialism
Volker Langbehn, associate professor of German, will present "Going
Postal or How to Conquer the World -- German Colonialism and Postcards" from
3:10 to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, in room 473 of the Humanities building.
The event is part of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
colloquium series.
Electronic publishing
The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development invites faculty
to a brown-bag discussion on trends in electronic publishing
as it pertains to scholarly communication from noon to 2 p.m.
in room 434 of the Library. Participants are welcome at any time
during the discussion.
For details, visit: www.sfsu.edu/~ctfd/workshops.htm
Village Fitness
Center anniversary
The Village Fitness Center invites the campus community to help
celebrate its one-year anniversary from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 17, in front of the center (just off of Font Boulevard).
The event includes music, food, raffle prizes, one-day discounts
on memberships and services, and vendor and campus organization
tables. Demonstrations of group fitness classes, free chair massages
and body fat testing will also be available.
Student Health
Service open house
The Student Health Service (SHS) will hold its annual open house
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the SHS building.
This event is an opportunity for students, staff and faculty
to come and learn about staff offerings.
As part of the event, SHS will offer a variety of free health
screenings including HIV testing, blood pressure and eye screenings,
body fat testing and nutrition assessments. Ultrasound bone mineral
density tests will be available for women over 40 for $20. The
student-created latex exhibition will also be presented.
For details, contact Albert Angelo at ext. 8-3039.
iLearn showcase
The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development invites faculty
to a presentation on iLearn by Cyrus Ginwala, orchestra director
in the School of Music and Dance, from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday,
Oct. 18, in Knuth Hall of the Creative Arts building. Ginwala
is using iLearn for advising and to teach both a large hybrid
course and a small, traditional "live" class section.
Catering fair
Conference Services invites faculty and staff to their annual Catering
and Event Planning Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 18, in Seven Hills Conference Center. Sampling from a new
catering menu, and assistance from event planners will be available.
To be added to the guest list, contact Edward Vicedo at evicedo@housing.sfsu.edu or ext. 8-2104.
Common sense
Dean Manders will discuss and sign copies of his new book "The
Hegemony of Common Sense" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, on
the textbooks level of the SFSU Bookstore. The book is part of
the SFSU Series in Philosophy, edited by philosophy Professor Anatole
Anton.
For details, call the Bookstore at ext. 8-2650.
Learning Arabic
Father Rick Van De Water, lecturer of Arabic, will present "Why
You Need to Know Arabic: Language as a Bridge Between Cultures" from
3:10 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18, in room 473 of the Humanities
Building. Van De Water has been actively involved in the social,
educational and pastoral development of Arab communities in the
West Bank and Jordan, since 1974. He substituted for Assistant
Professor Mohammad Salama as an instructor of Arabic during September.
The event is part of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
colloquium series. For details, e-mail mmckeon@sfsu.edu or call
ext. 8-7413.
Taste of the Bay
Taste of the Bay, a gala scholarship fundraising event benefiting
Hospitality Management Program students, will take place from
5:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at St. Francis Yacht Club, 700
Marina Blvd., San Francisco.
The
event features renowned chefs from around the Bay Area and representatives
from
top restaurants and California wineries, who
will present their cuisine and wines. Guests will also enjoy live
and silent auctions, musical entertainment and a raffle. Mistress
of ceremonies will be Shirley Fong-Torres, the "Wok-Wiz."
Tickets are $75 per person and can be purchased at the event Web
site -- www.tasteofthebaysf.com -- or by contacting Janet Sim at
jsim@sfsu.edu or ext. 8-2673.
Opera gala concert
The SF State Opera Workshop invites faculty and staff to a benefit
concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in Knuth Hall of the Creative
Arts building.
The event includes a performance of highlights from popular operas
featuring arias and ensembles and is followed by a dessert reception.
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $8 for students and
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Distinguished faculty awards
The Academic Senate is starting a new program to acknowledge outstanding
faculty members for their extraordinary, meaningful and lasting contributions
in the areas of teaching, professional achievement and service. The
awards include a $3,500 stipend, a commemorative plaque and a certificate.
Nomination forms are available at: www.sfsu.edu/~senate/
Submit completed nominations by 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, to the Faculty
Honors and Awards Committee, Office of the Academic Senate, room 551,
Administration building.
Proposition 1D to support education initiatives
Prop. 1D is a $10.4 billion statewide school bond on the November ballot
that would update schools with new technology, build vocational education
facilities, fund the state's rapidly growing community college system,
and keep university and community college facilities competitive. Monies
would also help relieve overcrowding in schools and retrofit the estimated
7,000 schools in the state not deemed earthquake-safe.
President Robert Corrigan and State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jack O'Connell spoke Oct. 2 to community and media representatives at
a press conference held at George Washington High School in San Francisco,
a school that would receive funds from the bond measure. Also on the
podium was Barbara Kerr, president of the California Teachers Association;
Ed Murray, president of the San Francisco Community College Federation
of Teachers; Gwen Chan, superintendent of San Francisco Unified School
District; and Dennis Kelly, president of the United Educators of San
Francisco.
The bond measure is supported by the California State Parent Teacher
Association, California Teachers Association, California Taxpayers Association
and business community.
The bond would fund more than $25 million in SF State upgrade and renovation
projects, including creation of a 23-station simulation laboratory for
School of Nursing instruction and the planned purchase of the former
School of the Arts property on Font Boulevard.
While there is no organized opposition at this time, some have voiced
concern about the cost of the bond for the state, the variety of new
programs funded, and the fact that it is designed to fund only two years
of need.
Proponents argue that it is a fiscally responsible way to finance school
repair and construction, makes schools earthquake safe.
For more information about the bond as well as arguments for and against
the measure, visit www.ss.ca.gov/elections,
click on the "Voter Information Guide" button and scroll down to "Prop 1D."
Academic Senate meets Tuesday
The Academic Senate will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Nob Hill
room of the Seven Hills Conference Center. Agenda
items include: proposed curriculum changes in the Environmental
Studies Program; an introduction to the proposed revision to the retention,
tenure and promotions policy; a proposed resolution on the facilities
bond act; a proposed academic calendar for summer 2007; a proposed academic
calendar for 2007-08; and proposed revisions to Policy #S93-178, Reasonable
Accommodation Policy and Procedures for Employees with Disabilities.
Faculty tenure, promotion celebration
A campus-wide celebration in honor of the faculty granted tenure and/or
promoted this year will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26,
in the Nob Hill Room of the Seven Hills Conference Center. The faculty tenure and promotions list is available at: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/fall06/promotions.htm
U.S.-China
studies center reception
The Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies (CUSCPS) invites faculty and
staff to a luncheon reception from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27,
in the Nob Hill Room of the Seven Hills Conference Center. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn about CUSCPS, meet center
research associates and connect with colleagues who share an interest
in U.S.-China relations.
The event is sponsored by the colleges of Behavioral and Social Sciences
and Business.
R.S.V.P. to Jean-Marc F. Blanchard at: events@sfsu.edu
For more on the center, visit: http://cuscps.sfsu.edu/
SF
State was awarded an additional $89,952 in May and $4,083,403 in the
first part of June.
Read
Grants & Contracts: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/fall06/oct9grants.htm
Accessible voting machines
The Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC) will host on-campus
demonstrations of new accessible voting machines from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, and 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 19, in
room 401 of the Student Services building.
The machines include features that make voting accessible to people
with visual- and mobility-related disabilities and will be used in
the November elections in San Francisco, Marin and Sacramento counties.
R.S.V.P.
by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, to dprc@sfsu.edu or
ext. 8-2472 (v/tty). Interested participants who require any accommodations
for this event, such as, but not limited to, materials in alternate
format, sign-language interpreters, and/or real-time captioning,
should make those requests when they R.S.V.P.
Grants.gov training
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs invites faculty to
learn to use Grants.gov, a tool for finding grant opportunities,
from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Oct. 24-25, in room 460 of the Administration
building. Attendees are welcome to bring lunch; beverages will
be provided.
For details, contact Christine Ramos at cbramos@sfsu.edu or ext.
8-6478.
Faculty/staff retreat proposals
Program proposals for the Jan. 22, 2007, faculty and staff development
retreat are now being accepted by the planning team. Faculty and
staff are encouraged to share their visions of the University future
by presenting research, creative endeavors or service projects
or sparking discussions on new approaches to professional and personal
development.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27.
Proposal forms are available at the Academic Senate Web site: www.sfsu.edu/~senate
For details, call ext. 5-4037.
Academic Technology training
The fall calendar of Academic Technology workshops is available at:
www.sfsu.edu/~workshop
Academic Technology offers an array of workshops that enable faculty
and staff to create collaborative online teaching and learning environments,
instructional Web sites and digital images. Multiple workshops are
available and offerings are staggered and repeated to accommodate
different schedules. R.S.V.P. is required.
Contact Academic Technology at workshop@sfsu.edu or ext. 8-6906.
October
faculty development workshops
The Center for Teaching and Faculty Development has organized the
following workshops related to faculty teaching and research:
Learn
more about the grading options, rubrics and techniques in the workshop "Responding to Student Writing: 'Reducing the Pain,'" held
from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, in room 203 of the Humanities
building.
Learn
and discuss ways technology can provide better access to students
with disabilities
in the brown-bag session "Using Technology
in Teaching: Access vs. Accommodation" held from noon to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, in room 434 of the Library. Note that lunch must
be brought in a bag due to Library food policies.
Learn
how to take ideas from intellectual development to the grants application
stage in the brown-bag session "Grantwriting: Asking
Critical Questions" from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26,
in the BSS Conference Room.
For
details and registration, visit: www.sfsu.edu/~ctfd/workshops.htm
'Cloud 9' theatre party
The University Women's Association (UWA) invites faculty and staff
to a reception and viewing of the Theatre Arts Department's production
of "Cloud 9" held Friday, Oct. 20. The reception, which
features Mediterranean appetizers, wine and soft drinks, begins
at 6 p.m. in the Casablanca Room of the Creative Arts building.
The production begins at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the Creative
Arts building. Tickets are $16 for UWA members and guests and $18
for nonmembers and includes admission to the reception and theatre
production.
For
reservations, send a check payable to "UWA" and the
names of all guests to Lin Ivory, 145 Sequoia Drive, San Anselmo,
CA, 94960. The reservation deadline is Thursday, Oct. 12. For details,
contact Ivory at: linivory@comcast.net
Basketball fundraiser
The SF State basketball team invites faculty and staff to a "Tip-Off" banquet
and sports auction from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Harding
Park. Alum Steve Lavin, ESPN college basketball analyst, will speak.
Tickets are $50 per person in advance, $65 at the door and $450
for a table of 10.
For reservations, contact Bill Treseler at treseler@sfsu.edu or
ext. 8-7573. |
