The American Language Institute: 50 years of excellence
The American Language Institute (ALI) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. ALI is the intensive English program on the SF State campus, with offices in the Humanities Building. Every semester, approximately 200 students from all over the world study English for 22 hours each week at ALI, and many of them then matriculate into SF State degree programs. In addition, ALI teachers are trained and begin their teaching while they are M.A. candidates in the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program in the English Department.
Faculty and staff are invited to a celebration on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Seven Hills Conference Center. Invited speakers include Linda Buckley, AVP for academic planning and development and interim director of the college of extended learning, and H. Douglas Brown, an English department faculty emeritus who is a renowned author of several seminal books on language teaching and learning and served as ALI director between 1984 and 2005. Refreshments will be served.
Sustainability events scheduled
SF State is participating in two nationwide events this fall: Sustainable Food Day on Oct. 24 and Campus Sustainability Day on Oct. 26. Sustainable Food Day is celebrated internationally and dedicated to promoting the slow food movement of local, organic and sustainable produce. The event will consist of numerous activities including Meatless Monday in the Vista Room, a Veggie Iron Chef Contest and a screening of the film In Search of Good Food, by local cinematographer Antonio Roman-Alcala. Campus Sustainability Day is a national event supporting sustainable initiatives and student environmental awareness. The Day will include a clothing swap, compost and recycling education, and student discussions about environmental and social sustainability on campus. Visit www.sfsu.edu/~sustain/ for details.
Request for proposals for community engagement grant
The Community Service Learning (CSL) program is soliciting applications and proposals for the Community Engaged Scholarship Faculty Grant program. The $4,500 grants are intended to cultivate and sustain strong, collaborative partnerships that model excellence in University and community engagement by funding development of courses not yet designated as CSL courses.
Courses that propose working with nonprofit organizations in the priority neighborhood areas of Oceanview-Merced-Ingleside (OMI), Excelsior, Outer Mission and Crocker Amazon are of particular interest.
Funds can be used for personnel or for such operating expenses as graduate/student assistants, curriculum materials or travel. Funding comes from the California Call to Service Initiative to foster engaged scholarship. Only part-time and full-time SF State faculty members are eligible to apply. The application deadline is Nov. 4.
For information, criteria, guidelines and proposal forms, visit www.sfsu.edu/~icce/faculty/grants_awards.html#Faculty_Grant
Academic Senate
The Academic Senate will meet Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Nob Hill Room of the Seven Hills Conference Center. An open floor period will be held from 2 to 2:10 p.m., providing an informal opportunity to raise questions or make comments to Senate officers or University administrators. The agenda will include:
- Approval of the minutes for Oct. 4
- Approval of the agenda for Oct. 18
- Chair's Report
- Report from Campus Emergency Coordinator Gayle Orr-Smith and Chief of Police Patrick Wasley on the Active Shooter Training (2:15 p.m.)
- Report from Vice President for University Advancement Robert Nava (2:30 p.m.)
- Discussion of the Task Force Report on the College of Extended Learning (by 3 p.m.)
- Recommendation from the Executive Committee regarding the proposed Resolution in Support of Principles of Shared Governance in Reorganization, first reading (by 3:30 p.m.)
- Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee regarding the proposed Principles Regarding College Naming, first reading (by 4 p.m.)
Senate meeting dates are posted on the University Web calendar and on the Senate website at www.sfsu.edu/~senate
This week in Insiders: Assistant Professor of Art Gwen Allen, Associate Professor of Biology Sarah Cohen, Associate Professor of Biology Kimberly Tanner and Associate Vice President for International Education Yenbo Wu.
Read Insiders: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/fall11/oct17insiders.htm
This week in Newsmakers: Political Science Lecturer David Lee, Journalism Lecturer Justin Beck and Associate Professor of Cinema Joseph McBride.
Read
Newsmakers: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/fall11/oct17news.htm
SF State received $1,310,629 in grants and contracts in September 2011.
Read Grants & Contracts: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/fall11/oct17grants.htm
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Click on the link for each event to view full listing in the University Calendar.
Tuesday
Academic Senate: 2 p.m.
Kimono Show with Yubi Kimono School in Tokyo: 2:10 p.m.
Lecture: Nina Stritzler-Levine: Josef Frank: Design, Domesticity and the Modern Home: 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Conference: Mind, Body, Cinema: 11 a.m.
Recital: Choral Recital Hour: 1 p.m.
Thursday
The Great California SHAKEOUT: 10:20 a.m.
Conference: Mind, Body, Cinema: 11 a.m.
Theatre: Wallflower: 8 p.m.
Friday
Google Webinar: Power searching - Advanced Google Search for Education: 9 a.m.
Conference: Mind, Body, Cinema: 11 a.m.
Establishing A University Working Group on Latino Educational Progress: noon
Master Class: Morrison Artists Series: Borealis Wind Quintet: 2 p.m.
Meet the Authors: Juan Gonzales and Joseph Torres: 2 p.m.
Lecture: Morrison Artists Series: Borealis Wind Quintet Pre-Concert talk: 7 p.m.
Concert: Morrison Artists Series: Borealis Wind Quintet: 8 p.m.
Theatre: Wallflower: 8 p.m.
Coming Up
Oct. 22: Theatre: Wallflower: 8 p.m.
Oct. 23: Theatre: Wallflower: 2 p.m.
Oct. 24: Sustainable Food Day: 10 a.m.
Oct. 24: Recital: SF State Wind Ensemble: 1 p.m.
Oct. 25: CESB Speaker Series: Kiva - Sustainability Finance and IT: 5 p.m.
Oct. 25: Lecture: Greece's Crisis: 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 26: Environmental Education on the Quad: Campus Sustainability Day
Oct. 26: Recital: SF State Orchestra: 1 p.m.
Oct. 27: Web Accessibility for Non-Techies: 9 a.m.
Oct. 27: Lecture: Fueling the Drug War in Mexico: 9:30 a.m.
Oct. 27: Artist Lecture Series: Matt Keegan: 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 27: Theatre: The Trial of Lucullus: 8 p.m.
Oct. 28: Celebrating 40 Years: Women and Gender Studies Conference
Oct. 28: Theatre: The Trial of Lucullus: 8 p.m.
Oct. 29: Theatre: The Trial of Lucullus: 2 p.m.
Oct. 30: Lab Open House: Discovery Day: 11 a.m.
Oct. 30: Theatre: The Trial of Lucullus: 2 p.m.
Oct. 31: Recital: Annual Scary Concert: 1 p.m.
For more upcoming events, see the University
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