Volume 51, Number 27 April 5, 2004 |
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Selnow, founder and executive director of WiRED International, will receive the medal during Commencement exercises May 29. The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to SFSU and San Francisco that will have long-lasting and widespread benefits for students and faculty. President Robert A. Corrigan chooses the recipients. "I am honored to present the San Francisco State University President's Medal for Service to Professor Gary Selnow, whose courageous humanitarian work has had a resoundingly positive impact on the lives of many people in war-torn countries," Corrigan said. "His dedication and vision exemplify the ideals of caring and community service that we value in our University community. Professor Selnow inspires us by his creativity and courage." Selnow, a faculty member since 1992, travels to countries ravaged by conflict and poverty to provide citizens with information and communication resources -- often funded from his own pocket. Most recently, he traveled to Iraq through grants from the U.S. Department of State to set up medical information centers at 10 locations. The centers use computers and a CD-ROM library to provide education on a broad range of healthcare topics and serve more than 5,500 medical professionals, professors and students. Internet access will be added when the appropriate infrastructure is locally available. Last month in Iraq, Selnow and his staff set up hardware and software and trained hospital staff on a two-way, real-time video connection. This allows children hospitalized away from home in other countries while receiving extensive medical treatments to talk to and see their families for the first time in months. WiRED, which often collaborates with SFSU's Marian Wright Edelman Institute, U.S. Global Technology Corps and National Institutes of Health, also operates centers in the Balkans, Africa and Latin America. The centers provide healthcare information to more than one million individuals annually. In Memoriam: James Searle Storey James Searle Storey, emeritus professor of art, died Dec. 6, 2003 of complications related to Alzheimer's. He was 85. Storey served during World War II in the Army, seeing combat in North Africa and Italy. He earned a bachelor's degree in art education and a master's degree in applied art from the University of Wisconsin in the late 1950s and went on to earn a Ph.D. in education from Stanford in 1956. Storey joined San Francisco State's Art Department in 1959. He taught art and design and served twice as chair of the department. He also helped establish the conceptual and information arts emphasis. A working product designer, Storey founded a design company and received a patent for a locking device for two-wheeled vehicles. He also served as a consultant to the National Education Testing Service in the development of the first National Teacher Examination in Art Education. After retiring and receiving emeritus status in 1987, Storey continued creating art and exploring new types of media. He is survived by his sons James, David and Peter, daughter Adeline Jane, and eight grandchildren. A memorial award has been established at Fordham University for excellence or service in the areas of design or graphic design. Donations (checks made out to Fordham University with James Storey Memorial written in the memo space) may be sent to Elisa Balestra, Development and University Relations, Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023-6544. University-wide nominations process closes The period for nominating faculty to several University-wide committees and other faculty governance positions closed Friday, April 2. Ballots will be sent out soon. For a list of nominees, see the Academic Senate Web site: www.sfsu.edu/~senate/. Questions? Contact the Academic Senate office at ext. 8-1264 or senate@sfsu.edu. This month's Newsmakers include a San Francisco Chronicle story on English Professor Judy Breen's work with inmates at San Quentin; Journalism Chair John Burks' comments to the San Francisco Examiner on conflicts of interest and journalists; English Professor Lois Lyles discussing The Color Purple on KQED's "Forum"; and Cinema Chair Stephen Ujlaki's comments to the Tahoe Daily Tribune on the appeal of HBO's "The Sopranos." Read the Newsmakers: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/spring04/april5newsmakers.htm. |
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