Volume 51, Number 23   March 1, 2004         

No CampusMemo during spring break
CampusMemo will not be published Monday, March 22, because of spring break. Events and deadlines that occur in late March should be submitted to pubnews@sfsu.edu by 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, for publication in the March 15 issue. Items for the March 29 issue should be submitted by 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 23.

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Don Zingale, dean of the College of Health and Human Services for eight years, has been named vice president of academic affairs at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo. Zingale will remain at the University through the spring semester and expects to begin his new job in July.

Zingale will oversee all of Cal Maritime's academic programs, as well as enrollment and library services, continuing education, athletics and physical education, institutional research and ship simulation programs at the 650-student academy. Cal Maritime, a campus of the California State University, is one of only seven degree-granting maritime academies in the United States, and the only one on the West Coast. Tucked away in San Pablo Bay's Morrow Cove in Vallejo, the academy offers students four-year degrees in business administration, facilities engineering technology, global studies and maritime affairs, marine engineering technology, marine transportation, and mechanical engineering.

"Cal Maritime has long been recognized for its experiential learning curriculum and is now perfectly poised to serve as a California State University model for seamlessly relating general education and professional preparation in ways that integrate teaching, research and service," said Zingale. "I am honored to have been chosen to guide those and other efforts aimed at producing graduates who are informed, empowered and responsibly engaged as practicing professionals and global citizens."

A 31-year veteran of the CSU system, Zingale joined the University in 1996 as founding dean of the College of Health and Human Services. Under his leadership, the College grew to become respected nationally as a community of scholars who are scholars for the community. For example, students currently tend to the health care needs of underserved San Franciscans in the Mission District and provide aquatic recreation opportunities throughout the Bay Area. More than 75 percent of the College’s current sponsored-projects portfolio of $7 million involves some form of public service with opportunities for students to address critical urban issues.

"Don Zingale is one of the most effective team-builders with whom I have ever worked. At San Francisco State University, he built a new grouping of faculty and departments into a College with high morale, mutual support, and outstanding effectiveness," said President Robert A. Corrigan. "He has shown himself to be both practical and visionary -- a rare combination that has served us very well and promises fine things for his academic leadership at the Maritime Academy. We will miss him."

His time prior to SFSU was spent as dean of the School of Health and Human Services and California State University, Los Angeles, associate vice president for research and graduate studies at CSU Sacramento and associate dean of the School of Health and Human Services at CSU Sacramento during its formative years.

Zingale grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, N.Y. and early on developed a passion for skiing. He was a fully certified ski instructor for more than a decade and on average could be found on the slopes about 100 days every year.

But he put aside the boards when he met his wife 18 years ago. She didn't ski and they needed a hobby they could enjoy as a couple. How about sailing? They took lessons, set out on a few trips and before long bought a 30-foot Hunter sloop that now is berthed at the Richmond Yacht Club.

Zingale lives up the hill from the harbor in Point Richmond with his wife, Lydia, and daughter, Isabella, and keeps watch on his boat, aptly named the Flatbush Flyer.

"As interim dean, Marilyn Verhey has brought structure and organization and a high degree of professionalism to the Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development," Gemello said. "She has earned the respect of the University community in her dedication to supporting faculty throughout their careers."

Verhey joined the SFSU faculty in 1991 as an assistant professor of nursing. While in the School of Nursing, Verhey taught courses in quality management in the master's degree program and supervised graduate students in public health. Prior to her appointment as acting dean of faculty affairs, Verhey served as coordinator of academic assessment for two years.

"I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the faculty and the University," Verhey said of her appointment. "I'm looking forward to collaborating with individuals across campus to create an environment of enhanced faculty development, enrichment and professional affirmation. I am also excited about the opportunity to continue to work with our outstanding faculty in formal and informal ways to plan and implement a vision of faculty development that is characterized by trust and respect of individual differences as persons and as scholars."

Before coming to SFSU, Verhey was associate administrator for nursing education, quality assurance and research at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. Verhey, who started her career as a librarian in the Biomedical Library at UCLA, earned her doctorate in curriculum, instruction and administration from Boston College in 1992.

• Gerald Sonnenfeld, associate dean for basic sciences and graduate studies and professor and chair of microbiology, biochemistry and immunology at Morehouse School of Medicine, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the University Club.
• Kenneth Paap, associate dean and director of the Arts and Sciences Research Center at New Mexico State University, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 8, in the University Club.
• Bruce Macher, interim associate vice president of research and sponsored programs at San Francisco State University, from 4 to 5:30 Thursday, March 11, in room 460 of the Administration building.

Marianne Rinaldo Woods, assistant vice president for research and director of the Office of Research at University of Texas, Arlington, and A. S. Rao, senior associate vice provost for research and graduate studies at Drexel University and vice dean for research administration, biomedical graduate studies and information technology at Drexel University College of Medicine have already given their presentations.

• Enrique Riveros-Shäfer, former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Evergreen State College, from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in room 460 of the Administration building.
• Heidi Schmidt, academic information systems director of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management at University of California, San Francisco, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, in the University Club.
• Alan Jung, acting associate vice president for academic resources at San Francisco State University, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in the University Club.
• Vincent Beach, executive director of community development in the Office of Institutional Advancement at Ottawa University, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the University Club.
• Wayland Winstead, executive director of institutional planning and budget at University of Idaho, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 18, in the University Club.

Read the Newsmakers: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/spring04/march1newsmakers.htm.

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