Volume 51, Number 18   January 26, 2004           

Meet the candidates for dean of faculty affairs
The campus community is invited to meet the three candidates for dean of faculty affairs and professional development at presentations over the next several weeks.

The candidates and presentation dates are:
Marlon Hom, chair of Asian American Studies, Thursday, Jan. 29, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the University Club;
Marilyn Verhey, acting dean of faculty affairs and professional development, Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the University Club;
Wanda Lee, associate chair of Counseling, Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the University Club.

A question-and-answer session and reception follow each presentation.

For more information, contact Jan Millsapps, chair of the search committee and professor of cinema, at ext. 8-2518.

The all-star comedy lineup includes Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Connie Stevens, Will Durst, Ronnie Schell, Paul Williams, Bob Sarlatte and the Andrew Speight Jazz Ensemble.

Tickets for the SFSU Athletic Scholarship Program benefit are $30, $45 and $60. Admission to a post-event reception on Feb. 20 is an additional $50 per person.

To order tickets or for more information, call Doug Hupke, assistant director in the Athletics Department, at ext. 5-0556 or ext. 8-2218.

OIP's new Curriculum Internationalization Grant program is designed to help faculty creatively develop ways to weave international content into classes not traditionally regarded as international, such as biology, accounting, chemistry and others.

For its continuing grant program -- Faculty International Development grants -- OIP welcomes proposals for projects that have the potential to enhance international education and promote international awareness at SFSU through research and scholarship, creative activities, foreign language and area studies, curricular innovation or promotion of international awareness and understanding.

For both grant opportunities, tenure track (non-FERP) SFSU faculty are eligible to apply. Applications may be picked up in the OIP office (ADM 450) or downloaded from the Faculty Section of the OIP Web site www.sfsu.edu/~oip/. The deadline for both is Monday, March 1.

For more information about these grant opportunities, contact either Yenbo Wu, OIP director, at ywu@sfsu.edu or Marilyn Jackson, OIP coordinator of international grants and protocol, at mjackson@sfsu.edu, or call the OIP office at ext 8-1293.

Discussions at the symposium will cover such topics as the proposed national energy bill, California energy law, protection of sacred sites and energy development. Participants also will explore supply and demand issues regarding conservation, electricity rebates and tribal gaming, state and federal incentive programs for renewable energy options, and the federal hydropower relicensing process, said Joanne Barker, assistant professor of American Indian Studies and organizer of the symposium.

Speakers and panelists appearing at the symposium will include leading experts on energy issues facing California's Indians and Indians in neighboring states. Keynote addresses will be given by Deron Marquez, tribal chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and an SFSU alumnus; Joe Shirley Jr., president of the Navajo Nation; and A. David Lester, executive director of the Council for Energy Resource Tribes.

For more information, call Barker at ext. 8-2013 or visit the symposium Web site at www.sfsu.edu/~cies/.

A unit located at 22 Vidal Drive, owned by SFSU and managed by Housing & Residential Services, is available exclusively to SFSU faculty, staff, and their family. The townhouse has more than 1,500 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, spacious living and dining rooms and semi-private patios.

For more information about the unit, contact Philippe Cumia, assistant director of housing and residential services for housing marketing and communication, at pcumia@sfsu.edu or ext 8-1067.

Photos and floor plans are available online at:
www.sfsu.edu/~housing/vidalapts.htm

The program is designed to increase the pool of qualified individuals to teach the diverse student body in the CSU by providing doctoral students with loans of up to $10,000 per year up to a total of $30,000.

The loans will be canceled or forgiven at a rate of 20 percent for each year of service -- after completion of the Ph.D. -- as a full-time instructional faculty member in the CSU.

In the event a student does not obtain a faculty position with the CSU, the repayment timeline and interest rate is comparable to other graduate student loans.

Harkness, who grew up in San Francisco, played football for the Gators, setting a record with a punt of 72 yards on the fly. He graduated from SF State in 1938 and served as a Navy officer in the South Pacific during World War II.

Harkness joined the faculty in 1947 and became a professor of physical education. He served as head coach of the track and field team, an assistant coach on the football team and assistant athletic director. Harkness later became dean of student activities in the 1960s and retired from the University in 1977.

Professor emeritus of mathematics Frank Sheehan said he remembers the dedication that Harkness displayed for SFSU. "He worked for the betterment of the University in every way he could," said Sheehan, who also worked with Harkness on a program to improve physical education programs in high schools.

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