Volume 54, Number 1   July 24, 2006         

Monteiro appointed dean of College of Ethnic Studies
Kenneth Monteiro has been appointed dean of the College of Ethnic Studies following a national search. He has served as acting dean of the college since 2004.

Monteiro joined the SF State psychology faculty in 1987 and served as the Psychology Department chair from 1994 to 1998 when he was appointed dean of human relations. In this position he integrated existing practices with new procedures to respond to and plan for campus and community diversity and equity issues. He has also served on the Provost's Academic Affairs and Student Affairs councils and on the Vice President for Student Affairs cabinet.

"In his nearly two decades on campus, Ken Monteiro has won the respect of all and the friendship of many," said President Robert A. Corrigan. "He has repeatedly demonstrated both academic and moral leadership. He has the stature, the skills and the intellectual heft to help lead the College of Ethnic Studies to even greater fulfillment of its important mission."

Monteiro, who received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, previously taught at Rutgers University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Araki joined the SF State biology faculty in 1962. He was chair of the Cell and Molecular Biology Department and the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Science. In 1976 he founded SF State's Holistic Health Program. Araki was also part of a student-faculty group that developed the first Japanese American studies curriculum in the United States. He retired from SF State in 1999.

During World War II the Oakland native and his family were among those of Japanese ancestry who were removed from their home and confined to a wartime internment camp.

Araki, who received his doctorate in biological sciences at Stanford University, helped found the Center for Japanese American Studies and was involved in the discovery and identification of the poetry carved in the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station, now a National Historic Landmark.

A San Rafael resident, Araki is survived by his wife Camilla Jewel, ex-wife Nancy Araki, three children and two grandchildren.

A memorial service will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

RIMI plans to award three fellowships each year for the next four years. Applications are available on the RIMI Web site: http://rimi2.sfsu.edu/fellows/appl.html

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This month's Newsmakers include Linda Ellis, professor and director of museum studies, on the Barbarians of the ancient Roman empire; Michael Goldman, professor and chair of biology, on lay persons obtaining DNA testing results online; Mary Leech, assistant professor of geology, on field research near Kashmir; and an Oakland Tribune story on the Summer Bridge program.

Read the Newsmakers: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/summer06/july24news.htm

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