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March 2006Alumni Association News1. SJSU ANNOUNCES 2006 HOMECOMING
2. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HOMECOMING PERCEPTION SURVEY As we continue to plan activities for our 2006 Homecoming celebration, we need to hear from you! We hope you will take a few minutes to provide valuable feedback as it relates to events for the weekend. Help us plan events that are reflective of your interests.
3. WE'RE LOOKING FOR HISTORICAL SJSU ITEMS!
Events and Programs4. SACRAMENTO AREA EVENT
5. SANTA CRUZ CHAPTER VISITS ANNIEGLASS
When: Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 6. ALUMNI SPONSORED GRAD-A-PALOOZA
When: Tuesday, April 4, 2006 & Wednesday, April 5, 2006
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SJSU has announced Saturday, October 14, 2006 as the official Spartan Homecoming.
Mark your calendars now for a fun filled weekend. With over 18,000 Spartans
attending Homecoming related events last year, we hope to continue this tradition
with even more alumni & friends returning to campus this year.
As part of the upcoming Sesquicentennial (150th) Celebration of San José
State University, to begin in January 2007, an exhibit in Martin Luther King,
Jr. Library is being planned. We are looking for artifacts, instruments, club
memorabilia, books, documents and photographs illustrating San José State
University's history and heritage. Please do not send anything. If you have
or know of anything you think might be appropriate for this display, please
let us know by sending a short description of the item, its location and, if
possible, a photograph to Professor Jonathan Roth at 
The CSU System will be hosting an event in Sacramento geared toward showing
your pride in the CSU and San José State. There will be hosted appetizers
and a no-host bar.
Join us for a tour of Annieglass in Santa Cruz and on optional no-host lunch
immediately following in Watsonville. 
A celebration for graduating seniors sponsored by the SJSU Alumni Association
and Spartan Bookstore. This event is open to all graduating seniors for cap
and gown pick up, alumni memberships, games, food, music and prizes. 
The 12th annual "Hit & Giggle" golf event will be put on by
the Santa Clara Valley Area Chapter of SJSU Alumni. As the name implies, you
don't have to be serious about golf to participate. The cost is $95.00
per player. The event takes place at the Santa Clara Golf and Tennis Club in
Santa Clara. The format is a "Scramble." There is no individual
scoring but there are prizes for team scores! This is a major fundraising event
for our Chapter and the proceeds go to support the Larry Wilson Scholarship
Fund for SJSU students.
Broos Campbell, ‘94 Creative Arts, currently based in Los Angeles, will
publish his first novel in April. The first in a three-part age-of-sail series
about a young American midshipman in the early days of the U.S. Navy, critics
have called the novel “refreshingly cynical.” 
Leonard Hoops, '87 Journalism, vice president and chief marketing officer
of the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau, was named one of the "25
most extraordinary sales and marketing minds in hospitality and travel"
by Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International. 
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The summer/fall 2006 book, The Kite Runner, tells a captivating story
relevant to today's world events. The story takes place in Afghanistan,
Pakistan and the Bay Area. San José State University is mentioned twice
in the story and the main character (narrator) attends SJSU. In 1980, when the
author was of high school age, he and his family left Afghanistan and obtained
political asylum in the U.S. Dr. Hosseini, an internist, lives and practices
in the Silicon Valley. He will be on campus in March 2007.
San José State University reports a significant improvement in its Academic
Progress Rate score, which was released recently by the National Collegiate
Athletic Association, announced Tom Bowen, director of athletics. The 901 overall
score for 2004-05 is a 27-point year-over-year increase. In addition, women's
golf and gymnastics received perfect scores of 1,000; 11 out of 16 sports exceeded
the NCAA benchmark standard score of 925; and nine programs improved their scores
year-over-year. According to Bowen, this announcement demonstrates that SJSU
is committed to recruiting student athletes poised to succeed academically and
athletically. The APR score is designed to measure the academic eligibility,
retention and graduation of an institution's student athletes and its teams.
CollegeFootballNews.com, a nationally-known web site that specializes in NCAA
Division I-A football coverage, rates San José State University's 2006 recruiting
class tops in the Western Athletic Conference. The website cited the Spartans
for signing "very, very talented JUCO players" and a group of high school
seniors who "represent a solid class and a bright future for San José State
football." 
The San José State women's water polo team defeated the Long Beach State 49ers
9-5 Saturday afternoon at the Aquatics Center. After going to triple overtime
in their defeat of the 49ers last weekend at the Gaucho Invitational, the Spartans
outscored Long Beach State 4-1 in the fourth quarter to close out the game,
with goals in the final seven minutes coming from senior Katie Morgan at 6:15,
junior Angela Riddle at 3:04, junior Beth Harberts at 2:37 and junior Rachel
Rhodes at 1:34. Sophomore goalkeeper Kendra Adama played the first half for
the Spartans and recorded one save, with senior Krissy Hansell going into the
net in the second half and recording five saves. 
The San José State women's gymnastics team scored a 192.825 to
finish second to host Nebraska’s 195.250 Sunday afternoon at the Master's
Classic. Spartan Renae Moneymaker scored a 38.450 to finish second in the all-around.
Moneymaker was one of four Spartans to place in the top-five on the day. She
scored a 9.675 on vault, 9.650 on bars, 9.625 on floor and a 9.500 on beam.
Raylyn Cardeno scored a 9.800 on vault to tie for third place. Kelsey Spellacy,
in just her second meet back from a preseason injury, scored a 9.750 on bars
to tie for fifth place. Adriane Mertens was the team's top performer on
beam with a 9.800 to tie for third place. 
San José State University spring football practice begins March 17 and
concludes April 22. For the first weekend, the March 17 practice is scheduled
to begin at 2:00 p.m., while the March 18 practice has a 10:00 a.m. start time.
Tentatively, the March 19 practice will start at 2:00 p.m. On Saturday, April
15, the team's annual "Spring Game" will be the culmination of the
"Spartan Sports Spectacular" at Spartan Stadium. Three practices are
scheduled for the week of April 17. 
