Two School of Nursing students, Diana Paulson and Fran Castello, received scholarship awards from the South Bay Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
The students accepted their monetary award awards in mid-November at the SBAACN conference held at Valley Medical Center. The scholarship is awarded annually to two nursing students (in the Bay area) who are interested in pursuing careers in critical care.
Department of Justice Studies students in JS 103, Courts and Society, participate in the Record Clearance Project (RCP) in collaboration with the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s office. Students interview clients, help document their files and draft declarations to explain how the clients’ lives have changed since their convictions. On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, students will attend court to see Judge Shawna Schwarz consider the petitions to have convictions dismissed from records. Following the session, each of the court officers will talk briefly about and answer questions. In addition to Judge Schwarz, Deputy District Attorney Katarina Wells (SJSU ’86), Deputy Public Defender Neha Nagrath, Adult Probation Officer Jill Ornellas, Head of Court Operations Linda Vallejos and Court Manager Terri Cain are volunteering their time for the session and will be available for questions. This program won a university Community Engagement award for collaboration after its first semester in 2008. A story in the Spartan Daily regarding the project appears at: http://www.thespartandaily.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=1c8f81f4-a138-4b93-ad44-e77db6b1a38f
On Thursday October 29, approximately 300 people attended the rededication of the Timpany Center, a warm water pool and spa, gymnasium, classroom, and research area now being operated for Santa Clara County by the Department of Kinesiology and other departments/schools within the College of Applied Sciences and Arts at San Jose State University. Originally opened and dedicated in the fall of 1979, this not-for-profit facility was a step ahead of the Americans with Disabilities Act in being completely accessible even including a ramp entry into the pool and spa. Attendees included Joan Timpany, the daughter of former County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. C. Russell Timpany, County Supervisor Ken Yeager, and Dr. Charles Bullock, Dean of the College. Resolutions were received from Chuck Reed, Mayor of the City of San Jose, and Congressman Mike Honda.
Jon Iwata, a 1984 SJSU graduate in Public Relations, was inducted into the Arthur W. Page Society Hall of Fame in Chicago earlier this Fall. Iwata is currently the Senior Vice President for Communications and Marketing for IBM. He is the youngest person ever to be so honored by this prestigious society.
Dr. Dennis Wilcox of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications was awarded an honorary doctorate in September for contributions made to the global advancement of public relations. According to Wilcox, the presentation marked the publication of his textbook, Public Relations Strategies and Tactics. While in Bucharest to receive this honor, Wilcox also made the keynote presentation at the annual meeting of the European Public Relations Education and Research Association.
Sayaka Uchida, Bradley Bussolini, Thura Lin, Derek Lam, and Zach Yambrach teamed up to capture third place in the Annual Student Design Challenge sponsored by the Paperboard Packaging Alliance. The Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging students were advised by Dr. Fritz Yambrach.
Ken Haycock, Director, School of library and Information Science has been informed that he will receive the 2010 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Library and Information Science Education from the (North American) Association for Library and Information Science Education. The award will be presented at the Association’s annual conference in Boston in January.
The Northern California Radio and TV News Directors’ Association is honoring Vic Lee (reporter, KGO) and Ross McGowan (morning anchor, KTVU) for “Lifetime Achievement in the Television Industry.” Both Lee and McGowan are graduates of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications here at San Jose State University.
Dr. Dan Perales, Professor in the Department of Health Science was elected President of the Society for Public Health Education. He will begin his stint in November of 2010 at the Annual SOPHE Conference in Denver. SOPHE promotes healthy behaviors, healthy communities, and healthy environments through its local chapters and partnerships with other organizations.
Lieutenant Colonel Rick Moxley, of the SJSU Aerospace Studies Program has been notified that the SJSU Air Force ROTC unit has been name the #1 Air Force ROTC detachment in the entire southwest region comprising about 50 institutions. The top four regional programs from across the country will now compete to determine the top detachment in the nation.
Director, Dr. Ken Haycock, reports that SLIS recently received notification of its selection to receive three quarters of a million dollars for their project entitled, "Preparing Librarians to Serve Diverse Communities Along our Nation's Borders." As a part of this project, the Serra Cooperative Library System, serving 14 public library systems in two highly diverse and multicultural counties in Southern California, will recruit and provide scholarships for 20 people to pursue a Master's of Library Science through CASA's School of Library and Information Science. Grant funds will also support professional development opportunities for these scholarship recipients as well as other working in the cooperative member libraries.
Dr. Jim Schmidt of the School of library and Information Science is commended for his “long and distinguished career as an educator and mentor as well as blending his talents as an outstanding educator with the skills of a fine teacher, his research collaborations, active role in professional organizations, commitment to scholarship, the university community, the academic library world and the American Library Association (ALA).” For these contributions, Dr. Schmidt will be presented the ALA’s Beta Phi Mu Award on July 14, 2009 at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Beta Phi Mu is the international honor society of the ALA for library and information science.
John Shrader, faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, recently received an Emmy Award for his work as the pre- and post-game host and sideline reporter for the San Jose Sharks game on April 22, 2008 versus the Calgary Flames. John’s award was in the category of Sporting Event/Game – Live/Unedited – Program/Special.
CASA recently solicited proposals for up to $25,000 per applicant for "pilot" or "seed" money for faculty research projects. Sixteen proposals were submitted; six were funded. Recipients included Dr. Sang Lee, School of Social Work (Exploring the interface of culture, social factors, health literacy, and health promotion among older Chinese, Vietnamese, and Asian immigrants with limited English proficiency); Dr. Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Department of Hospitality, Recreation, and Tourism Management, and Dr. Soma Sen, School of Social Work (Social justice and child sex tourism in India); Dr. Kathy Lemon Osterling and Dr. Meekyung Han, School of Social Work (Acculturation, parenting, and child well-being among Mexican immigrant and Vietnamese immigrant families); Dr. Mark Correia and Dr. Bill Armaline, Department of Justice Studies (Understanding social processes in the development of procedural justice and legitimacy of authority among diverse groups of peoples); Dr. Colleen O’Leary-Kelley, School of Nursing (Bridging the clinical skills gap in nursing); and Dr. Vivian Wong, School of Nursing (Efficacy of patient repositioning on pressure ulcers).
CASA's School of Library and Information Science was nationally ranked #22 this year by U.S. News and World Report. According to School Director, Dr. Ken Haycock, SLIS was ranked among the top three programs without doctoral programs. In addition, SLIS's special program educating "teacher-librarians" for the K-12 sector was ranked #4 in the country while the School retained its #1 ranking in the area of e-learning service provider in the discipline.
CASA’s Outstanding Lecturer for 2008-2009 is Carol Sullivan of the Department of Kinesiology. Debbie Hansen of the School of Library and Information Sciences was selected as the 08-09 Outstanding Professor for the College. Diana Stover of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications was selected as the Outstanding Service Award recipient, and Sadhna Diwan of the School of Social Work is the 08-09 Outstanding Scholar for the College of Applied Sciences and Arts.
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