Date: 10/23/2006

Toni Campbell, chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Development, said the E3 Institute has agreed to provide 35 upper-division SJSU students with books and tuition for three years, which will cost a total of approximately $400,000. The E3 Institute works to strengthen and support early childhood professional development. It is funded by FIRST 5 Santa Clara County, which is in turn funded by a state tobacco sales tax. Read more about E3.

Harish Chakravarthy, SJSU's Web applications developer, will present the University Experts database at the Higher Education Web Professionals Conference this week in Rochester, New York. The database was launched in January 2006 to enable campus and external users???including the news media, prospective students, and companies seeking consulting assistance, research collaborations and partnerships???to connect with the university's rich pool of academic talent and professional expertise. The SJSU Research Foundation and a team of faculty, staff and administrators worked together to create the resource. View the database.

Debra David, director of SJSU's Center for Service Learning, said SJSU made the inaugural President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll released on October 17. "The extraordinary response to the president's honor roll is another sign that universities are embracing their civic mission in new and creative ways," said Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner. More than 1.1 million students from honor roll schools participated in local community service activities, and more than 219,000 students provided Hurricane Katrina relief, according to the corporation. Read more.

Katy Korsmeyer, program director for the Santa Clara County Biotechnology Education Partnership, was quoted in a story on school-to-work programs in the October issue of "Employment and Training Reporter." The partnership is sponsored in part by SJSU. The story focused on 11 Johnson & Johnson Bridge to Employment programs, including one involving the partnership, Milpitas schools and LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company in Milpitas producing devices for diabetes patients. Read more about the partnership.

Larry Gerston, political science professor, moderated a debate on KPIX-TV between Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez and Councilman Chuck Reed, candidates for San Jos?? mayor. The debate focused on housing, transportation and technology. View the debate.