Professional Activities

Student Spotlight

Samantha Hilber, Biological Sciences student, was presented the ACWA 2005 Clair A. Hill Water Agency Award for Excellence during a Nov. 14 ceremony at the Association for California Water Agencies, Carmichael Water District's office.

Recognition

Ronald Richardson has been appointed Associate Vice President for Facilities Services. The appointment was effective Dec. 5. Richardson had served in the position as interim associate vice president for facilities management since October 2004. He has held several positions on campus, beginning as a facility planner in 1986. He became the manager of facilities planning in 1991, director of facilities planning, design and Development in 2001, and to interim associate vice president in 2004. Richardson holds a bachelor's degree in industrial arts with a minor in economics from CSU Chico.

Alfredo Orozco, University Transportation and Parking Services, was awarded an “Oscar” by the Sacramento Transportation Management Association at their annual meeting in December. The award was in recognition of Orozco's meritorious efforts to encourage the campus community to use alternate forms of transportation through the University's Commute Choices Campaign.

Cyndra Krogen, Health Education, received the third annual Henry W. DeJong Award from the BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network. The award is presented to a college health professional for “vision and leadership in college tobacco control.”

Scholarship

Robert G. Mogull, Business Statistics Emeritus, had a letter titled “Measures of Poverty” published in the Sacramento Bee on Sept. 15. His study titled “Hispanic-American Poverty” was published in the summer 2005 issue of the Journal of Applied Business Research. And his study “State Level Poverty: The Case of New York” was published in the fall 2005 issue of the Journal of Applied Business Research. He also had several studies accepted for publication: the “Standard Error of the Mean: A Better Presentation” by The Mathematics Teacher; “Metropolitan Poverty: The Case of Chicago” by the Journal of Socio-Economics, and “Urban Impact on Statewide Statistics: An Example from New York Poverty” by the Journal of Business and Economic Studies.

Arthur Williamson, History, had his co-edited book Shaping the Stuart World, 1603-1714: The Atlantic Connection published. Williamson's essay in the volume has the title, "Education, Culture, and the Scottish Civic Tradition."

Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, Speech Pathology and Audiology, presented “Nonbiased Assessment Strategies for Use with Bilingual Children with Language Disorders” to the Vancouver School District in November. She presented “Service Delivery to Language-impaired Children from Low-income Backgrounds: Assessment and Intervention Considerations” to the College of Public Service at Saint Louis University in St. Louis in October. She presented “Nonbiased Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children” and “Intervention Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children” to Albuquerque Public Schools in Albuquerque in September.

In the News

Lindy Valdez, Kinesiology and Health Science, was quoted in the Jan. 22 Sacramento Bee in an article entitled "Game's On" about the new sport of speedminton. Valdez was also quoted in the Nov. 22 Sacramento Bee on the results of the statewide physical fitness tests for public school students.

Robert G. Mogull, Business Statistics Emeritus, was quoted in stories that ran on KFBK radio, in the Sacramento Bee and Dan Walters' column in the Bee, and in the Stockton Record and the Natomas Journal, and was interviewed by the Planning Commission for the City of Long Beach, on his studies on estimates and projections of poverty.

Joseph Palermo, History, wrote a guest column in the Nov. 18 San Jose Mercury News titled, "What would Robert Kennedy say about 2005?" which compared the state of the union during the Vietnam War to the current war in Iraq.

Joe Ramos, Intercollegiate Athletics, was quoted in the Nov. 20 Sacramento Bee on how to avoid injuries while exercising outdoors on cold winter days.

Alexandre Kimenyi, Linguistics, had his research on clichés featured in the Nov. 2 West Sacramento Press and in the Nov. 6 Dixon Tribune.

Chevelle Newsome, Graduate Studies, was featured in the Oct. 27 Sacramento Observer for her new role as Special Assistant to the President.

Matthew Altier, University Enterprises, was quoted in the Oct. 30 Santa Cruz Sentinel on the university's relationship with the surrounding city.

Ayad al-Qazzaz, Sociology, was quoted in the Oct. 28 San Francisco Jewish News Weekly about a controversy involving the religious content in San Francisco public school textbooks.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, was quoted in: the Nov. 7 Sacramento Bee on opportunities for potential political candidates to receive publicity while supporting or opposing propositions during the Special Election; in the Nov. 13 Sacramento Bee on voters perception of Propositions 76 and 77; the Oct 8 Fairfield Daily Republic comparing Gov. Schwarzenegger to former California politicians Hiram Johnson and Denis Kearney; the Nov. 21 Oakland Tribune on litigation in politics; the Nov 13 San Francisco Sunday Chronicle on low turnout among Republicans in California's special election; the Nov. 5 Alameda Times Star and the Nov. 5 Hayward Daily Review on the chances of Gov. Schwarzenegger's four special election ballot measures succeeding at the polls; the Nov. 9 Santa Ana Orange County Register on what lies ahead for Gov. Schwarzenegger after the special election; the Nov. 5 Woodland Hills Daily News about his predictions for the special election.