News Digest

Dean candidate forums
Academic Affairs will be interviewing candidates for the position of Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science this week. Members of the College and the campus community are invited to meet with the candidates on the dates indicated below:

• 4 – 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, University Union Delta Suite: Emir José Macari, Dean and Professor of Engineering and Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville
• 3:30 – 4:20 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, University Union Delta Suite: ShyShenq Liou, Director, School of Engineering, San Francisco State University
• 10 – 10:50 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, University Union Foothill Suite: Uei-Jiun (U.J.) Fan, Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Professor, Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• 2 – 2:50 p.m., Tuesday, April 11, University Union California Suite: Ramzi J. Mahmood, Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Sacramento State
• 2 – 2:50 p.m., Thursday, April 13, University Union Forest Suite: S. K. Ramesh, Professor and Chair, Electrical and Electronic, Engineering, Sacramento State
• 9 – 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, April 18, University Union Delta Suite: Helen Boussalis, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, CSU Los Angeles
  

Vitae may be reviewed in the Office of Academic Affairs, Sacramento Hall 230. Any written comments should be sent to Provost Ric Brown at ricb@csus.edu no later than Wednesday, April 19.

Sacramento superintendent to speak
Sacramento Unified School District Superintendent Maggie Carrillo Mejia will be the next speaker in the Breakfast Club Speakers Series, hosted by the Sacramento State Alumni Association. Mejia will speak on “Positive Changes in Our City Schools" at 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 8 in the Alumni Center on campus.

The series, which includes breakfast, features a range of guests speaking on hot topics in the Sacramento Region in a low-key, off-the-record format that allows audience interaction.

The event is free to Alumni Association members and $15 for non-members. Seating is limited. For reservations or additional information, contact the Alumni Association at (916) 278-6295.

Workplace safety workshop
Public Safety will host a free workshop on violence in the workplace from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursday, March 16 in the Hinde Auditorium.

For more information call the University Police department at 278-6851.