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Several State Hornet reporters received awards April 28 during the California College Media Association banquet at Hearst Castle. Winners were Armando Botello II, second place, sports page design; Josh Terrell, second place, sports story; Matt Swanson, third place, sports photograph; Nika Megino, second place news page design and honorable mention, feature story; Richard Coppa, second place, illustration; Jenna Hughes, second place, editorial, Megan Chuchmach, second place, news series; and Mike Azar, first place, cartoon.

Sculptures by Sacramento State art students are featured in “Labors of Love” at the Barton Art Gallery, 1723 I Street, Sacramento. The exhibition commemorates the memory of local artist and gallery owner Gregory Barton, in whose name a scholarship has been established.

Joshua Wagner, a member of the Sacramento State American Society of Civil Engineers, student chapter, won first place in the engineering ethics paper competition of the MidPac Conference. Wagner’s paper was titled “Ethical Duty with Respect to Eminent Domain.” Six universities took part in the competition, held April 28 in Santa Clara.

Kayla Meeks was named the Pacific Coast Softball Conference Pitcher of the Week after leading the Hornets to a 3-1 series win over Saint Mary’s May 5 - 6. The sophomore right-hander has been singled out as the best pitcher or player in the conference three weeks in a row. Other consecutive weekly award winners this year are infielder Whitney Loomis and catcher Jamie Schloredt.

Scholarship

Mary Mackey, English, has had her novel, The Notorious Mrs. Winston, published by Putnam/Berkley Books. The novel is about a woman who disguises herself as a male soldier to fight in the Civil War. Mackey will read from her novel at Cody’s Books on Fourth Street in Berkeley at 7 p.m., Monday, May 14.

Mark Emerson, Art, was profiled in the May issue of N Magazine, a monthly magazine celebrating Natomas. One of his paintings was featured on the cover.

Janet Hecsh and Pia Wong, Education, organized the first annual Teachers’ Network Leadership Institute Policy Briefing April 20 at the Capitol. Nine teacher researchers presented the action research conducted by more than 30 teachers in Sacramento and San Francisco, addressing a crowd of more than 20 policy makers from the region. The research provides recommendations on instructional strategies for low income students, English learners and high school students.

Tom Custer, Environmental Health and Safety, spoke at the County Safety Officers Organization of California Safety Conference in Morro Bay. His presentation was on “Non-Ionizing Radiofrequency Radiation.” The organization was founded in 1959 to protect county government workers from industrial injury and protect the general public from liability exposures.

Gerald Walburg, Art, (professor emeritus) is one of two artists featured in a show at the Center for Contemporary Art. The gallery is located at 1519 19th Street in Sacramento and the show runs through June 24. Walburg also has an exhibition at the Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery at San Jose State University that runs through May 18.

Jeff Lustig, Government, chaired the “Crisis of the California Commons” conference of the California Studies Association in Berkeley, April 27-29. He also presented a paper, “Privatization and the Coming Enclosure of the Knowledge Commons.”

Cathy Gabor, English, and Greg Kim-Ju, Psychology, have been selected as Faculty Fellows for the California Campus Compact – Carnegie Foundation Faculty Fellows: Service-Learning for Political Engagement Program. The program is funded in part by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and Serve America. Only 25 faculty members from universities across the state have been chosen for the honor.

Ian Harvey, Art, has a 15-year retrospective of his paintings at the Jay Jay Gallery running through June 23.

Jana Noel, Teacher Education, will have second editions of two textbooks published in the fall of 2007. Classic Edition Sources: Multicultural Education is published by McGraw-Hill. Developing Multicultural Educators is published by Waveland Press.

Jennifer Piatt and Lisa Jorgensen, Recreation and Leisure Studies, received their doctoral degrees May 3 from the University of Utah after successfully defending their dissertations earlier this year. Piatt is the therapeutic recreation coordinator for the department at Sacramento State and Jorgensen’s area of interest is community recreation.

Ken Morton, Recreation and Leisure Studies, received the Howard Moody Award at the annual National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association conference last month. The award recognizes professional members who have contributed to student development through encouragement, support and performance.

Robert Ortbal, Art, is included in an exhibit, “Commons,” at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability at the Presidio in San Francisco. The exhibit runs through June 8.

Joseph A. Palermo, History, had his Huffington Post blog “Open Letter to George Tenet” read in its entirety by KGO radio host Bernie Ward.