Professional Activities

Recognition

The Procurement Department received the 10th annual “Achievement of Excellence in Procurement” award for 2005 from the National Purchasing Institute. The award recognizes organizations that demonstrate excellence in procurement through a variety of criteria including innovation, professionalism, e-procurement, productivity and leadership attributes of the procurement function.

Alice H. Choi, Criminal Justice, is the president of the board of directors of Asian Pacific Community Counseling, a non-profit community-based organization with a mission to promote mental health in Asian Pacific Islander communities through culturally and linguistically relevant outreach, prevention, education and counseling.

Scholarship

Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, Speech Pathology and Audiology, and colleagues presented several papers at the annual convention of the California Speech and Hearing Association in Santa Clara in April: “The Influence of Poverty and Maternal Education on Children’s Language,” “The Professor-student Connection: Expanding Beyond the Classroom,” “Increasing Written Language Skills in Children with Fine Motor Problems” and “A Survey of Ethnic Pashtuns from Afghanistan and Pakistan.” She and colleagues also presented “Implementing a Residency Program to Improve Nursing Retention” at the 16th International Nursing Research Congress in Kona, Hawaii in July.

Cherryl Smith, English, has published a book of poetry, After Being Somewhere Else, from Regent Press. She will read from her book at the Sacramento Poetry Center, at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10.

David J. Leon, The Serna Center and Ethnic Studies, delivered a presentation on the rising Latino population in California to McDonald's employees at the Northern California headquarters in San Ramon for Hispanic Heritage Month.

In the News

Ken DeBow, Government, was featured June 14 on KFBK radio discussing the governor and the upcoming special election.

Barbara O’Connor, Communications, was quoted in: a June 19 San Jose Mercury News article regarding Democratic candidates for governor; June 22 and June 23 San Francisco Chronicle articles regarding public support of the upcoming special election and initiatives; and a June 26 Sacramento Bee article regarding fabrications in print journalism and the lack of trust it produces for the media.

Tim Hodson, Center for California Studies, had an article published in the June 24 San Francisco Chronicle regarding redistricting reform in California.

Rob Wassmer, Public Policy and Administration, was quoted in June 21 San Francisco Chronicle and June 22 Fairfield Republic and Stockton Record articles discussing state worker salaries.

Sanjay Varshney, College of Business, was quoted in a June 20 Sacramento Bee article about the market cost of homes in the region and was profiled in a July 1 issue of the Sacramento Business Journal.

David Rolloff, Recreation and Leisure Studies, was featured in a June 24 Sacramento Bee article about how he integrates the American River into his daily life.

Rossitza Wooster, Economics, was quoted in a June 29 Sacramento Bee article regarding trade between the United States and China.

Nancy Shulock, Higher Education Leadership and Policy, was quoted in a June 21 Contra Costa Times article about fewer senior citizens attending community colleges due to a cutback in non-academic courses.

Ric Brown, Academic Affairs, was interviewed for a July 15 Sacramento Bee article about a new partnership with Sierra College that was developed to ensure an easier transition to Sacramento State.

Joseph Sheley, Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, was interviewed in a July 1 Sacramento Business Journal article regarding his work on the Sacramento State Placer Campus.