Professional Activities

Recognition

JoAnn Aguirre has been named assistant vice president for student academic success and educational equity. She was previously associate director for academic outreach in the Student Academic Support Division of the CSU Chancellor’s Office. Before that she was the director of the CSU’s California Predoctoral Program. She will begin on Nov. 1.

Rosemary Papa, Center for Teaching and Learning, has been named director for professional education doctorates. She will oversee planning for the University’s independent doctorate in education as well as continuing to direct the existing Joint Doctoral Program in education with Sonoma State and UC Davis.

Scholarship

Dave Zuckerman, Communication Studies, reviewed papers from the International and Intercultural Communication Division and from the Mass Communication Division for the 2006 Convention of the Western States Communication Association.

Leon Wiebers, Theatre and Dance, designed costumes for the productions of Grease and West Side Story for California Music Circus. The Sacramento Bee review of West Side described the production as "...a '50s technicolor dream enhanced by...Leon Wiebers' vibrant costumes."

Dan Melzer, University Reading and Writing Coordinator, gave the talk "Methods and Models for Building a Writing Across the Curriculum Program," and a workshop, "Creating Effective Writing Assignments in Any Discipline," at James Madison University on Oct. 6 and 7.

Ian Harvey, Art, will exhibit his work "Improvisations in Freefall: Works on Paper, 1997-2002" at Bibi Space in Daejeon, South Korea from Oct. 20 to Nov. 11.

Bill Owen, Communication Studies, was the moderator and a contributor at a poetry reading given at the Gekkeikan Sake Factory on Oct. 8 as part of the City of Folsom's Annual Arts and Humanities Month activities. This was the fifth year for the reading.