CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Position vacancies Below are all the new previously

unadvertised employment openings at the university You may access full inshyformation about these and other previshyously advertised positions at www cal polyedu (scroll down and select employment opportunities under the FacultyStaff Services heading)

STATE For a complete listing of employment opportunities for state staff and manageshyment positions you can

bull Check the Human Resources and Employment Equity Web site at wwwcalpoly edu under Employment Opportunities

bull Come to the HREE office Adm 110 and view the posted positions

bull Call the HREE Job Line at ext 6-1533 For a listing of new openings check The

Tribunes Sunday edition If you have questions please call HREE

at ext 6-2237

Centennial Celebration Coordinator (Public Affairs Assistant II) University Advancement Division Public Affairs $2961-3560 temporary to 6 1102 Internal recruitment only on-campus candidates may apply Closing date May 17 D

bull bull bull Gonzalez Continued from page 1 development of campus residential and sports complex facilities

Juan has served Cal Poly shyespecially our students - extraordishynarily well said Provos t Paul Zingg He has brought both clear vision and enormous energy to Student Affairs and strengthened the record of our university as a caring intellectual community that is first and foremost focused on student learning

We are a better place because of Juans years at the helm of Stushydent Affairs And although I and so many others will miss him as a colshyleague and friend we will always be reminded of him through the lasting contributions to Cal Poly of his leadership Zingg said

Baker and Zingg wi ll consult with Gonzalez the Student Affairs divishysion and student leadership during the next several weeks regarding issues surrounding interim leadersh ip and transitional planning for the Stushydent Affairs division D

bullbullbull DATELIE Continued ji-om page I

Tuesday nay 16 Music Darrell Voss BackStage Pi zza noon Speaker Noriko lshiyama (Rutgers University) The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States Air Conditioning Bldg 203 noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus bull Stage Show Also May 17-18 Harman Hall 7 pm ($)

Wednesday nay 17 Music Ragg BackStage Pizza noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Also May I 8 Harman Hall 7 pm($) Hypnotist-Speaker Bruce McDonald Chumash 7 pm ($)

Thursday nay 18 Physics Colloquium Steve Vincena (UCLA) The Alfven Wave From the So lar Corona to the Earths Aurora to Laboratory Plasmas Science E-45 11 am Books at High Noon Bob Wolf (Math) The Case Against the Global Economy (and for a Tum Toward the Local) by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmsith Veranda Cafe noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Harman Hall 7 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 19-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 19 Speaker Quintard Taylor (University of Washington) Arrican-Americans in Search of the Racial Frontier in California and Pacific Slope Chumash 11 am Music Dogwood Moon BackStage Pizza noon Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium 5 pm($) Music Jonathan Barker (student) guitar recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm Play Theatre and Dance Department s spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 20 Baseba ll UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($) Music Brahams Requiem Cal Poly choirs and Cuesta Master Chorale Harman Hall 8 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production A ll My Sons

by Arthur Miller Ca l Poly Theatre 8 pm($)

Sunday nay 21 Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($)

Tuesday nay 23 Music David Harris BackStage Pizza noon

Wednesday nay 24 Music Guitar ensemble recital Philips Hall PAC 7 pm

Thursday nay 25 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am What Else We Do Kevin Clark (Engli sh) Building Rooms of Their Own Fisher Science 287 I I am Music Matt Paves trumpet minor recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm

nonday nay 29 Holiday Memorial Day Campus closed except for emergency services

Tuesday nay 30 Music Wind Quintet recital Davidson Music Center 218 7 pm

Wednesday nay 31 Music Travis Larson BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday June 1 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am

Friday June 2 Last day of classes

Saturday June 3 Music Wind Orchestra Spring Concert Harman Hall 8 pm ($)

Sunday June 4 Music Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert Theatre 3 pm ($)

nonday June 5 Final exam period Through Friday June 9

Saturday June 10 Commencement Colleges of Agriculshyture Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics plus UCTE and Statewide Nursing Program 9 am colleges of Architecture and Envi ronmental Design Business and Engineering 2 pm Mustang Stadium

Sunday June 11 Quarter Break Through Sunday June I 8

nonday June 19 Summer quarter classes begin 0

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Retired Faculty and Staff Club members (from lefl) Jim Murphy Warren Anderson James Lau club past-President Starr Jenkins club President Gene Starkey and Vice President Erland Detloff

Retired Faculty and Staff Club establishes endowment

DATELIE ($) - Admission chmged

Exhibits University Art Gallery (Dexter Building) Large figurative works by Ruth Weisberg and Patty Wickman through June 4 Monday-Friday 1I am -4 pm and Wednesday 7-9 pm

Wednesday nay 10 Music Ann ie Rapid BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday nay 11 Physics Colloquium Bennetta Schmidt (Physics) Granites and Volcanoes Science E-45 II am Mathematics Colloquium Art Benjamin (Harvey Mudd College) The Best Way to Knock em Down Math and Science Building 225 I I I 0 am Books at High Noon Michael Orth (English) River Horse A Voyage Across America by William Least Heat-Moon Veranda Cafe noon Fiction Reading AI Landwehr (English) Club 22 I UU 7 pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Mill er Also May 12-13 and I 8-20 Ca l Po ly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 12 Philosophy at Poly K Srinivas (University of Oregon and Pondicherry University India) The Need for a Comparative Philosophy UU 220 310pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 13 and 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 13 Music Jazz Night Harman Hall 8 pm($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Continued on page 6

Retired faculty and staff members are invited to contribute to the newly estabshylished Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit Scholarship Endowment

Just two weeks after announcing the scholarship endowment more than $3000 has been raised said Gene Starkey president of the Retired Faculty and Staff Club

Vice President Gonzalez to take job at Georgetown

Anyone interested may donate Checks payable to the Cal Poly Foundation with a note earmarking them for the Centennial Merit Scholarshyship Endowment may be sent to David Thomson Treasurer Retired Facshyulty and Staff Club 1335 Foothill Blvd San Luis Obispo CA 93405

Juan Gonzalez who has served as Cal Polys vice president for Student Affairs since 1994 has announced he w ill leave in July for the same position at Georgetown University in Washington DC

As head of Student Affairs Gonzalez has played a key role in helping to deshyvelop university policy He has a lso been responsible for overseeing all aspects of Cal Polys student services program which includes Student Academic Sershyvices Student Life and Activities Health and Psychological Services Residential Life and Education Campus Student Reshylations and Judicial Affairs and Career Services He also served as the university li aison to the Associated Students Inc with overs ight responsibilities to the AS I Executi ve Office

Dr Gonza lez has done an outstanding job and contributed s ignificantly to the development of the university said President Baker He has been an extraordinary vice president for Cal Poly and I am confident he will be a wonderful addition to Georgetown one of the nations great universities Whi le we regret losing him we wish him well as he goes off to pursue this s ignificant opportunity

During his tenure at Cal Poly Gonzalez won praise as an effective key member of the senior administrative team He also has been recognized for placing an emphasis on co ll aboration pioneering the universitys first-year initi ative for freshshymen and spearheading plans for the

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CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Vista Grande to serve others Day brunch

Vista Grande Restaurant will serve a special brunch for Mothers Day - this Sunday - from 9 am to 2 pm including ham turkey prime rib and an omelette bar

The cost is $1395 for adults and $695 for children Call ext 6-1204 for reservations 0

History prof to talk on Racial frontier

Former Cal Poly History Professor Quintard Taylor will speak on the subject of African-Americans in search of the racial frontier in California and on the Pacific slope at 11 am May 19 in Chumash Auditorium

His talk wi ll develop the concept of a racial frontier and explain its relevance in the area along the Pacific

Taylor a professor of American history at the University of Washington is anashytionally recognized award-winning scholar whose book-length study of the racial frontier was nominated for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in history

He has published two other books and co-authored a fourth that deal with various aspects of the interaction of AfricanshyAmericans with broad trends and general developments in the trans-Mississippi West

Taylor taught at Cal Poly from 1977 through 1990 during which time he was the founding facu lty advisor to Alpha Phi Alshypha a fraterllity for men of African descent

Taylors appearance is sponsored by the History Department Multi-Cultural Center and Ethnic Studies Department

For more information call the History Department at ext 6-2543 0

CPR schedule The Cal Poly Report is published every

Wednesday during the academic year Artic les are due to Public Affairs by

10 a m Wednesday for the following weeks edition

Items can bee-mailed to poly news poly mail (add calpolyedu if needed) faxed to 6-6533 or mailed to Public Affairs Heron Hall

For more information call ext 6-151 1 0

The Bellson beat Louie Belson whom Duke Ellington called the worlds greatest drummer will p e1jorm with the University Jazz Band 1 at 8 pm Saturday in the Pe1jorming Arts Center as part of Jazz Night For tickets call the Pe1jorming Arts Center Ticket Office at ext 6-2 787 He will also give a free jazz clinic at I pm that day in Room 216 in the Davidson Music Cente1

Campus community can aid Special Olympics

Faculty and staff members are invited to participate in Tip a Cop a fund-raiser dinner event for Special Olympics set for Tuesday (May 16) at the San Luis Obispo Vets Hall on Grand Avenue

University Police Chief Tony Aeilts and Sergeant Lori Hashim are among several officers from local law enforceshyment agencies who will be serving as wait staff at the dinners sched uled at 5 6 7 and 8 pm

McLintocks wi ll provide the food and all tips co llected will be donated to the Special Olympics

Entree choices include steak halibut chicken or ribs for prices ranging from $11 to $14 A chi ldrens meal is also ofshyfered for $5

To make reservations call Hashim at ext 6-6656

Tip a Cop is sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Police Department 0

Career Symposium 2000 The Landscape Architecture Departshy

ment Career Services and the student chapter of the American Society of Landshyscape Architects and the Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society are sponsoring a Career Symposium on Thursday and Friday (May 11-12)

Representatives from various Califorshynia-based private and public agencies are expected to attend and meet with students to discuss the possibilities of full-time employment and summer internships

Workshops on how students should prepare for the interview process will also be part of the symposium Students design work and other projects will be displayed

For more information call the Landshyscape Architecture Department at ext 6-1319 or e-mail Professor Gerald Smith at gsmithcalpoly edu 0

Kennedy Library to host Education for WineSense

The campus community is invited to learn more about the Centra l Coasts Women for WineSense program at a speshycial fund-raising event 6-8 pm Saturday (May 13) in the Kennedy Library atrium

The event tit led Education for WineSense is a collaboration between the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense and the Kennedy Library to develop a wine information collection to support the wine studies and wine marketing programs offered by the Colshylege of Agricufture

The co llection is also intended to serve as an educational tool for the wine industry and related businesses on the Centra l Coast

The event will include a si lent auction to raise funds for mate ria ls for the Ed ucation for WineSense co llect ion demonstrations of the Education for WineSense Web site and librarianshyguided virtual tours of the Web site ( wwwlib calpoly eduwine )

The cost $10 per person includes sweet and savory appetizers and desshyserts wine and the chance to bid in a s il ent auction

For more information or to make a reservation ca ll the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense at 547- 1753 0

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Walk this way Internationally renowned artist Patty Wickman s Anonymous (With St Agatha) is among the large figurative paintings on exhibit through Jun e 4 at the University Art Gallery

Cal Poly debaters ranked No 1 in West

For the second time in four years Cal Polys Debate Squad ended its season as the No 1-ranked intercollegiate cross-examination debate program in the West region

Cal Poly was fourth in the West in 1999 second in 1998 and first in 1997

Cal Poly was ranked No 24 in the national standings according to final rankings released by the Cross Examinashytion Debate Association In all 170 co lshyleges and universities were listed in the associations final season rankings The No 24 position is the teams highest finshyish in the national standings since 1986 when the universitys debate program ended the year at No 21

During the season Cal Polys team competed in 13 tournaments winning awards in all but three The debaters won a season total of 14 team awards and 22 individual speaking awards including five tournament championships and four division top-speaker awards

For more information v isit the teams Web site at httpwwwcal polyedu-spcdebate 0

Cal Poly selects outstanding employees Three employees cited for professionshy

alism competence thoroughness enthusishyasm and dedication have been chosen 1999-2000 Outstanding Staff Employees

Bonnie Krupp a research and planning analyst in Institutional Planning and Analysis Druci Reese administrative assistant in the Music Department and Ellen Stier administrative assistant in the Computer Science Department are being recognized for outstanding service and contributions to the university

Each will receive $500 from a private endowment fund and a plaque during the Fall Conference General Session

Krupp was cited for her professionalshyism and described by a colleague as an outstanding citizen of Cal Poly She was a founding member and driving force behind the Ca l Poly Staff Diversity Committee and a founding member of the Staff Scholarship Committee which awards scholarships to staff members and their dependents

It was also noted that the entire campus depends on Krupp for statistics and general information about the university as well as providing the California State University Chancellors Office and other outside govshyerning bodies with information

Another colleague commented on Krupps tireless work as an advocate for staff members rights Krupp has worked at Cal Poly for 11 years

Reese has worked at Cal Poly for 14 years Her love for li fe shows in everyshy

thing she does especially in what she does for the Music Department said a co-worker

Reese was recognized for extraordishynary competence and thoroughness skills that make the running of the office seamless

Known as a friend to students she was also commended for her enormous capacity for work She is very busy but never turns anyone away said a fellow employee She always has a smile on her face

Reeses relationship with faculty and staff members and students is described as outstanding

Stier is a 16-year veteran of Cal Poly who was cited for her institutional memory - a capability that allows her to remember what happened and why it happened

Without her the department wouldnt happen said a colleague She is the foundation of the department

A faculty member commented For me in 25 years shes the single best person I have worked with here or anywhere

Another said Stier is a jewel the glue that holds us together She would be the perfect mentor to staff members She richly deserves the award

The outstanding staff members are nominated by facu lty and staff members and reviewed by a committee of former award recipients President Baker names the winners based on the committees recommendations 0

Faculty staff can polish presentation skills ay 18 Staff and faculty members wi ll have

an opportunity to brush up on workshop creation and presentation ski ll s when Kathleen Allen speaks on Training the Trainers Orchestrating the Teachable Moment at 9 am May 18 in UU 220

Allen currently president of her own consulting firm is a nationally known author and expert on leadership coaching and organizational transformation for higher education non-profit organ izations and businesses

Her presentation will run until 2 pm with a lunch break 11-11 45 am

In the session Allen wi ll focus on how to design interactive workshops for students and will demonstrate sample workshops

Al len ea rned a doctorate in educashytional leadership from the University of San Diego and has worked in higher

education for more than 25 years inshycluding serving as vice president for student development at the College of St Benedict in Minnesota

She is a senior fellow at the University of Maryland s Academy ofLeadership

Allen s visit is sponsored by Student Lifes LEADS (Leadership Education and Development for Students) Program which expects to be in operation by September The program has been designed to g ive students the opportunity to be successful leaders and members of c lubs organizations and class project teams

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended For reservations or more information ca ll Pat Harris coordinator of Leadership Education and Developshyment at ext 6-2582 0

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Youth horse camp set The Animal Science Department is

planning to hold its 2000 Youth Horse Camp July 18-21

Horse enthusiasts from nine to 19 years of age can join in the camp s daily smallshygroup sessions and individual instruction in basic horsemanship safety grooming and showmanship

Campers bring their own horse and keep it at the universitys Horse Unit

Cal Poly students in advanced horse science courses will serve as counselors and faculty members will present the inshystructional sessions

The camp fee of $235 includes lunches and space for a horse

For more information on the 2000 Cal Poly Youth Horse Camp call animal scishyence professor and camp coordinator Mike Lund at ext 6-2419 or 6-2558 D

Hypnotist motivator to speak ltay 17

Hypnotist and motivational speaker Bruce McDonald will appear at 7 pm May 17 in Chumash Auditorium

McDonald a graduate of Indiana Unishyversity and a certified hypnotherapist presents hypnosis entertainment and motishyvational seminars throughout the United States Mexico Canada and Australia

Combining hypnosis with a sharp wit and humorous audience participation McDonald delights audiences with his exshytraordinary energy and professionalism said Diana Cozzi ASI events coordinator

McDonald has presented goal-setting and memory retention seminars to univershysities and corporations

He has performed several times at Cal Poly most recently during the fall 1999 Week of Welcome program

Tickets $3 for the public and $1 for Cal Poly students may be purchased at the door

McDonalds appearance is sponsored by ASI Events For more information call Cozzi at ext 6-7007 D

Saenz to lead Physics Richard Saenz has been appointed

chair of the Physics Department effective fall quarter 2000

Saenz has been teaching at Cal Poly since 1980 D

All fly Sons Laura Black is Kate Keller and Brett Johnson is her husband Joe in the Theatre and Dance Department s production ofArthur Miller s A ll My Sons Pe1jormances will be at 8 pm Thursday-Saturday and May 18-20 in the Th eatre Tickets $8 for the public and $7f or senior citizens and students are on sale at the Pe1j orming Arts Ticket Office ext 6-2787

Engineering recognizes outstanding faculty staff The College of Engineering recognized

several outstanding faculty and staff memshybers at its recent annual Awards Banquet at which Burt Rutan a 1965 aeronautical engineering graduate and world-renowned aircraft designer presented Breakthroughs Why When and How

Professors from the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Libshyeral Arts were honored along with three engineering faculty members whoreshyceived industry-sponsored awards

Aerospace Engineering Professor Faysal Kolkailah woo the $1 000 College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching

and Applied Research Award The $2000 TRW Excellence in Teachshy

ing Award went to lodustrial and Manushyfacturing Engineering Professor Unny Menon Aerospace Engineering Professor Russell Cummings received the $3000 Litton Research and Development Award and Aerospace Engineering Professor Jordi Puig-Suari was named the Lockheed Endowed Professor

Dr Kolkailah has provided breadth and depth in the aerospace curriculum by offering a diverse array of structura l courses from structural dynamics to fracture mechanics to composites said College of Engineering Associate Dean Dan Walsh

Menon a professor at Cal Poly for 22 years was voted the Outstanding Faculty Member by industrial and manufacturing engineering students in 1979 and 1999

Dr Menon is known for his learn-byshydoing teaching methods His class projects involve problems that students solve for local companies with industrial

support said Ray Haynes a Cal Poly management professor and director of TRWs University Alliances program

Cummings was recognized for his role as principal investigator in a $650000 NASA multidisciplinary design grant that dealt with the development of a new apshyproach to engineering design education

The Lockheed Endowed Professorship awarded this year to Puig-Suari provides discretionary time and resources for proshyfessional growth and development for a two- to three-year period

Puig-Suari joined Cal Poly in 1998 Since then he has built a successful spaceshycraft design program with strong support from TRW Hughes and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

The engineering student body voted on the recipients for the Outstanding Achievement in Teaching awards and Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award Winshyners were Physics Professor John Mottmann who has taught at Cal Poly for 26 years and Music Professor Craig Russell who is appreciated by students for his sometimes unorthodox but always entertaining teaching sty le

Mechanical Engineering Professor Glen Thorncroft won the 2000 Outstandshying Faculty Advisor Award for his mentorship of Tau Beta Pi an engineering honor society

Outstanding Staff awards were given to Amy Hewes director of publications and communications for the co llege and to electrical engineering lab technician Jaime Carmo D

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GrC Prof Ruggles wins national award

Graphic Communication Professor Philip Ruggles was awarded the 1999 Edwin S Wise Award by the Graphic Arts Sales Foundation for outstanding contributions in marketing and sales education for the printing publishing and allied industries

Ruggles is known nationally as the author ofPrinting Estimating Costing Methods for Digital and Traditional Graphic Imaging now in its fourth edition

He has also written numerous articles presented papers at seminars and led workshyshops at graphic arts conventions and proshyfessional meetings across the country

He has served as an expert witness and industry consultant for many years

In 1986 Ruggles was awarded one of three Cal Poly Distinguished Teaching Awards for excellence Ruggles who coshyordinates the Graphic Communication Departments printing and imaging manshyagement concentration has been teaching at Cal Poly since 1971 0

Professor Landwehr to read fiction today

English Professor and author AI Landwehr will read from his fiction at 7 pm today (May 10) in Club 221 the art gallery in the UU

Sponsored by the Cal Poly Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta the national English Honor Society the reading will be folshylowed by a reception with refreshments

Landwehr has taught fiction writing and 19th and 20th century literature since joining the Cal Poly English faculty in 1970 He was one of three faculty memshybers to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award in 1996-97

Landwehr serves as chair of the Creative Writing Program alternates as faculty advisor to Byzantium the campus literary magazine and was the first chair of WriterS peak a program that brings writers of national reputation to campus to read their work and meet with students and faculty members

He established the Cal Poly Creative Writing Contest in 1971 and remains its director His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals

For more information call the English Department at ext 6-2597 or Sigma Tau Delta advisor Debora Schwartz at 6-2636 0

Comparative philosophy focus of Friday talk

Professor K Srinivas visiting professor at the University of Oregon and an associate professor at the Sri

Aurobindo School of Eastern and Western Thought at Pondicherry University in India will talk on The Need for a Comshyparative Philososhyphy on Friday (May 12)

Srinivas Srinivas talk part of the Philososhy

phy at Poly series will be from 3 10 to 430pm in UU 220

He will focus on the fact that the general Western attitude toward Indian philosophy bas been highly lamentable said Philosophy Professor Judy Saltzman-Saveker

British philosophers such as Locke Hume and Flew denigrated Indian philosophy by declaring it a form of mysticism that is bereft of anything really philosophical or logical Saltzman-Saveker said Srinivas will illustrate that those attitudes are unwarranted she said

Although the Indian mind expresses itself in a variety of ways there is a wide variety of philosophical systems relating to metaphysics religion epistemology logic and psychology Srinivas said

He will conclude his talk by discussing the value of recognizing the merits of traditions other than ones own

For more information call the Phishylosophy Department at ext 6-2041 0

Environmental injustice focus of talk Tuesday

Rutgers University Geography Professor Noriko Ishiyama will speak on The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States at noon Tuesday (May 16) in Room 203 in the Air Conditioning Building

Her talk is sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department For more informashytion call ext 6-1707 0

Knock em Down topic of math talk

Art Benjamin a professor at Harvey Mudd College will present The Best Way to Knock em Down at the next Mathematics Colloquium II I 0-noon Thursday (May 11) in Room 225 in the Math and Science Building

Knock em Down is a game of dice so easy to learn that it is being played in classrooms around the world as a way to develop students intuition about probshyability according to Benjamin

Benjamin s analysis will show that just beneath this deceptively simple game lurks many surprising and highly unintuitive results 0

Landshark Biathlon set ASI Recreational Sports will sponsor

the Landshark Biathlon - an 800-yard swim and an 8-K run - May 20 The first wave starts at 730am at the Recshyreation Center Pool

Pre-registration runs through May 18 at the front desk in the Recreation Center Registration including aT-shirt costs $10 for an individual and $16 for a team

Same-day registration will be 645shy715 am and cost $12 for an individual $18 for a team

For more information stop by the front desk in the Recreation Center or call ext 6-1366 0

Rec Sports offers strength-training class

ASI Recreational Sports is offering a free Strength Training for Beginners workshyshop II am-2 pm Saturday (May 13) in the west exercise room at the Rec Center

Certified personal trainers will explore such topics as getting started with a strength-training program training freshyquency exercise selection and order muscle balance rest periods and weight gain and loss

The trainers will also discuss how to determine the proper load and how to adjust volume to meet fitness goals

The importance of warming up and cooling down nutrition cardiovascular fitness and flexibility will also be covered

Anyone interested in attending can middot sign up at the front desk in the Recreation Center or call ext 6-1366 0

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CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Walk this way Internationally renowned artist Patty Wickman s Anonymous (With St Agatha) is among the large figurative paintings on exhibit through Jun e 4 at the University Art Gallery

Cal Poly debaters ranked No 1 in West

For the second time in four years Cal Polys Debate Squad ended its season as the No 1-ranked intercollegiate cross-examination debate program in the West region

Cal Poly was fourth in the West in 1999 second in 1998 and first in 1997

Cal Poly was ranked No 24 in the national standings according to final rankings released by the Cross Examinashytion Debate Association In all 170 co lshyleges and universities were listed in the associations final season rankings The No 24 position is the teams highest finshyish in the national standings since 1986 when the universitys debate program ended the year at No 21

During the season Cal Polys team competed in 13 tournaments winning awards in all but three The debaters won a season total of 14 team awards and 22 individual speaking awards including five tournament championships and four division top-speaker awards

For more information v isit the teams Web site at httpwwwcal polyedu-spcdebate 0

Cal Poly selects outstanding employees Three employees cited for professionshy

alism competence thoroughness enthusishyasm and dedication have been chosen 1999-2000 Outstanding Staff Employees

Bonnie Krupp a research and planning analyst in Institutional Planning and Analysis Druci Reese administrative assistant in the Music Department and Ellen Stier administrative assistant in the Computer Science Department are being recognized for outstanding service and contributions to the university

Each will receive $500 from a private endowment fund and a plaque during the Fall Conference General Session

Krupp was cited for her professionalshyism and described by a colleague as an outstanding citizen of Cal Poly She was a founding member and driving force behind the Ca l Poly Staff Diversity Committee and a founding member of the Staff Scholarship Committee which awards scholarships to staff members and their dependents

It was also noted that the entire campus depends on Krupp for statistics and general information about the university as well as providing the California State University Chancellors Office and other outside govshyerning bodies with information

Another colleague commented on Krupps tireless work as an advocate for staff members rights Krupp has worked at Cal Poly for 11 years

Reese has worked at Cal Poly for 14 years Her love for li fe shows in every-

thing she does especially in what she does for the Music Department said a co-worker

Reese was recognized for extraordishynary competence and thoroughness skills that make the running of the office seamless

Known as a friend to students she was also commended for her enormous capacity for work She is very busy but never turns anyone away said a fellow employee She always has a smile on her face

Reeses relationship with faculty and staff members and students is described as outstanding

Stier is a 16-year veteran of Cal Poly who was cited for her institutional memory - a capability that allows her to remember what happened and why it happened

Without her the department wouldnt happen said a colleague She is the foundation of the department

A faculty member commented For me in 25 years shes the single best person I have worked with here or anywhere

Another said Stier is a jewel the glue that holds us together She would be the perfect mentor to staff members She richly deserves the award

The outstanding staff members are nominated by facu lty and staff members and reviewed by a committee of former award recipients President Baker names the winners based on the committees recommendations 0

Faculty staff can polish presentation skills ay 18 Staff and faculty members wi ll have

an opportunity to brush up on workshop creation and presentation ski ll s when Kathleen Allen speaks on Training the Trainers Orchestrating the Teachable Moment at 9 am May 18 in UU 220

Allen currently president of her own consulting firm is a nationally known author and expert on leadership coaching and organizational transformation for higher education non-profit organ izations and businesses

Her presentation will run until 2 pm with a lunch break 11-11 45 am

In the session Allen wi ll focus on how to design interactive workshops for students and will demonstrate sample workshops

Al len ea rned a doctorate in educashytional leadership from the University of San Diego and has worked in higher

education for more than 25 years inshycluding serving as vice president for student development at the College of St Benedict in Minnesota

She is a senior fellow at the University of Maryland s Academy ofLeadership

Allen s visit is sponsored by Student Lifes LEADS (Leadership Education and Development for Students) Program which expects to be in operation by September The program has been designed to g ive students the opportunity to be successful leaders and members of c lubs organizations and class project teams

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended For reservations or more information ca ll Pat Harris coordinator of Leadership Education and Developshyment at ext 6-2582 0

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CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Vista Grande to serve others Day brunch

Vista Grande Restaurant will serve a special brunch for Mothers Day - this Sunday - from 9 am to 2 pm including ham turkey prime rib and an omelette bar

The cost is $1395 for adults and $695 for children Call ext 6-1204 for reservations 0

History prof to talk on Racial frontier

Former Cal Poly History Professor Quintard Taylor will speak on the subject of African-Americans in search of the racial frontier in California and on the Pacific slope at 11 am May 19 in Chumash Auditorium

His talk wi ll develop the concept of a racial frontier and explain its relevance in the area along the Pacific

Taylor a professor of American history at the University of Washington is anashytionally recognized award-winning scholar whose book-length study of the racial frontier was nominated for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in history

He has published two other books and co-authored a fourth that deal with various aspects of the interaction of AfricanshyAmericans with broad trends and general developments in the trans-Mississippi West

Taylor taught at Cal Poly from 1977 through 1990 during which time he was the founding facu lty advisor to Alpha Phi Alshypha a fraterllity for men of African descent

Taylors appearance is sponsored by the History Department Multi-Cultural Center and Ethnic Studies Department

For more information call the History Department at ext 6-2543 0

CPR schedule The Cal Poly Report is published every

Wednesday during the academic year Artic les are due to Public Affairs by

10 a m Wednesday for the following weeks edition

Items can bee-mailed to poly news poly mail (add calpolyedu if needed) faxed to 6-6533 or mailed to Public Affairs Heron Hall

For more information call ext 6-151 1 0

The Bellson beat Louie Belson whom Duke Ellington called the worlds greatest drummer will p e1jorm with the University Jazz Band 1 at 8 pm Saturday in the Pe1jorming Arts Center as part of Jazz Night For tickets call the Pe1jorming Arts Center Ticket Office at ext 6-2 787 He will also give a free jazz clinic at I pm that day in Room 216 in the Davidson Music Cente1

Campus community can aid Special Olympics

Faculty and staff members are invited to participate in Tip a Cop a fund-raiser dinner event for Special Olympics set for Tuesday (May 16) at the San Luis Obispo Vets Hall on Grand Avenue

University Police Chief Tony Aeilts and Sergeant Lori Hashim are among several officers from local law enforceshyment agencies who will be serving as wait staff at the dinners sched uled at 5 6 7 and 8 pm

McLintocks wi ll provide the food and all tips co llected will be donated to the Special Olympics

Entree choices include steak halibut chicken or ribs for prices ranging from $11 to $14 A chi ldrens meal is also ofshyfered for $5

To make reservations call Hashim at ext 6-6656

Tip a Cop is sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Police Department 0

Career Symposium 2000 The Landscape Architecture Departshy

ment Career Services and the student chapter of the American Society of Landshyscape Architects and the Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society are sponsoring a Career Symposium on Thursday and Friday (May 11-12)

Representatives from various Califorshynia-based private and public agencies are expected to attend and meet with students to discuss the possibilities of full-time employment and summer internships

Workshops on how students should prepare for the interview process will also be part of the symposium Students design work and other projects will be displayed

For more information call the Landshyscape Architecture Department at ext 6-1319 or e-mail Professor Gerald Smith at gsmithcalpoly edu 0

Kennedy Library to host Education for WineSense

The campus community is invited to learn more about the Centra l Coasts Women for WineSense program at a speshycial fund-raising event 6-8 pm Saturday (May 13) in the Kennedy Library atrium

The event tit led Education for WineSense is a collaboration between the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense and the Kennedy Library to develop a wine information collection to support the wine studies and wine marketing programs offered by the Colshylege of Agricufture

The co llection is also intended to serve as an educational tool for the wine industry and related businesses on the Centra l Coast

The event will include a si lent auction to raise funds for mate ria ls for the Ed ucation for WineSense co llect ion demonstrations of the Education for WineSense Web site and librarianshyguided virtual tours of the Web site (wwwlib calpoly eduwine )

The cost $10 per person includes sweet and savory appetizers and desshyserts wine and the chance to bid in a s il ent auction

For more information or to make a reservation ca ll the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense at 547- 1753 0

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Vol 54 No 32 bull May 10 2000

DATELIE ($) - Admission chmged

Exhibits University Art Gallery (Dexter Building) Large figurative works by Ruth Weisberg and Patty Wickman through June 4 Monday-Friday 1 I am -4 pm and Wednesday 7-9 pm

Wednesday nay 10 Music Ann ie Rapid BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday nay 11 Physics Colloquium Bennetta Schmidt (Physics) Granites and Volcanoes Science E-45 II am Mathematics Colloquium Art Benjamin (Harvey Mudd College) The Best Way to Knock em Down Math and Science Building 225 I I I 0 am Books at High Noon Michael Orth (English) River Horse A Voyage Across America by William Least Heat-Moon Veranda Cafe noon Fiction Reading AI Landwehr (English) Club 22 I UU 7 pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Mill er Also May 12-13 and I 8-20 Ca l Po ly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 12 Philosophy at Poly K Srinivas (University of Oregon and Pondicherry University India) The Need for a Comparative Philosophy UU 220 310pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 13 and 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 13 Music Jazz Night Harman Hall 8 pm($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Continued on page 6

Published by Public Affairs bull wwwcalpolyedu-communicCPRreport htm

Retired Faculty and Staff Club members (from lefl) Jim Murphy Warren Anderson James Lau club past-President Starr Jenkins club President Gene Starkey and Vice President Erland Detloff

Retired Faculty and Staff Club establishes endowment Retired faculty and staff members are

invited to contribute to the newly estabshylished Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit Scholarship Endowment

Just two weeks after announcing the scholarship endowment more than $3000 has been raised said Gene Starkey president of the Retired Faculty and Staff Club

Anyone interested may donate Checks payable to the Cal Poly Foundation with a note earmarking them for the Centennial Merit Scholarshyship Endowment may be sent to David Thomson Treasurer Retired Facshyulty and Staff Club 1335 Foothill Blvd San Luis Obispo CA 93405

Vice President Gonzalez to take job at Georgetown Juan Gonzalez who has served as Cal

Polys vice president for Student Affairs since 1994 has announced he w ill leave in July for the same position at Georgetown University in Washington DC

As head of Student Affairs Gonzalez has played a key role in helping to deshyvelop university policy He has a lso been responsible for overseeing all aspects of Cal Polys student services program which includes Student Academic Sershyvices Student Life and Activities Health and Psychological Services Residential Life and Education Campus Student Reshylations and Judicial Affairs and Career Services He also served as the university li aison to the Associated Students Inc with overs ight responsibilities to the AS I Executi ve Office

Dr Gonza lez has done an outstanding job and contributed s ignificantly to the development of the university said President Baker He has been an extraordinary vice president for Cal Poly and I am confident he will be a wonderful addition to Georgetown one of the nations great universities Whi le we regret losing him we wish him well as he goes off to pursue this s ignificant opportunity

During his tenure at Cal Poly Gonzalez won praise as an effective key member of the senior administrative team He also has been recognized for placing an emphasis on co ll aboration pioneering the universitys first-year initi ative for freshshymen and spearheading plans for the

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CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Position vacancies Below are all the new previously

unadvertised employment openings at the university You may access full inshyformation about these and other previshyously advertised positions at www cal polyedu (scroll down and select employment opportunities under the FacultyStaff Services heading)

STATE For a complete listing of employment opportunities for state staff and manageshyment positions you can

bull Check the Human Resources and Employment Equity Web site at wwwcalpoly edu under Employment Opportunities

bull Come to the HREE office Adm 110 and view the posted positions

bull Call the HREE Job Line at ext 6-1533 For a listing of new openings check The

Tribunes Sunday edition Ifyou have questions please call HREE

at ext 6-2237

Centennial Celebration Coordinator (Public Affairs Assistant II) University Advancement Division Public Affairs $2961-3560 temporary to 6 1102 Internal recruitment only on-campus candidates may apply Closing date May 17 D

bull bull bull Gonzalez Continued from page 1 development of campus residential and sports complex facilities

Juan has served Cal Poly shyespecially our students - extraordishynarily well said Provos t Paul Zingg He has brought both clear vision and enormous energy to Student Affairs and strengthened the record of our university as a caring intellectual community that is first and foremost focused on student learning

We are a better place because of Juans years at the helm of Stushydent Affairs And although I and so many others will miss him as a colshyleague and friend we will always be reminded of him through the lasting contributions to Cal Poly of his leadership Zingg said

Baker and Zingg wi ll consult with Gonzalez the Student Affairs divishysion and student leadership during the next several weeks regarding issues surrounding interim leadersh ip and transitional planning for the Stushydent Affairs division D

bullbullbull DATELIE Continued ji-om page I

Tuesday nay 16 Music Darrell Voss BackStage Pi zza noon Speaker Noriko lshiyama (Rutgers University) The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States Air Conditioning Bldg 203 noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus bull Stage Show Also May 17-18 Harman Hall 7 pm ($)

Wednesday nay 17 Music Ragg BackStage Pizza noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Also May I 8 Harman Hall 7 pm($) Hypnotist-Speaker Bruce McDonald Chumash 7 pm ($)

Thursday nay 18 Physics Colloquium Steve Vincena (UCLA) The Alfven Wave From the So lar Corona to the Earths Aurora to Laboratory Plasmas Science E-45 11 am Books at High Noon Bob Wolf (Math) The Case Against the Global Economy (and for a Tum Toward the Local) by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmsith Veranda Cafe noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Harman Hall 7 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 19-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 19 Speaker Quintard Taylor (University of Washington) Arrican-Americans in Search of the Racial Frontier in California and Pacific Slope Chumash 11 am Music Dogwood Moon BackStage Pizza noon Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium 5 pm($) Music Jonathan Barker (student) guitar recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm Play Theatre and Dance Department s spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 20 Baseba ll UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($) Music Brahams Requiem Cal Poly choirs and Cuesta Master Chorale Harman Hall 8 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production A ll My Sons

by Arthur Miller Ca l Poly Theatre 8 pm($)

Sunday nay 21 Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($)

Tuesday nay 23 Music David Harris BackStage Pizza noon

Wednesday nay 24 Music Guitar ensemble recital Philips Hall PAC 7 pm

Thursday nay 25 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am What Else We Do Kevin Clark (Engli sh) Building Rooms of Their Own Fisher Science 287 I I am Music Matt Paves trumpet minor recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm

nonday nay 29 Holiday Memorial Day Campus closed except for emergency services

Tuesday nay 30 Music Wind Quintet recital Davidson Music Center 218 7 pm

Wednesday nay 31 Music Travis Larson BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday June 1 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am

Friday June 2 Last day of classes

Saturday June 3 Music Wind Orchestra Spring Concert Harman Hall 8 pm ($)

Sunday June 4 Music Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert Theatre 3 pm ($)

nonday June 5 Final exam period Through Friday June 9

Saturday June 10 Commencement Colleges of Agriculshyture Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics plus UCTE and Statewide Nursing Program 9 am colleges of Architecture and Envi ronmental Design Business and Engineering 2 pm Mustang Stadium

Sunday June 11 Quarter Break Through Sunday June I 8

nonday June 19 Summer quarter classes begin 0

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GrC Prof Ruggles wins national award

Graphic Communication Professor Philip Ruggles was awarded the 1999 Edwin S Wise Award by the Graphic Arts Sales Foundation for outstanding contributions in marketing and sales education for the printing publishing and allied industries

Ruggles is known nationally as the author ofPrinting Estimating Costing Methods for Digital and Traditional Graphic Imaging now in its fourth edition

He has also written numerous articles presented papers at seminars and led workshyshops at graphic arts conventions and proshyfessional meetings across the country

He has served as an expert witness and industry consultant for many years

In 1986 Ruggles was awarded one of three Cal Poly Distinguished Teaching Awards for excellence Ruggles who coshyordinates the Graphic Communication Departments printing and imaging manshyagement concentration has been teaching at Cal Poly since 1971 0

Professor Landwehr to read fiction today

English Professor and author AI Landwehr will read from his fiction at 7 pm today (May 10) in Club 221 the art gallery in the UU

Sponsored by the Cal Poly Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta the national English Honor Society the reading will be folshylowed by a reception with refreshments

Landwehr has taught fiction writing and 19th and 20th century literature since joining the Cal Poly English faculty in 1970 He was one of three faculty memshybers to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award in 1996-97

Landwehr serves as chair of the Creative Writing Program alternates as faculty advisor to Byzantium the campus literary magazine and was the first chair of WriterS peak a program that brings writers of national reputation to campus to read their work and meet with students and faculty members

He established the Cal Poly Creative Writing Contest in 1971 and remains its director His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals

For more information call the English Department at ext 6-2597 or Sigma Tau Delta advisor Debora Schwartz at 6-2636 0

Comparative philosophy focus of Friday talk

Professor K Srinivas visiting professor at the University of Oregon and an associate professor at the Sri

Aurobindo School of Eastern and Western Thought at Pondicherry University in India will talk on The Need for a Comshyparative Philososhyphy on Friday (May 12)

Srinivas Srinivas talk part of the Philososhy

phy at Poly series will be from 3 10 to 430pm in UU 220

He will focus on the fact that the general Western attitude toward Indian philosophy bas been highly lamentable said Philosophy Professor Judy Saltzman-Saveker

British philosophers such as Locke Hume and Flew denigrated Indian philosophy by declaring it a form of mysticism that is bereft of anything really philosophical or logical Saltzman-Saveker said Srinivas will illustrate that those attitudes are unwarranted she said

Although the Indian mind expresses itself in a variety of ways there is a wide variety of philosophical systems relating to metaphysics religion epistemology logic and psychology Srinivas said

He will conclude his talk by discussing the value of recognizing the merits of traditions other than ones own

For more information call the Phishylosophy Department at ext 6-2041 0

Environmental injustice focus of talk Tuesday

Rutgers University Geography Professor Noriko Ishiyama will speak on The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States at noon Tuesday (May 16) in Room 203 in the Air Conditioning Building

Her talk is sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department For more informashytion call ext 6-1707 0

Knock em Down topic of math talk

Art Benjamin a professor at Harvey Mudd College will present The Best Way to Knock em Down at the next Mathematics Colloquium II I 0-noon Thursday (May 11) in Room 225 in the Math and Science Building

Knock em Down is a game of dice so easy to learn that it is being played in classrooms around the world as a way to develop students intuition about probshyability according to Benjamin

Benjamin s analysis will show that just beneath this deceptively simple game lurks many surprising and highly unintuitive results 0

Landshark Biathlon set ASI Recreational Sports will sponsor

the Landshark Biathlon - an 800-yard swim and an 8-K run - May 20 The first wave starts at 730am at the Recshyreation Center Pool

Pre-registration runs through May 18 at the front desk in the Recreation Center Registration including aT-shirt costs $10 for an individual and $16 for a team

Same-day registration will be 645shy715 am and cost $12 for an individual $18 for a team

For more information stop by the front desk in the Recreation Center or call ext 6-1366 0

Rec Sports offers strength-training class

ASI Recreational Sports is offering a free Strength Training for Beginners workshyshop II am-2 pm Saturday (May 13) in the west exercise room at the Rec Center

Certified personal trainers will explore such topics as getting started with a strength-training program training freshyquency exercise selection and order muscle balance rest periods and weight gain and loss

The trainers will also discuss how to determine the proper load and how to adjust volume to meet fitness goals

The importance of warming up and cooling down nutrition cardiovascular fitness and flexibility will also be covered

Anyone interested in attending can middot sign up at the front desk in the Recreation Center or call ext 6-1366 0

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Walk this way Internationally renowned artist Patty Wickman s Anonymous (With St Agatha) is among the large figurative paintings on exhibit through Jun e 4 at the University Art Gallery

Cal Poly debaters ranked No 1 in West

For the second time in four years Cal Polys Debate Squad ended its season as the No 1-ranked intercollegiate cross-examination debate program in the West region

Cal Poly was fourth in the West in 1999 second in 1998 and first in 1997

Cal Poly was ranked No 24 in the national standings according to final rankings released by the Cross Examinashytion Debate Association In all 170 co lshyleges and universities were listed in the associations final season rankings The No 24 position is the teams highest finshyish in the national standings since 1986 when the universitys debate program ended the year at No 21

During the season Cal Polys team competed in 13 tournaments winning awards in all but three The debaters won a season total of 14 team awards and 22 individual speaking awards including five tournament championships and four division top-speaker awards

For more information v isit the teams Web site at httpwwwcal polyedu-spcdebate 0

Cal Poly selects outstanding employees Three employees cited for professionshy

alism competence thoroughness enthusishyasm and dedication have been chosen 1999-2000 Outstanding Staff Employees

Bonnie Krupp a research and planning analyst in Institutional Planning and Analysis Druci Reese administrative assistant in the Music Department and Ellen Stier administrative assistant in the Computer Science Department are being recognized for outstanding service and contributions to the university

Each will receive $500 from a private endowment fund and a plaque during the Fall Conference General Session

Krupp was cited for her professionalshyism and described by a colleague as an outstanding citizen of Cal Poly She was a founding member and driving force behind the Ca l Poly Staff Diversity Committee and a founding member of the Staff Scholarship Committee which awards scholarships to staff members and their dependents

It was also noted that the entire campus depends on Krupp for statistics and general information about the university as well as providing the California State University Chancellors Office and other outside govshyerning bodies with information

Another colleague commented on Krupps tireless work as an advocate for staff members rights Krupp has worked at Cal Poly for 11 years

Reese has worked at Cal Poly for 14 years Her love for li fe shows in every-

thing she does especially in what she does for the Music Department said a co-worker

Reese was recognized for extraordishynary competence and thoroughness skills that make the running of the office seamless

Known as a friend to students she was also commended for her enormous capacity for work She is very busy but never turns anyone away said a fellow employee She always has a smile on her face

Reeses relationship with faculty and staff members and students is described as outstanding

Stier is a 16-year veteran of Cal Poly who was cited for her institutional memory - a capability that allows her to remember what happened and why it happened

Without her the department wouldnt happen said a colleague She is the foundation of the department

A faculty member commented For me in 25 years shes the single best person I have worked with here or anywhere

Another said Stier is a jewel the glue that holds us together She would be the perfect mentor to staff members She richly deserves the award

The outstanding staff members are nominated by facu lty and staff members and reviewed by a committee of former award recipients President Baker names the winners based on the committees recommendations 0

Faculty staff can polish presentation skills ay 18 Staff and faculty members wi ll have

an opportunity to brush up on workshop creation and presentation ski ll s when Kathleen Allen speaks on Training the Trainers Orchestrating the Teachable Moment at 9 am May 18 in UU 220

Allen currently president of her own consulting firm is a nationally known author and expert on leadership coaching and organizational transformation for higher education non-profit organ izations and businesses

Her presentation will run until 2 pm with a lunch break 11-11 45 am

In the session Allen wi ll focus on how to design interactive workshops for students and will demonstrate sample workshops

Al len ea rned a doctorate in educashytional leadership from the University of San Diego and has worked in higher

education for more than 25 years inshycluding serving as vice president for student development at the College of St Benedict in Minnesota

She is a senior fellow at the University of Maryland s Academy ofLeadership

Allen s visit is sponsored by Student Lifes LEADS (Leadership Education and Development for Students) Program which expects to be in operation by September The program has been designed to g ive students the opportunity to be successful leaders and members of c lubs organizations and class project teams

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended For reservations or more information ca ll Pat Harris coordinator of Leadership Education and Developshyment at ext 6-2582 0

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Vista Grande to serve others Day brunch

Vista Grande Restaurant will serve a special brunch for Mothers Day - this Sunday - from 9 am to 2 pm including ham turkey prime rib and an omelette bar

The cost is $1395 for adults and $695 for children Call ext 6-1204 for reservations 0

History prof to talk on Racial frontier

Former Cal Poly History Professor Quintard Taylor will speak on the subject of African-Americans in search of the racial frontier in California and on the Pacific slope at 11 am May 19 in Chumash Auditorium

His talk wi ll develop the concept of a racial frontier and explain its relevance in the area along the Pacific

Taylor a professor of American history at the University of Washington is anashytionally recognized award-winning scholar whose book-length study of the racial frontier was nominated for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in history

He has published two other books and co-authored a fourth that deal with various aspects of the interaction of AfricanshyAmericans with broad trends and general developments in the trans-Mississippi West

Taylor taught at Cal Poly from 1977 through 1990 during which time he was the founding facu lty advisor to Alpha Phi Alshypha a fraterllity for men of African descent

Taylors appearance is sponsored by the History Department Multi-Cultural Center and Ethnic Studies Department

For more information call the History Department at ext 6-2543 0

CPR schedule The Cal Poly Report is published every

Wednesday during the academic year Artic les are due to Public Affairs by

10 a m Wednesday for the following weeks edition

Items can bee-mailed to poly news poly mail (add calpolyedu if needed) faxed to 6-6533 or mailed to Public Affairs Heron Hall

For more information call ext 6-151 1 0

The Bellson beat Louie Belson whom Duke Ellington called the worlds greatest drummer will p e1jorm with the University Jazz Band 1 at 8 pm Saturday in the Pe1jorming Arts Center as part of Jazz Night For tickets call the Pe1jorming Arts Center Ticket Office at ext 6-2 787 He will also give a free jazz clinic at I pm that day in Room 216 in the Davidson Music Cente1

Campus community can aid Special Olympics

Faculty and staff members are invited to participate in Tip a Cop a fund-raiser dinner event for Special Olympics set for Tuesday (May 16) at the San Luis Obispo Vets Hall on Grand Avenue

University Police Chief Tony Aeilts and Sergeant Lori Hashim are among several officers from local law enforceshyment agencies who will be serving as wait staff at the dinners sched uled at 5 6 7 and 8 pm

McLintocks wi ll provide the food and all tips co llected will be donated to the Special Olympics

Entree choices include steak halibut chicken or ribs for prices ranging from $11 to $14 A chi ldrens meal is also ofshyfered for $5

To make reservations call Hashim at ext 6-6656

Tip a Cop is sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Police Department 0

Career Symposium 2000 The Landscape Architecture Departshy

ment Career Services and the student chapter of the American Society of Landshyscape Architects and the Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society are sponsoring a Career Symposium on Thursday and Friday (May 11-12)

Representatives from various Califorshynia-based private and public agencies are expected to attend and meet with students to discuss the possibilities of full-time employment and summer internships

Workshops on how students should prepare for the interview process will also be part of the symposium Students design work and other projects will be displayed

For more information call the Landshyscape Architecture Department at ext 6-1319 or e-mail Professor Gerald Smith at gsmithcalpoly edu 0

Kennedy Library to host Education for WineSense

The campus community is invited to learn more about the Centra l Coasts Women for WineSense program at a speshycial fund-raising event 6-8 pm Saturday (May 13) in the Kennedy Library atrium

The event tit led Education for WineSense is a collaboration between the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense and the Kennedy Library to develop a wine information collection to support the wine studies and wine marketing programs offered by the Colshylege of Agricufture

The co llection is also intended to serve as an educational tool for the wine industry and related businesses on the Centra l Coast

The event will include a si lent auction to raise funds for mate ria ls for the Ed ucation for WineSense co llect ion demonstrations of the Education for WineSense Web site and librarianshyguided virtual tours of the Web site (wwwlib calpoly eduwine )

The cost $10 per person includes sweet and savory appetizers and desshyserts wine and the chance to bid in a s il ent auction

For more information or to make a reservation ca ll the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense at 547- 1753 0

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ort California Polytechnic State Un iversity San Luis Obispo CA 93407

Vol 54 No 32 bull May 10 2000

DATELIE ($) - Admission chmged

Exhibits University Art Gallery (Dexter Building) Large figurative works by Ruth Weisberg and Patty Wickman through June 4 Monday-Friday 1 I am -4 pm and Wednesday 7-9 pm

Wednesday nay 10 Music Ann ie Rapid BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday nay 11 Physics Colloquium Bennetta Schmidt (Physics) Granites and Volcanoes Science E-45 II am Mathematics Colloquium Art Benjamin (Harvey Mudd College) The Best Way to Knock em Down Math and Science Building 225 I I I 0 am Books at High Noon Michael Orth (English) River Horse A Voyage Across America by William Least Heat-Moon Veranda Cafe noon Fiction Reading AI Landwehr (English) Club 22 I UU 7 pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Mill er Also May 12-13 and I 8-20 Ca l Po ly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 12 Philosophy at Poly K Srinivas (University of Oregon and Pondicherry University India) The Need for a Comparative Philosophy UU 220 310pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 13 and 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 13 Music Jazz Night Harman Hall 8 pm($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Continued on page 6

Published by Public Affairs bull wwwcalpolyedu-communicCPRreport htm

Retired Faculty and Staff Club members (from lefl) Jim Murphy Warren Anderson James Lau club past-President Starr Jenkins club President Gene Starkey and Vice President Erland Detloff

Retired Faculty and Staff Club establishes endowment Retired faculty and staff members are

invited to contribute to the newly estabshylished Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit Scholarship Endowment

Just two weeks after announcing the scholarship endowment more than $3000 has been raised said Gene Starkey president of the Retired Faculty and Staff Club

Anyone interested may donate Checks payable to the Cal Poly Foundation with a note earmarking them for the Centennial Merit Scholarshyship Endowment may be sent to David Thomson Treasurer Retired Facshyulty and Staff Club 1335 Foothill Blvd San Luis Obispo CA 93405

Vice President Gonzalez to take job at Georgetown Juan Gonzalez who has served as Cal

Polys vice president for Student Affairs since 1994 has announced he w ill leave in July for the same position at Georgetown University in Washington DC

As head of Student Affairs Gonzalez has played a key role in helping to deshyvelop university policy He has a lso been responsible for overseeing all aspects of Cal Polys student services program which includes Student Academic Sershyvices Student Life and Activities Health and Psychological Services Residential Life and Education Campus Student Reshylations and Judicial Affairs and Career Services He also served as the university li aison to the Associated Students Inc with overs ight responsibilities to the AS I Executi ve Office

Dr Gonza lez has done an outstanding job and contributed s ignificantly to the development of the university said President Baker He has been an extraordinary vice president for Cal Poly and I am confident he will be a wonderful addition to Georgetown one of the nations great universities Whi le we regret losing him we wish him well as he goes off to pursue this s ignificant opportunity

During his tenure at Cal Poly Gonzalez won praise as an effective key member of the senior administrative team He also has been recognized for placing an emphasis on co ll aboration pioneering the universitys first-year initi ative for freshshymen and spearheading plans for the

Continued on page 6

CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Position vacancies Below are all the new previously

unadvertised employment openings at the university You may access full inshyformation about these and other previshyously advertised positions at www cal polyedu (scroll down and select employment opportunities under the FacultyStaff Services heading)

STATE For a complete listing of employment opportunities for state staff and manageshyment positions you can

bull Check the Human Resources and Employment Equity Web site at wwwcalpoly edu under Employment Opportunities

bull Come to the HREE office Adm 110 and view the posted positions

bull Call the HREE Job Line at ext 6-1533 For a listing of new openings check The

Tribunes Sunday edition Ifyou have questions please call HREE

at ext 6-2237

Centennial Celebration Coordinator (Public Affairs Assistant II) University Advancement Division Public Affairs $2961-3560 temporary to 6 1102 Internal recruitment only on-campus candidates may apply Closing date May 17 D

bull bull bull Gonzalez Continued from page 1 development of campus residential and sports complex facilities

Juan has served Cal Poly shyespecially our students - extraordishynarily well said Provos t Paul Zingg He has brought both clear vision and enormous energy to Student Affairs and strengthened the record of our university as a caring intellectual community that is first and foremost focused on student learning

We are a better place because of Juans years at the helm of Stushydent Affairs And although I and so many others will miss him as a colshyleague and friend we will always be reminded of him through the lasting contributions to Cal Poly of his leadership Zingg said

Baker and Zingg wi ll consult with Gonzalez the Student Affairs divishysion and student leadership during the next several weeks regarding issues surrounding interim leadersh ip and transitional planning for the Stushydent Affairs division D

bullbullbull DATELIE Continued ji-om page I

Tuesday nay 16 Music Darrell Voss BackStage Pi zza noon Speaker Noriko lshiyama (Rutgers University) The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States Air Conditioning Bldg 203 noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus bull Stage Show Also May 17-18 Harman Hall 7 pm ($)

Wednesday nay 17 Music Ragg BackStage Pizza noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Also May I 8 Harman Hall 7 pm($) Hypnotist-Speaker Bruce McDonald Chumash 7 pm ($)

Thursday nay 18 Physics Colloquium Steve Vincena (UCLA) The Alfven Wave From the So lar Corona to the Earths Aurora to Laboratory Plasmas Science E-45 11 am Books at High Noon Bob Wolf (Math) The Case Against the Global Economy (and for a Tum Toward the Local) by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmsith Veranda Cafe noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Harman Hall 7 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 19-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 19 Speaker Quintard Taylor (University of Washington) Arrican-Americans in Search of the Racial Frontier in California and Pacific Slope Chumash 11 am Music Dogwood Moon BackStage Pizza noon Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium 5 pm($) Music Jonathan Barker (student) guitar recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm Play Theatre and Dance Department s spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 20 Baseba ll UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($) Music Brahams Requiem Cal Poly choirs and Cuesta Master Chorale Harman Hall 8 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production A ll My Sons

by Arthur Miller Ca l Poly Theatre 8 pm($)

Sunday nay 21 Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($)

Tuesday nay 23 Music David Harris BackStage Pizza noon

Wednesday nay 24 Music Guitar ensemble recital Philips Hall PAC 7 pm

Thursday nay 25 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am What Else We Do Kevin Clark (Engli sh) Building Rooms of Their Own Fisher Science 287 I I am Music Matt Paves trumpet minor recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm

nonday nay 29 Holiday Memorial Day Campus closed except for emergency services

Tuesday nay 30 Music Wind Quintet recital Davidson Music Center 218 7 pm

Wednesday nay 31 Music Travis Larson BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday June 1 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am

Friday June 2 Last day of classes

Saturday June 3 Music Wind Orchestra Spring Concert Harman Hall 8 pm ($)

Sunday June 4 Music Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert Theatre 3 pm ($)

nonday June 5 Final exam period Through Friday June 9

Saturday June 10 Commencement Colleges of Agriculshyture Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics plus UCTE and Statewide Nursing Program 9 am colleges of Architecture and Envi ronmental Design Business and Engineering 2 pm Mustang Stadium

Sunday June 11 Quarter Break Through Sunday June I 8

nonday June 19 Summer quarter classes begin 0

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Walk this way Internationally renowned artist Patty Wickman s Anonymous (With St Agatha) is among the large figurative paintings on exhibit through Jun e 4 at the University Art Gallery

Cal Poly debaters ranked No 1 in West

For the second time in four years Cal Polys Debate Squad ended its season as the No 1-ranked intercollegiate cross-examination debate program in the West region

Cal Poly was fourth in the West in 1999 second in 1998 and first in 1997

Cal Poly was ranked No 24 in the national standings according to final rankings released by the Cross Examinashytion Debate Association In all 170 co lshyleges and universities were listed in the associations final season rankings The No 24 position is the teams highest finshyish in the national standings since 1986 when the universitys debate program ended the year at No 21

During the season Cal Polys team competed in 13 tournaments winning awards in all but three The debaters won a season total of 14 team awards and 22 individual speaking awards including five tournament championships and four division top-speaker awards

For more information v isit the teams Web site at httpwwwcal polyedu-spcdebate 0

Cal Poly selects outstanding employees Three employees cited for professionshy

alism competence thoroughness enthusishyasm and dedication have been chosen 1999-2000 Outstanding Staff Employees

Bonnie Krupp a research and planning analyst in Institutional Planning and Analysis Druci Reese administrative assistant in the Music Department and Ellen Stier administrative assistant in the Computer Science Department are being recognized for outstanding service and contributions to the university

Each will receive $500 from a private endowment fund and a plaque during the Fall Conference General Session

Krupp was cited for her professionalshyism and described by a colleague as an outstanding citizen of Cal Poly She was a founding member and driving force behind the Ca l Poly Staff Diversity Committee and a founding member of the Staff Scholarship Committee which awards scholarships to staff members and their dependents

It was also noted that the entire campus depends on Krupp for statistics and general information about the university as well as providing the California State University Chancellors Office and other outside govshyerning bodies with information

Another colleague commented on Krupps tireless work as an advocate for staff members rights Krupp has worked at Cal Poly for 11 years

Reese has worked at Cal Poly for 14 years Her love for li fe shows in every-

thing she does especially in what she does for the Music Department said a co-worker

Reese was recognized for extraordishynary competence and thoroughness skills that make the running of the office seamless

Known as a friend to students she was also commended for her enormous capacity for work She is very busy but never turns anyone away said a fellow employee She always has a smile on her face

Reeses relationship with faculty and staff members and students is described as outstanding

Stier is a 16-year veteran of Cal Poly who was cited for her institutional memory - a capability that allows her to remember what happened and why it happened

Without her the department wouldnt happen said a colleague She is the foundation of the department

A faculty member commented For me in 25 years shes the single best person I have worked with here or anywhere

Another said Stier is a jewel the glue that holds us together She would be the perfect mentor to staff members She richly deserves the award

The outstanding staff members are nominated by facu lty and staff members and reviewed by a committee of former award recipients President Baker names the winners based on the committees recommendations 0

Faculty staff can polish presentation skills ay 18 Staff and faculty members wi ll have

an opportunity to brush up on workshop creation and presentation ski ll s when Kathleen Allen speaks on Training the Trainers Orchestrating the Teachable Moment at 9 am May 18 in UU 220

Allen currently president of her own consulting firm is a nationally known author and expert on leadership coaching and organizational transformation for higher education non-profit organ izations and businesses

Her presentation will run until 2 pm with a lunch break 11-11 45 am

In the session Allen wi ll focus on how to design interactive workshops for students and will demonstrate sample workshops

Al len ea rned a doctorate in educashytional leadership from the University of San Diego and has worked in higher

education for more than 25 years inshycluding serving as vice president for student development at the College of St Benedict in Minnesota

She is a senior fellow at the University of Maryland s Academy ofLeadership

Allen s visit is sponsored by Student Lifes LEADS (Leadership Education and Development for Students) Program which expects to be in operation by September The program has been designed to g ive students the opportunity to be successful leaders and members of c lubs organizations and class project teams

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended For reservations or more information ca ll Pat Harris coordinator of Leadership Education and Developshyment at ext 6-2582 0

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Vista Grande to serve others Day brunch

Vista Grande Restaurant will serve a special brunch for Mothers Day - this Sunday - from 9 am to 2 pm including ham turkey prime rib and an omelette bar

The cost is $1395 for adults and $695 for children Call ext 6-1204 for reservations 0

History prof to talk on Racial frontier

Former Cal Poly History Professor Quintard Taylor will speak on the subject of African-Americans in search of the racial frontier in California and on the Pacific slope at 11 am May 19 in Chumash Auditorium

His talk wi ll develop the concept of a racial frontier and explain its relevance in the area along the Pacific

Taylor a professor of American history at the University of Washington is anashytionally recognized award-winning scholar whose book-length study of the racial frontier was nominated for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in history

He has published two other books and co-authored a fourth that deal with various aspects of the interaction of AfricanshyAmericans with broad trends and general developments in the trans-Mississippi West

Taylor taught at Cal Poly from 1977 through 1990 during which time he was the founding facu lty advisor to Alpha Phi Alshypha a fraterllity for men of African descent

Taylors appearance is sponsored by the History Department Multi-Cultural Center and Ethnic Studies Department

For more information call the History Department at ext 6-2543 0

CPR schedule The Cal Poly Report is published every

Wednesday during the academic year Artic les are due to Public Affairs by

10 a m Wednesday for the following weeks edition

Items can bee-mailed to poly news poly mail (add calpolyedu if needed) faxed to 6-6533 or mailed to Public Affairs Heron Hall

For more information call ext 6-151 1 0

The Bellson beat Louie Belson whom Duke Ellington called the worlds greatest drummer will p e1jorm with the University Jazz Band 1 at 8 pm Saturday in the Pe1jorming Arts Center as part of Jazz Night For tickets call the Pe1jorming Arts Center Ticket Office at ext 6-2 787 He will also give a free jazz clinic at I pm that day in Room 216 in the Davidson Music Cente1

Campus community can aid Special Olympics

Faculty and staff members are invited to participate in Tip a Cop a fund-raiser dinner event for Special Olympics set for Tuesday (May 16) at the San Luis Obispo Vets Hall on Grand Avenue

University Police Chief Tony Aeilts and Sergeant Lori Hashim are among several officers from local law enforceshyment agencies who will be serving as wait staff at the dinners sched uled at 5 6 7 and 8 pm

McLintocks wi ll provide the food and all tips co llected will be donated to the Special Olympics

Entree choices include steak halibut chicken or ribs for prices ranging from $11 to $14 A chi ldrens meal is also ofshyfered for $5

To make reservations call Hashim at ext 6-6656

Tip a Cop is sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Police Department 0

Career Symposium 2000 The Landscape Architecture Departshy

ment Career Services and the student chapter of the American Society of Landshyscape Architects and the Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society are sponsoring a Career Symposium on Thursday and Friday (May 11-12)

Representatives from various Califorshynia-based private and public agencies are expected to attend and meet with students to discuss the possibilities of full-time employment and summer internships

Workshops on how students should prepare for the interview process will also be part of the symposium Students design work and other projects will be displayed

For more information call the Landshyscape Architecture Department at ext 6-1319 or e-mail Professor Gerald Smith at gsmithcalpoly edu 0

Kennedy Library to host Education for WineSense

The campus community is invited to learn more about the Centra l Coasts Women for WineSense program at a speshycial fund-raising event 6-8 pm Saturday (May 13) in the Kennedy Library atrium

The event tit led Education for WineSense is a collaboration between the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense and the Kennedy Library to develop a wine information collection to support the wine studies and wine marketing programs offered by the Colshylege of Agricufture

The co llection is also intended to serve as an educational tool for the wine industry and related businesses on the Centra l Coast

The event will include a si lent auction to raise funds for mate ria ls for the Ed ucation for WineSense co llect ion demonstrations of the Education for WineSense Web site and librarianshyguided virtual tours of the Web site (wwwlib calpoly eduwine )

The cost $10 per person includes sweet and savory appetizers and desshyserts wine and the chance to bid in a s il ent auction

For more information or to make a reservation ca ll the San Luis Obispo Chapter of Women for WineSense at 547- 1753 0

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DATELIE ($) - Admission chmged

Exhibits University Art Gallery (Dexter Building) Large figurative works by Ruth Weisberg and Patty Wickman through June 4 Monday-Friday 1 I am -4 pm and Wednesday 7-9 pm

Wednesday nay 10 Music Ann ie Rapid BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday nay 11 Physics Colloquium Bennetta Schmidt (Physics) Granites and Volcanoes Science E-45 II am Mathematics Colloquium Art Benjamin (Harvey Mudd College) The Best Way to Knock em Down Math and Science Building 225 I I I 0 am Books at High Noon Michael Orth (English) River Horse A Voyage Across America by William Least Heat-Moon Veranda Cafe noon Fiction Reading AI Landwehr (English) Club 22 I UU 7 pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Mill er Also May 12-13 and I 8-20 Ca l Po ly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 12 Philosophy at Poly K Srinivas (University of Oregon and Pondicherry University India) The Need for a Comparative Philosophy UU 220 310pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 13 and 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 13 Music Jazz Night Harman Hall 8 pm($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Continued on page 6

Published by Public Affairs bull wwwcalpolyedu-communicCPRreport htm

Retired Faculty and Staff Club members (from lefl) Jim Murphy Warren Anderson James Lau club past-President Starr Jenkins club President Gene Starkey and Vice President Erland Detloff

Retired Faculty and Staff Club establishes endowment Retired faculty and staff members are

invited to contribute to the newly estabshylished Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit Scholarship Endowment

Just two weeks after announcing the scholarship endowment more than $3000 has been raised said Gene Starkey president of the Retired Faculty and Staff Club

Anyone interested may donate Checks payable to the Cal Poly Foundation with a note earmarking them for the Centennial Merit Scholarshyship Endowment may be sent to David Thomson Treasurer Retired Facshyulty and Staff Club 1335 Foothill Blvd San Luis Obispo CA 93405

Vice President Gonzalez to take job at Georgetown Juan Gonzalez who has served as Cal

Polys vice president for Student Affairs since 1994 has announced he w ill leave in July for the same position at Georgetown University in Washington DC

As head of Student Affairs Gonzalez has played a key role in helping to deshyvelop university policy He has a lso been responsible for overseeing all aspects of Cal Polys student services program which includes Student Academic Sershyvices Student Life and Activities Health and Psychological Services Residential Life and Education Campus Student Reshylations and Judicial Affairs and Career Services He also served as the university li aison to the Associated Students Inc with overs ight responsibilities to the AS I Executi ve Office

Dr Gonza lez has done an outstanding job and contributed s ignificantly to the development of the university said President Baker He has been an extraordinary vice president for Cal Poly and I am confident he will be a wonderful addition to Georgetown one of the nations great universities Whi le we regret losing him we wish him well as he goes off to pursue this s ignificant opportunity

During his tenure at Cal Poly Gonzalez won praise as an effective key member of the senior administrative team He also has been recognized for placing an emphasis on co ll aboration pioneering the universitys first-year initi ative for freshshymen and spearheading plans for the

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CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Position vacancies Below are all the new previously

unadvertised employment openings at the university You may access full inshyformation about these and other previshyously advertised positions at www cal polyedu (scroll down and select employment opportunities under the FacultyStaff Services heading)

STATE For a complete listing of employment opportunities for state staff and manageshyment positions you can

bull Check the Human Resources and Employment Equity Web site at wwwcalpoly edu under Employment Opportunities

bull Come to the HREE office Adm 110 and view the posted positions

bull Call the HREE Job Line at ext 6-1533 For a listing of new openings check The

Tribunes Sunday edition Ifyou have questions please call HREE

at ext 6-2237

Centennial Celebration Coordinator (Public Affairs Assistant II) University Advancement Division Public Affairs $2961-3560 temporary to 6 1102 Internal recruitment only on-campus candidates may apply Closing date May 17 D

bull bull bull Gonzalez Continued from page 1 development of campus residential and sports complex facilities

Juan has served Cal Poly shyespecially our students - extraordishynarily well said Provos t Paul Zingg He has brought both clear vision and enormous energy to Student Affairs and strengthened the record of our university as a caring intellectual community that is first and foremost focused on student learning

We are a better place because of Juans years at the helm of Stushydent Affairs And although I and so many others will miss him as a colshyleague and friend we will always be reminded of him through the lasting contributions to Cal Poly of his leadership Zingg said

Baker and Zingg wi ll consult with Gonzalez the Student Affairs divishysion and student leadership during the next several weeks regarding issues surrounding interim leadersh ip and transitional planning for the Stushydent Affairs division D

bullbullbull DATELIE Continued ji-om page I

Tuesday nay 16 Music Darrell Voss BackStage Pi zza noon Speaker Noriko lshiyama (Rutgers University) The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States Air Conditioning Bldg 203 noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus bull Stage Show Also May 17-18 Harman Hall 7 pm ($)

Wednesday nay 17 Music Ragg BackStage Pizza noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Also May I 8 Harman Hall 7 pm($) Hypnotist-Speaker Bruce McDonald Chumash 7 pm ($)

Thursday nay 18 Physics Colloquium Steve Vincena (UCLA) The Alfven Wave From the So lar Corona to the Earths Aurora to Laboratory Plasmas Science E-45 11 am Books at High Noon Bob Wolf (Math) The Case Against the Global Economy (and for a Tum Toward the Local) by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmsith Veranda Cafe noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Harman Hall 7 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 19-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 19 Speaker Quintard Taylor (University of Washington) Arrican-Americans in Search of the Racial Frontier in California and Pacific Slope Chumash 11 am Music Dogwood Moon BackStage Pizza noon Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium 5 pm($) Music Jonathan Barker (student) guitar recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm Play Theatre and Dance Department s spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 20 Baseba ll UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($) Music Brahams Requiem Cal Poly choirs and Cuesta Master Chorale Harman Hall 8 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production A ll My Sons

by Arthur Miller Ca l Poly Theatre 8 pm($)

Sunday nay 21 Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($)

Tuesday nay 23 Music David Harris BackStage Pizza noon

Wednesday nay 24 Music Guitar ensemble recital Philips Hall PAC 7 pm

Thursday nay 25 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am What Else We Do Kevin Clark (Engli sh) Building Rooms of Their Own Fisher Science 287 I I am Music Matt Paves trumpet minor recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm

nonday nay 29 Holiday Memorial Day Campus closed except for emergency services

Tuesday nay 30 Music Wind Quintet recital Davidson Music Center 218 7 pm

Wednesday nay 31 Music Travis Larson BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday June 1 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am

Friday June 2 Last day of classes

Saturday June 3 Music Wind Orchestra Spring Concert Harman Hall 8 pm ($)

Sunday June 4 Music Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert Theatre 3 pm ($)

nonday June 5 Final exam period Through Friday June 9

Saturday June 10 Commencement Colleges of Agriculshyture Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics plus UCTE and Statewide Nursing Program 9 am colleges of Architecture and Envi ronmental Design Business and Engineering 2 pm Mustang Stadium

Sunday June 11 Quarter Break Through Sunday June I 8

nonday June 19 Summer quarter classes begin 0

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ort California Polytechnic State Un iversity San Luis Obispo CA 93407

Vol 54 No 32 bull May 10 2000

DATELIE ($) - Admission chmged

Exhibits University Art Gallery (Dexter Building) Large figurative works by Ruth Weisberg and Patty Wickman through June 4 Monday-Friday 1 I am -4 pm and Wednesday 7-9 pm

Wednesday nay 10 Music Ann ie Rapid BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday nay 11 Physics Colloquium Bennetta Schmidt (Physics) Granites and Volcanoes Science E-45 II am Mathematics Colloquium Art Benjamin (Harvey Mudd College) The Best Way to Knock em Down Math and Science Building 225 I I I 0 am Books at High Noon Michael Orth (English) River Horse A Voyage Across America by William Least Heat-Moon Veranda Cafe noon Fiction Reading AI Landwehr (English) Club 22 I UU 7 pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Mill er Also May 12-13 and I 8-20 Ca l Po ly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 12 Philosophy at Poly K Srinivas (University of Oregon and Pondicherry University India) The Need for a Comparative Philosophy UU 220 310pm Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 13 and 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 13 Music Jazz Night Harman Hall 8 pm($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 18-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Continued on page 6

Published by Public Affairs bull wwwcalpolyedu-communicCPRreport htm

Retired Faculty and Staff Club members (from lefl) Jim Murphy Warren Anderson James Lau club past-President Starr Jenkins club President Gene Starkey and Vice President Erland Detloff

Retired Faculty and Staff Club establishes endowment Retired faculty and staff members are

invited to contribute to the newly estabshylished Faculty and Staff Centennial Merit Scholarship Endowment

Just two weeks after announcing the scholarship endowment more than $3000 has been raised said Gene Starkey president of the Retired Faculty and Staff Club

Anyone interested may donate Checks payable to the Cal Poly Foundation with a note earmarking them for the Centennial Merit Scholarshyship Endowment may be sent to David Thomson Treasurer Retired Facshyulty and Staff Club 1335 Foothill Blvd San Luis Obispo CA 93405

Vice President Gonzalez to take job at Georgetown Juan Gonzalez who has served as Cal

Polys vice president for Student Affairs since 1994 has announced he w ill leave in July for the same position at Georgetown University in Washington DC

As head of Student Affairs Gonzalez has played a key role in helping to deshyvelop university policy He has a lso been responsible for overseeing all aspects of Cal Polys student services program which includes Student Academic Sershyvices Student Life and Activities Health and Psychological Services Residential Life and Education Campus Student Reshylations and Judicial Affairs and Career Services He also served as the university li aison to the Associated Students Inc with overs ight responsibilities to the AS I Executi ve Office

Dr Gonza lez has done an outstanding job and contributed s ignificantly to the development of the university said President Baker He has been an extraordinary vice president for Cal Poly and I am confident he will be a wonderful addition to Georgetown one of the nations great universities Whi le we regret losing him we wish him well as he goes off to pursue this s ignificant opportunity

During his tenure at Cal Poly Gonzalez won praise as an effective key member of the senior administrative team He also has been recognized for placing an emphasis on co ll aboration pioneering the universitys first-year initi ative for freshshymen and spearheading plans for the

Continued on page 6

CAL POLY REPORT MAY 10 2000

Position vacancies Below are all the new previously

unadvertised employment openings at the university You may access full inshyformation about these and other previshyously advertised positions at www cal polyedu (scroll down and select employment opportunities under the FacultyStaff Services heading)

STATE For a complete listing of employment opportunities for state staff and manageshyment positions you can

bull Check the Human Resources and Employment Equity Web site at wwwcalpoly edu under Employment Opportunities

bull Come to the HREE office Adm 110 and view the posted positions

bull Call the HREE Job Line at ext 6-1533 For a listing of new openings check The

Tribunes Sunday edition Ifyou have questions please call HREE

at ext 6-2237

Centennial Celebration Coordinator (Public Affairs Assistant II) University Advancement Division Public Affairs $2961-3560 temporary to 6 1102 Internal recruitment only on-campus candidates may apply Closing date May 17 D

bull bull bull Gonzalez Continued from page 1 development of campus residential and sports complex facilities

Juan has served Cal Poly shyespecially our students - extraordishynarily well said Provos t Paul Zingg He has brought both clear vision and enormous energy to Student Affairs and strengthened the record of our university as a caring intellectual community that is first and foremost focused on student learning

We are a better place because of Juans years at the helm of Stushydent Affairs And although I and so many others will miss him as a colshyleague and friend we will always be reminded of him through the lasting contributions to Cal Poly of his leadership Zingg said

Baker and Zingg wi ll consult with Gonzalez the Student Affairs divishysion and student leadership during the next several weeks regarding issues surrounding interim leadersh ip and transitional planning for the Stushydent Affairs division D

bullbullbull DATELIE Continued ji-om page I

Tuesday nay 16 Music Darrell Voss BackStage Pi zza noon Speaker Noriko lshiyama (Rutgers University) The Emerging Geography of Environmental Injustice American Indians and the Nuclear Waste Dilemma in the United States Air Conditioning Bldg 203 noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus bull Stage Show Also May 17-18 Harman Hall 7 pm ($)

Wednesday nay 17 Music Ragg BackStage Pizza noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Also May I 8 Harman Hall 7 pm($) Hypnotist-Speaker Bruce McDonald Chumash 7 pm ($)

Thursday nay 18 Physics Colloquium Steve Vincena (UCLA) The Alfven Wave From the So lar Corona to the Earths Aurora to Laboratory Plasmas Science E-45 11 am Books at High Noon Bob Wolf (Math) The Case Against the Global Economy (and for a Tum Toward the Local) by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmsith Veranda Cafe noon Circus Oops The Big Apple Circus Stage Show Harman Hall 7 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 19-20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Friday nay 19 Speaker Quintard Taylor (University of Washington) Arrican-Americans in Search of the Racial Frontier in California and Pacific Slope Chumash 11 am Music Dogwood Moon BackStage Pizza noon Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium 5 pm($) Music Jonathan Barker (student) guitar recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm Play Theatre and Dance Department s spring production All My Sons by Arthur Miller Also May 20 Cal Poly Theatre 8 pm ($)

Saturday nay 20 Baseba ll UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($) Music Brahams Requiem Cal Poly choirs and Cuesta Master Chorale Harman Hall 8 pm ($) Play Theatre and Dance Departments spring production A ll My Sons

by Arthur Miller Ca l Poly Theatre 8 pm($)

Sunday nay 21 Baseball UCSB SLO Stadium I pm($)

Tuesday nay 23 Music David Harris BackStage Pizza noon

Wednesday nay 24 Music Guitar ensemble recital Philips Hall PAC 7 pm

Thursday nay 25 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am What Else We Do Kevin Clark (Engli sh) Building Rooms of Their Own Fisher Science 287 I I am Music Matt Paves trumpet minor recital Davidson Music Center 218 730pm

nonday nay 29 Holiday Memorial Day Campus closed except for emergency services

Tuesday nay 30 Music Wind Quintet recital Davidson Music Center 218 7 pm

Wednesday nay 31 Music Travis Larson BackStage Pizza noon

Thursday June 1 Physics Colloquium Student research Science E-45 I I am

Friday June 2 Last day of classes

Saturday June 3 Music Wind Orchestra Spring Concert Harman Hall 8 pm ($)

Sunday June 4 Music Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert Theatre 3 pm ($)

nonday June 5 Final exam period Through Friday June 9

Saturday June 10 Commencement Colleges of Agriculshyture Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics plus UCTE and Statewide Nursing Program 9 am colleges of Architecture and Envi ronmental Design Business and Engineering 2 pm Mustang Stadium

Sunday June 11 Quarter Break Through Sunday June I 8

nonday June 19 Summer quarter classes begin 0

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