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School  of  Science  and  Technology  Annual  Accomplishment  Summary  2016-­‐2017  

Dean  Lynn  Stauffer,  Ph.D.  

A. HIGHLIGHTS  

Describe  the  School’s  accomplishments  for  the  past  fiscal  year.    The  national  call  to  spur  innovation  by  strengthening  the  STEM  talent  pool  is  being  heard  loud  and  clear  by  the  School  of  Science  &  Technology  (SST)  along  with  the  call  to  address  the  changing  healthcare  landscape.  SST  is  committed  to  student  success  defined  most  broadly  as  attracting,  retaining,  and  graduating  well-­‐prepared  students  in  SST  disciplines.  This  commitment  translates  into  initiatives  encompassing  teaching  excellence  and  curriculum  innovation,  impactful  student  experiences,  strong  SST  student  communities,  and  a  vibrant  research  environment.  This  summary  of  accomplishments  provides  insight  into  the  many  efforts  taken  across  all  departments  in  Science  &  Technology  in  2016-­‐17  to  meet  this  vision  and  mission.  • Science  &  Technology  faculty  and  staff  provided  over  2170  FTES  (annualized  full  time  equivalent  

students)  of  instruction  across  biology,  chemistry,  computer  science,  engineering,  geology,  kinesiology,  mathematics  &  statistics,  nursing  and  physics  &  astronomy  disciplines.  This  includes  lecture,  laboratory,  field,  clinical,  online  and  other  instructional  settings  as  well  as  courses  for  general  education,  major  and  supporting  requirements,  and  electives.  

• New  facilities  supporting  student  learning  and  exploration  were  advanced  this  year:  o SSU  Innovation  Lab  –  this  collaborative  space  in  the  SSU  Library  is  the  result  of  Jeremy  

Qualls'  (Physics  &  Astronomy)  leadership  including  the  development  of  the  general  education  course  SCI  220:  Dream,  Make  and  Innovate  and  $580K+  National  Science  Foundation  Improving  Undergraduate  STEM  Education  (IUSE)  funding  to  establish  a  cutting-­‐edge  innovation  space.  Future  plans  are  to  expand  the  effort  campuswide  as  the  Innovation  @  SSU  Initiative.  KRCB  coverage  at  http://radio.krcb.org/post/sonoma-­‐state-­‐opens-­‐new-­‐makerspace-­‐dreamers-­‐and-­‐thinkers#stream/0.  

o New  on-­‐campus  SSU  Observatory  building  –  the  original  41-­‐year  old  structure  was  replaced  with  a  state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art  split  roof  observatory  this  spring.  Telescopes  are  being  refurbished  and  will  be  moved  back  to  the  new  building  in  preparation  for  a  Grand  Opening  in  early  September.      

o New  Computer  Science  Department  instructional  and  research  laboratory  opened  on  the  first  floor  of  Stevenson  Hall  in  Fall  2016.  

o New  Chemistry  instructional  lab  opened  in  Carson  Hall  10  this  year  providing  expanded  access  to  students.  

• The  2017  School  of  Science  and  Technology  Commencement  Ceremony  on  Saturday,  May  20,  was  the  first  ever  school-­‐based  commencement  event.  Held  in  Weill  Hall  at  the  Green  Music  Center,  over  60  SST  faculty  were  in  the  platform  party  (of  nearly  80)  and  were  there  to  celebrate  the  367  participating  graduates  (~74%  of  those  eligible).  Everyone  in  the  SST  community  provided  input  to  the  planning  process.  All  elements  were  discussed  and  decided  on  by  the  SST  Commencement  Planning  Group  (consisting  of  AS  SST  Representative  Ashley  Dates,  Council  of  Chairs,  and  Senate  Planning  Lead,  Tom  Targett).  New  application  and  selection  procedures  were  implemented  for  selecting  the  School's  student  speaker.    

• Science  &  Technology  faculty  are  outstanding  teachers  as  evidenced  by  Student  Evaluation  of  Teaching  Effectiveness  aggregate  scores  that  report  SST  faculty  are  rated  as  “Very  Effective”  

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across  all  evaluation  criteria.  With  more  than  6755  student  responses  (Fall  2016)  and  on  a  5  point  scale,  SST  faculty  averaged  scores  well  above  4.0  (very  effective)  and  amongst  the  highest  rated  were:  “displayed  competence  in  course  topics”  (4.54/5.0),  “displayed  enthusiasm  for  teaching  the  course”  (4.5/5.0),  “respects  different  points  of  view”  (4.39/5.0)  and  “my  instructor  provides  opportunities  to  question  ideas  in  class”  (4.38/5.0).  

• Science  &  Technology  faculty  published  over  75  scholarly  works  and  gave  over  60  professional  presentations.  

• Science  &  Technology  faculty  continue  as  leaders  in  their  fields  as  evidenced  be  the  following  standout  achievements:  

o Lynn  Cominsky  (Physics  &  Astronomy)  was  elected  a  Fellow  by  the  California  Academy  of  Sciences  (May  2017).  This  reflects  Dr.  Cominsky’s  distinguished  contributions  to  the  sciences  –  particularly  in  the  field  of  Astronomy.  She  joins  SSU  Academy  Fellows  Matt  James  (Geology)  and  Dan  Crocker  (Biology).  Dr.  Cominsky  was  also  the  recipient  of  2017  Malina  Astronautics  Medal.  

o The  2017  President's  Award  for  Excellence  in  Scholarship  was  awarded  to  Dan  Crocker  (Biology).  In  2016  the  Award  was  presented  to  Lynn  Cominsky  (Physics  &  Astronomy)  and  Suzanne  Rivoire  (Computer  Science).  

• The  Mathematics  &  Statistics  Department  is  reforming  the  developmental  math  curriculum  to  better  serve  underprepared  students.  With  funding  from  the  graduation  initiative  (GI2025),  the  department  is  developing  the  curriculum  and  will  run  pilot  sections  for  four  new  stretch  courses  in  2017-­‐18.  The  plan  is  to  replace  all  remedial  math  courses  with  4  types  of  GE  stretch  courses.  

Math  131A/B  Finite  Math  for  Business  Math  150A/B  Transformational  Geometry  Math  161A/B  Functions  and  Rates  of  Change  Math  165A/B  Data  Visualization  and  Analysis  

The  two-­‐semester  sequences  will  allow  students  to  satisfy  their  remedial  math  requirement  and  their  GE  B4  requirement  simultaneously,  with  all  6-­‐8-­‐units  in  the  sequence  (3-­‐4  units  per  semester)  counting  towards  the  120  unit  requirement  for  graduation.    In  some  cases  this  will  shorten  students'  time  to  graduation.    An  added  benefit  is  that  students  will  not  experience  the  stigma  of  being  placed  in  a  remedial  mathematics  class  (and  the  attendant  stereotype  threat  that  further  depresses  performance).  

• Nursing  pre-­‐licensure  program  received  accreditation  from  the  California  Board  of  Registered  Nursing  (BRN).    

• Science  and  Technology  continues  to  actively  seek  funding  from  external  and  internal  funding  sources  to  further  our  vision  and  mission.  Science  &  Tech  Principal  Investigators  have  33  active  sponsored  projects  totaling  nearly  $15M  in  external  state  and  federal  funding.  

B. SUMMARY  OF  ACCOMPLISHMENTS  

What  is  the  single  most  important  accomplishment  of  the  School  of  Science  &  Technology  this  year?  The  single  most  important  accomplishment  of  the  School  of  Science  &  Technology  in  2016-­‐17  was  the  5th  Annual  SSU  Science  Symposium  –  a  culminating  experience  rooted  in  the  School's  teacher-­‐scholar  faculty  model.  The  Symposium  was  held  on  May  3,  2017  as  part  of  the  campus  wide  SSU  Symposium  on  Research  and  Creativity.  The  Symposium  featured  a  poster  session  showcasing  the  scholarship  and  achievements  of  students  in  the  School  of  Science  and  Technology  as  well  as  collaborations  across  disciplines  and  with  community  partners  as  part  of  the  WATERS  Collaborative.  Over  135  posters  representing  the  work  of  over  300  student  contributors  were  included.  This  represents  significant  growth  compared  to  last  year.  Judges  selected  awardees  for:  1)  Dean's  Graduate  Research  Award  in  Nursing,  2)  Dean's  Graduate  Award  in  Biology,  3)  Science  Symposium  

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Bright  Idea  Award,  4)  Science  Symposium  Big  Picture  Award,  and  5)  Science  &  Technology  Symposium  Award.  See  the  program  and  poster  abstracts  at:  http://www.sonoma.edu/scitech/symposium/Science%20Symposium%20Program%202017_website.pdf  

C. PUBLICATIONS  1. Biology  a. Fyllas,  N.,  L.P.  Bentley,  A.  Shenkin,  G.P.  Asner,  O.  Atkin,  S.  Diaz,  B.  Enquist,  W.  Farfan  Rios,  E.  

Gloor,  R.  Guerrieri,  W.  Huaraca  Huasco,  Y.  Ishida,  R.  Martin,  P.  Meir,  O.  Phillips,  N.  Salinas,  M.  Silman,  L.  Weerasinghe,  J.  Zaragoza-­‐Castells,  and  Y.  Malhi.  Solar  radiation  and  functional  traits  are  both  necessary  and  sufficient  to  explain  the  decline  of  forest  primary  productivity  along  a  tropical  elevation  gradient.  Ecology  Letters.  

b. Blonder,  B.,  N.  Salinas,  L.P.  Bentley,  A.  Shenkin,  P.O.  Chambi  Porroa,  Y.  Valdez,  C.  Violle,  G.R.  Goldsmith,  R.  Martin,  G.P.  Asner,  S.  DÃ-­‐az,  B.J.  Enquist,  and  Y.  Malhi.  Predicting  trait-­‐environment  relationships  for  venation  networks  along  an  Andes-­‐Amazon  elevation  gradient.  Ecology.  

c. Wu,  M.S.,  S.J.  Feakins,  R.E.  Martin,  A.  Shenkin,  L.P.  Bentley,  B.  Blonder,  N.  Salinas,  G.P.  Asner,  and  Y.  Malhi.  Altitude  effect  on  leaf  wax  isotopic  composition  in  humid  tropical  forests.  Geochimica  et  Cosmochimica  Acta.  

d. Mazzola  M,  Agostini  A,  Cohen  MF  (2017)  Incorporation  of  Brassica  seed  meal  soil  amendment  and  wheat  cultivation  for  control  of  Macrophomina  phaseolina  in  strawberry.  Eur.  J.  Plant  Path.  1-­‐15.  doi:10.1007/s10658-­‐017-­‐1166-­‐0  

e. Jelincic,  J.A.,  M.S.  Tift,  D.S.  Houser,  D.E.  Crocker.  Variation  in  adrenal  and  thyroid  hormones  with  life-­‐history  stage  in  juvenile  northern  elephant  seals  (Mirounga  angustirostris).  General  and  Comparative  Endocrinology  (in  press).    

f. Crocker,  D.E.  Endocrinology.  In:  Handbook  of  Marine  Mammal  Medicine.  CRC  Press.  (in  press).  g. Ferraro,  M.S,    R.R.  Decker,  D.P.  Costa,  P.W.  Robinson,  D.S.  Houser,  D.E.  Crocker.  Evaluating  gain  

functions  in  foraging  bouts  using  vertical  excursions  in  northern  elephant  seals.  Animal  Behaviour  (in  press).  

h. Crocker,  D.E.,  B.K.  Wenzel,  C.D.  Champagne,  D.S.  Houser.  Adult  male  northern  elephant  seals  maintain  high  rates  of  glucose  production  during  extended  breeding  fasts.  Journal  of  Comparative  Physiology  B  (in  press).      

i. Olmstead,  K.I.,  M.R.  La  Frano,    J.  Fahrmann,  D.  Grapov,  J.A.  Viscarra,    J.W.  Newman,  O.  Fiehn,  D.E.  Crocker,  F.V.  Filipp  and  R.M.  Ortiz.    2017.  Insulin  induces  a  shift  in  lipid  and  primary  carbon  metabolites  in  a  model  of  fasting-­‐induced  insulin  resistance.  Metabolomics.  13:60.  doi:10.1007/s11306-­‐017-­‐1186-­‐y.  

j. Currylow,  A.F.,  E.E.  Louis  and  D.E.  Crocker.  2017.  Response  to  handling  is  short-­‐lived,  but  may  reflect  personalities  in  a  wild,  critically  endangered  tortoise  species.  Conservation  Physiology.  5:cox008.  doi:10.1093/conphys/cox008.  

k. Lee,  D.,  B.  Martinez,  D.E.  Crocker,  R.M.  Ortiz.  2017.  Fasting  increases  the  phosphorylation  of  AMPK  and  expression  of  sirtuin1  in  muscle  of  adult  male  northern  elephant  seals  (Mirounga  angustirostris).  Physiological  Reports.  5:e13114.  doi:10.14814/phy2.13114.  

l. Martinez,  B.,    J.G.  Soñanez-­‐Organis,  J.A.  Godoy-­‐Lugo,  L.  Horin,  D.E.  Crocker,  and  R.M.Ortiz.  2017.  Thyroid  hormone  stimulated  increases  in  PGC-­‐1α  and  UCP2  promote  life-­‐history  specific  endocrine  changes  and  maintain  a  lipid-­‐based  metabolism.  American  Journal  of  Physiology:  Regulatory,  Integrative  and  Comparative  Physiology.  312:189-­‐196.  

m. Khudyakov,    J.I.,  C.D.  Champagne,  L.  Meneghetti  ,  D.E.  Crocker.    2017.  Blubber  transcriptome  response  to  acute  stress  axis  activation  involves  transient  changes  in  adipogenesis  and  lipolysis  

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in  a  fasting-­‐adapted  marine  mammal.  Scientific  Reports  7:42110.  doi:10.1038/srep42110.    n. Champagne,  C.D.  N.M.  Kellar,  D.E.  Crocker,  S.K.  Wasser,  R.K.  Booth,  M.L.  Trego,  D.S.  Houser.  

2017.  Blubber  cortisol  qualitatively  reflects  circulating  cortisol  concentrations  in  bottlenose  dolphins.  Marine  Mammal  Science.  33:134-­‐153.  

o. Ocean  Studies  Board.  2016.  Approaches  to  understanding  the  cumulative  effects  of  stressors  on  marine  mammals.  National  Academies  Press.  D.E.  Crocker.  

p. Peterson  M.G.,  S.H.  Peterson,  C.    Debier,  A.  Covaci,  A.C.  Dirtu,  G.  Malarvannan,  D.E.  Crocker,  D.P.  Costa.  2016.  Serum  POP  concentrations  are  highly  predictive  of  inner  blubber  concentrations  at  two  extremes  of  body  condition  in  northern  elephant  seals.    Environmental  Pollution.  218:651-­‐663.    

q. Codde,  S.A.,  S.G.  Allen,  D.S.  Houser,  D.E.  Crocker.  2016.  Effects  of  environmental  variables  on  surface  temperature  of  breeding  adult  female  northern  elephant  seals,  Mirounga  angustirostris,  and  pups.  Journal  of  Thermal  Biology.  61:98-­‐105.  

r. Crocker,  D.E.,  C.D.  Champagne,  J.I.  Khudyakov.  2016.  Oxidative  stress  in  northern  elephant  seals:  integration  of  omics  approaches  with  ecological  and  experimental  studies.  Comparative  and  Biochemical  Physiology  A.  200:94-­‐103.  

s. Costa,  D.P.,  L.  Schwarz,  P.  Robinson,  R.S.  Schick,  P.A.  Morris,  R.  Condit,  D.E.  Crocker,  A.  M.  Kilpatrick.  2016.  A  bioenergetics  approach  to  understanding  the  population  consequences  of  disturbance:  elephant  seals  as  a  model  system.  Advances  in  Experimental  Medicine  and  Biology.  875:161-­‐169.  

t. Houser,  D.S.,  C.D.  Champagne,  D.E.  Crocker,  N.M.  Kellar,  J.  Cockrem.  T.  Romano,  R.K.  Booth,  S.K.  Wasser.  2016.  Natural  variation  in  stress  hormones,  comparisons  across  matrices,  and  impacts  resulting  from  induced  stress  in  the  bottlenose  dolphin.  Advances  in  Experimental  Medicine  and  Biology  875:467-­‐471.  

u. Alvarez  L,  Bianco  CL,  Toscano  JP,  Lin  J,  Akaike  T,  Fukuto  J.  The  Chemical  Biology  of  Hydropersulfides  and  Related  Species:  Possible  Roles  in  Cellular  Protection  and  Redox  Signaling.  Antioxid  Redox  Signal.  2017  Apr  11.    

v. Millikin  R,  Bianco  CL,  White  C,  Saund  SS,  Henriquez  S,  Sosa  V,  Akaike  T,  Kumagai  Y,  Soeda  S,  Toscano  JP,  Lin  J,  Fukuto  JM.  The  chemical  biology  of  protein  hydropersulfides:  Studies  of  a  possible  protective  function  of  biological  hydropersulfide  generation.  Free  Radic  Biol  Med.  2016  Aug;  97:136-­‐47.  

w. Haas,  S.  E.,  Hall  Cushman,  J.,  Dillon,  W.  W.,  Rank,  N.  E.,  Rizzo,  D.  M.,  &  Meentemeyer,  R.  K.  (2016).  Effects  of  individual,  community,  and  landscape  drivers  on  the  dynamics  of  a  wildland  forest  epidemic.  Ecology,  97(3),  649-­‐660.  

x. Johnston  S,  Cohen  M,  Torok  T,  Meentemeyer  R,  Rank  N.  Host  phenology  and  leaf  effects  ofnsusceptibility  of  California  bay  laurel  to  Phytophthora  ramorum.  Phytopathology,  2016.  106:47-­‐55.  

y. Lewis  ZT,  Sidamonidze  K,  Tsaturyan  V,  Tsereteli  D,  Khachidze  N,  Pepoyan  A,  Zhgenti  E,  Tevzadze  L,  Manvelyan  A,  Balayan  M,  Imnadze  P,  Torok  T,  Lema  DG,  and  Mills  DA.  The  fecal  microbial  community  of  breast-­‐fed  infants  from  Armenia  and  Georgia,  Nature  Scientific  Reports  |  7:40932  |  DOI:  10.1038/srep40932.  

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research  at  the  American  Chemical  Society  (ACS)  Conference,  San  Francisco,  April  2017.  Abstracts  are  published  as  conference  proceedings.  

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c. Ravikumar,  B.  An  improved  algorithm  for  Rivest  et  al.’s  half-­‐life  Problem,  submitted  to  ACM  Transactions  on  Algorithms.    

4. Geology  a. Ershova,  V.B.,  Anfinson,  O.A.  Prokopiev,  P.,  Khudoley,  A.K.,  Stockli,  D.F.  Faleide,  J.I.,  Gaina,  C.  

and  Malyshev,  N.  2017  (In  Review).  First  Detrital  Zircon  (U-­‐Th)/He  Ages  from  Paleozoic  Strata  of  the  Severnaya  Zemlya  Archipelago:  deciphering  multiple  episodes  of  Paleozoic  tectonic  evolution  within  the  Russian  High  Arctic.  Lithosphere,  p.  29  

b. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Malusá,  M.G.,  Ottria,  G.,  Dafov  L.N.,  Stockli,  D.F.,  2016.  Tracking  coarse-­‐grained  gravity  flows  by  LASS-­‐ICP-­‐MS  depth-­‐profiling  of  detrital  zircon  (Aveto  Formation,  Adriatic  Foredeep,  Italy).  Marine  and  Petroleum  Geology,  DOI:  10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.07.014,  v.  77,  p.1163-­‐1176.  

c. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Embry,  A.F.,  and  Stockli,  D.F.,  2016,  Geochronologic  Constraints  on  the  Permian-­‐Triassic  Northern  Source  Region  of  the  Sverdrup  Basin,  Canadian  Arctic  Islands.  Tectonophysics,  v.  691,  p.  206-­‐219.  

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f. James,  Matthew  J.  2017.  Collecting  Evolution:  The  Galapagos  Expedition  that  Vindicated  Darwin.  Oxford  University  Press,  xix  +  284  pages,  ISBN-­‐13:  978-­‐0199354597,  ISBN-­‐10:  0199354596.  

g. Mookerjee,  M.,  Kucker,  K.,  Swain.,  T.,  Martin,  D.,  Paquette,  P.,  2017.    Analog  modeling  of  fault  asperity  kinematics  using  a  modified  squeeze-­‐box  design  and  wax  media.  Interpretation,  5(1),  SD67-­‐SD80.  doi:  10.1190/INT-­‐2016-­‐0090.1      

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Unilateral  Set  Protocols  on  Muscle  Power  and  Rate  of  Force  Development.  Sports  Medicine  and  Rehabilitation  Journal.  Volume  2,  Issue  1,  article  1012.    

b. Bulent  Sokmen,  Kurt  Sollanek,  Theisen  Holsworth,  Scott  Talpey,  Michael  Ramage,  Brent  Pritt,  Devin  Graves.  The  Effects  of  Acute  Bilateral  and  Unilateral  Set  Protocols  on  Muscle  Power  and  Rate  of  Force  Development.  American  College  of  Sports  Medicine  (ACSM)  Annual  Meeting  at  Denver,  CO,  May  2017.  Medicine  and  Science  in  Sports  and  Exercise,  Volume  49:5  Supplement.  

c. Sollanek  KJ,  Talpey  SW,  Sokmen  B.  The  effects  of  acute  bilateral  and  unilateral  set  protocols  on  muscle  power  and  rate  of  force  development.  Sports  Medicine  and  Rehabilitation  Journal.  2017;  2(1),  Article  1012.    

d. Sollanek  KJ,  Burniston  JG,  Kavazis  AN,  Morton  AB,  Wiggs  MP,  Ahn  B,  Smuder  AJ,  Powers  SK.  Global  proteome  changes  in  the  rat  diaphragm  induced  by  endurance  exercise  training.  PLoS  One.  2017;12(1):e0171007.  doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0171007.  

e. Hyatt  HW,  Smuder  AJ,  Sollanek  KJ,  Morton  AB,  Roberts  MD,  Kavazis  AN.  Comparative  changes  in  antioxidant  enzymes  and  oxidative  stress  in  cardiac,  fast  twitch  and  slow  twitch  skeletal  muscles  following  endurance  exercise  training.  Int  J  Physiol  Pathophysiol  Pharmacol.  2016;8(4):160-­‐168.    

f. Hall  SE,  Smuder  AJ,  Wiggs  MP,  Morton  AB,  Sollanek  KJ,  Powers  SK.  Angiotensin  II  type  I  receptors  contributes  to  ventilator-­‐induced  diaphragm  dysfunction.  International  Journal  of  Exercise  Science:  Conference  Proceedings.  2016;(8)4,  Article  57.  

6. Mathematics  &  Statistics  a. Sam  Brannen  and  George  Ledin,  Algorithms  for  Logarithms,  submitted  to  Math  Horizons.  b. Martha  Byrne,  Using  Games  to  Engage  Students  in  Inquiry,  PRIMUS,  27(2),  271-­‐280.  c. Lahme,  B.  &  Morris,  J.  (co-­‐authors):  Calculus,  Single  and  Multivariable,  (7th  edition)  Hughes-­‐

Hallett  et  al,  Wiley,  2017.  d. Morris,  J:  Activities  to  accompany  Calculus,  Single  and  Multivariable,  Wiley,  2017.    available  at  

the  book  companion  site  and  on  WileyPlus  e. Lahme,  B.  (co-­‐author):  Open-­‐up  Resource  -­‐  Middle  School  Math  (grades  6-­‐8),  Illustrative  

Mathematics,  2017;  available  at  http://openupresources.org/math-­‐curriculum/  f. Lahme,  B.  Our  responsibility  –  Our  Opportunity:  Mathematical  Habits  of  Mind,  AMS  Blog  on  

Teaching  and  Learning  Mathematics;  May  2017;  available  at  http://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/    

7. Nursing  a. Wolcott,  K.,  Howie  Esquivel,  J.,  &  Cataldo,  J.  Relationships  between  Palliative  Care,  Ethical  

Climate,  Empowerment,  and  Moral  Distress  among  ICU  Nurses.  American  Journal  of  Critical  Care  (pending  publication,  under  revision).  

8. Physics  &  Astronomy  a. GW150914:  First  results  from  the  search  for  binary  black  hole  coalescence  with  Advanced  LIGO.  

Abbott,  B.  P.  and  981  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  93,  Issue  12,  id.122003  (6/2016)  

b. Observing  gravitational-­‐wave  transient  GW150914  with  minimal  assumptions.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  969  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  93,  Issue  12,  id.122004  (6/2016)  

c. Search  for  transient  gravitational  waves  in  coincidence  with  short-­‐duration  radio  transients  during  2007-­‐2013.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  999  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  93,  Issue  12,  id.122008  (6/2016)  

d. High-­‐energy  neutrino  follow-­‐up  search  of  gravitational  wave  event  GW150914  with  ANTARES  and  IceCube.  Adrián-­‐Martínez,  S.  and  1400  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  93,  Issue  12,  id.122010  (6/2016)  

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e. Tests  of  General  Relativity  with  GW150914.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  981  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  Letters,  Volume  116,  Issue  22,  id.221101  (6/2016).  

f. Properties  of  the  Binary  Black  Hole  Merger  GW150914.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  989  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  Letters,  Volume  116,  Issue  24,  id.241102  (6/2016).  

g. GW151226:  Observation  of  Gravitational  Waves  from  a  22-­‐Solar-­‐Mass  Binary  Black  Hole  Coalescence.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  978  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  Letters,  Volume  116,  Issue  24,  id.241103  (6/2016).  

h. Localization  and  Broadband  Follow-­‐up  of  the  Gravitational-­‐wave  Transient  GW150914.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  1573  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Ap.  J.  L.,  Volume  826,  Issue  1,  article  id.  L13,  8  pp.  (7/2016).  

i. Supplement:  Localization  and  Broadband  Follow-­‐up  of  the  Gravitational-­‐wave  Transient  GW150914.  (2016,  ApJL,  826,  L13)  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  1573  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Ap.  J.  S.,  Volume  225,  Issue  1,  article  id.  8,  15  pp.  (7/2016).  

j. Characterization  of  transient  noise  in  Advanced  LIGO  relevant  to  gravitational  wave  signal  GW150914.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  965  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Classical  and  Quantum  Gravity,  Volume  33,  Issue  13,  article  id.  134001  (7/2016).  

k. Comprehensive  all-­‐sky  search  for  periodic  gravitational  waves  in  the  sixth  science  run  LIGO  data.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  965  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  94,  Issue  4,  id.042002  (8/2016).  

l. Binary  Black  Hole  Mergers  in  the  First  Advanced  LIGO  Observing  Run.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  974  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  X,  Volume  6,  Issue  4,  id.041015  (10/2016)  

m. First  targeted  search  for  gravitational-­‐wave  bursts  from  core-­‐collapse  supernovae  in  data  of  first-­‐generation  laser  interferometer  detectors.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  968  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  94,  Issue  10,  id.102001  (11/2016)  

n. Results  of  the  deepest  all-­‐sky  survey  for  continuous  gravitational  waves  on  LIGO  S6  data  running  on  the  Einstein@Home  volunteer  distributed  computing  project.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  957  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  94,  Issue  10,  id.102002  (11/2016)  

o. Upper  Limits  on  the  Rates  of  Binary  Neutron  Star  and  Neutron  Star-­‐Black  Hole  Mergers  from  Advanced  LIGO’s  First  Observing  Run.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  959  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Astrophysical  Journal  Letters,  Volume  832,  Issue  2,  article  id.  L21,  15  pp.  (12/2016)  

p. The  Rate  of  Binary  Black  Hole  Mergers  Inferred  from  Advanced  LIGO  Observations  Surrounding  GW150914.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  966  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Astrophysical  Journal  Letters,  Volume  833,  Issue  1,  article  id.  L1,  8  pp.  (12/2016)  

q. Supplement:  The  Rate  of  Binary  Black  Hole  Mergers  Inferred  from  Advanced  LIGO  Observations  Surrounding  GW150914.  (2016,  ApJL,  833,  L1)  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  966  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Astrophysical  Journal  Supplement,  Volume  227,  Issue  2,  article  id.  14,  11  pp.  (12/2016)  

r. Exploring  the  sensitivity  of  next  generation  gravitational  wave  detectors.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  722  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Classical  and  Quantum  Gravity,  Volume  34,  Issue  4,  article  id.  044001  (2/2017)  

s. All-­‐sky  search  for  short  gravitational-­‐wave  bursts  in  the  first  Advanced  LIGO  run.  Exploring  the  sensitivity  of  next  generation  gravitational  wave  detectors.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  987  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  D,  Volume  95,  Issue  4,  id.042003  (2/2017)  

t. Upper  Limits  on  the  Stochastic  Gravitational-­‐Wave  Background  from  Advanced  LIGO's  First  Observing  Run.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  996  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  Letters,  Volume  118,  Issue  12,  id.121101  (3/2017)  

u. Directional  Limits  on  Persistent  Gravitational  Waves  from  Advanced  LIGO's  First  Observing  Run.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  997  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Physical  Review  Letters,  Volume  118,  

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Issue  12,  id.121102  (3/2017)  v. First  Search  for  Gravitational  Waves  from  Known  Pulsars  with  Advanced  LIGO.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  

1005  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Ap.  J.,  Volume  839,  Issue  1,  article  id.  12,  19  pp.  (4/2017)  w. Effects  of  waveform  model  systematics  on  the  interpretation  of  GW150914.  Abbott,  B.  P.  and  

1003  co-­‐authors  including  L.  Cominsky,  Classical  and  Quantum  Gravity,  Volume  34,  Issue  10,  article  id.  104002  (5/2017)  

x. Dunlop,  J.S.,  Targett,  T.A.,  et  al.  (2017),  A  deep  ALMA  image  of  the  Hubble  Ultra  Deep  Field,  Monthly  Notices  of  the  Royal  Astronomical  Society,  466.861D  (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.466..861D)  

y. Geach,  J.E.,  Targett,  T.A.,  et  al.  (2017),  The  SCUBA-­‐2  Cosmology  Legacy  Survey:  850μm  maps,  catalogues  and  number  counts,  Monthly  Notices  of  the  Royal  Astronomical  Society,  Monthly  Notices  of  the  Royal  Astronomical  Society,  465.1789G  (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.465.1789G)  

D. PRESENTATIONS  

1. School  level  a. The  5th  Annual  SSU  Science  Symposium  was  held  on  May  3,  2017  as  part  of  the  campus  wide  SSU  

Symposium  on  Research  and  Creativity.  The  Symposium  featured  a  poster  session  showcasing  the  scholarship  and  achievements  of  students  in  the  School  of  Science  and  Technology  as  well  as  collaborations  across  disciplines  and  with  community  partners  as  part  of  the  WATERS  Collaborative.  Over  135  posters  representing  the  work  of  over  300  student  contributors  were  included.  See  the  program  and  poster  abstracts  at:  http://www.sonoma.edu/scitech/symposium/Science%20Symposium%20Program%202017_website.pdf  

b. Sci  &  Tech  students  presented  at  the  2017  Annual  CSUPERB  Symposium,  Jan  2017,  Santa  Clara.  2. Biology  a. Bentley,  Lisa.  "HOW  CO-­‐ORDINATED  ARE  TRAITS  OF  TROPICAL  TREES  AT  DIFFERENT  SCALES?"  

Association  for  Tropical  Biology  Annual  Conference.  July  2017  b. Bentley,  Lisa.  "Deconstructing  leaf  trait  variation  along  tropical  environmental  gradients"  

Ecological  Society  of  America  Annual  Meeting.  August  2017.  c. Sacher  G,  Kozlowski  K,  Hejl  I,  Tenerilli  K,  Kainuma  M,  Simpson  DW,  Goryanin  I,  Cohen  MF.  "A  

hybrid  anaerobic  digestion-­‐microbial  fuel  cell  system  for  on-­‐site  recycling  of  winery  wastewater,"  29th  Annual  CSU  Biotechnology  Symposium.  Santa  Clara,  CA.  January  5-­‐7,  2017.  

d. Gray  J,  Kainuma  K,  Bernie  F,  Nguyen  MV,  Kamennaya  N,  Holman  H-­‐Y,  Torok  T,  Lin  J,  Ito  S,  Cohen  MF.  Bioprospecting  alkaline  springs  for  lignocellulose-­‐degrading  enzymes:  A  xylanase    from  Cellulomonas  sp.  strain  FA1,  29th  Annual  CSU  Biotechnology  Symposium.  Santa  Clara,  CA.  January  5-­‐7,  2017.  

e. Rank,  Nathan.  Stockholm  University  plenary  speaker  at  annual  'Bloodbath'  event  at  Torvetorp  research  station,  Stockholm  University  department  of  Zoology.  

f. Rank,  Nathan.  University  of  Helsinki  Metapopulation  Research  group.  g. St.  John,  Wendy.  "Freshwater  Wildlife  and  Restoration  in  Sonoma  County,"  SSU.  h. St.  John,  Wendy.  "Ecological  Restoration,"  SSU.  3. Chemistry  a. Poster  Presentation  at  American  Chemical  Society:    B.  Bober,  V.  Martinez,  J.  Ogata,  T.  Leach,  M.  

O.  McAnally,  I.  Jones,  H.  Shi,  M-­‐C.  Su,  B.  Negru,  "Diffraction:  A  Butterfly  Experiment"  San  Francisco,  (2017).  

4. Computer  Science  

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a. Ravikumar,  B.  "Design  of  Approximately  Correct  Finite  Automata  for  Multiplication"  (with  Jacob  Combs).  Presented  at  SIAM  Conference  on  Discrete  Mathematics,  Atlanta,  GA,  June  6-­‐10,  2016.  Georgia  State  University.  Atlanta.  

b. Ravikumar,  B.  "Language  Approximations  –  Asymptotic  and  Non-­‐asymptotic  Results."  Invited  speaker,  Developments  in  Language  Theory,  Liege,  Belgium,  August  6-­‐11,  2017.  

5. Geology  a. To  be  Presented:  Fleming,  K.  Anfinson,  O.A.,  Peoples,  J.,  Redmond,  M.,  Rico,  M.,  and  Chapman,  

A.  2017.  Insight  on  the  origin  of  the  Sur  Series  within  the  Salinian  Terrane,  California  evaluated  through  petrography,  zircon  LA-­‐ICPMS  U-­‐Pb  geochronology,  and  Hf  isotopes.  Geological  Society  of  America,  Abstracts  with  Programs.      

b. To  be  Presented:  Redmond,  M.,  Anfinson,  O.A.,  Rico,  M.,  Fleming,  K.,  Peoples,  J.,  and  Chapman,  A.  2017.  Detrital  zircon  U-­‐Pb  geochronology  allows  for  a  conclusive  depositional  age  of  the  Sur  Series  metasediments  of  the  Salinian  Terrane,  California.  Geological  Society  of  America,  Abstracts  with  Programs.      

c. Ershova,  V.E,  Anfinson,  O.A.,  Prokopiev,  A.,  Khudoley,  A.,  Stockli,  D.F.,  Faleide,  J.I,  Gaina,  C.,  2016.  Detrital  Zircon  (U-­‐Th)/He  ages  from  Paleozoic  Strata  of  the  Russian  High  Arctic  Record  Multiple  Episodes  of  Paleozoic  Tectonic  Evolution.  3rd  Circum  Arctic  Structural  Evolution  workshop,  Hannover,  Germany.    

d. Ershova,  V.E,  Prokopiev,  A.,  Anfinson,  O.A.,  Khudoley,  A.,  Stockli,  D.F.,  Faleide,  J.I,  Gaina,  C.,  2016.  Detrital  Zircon  (U-­‐Th)/He  ages  from  Paleozoic  Strata  of  the  Russian  High  Arctic  Record  Multiple  Episodes  of  Paleozoic  Tectonic  Evolution.  GSA  Annual  Conference,  Denver,  Colorado.  

e. Prokopiev,  A.,  Ershova,  V.E,  Khudoley,  A.,  Anfinson,  O.A.,  Stockli,  D.F.,  Faleide,  J.I,  Gaina,  C.,  Sobolev,  N.  and  Petrov,  E.  2016.  Structural  Analysis  and  Detrital  Zircon  (U/Th)/He  ages  from  the  Paleozoic  Strata  of  the  NW  Novaya  Zemlya  Archipelago  (Russian  High  Arctic).  GSA  Annual  Conference,  Denver,  Colorado.  

f. Malusá,  M.G,  Anfinson,  O.A.,  Dafov,  L.D.,  and  Stockli,  D.F.,  2016.  Dating  strike-­‐slip  motion  along  the  Insubric  Fault  by  detrital  zircon  U-­‐Pb  geochronology.  Geological  Society  of  Italy  Annual  Meeting,  Naples,  Italy.  

g. White,  E.J.,  Cassel  E.J.,  Anfinson,  O.A.,  and  Henry,  C.D.  2016.  Heavy  mineral  analysis  of  Eocene  sediments  deposited  on  the  high-­‐elevation  North  American  Cordilleran  Plateau.  GSA  Rocky  Mountain  Section  Meeting.  Moscow,  Idaho.  

h. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Presenter  and  Panel  Member-­‐  Sonoma  County  Meeting  on  Winter  2017  Flooding  of  Copland  Creek  (2017)  

i. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Presenter-­‐  Geological  Perspectives  on  Flooding  in  Copland  Creek,  Lichau  and  Roberts  Rd  Residents,  Cotati  Fire  Department,  Rohnert  Park,  CA  (2017)  

j. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Presenter-­‐  Humboldt  State  University,  Geology  Department  (2016)  k. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Presenter-­‐  Fountaingrove  District  AVA  Designation  Event:  Geology,  Soils,  and  

Wine  of  Sonoma  County  and  the  Fountain  Grove  District  AVA  (2016)    l. Anfinson,  O.A.,  Presenter-­‐  Sonoma  State  University  Fall  Convocation  (2016)  m. James,  MJ:  Hour-­‐long  presentations  given:  

i. March  30  -­‐  Museums  of  Sonoma  County,  Santa  Rosa  ii. April  5  -­‐  Smithsonian  Institution,  National  Museum  of  Natural  History  iii. April  6  -­‐  Embassy  of  Ecuador,  Washington,  DC  iv. April  11  -­‐  Florida  Gulf  Coast  University,  Fort  Meyers,  Florida  v. April  12  -­‐  Naples  Botanical  Garden,  Naples,  Florida  vi. April  20  -­‐  Council  of  American  Maritime  Museums,  San  Francisco  vii. April  26  -­‐  California  Academy  of  Sciences,  San  Francisco  

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viii. May  9  -­‐  Hopkins  Marine  Station,  Pacific  Grove  ix. May  17  -­‐  Natural  History  Museum,  London,  England  x. May  18  -­‐  Natural  History  Museum,  Tring,  England  xi. May  22  -­‐  Christ's  College,  Cambridge  University,  England  xii. May  24  -­‐  King's  College,  London,  England  xiii. June  7  -­‐  Monterey  Bay  Aquarium  Research  Institute,  Moss  Landing  xiv. June  16  -­‐  Bodega  Marine  Laboratory,  Bodega  Bay  (sabbatical  research)  xv. June  20  -­‐  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  Pacific  Division,  

Presidential  Address,  Kamuela,  Hawaii  xvi. June  28  -­‐  Northern  California  Geological  Society,  Orinda  xvii. July  19  -­‐  Bodega  Marine  Laboratory,  Bodega  Bay  (book)  

n. Mookerjee,  M:  Invited  speaker  at  NSF-­‐funded  workshop:  "Analog  Modeling  of  Tectonic  Processes  -­‐  Austin  2017,"  UT  Austin,  May  of  2017.    Presented  on  Squeeze-­‐box  experiments.  

o. Mookerjee,  M.,  Chan,  M.  A.,  Gil,  Y.,  Goodwin,  C.,  Pavlis,  T.  L.,  Shipley,  T.  F.,  Swain,  T.,  Tikoff,  B.,  Vieira,  D.,  2016.  Earth-­‐Center  Communication  for  Cyberinfrastructure  (EC3):  Incorporating  a  joint  cyber-­‐science  and  geoscience  perspective  into  designing  field  data  management  systems.  EarthCube,  All  Hands  Meeting,  Denver:  Funded  Project  Poster  and  Demo  Session.  

p. Swain,  T.,  Mookerjee,  M.,  Chan,  M.  A.,  Gil,  Y.,  Goodwin,  C.,  Pavlis,  T.  L.,  Shipley,  T.  F.,  Tikoff,  B.,  Vieira,  D.,  2016.  Earth-­‐Center  Communication  for  Cyberinfrastructure  (EC3):  Incorporating  a  joint  cyber-­‐science  and  geoscience  perspective  into  designing  field  data  management  systems.  Structural  Geology  and  Tectonics  Forum  Program  with  Abstracts,  p.  61.  

6. Kinesiology  a. Blanquie,  S.,  American  Academy  of  Sports  Dentistry  conference  June  2017.    b. Blanquie,  S.  Sonoma  County  athletic  trainer's  Association,  2016.    c. Blanquie,  S.  Kinesiology-­‐  Sports  Medicine  Program,  CSU,  Fresno,  2016.  d. Carlton,  E.  "'But  you're  a  guy?  Is  that  allowed?'  Male  practice  players  in  women’s  college  

basketball,"  2016  International  Society  for  the  History  of  Physical  Education  and  Sport  Congress.  e. Carlton,  E.  "Exploring  Gender  And  LGBTQ  Equity  In  Local  Elementary  Schools:  Aspiring  To  Create  

Safe  And  Welcoming  Spaces  For  All  Children  In  The  Current  Political  Climate,"  Sonoma  State  Investiture  Community  Conference.  

f. Bulent  Sokmen,  Kurt  Sollanek,  Scott  Talpey.  The  Effects  of  Acute  Bilateral  and  Unilateral  Set  Protocols  on  Muscle  Power  and  Rate  of  Force  Development.    

g. Matthew  Horwinski,  Cynthia  Gallo,  Jacob  Papanicolas,  Tyler  Walters,  Ali  Samii,  Caitlin  Thornton,  Sarah  Swegan,  and  Bulent  Sokmen.  The  Effects  of  the  Manipulation  of  Proprioceptors  on  Stretch-­‐Reflex  Function  and  Sports  Performance,  SSU  Science  Symposium,  May  3,  2017.  

h. Jori  Wider,  Marcus  Salvador,  Taylor  Enzler,  Kristal  Luna,  Jose  Alvalos,  Cristian  Ramirez,  Natalie  Combs,  Frank  Becerril,  Cory  Taufer,  Kurt  Sollanek,  and  Bulent  Sokmen.  Effect  Of  A  90-­‐Minute  Soccer  Match  On  Game  Related  Field  Test,  SSU  Science  Symposium,  May  3,  2017.  

i. Gerardo  Perez,  Michael  Ramage,  Stacy  Miranda,  Douglas  Ovick,  Manuel  Alcazar,  Jennifer  Wild,  Logan  Graham,  Erin  Durflinger,  Kurt  Sollanek,  Bulent  Sokmen.  Effects  of  Short-­‐term  Resistance  Training  on  Postprandial  Glycemia  and  Lipemia  in  Healthy  Young  Men,  SSU  Science  Symposium,  May  3,  2017.  

j. Sollanek,  K.  Will  be  presenting  -­‐  poster  presentation  at  the  14th  Annual  International  Society  of  Sports  Nutrition  (ISSN)  Conference  and  Expo.  Beverage  Hydration  Index  comparison  of  Enterade®,  oral  rehydration  solution  and  sports  drink.  June  24,  2017,  Phoenix,  AZ.  

7. Mathematics  &  Statistics  a. Brown,  G.:  Predicting  the  Quality  of  Bordeaux  Wine,  SSU  Math  Colloquium,  Spring  2017  

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b. Byrne,  M.  "Surviving  and  Thriving  in  your  First  Course  Using  Active  Learning  Techniques,"  Joint  Mathematics  Meetings,  Atlanta  2017,  invited  panel  

c. Byrne,  M.  "Collaborative  Curve  Sketching:  An  Activity  for  Classes,"  Joint  Mathematics  Meetings,  Atlanta  2017  

d. Byrne,  M.  "Hyperbolic  Geometry  and  the  Art  of  M.C.  Escher,"  Math  and  Stats  Department  Colloquium,  Spring  2017,  invited  

e. Byrne,  M.  "The  Bizarre  Worlds  of  Hyperbolic  Geometry  and  M.C.  Escher,"  Osher  Lifelong  Learning  Institute  Science  Club,  Spring  2017,  invited  

f. Ford,  B.  and  B.  Lahme:  Making  Math,  SSU  Math  Colloquium,  Spring  2017  g. Ford,  B.  and  B.  Lahme:  Making  Math  Presentation  and  Lesson  Study  Commentator,  CANME2  

(California  Action  Network  for  Mathematics  Equity  and  Excellence)  Conference,  Santa  Rosa,  April  2017  

h. Ford,  B.,  keynote  at  Maker  Ed  Convening,  Maker  Education  Initiative,  San  Francisco,  May  2017  (p.  9  of  program  at  http://makered.org/wp-­‐content/uploads/2017/05/2017-­‐Maker-­‐Educator-­‐Convening-­‐Program-­‐WEB.pdf)  

i. Kanaana,  I.:  The  Distinguishing  Number  and  the  Distinguishing  Chromatic  Number  of  Graphs,  SSU  Math  Colloquium,  Fall  2016  

j. Shott,  M.  "Increasing  and  Retaining  STEM  Majors  through  an  Integrated  Freshman  Year  Experience."    CSU  Symposium  on  Teaching  and  Learning,  October  2016.  

k. Shott,  M.  "A  Watershed  Year:  Modeling  and  Data  Interpretation  as  Pathways  to  Building  Mathematical  Confidence  in  First-­‐Year  Students."    Joint  Mathematics  Meetings  of  the  MAA  and  AMS,  January  2017.  

l. Shott,  M.  "Profit  or  Pauper:  It's  All  in  the  Roll  of  the  Dice!"    Piner  High  STEM  Cafe,  February  2017.  

8. Nursing  a. Kelly,  M.  ST  Joseph's  Health  System-­‐  Quality  Management-­‐  Care  Transitions  Program  Data  and  

Analysis  b. Kelly,  M.  SSU  Students  Put  North-­‐bay  Hospital  on  the  Map:  Presented  at  SSU  Presidential  

Investiture  c. Kelly,  M.  Preparing  for  Students  to  be  Successful  in  Online  Learning-­‐  Online  Teaching  and  

Learning  Institute    d. Kelly,  M.  EES  Recognition  and  Course  Release  for  2017-­‐18  e. Kindy,  D.  9/21/17:    FYE    Human  Sexuality  guest  lecturer  and  post  lecture  facilitator  f. Napoli,  R.  Poster  Presentation:  Barriers  to  Skin  to  Skin  Care  from  Maternal  &  Nurse  Perspectives  g. Ritter,  B.  Provided  EKG  online  module  for  FNP  EKG  seminar  

http://www.sonoma.edu/users/r/ritterb/docs/basics_of_ekg_interpretation.pdf  h. Rose,  J.  Presented  at  the  Online  &  Blended  Teaching  Institute  at  SSU,  showing  ways  to  use  

Camtasia  and  Snag  It  to  support  online  learning.  Will  do  a  poster  presentation  on  same  topic  at  the  SSU  Investiture  for  Dr.  Sakaki.  

i. Rose,  J.  Using  Technology  to  Support  an  Online  Classroom  j. Rose,  J.  Texting  Nutrition  Education  k. Rose,  J.  De-­‐stress  Seminar  for  Wellness  Residence  Life  at  SSU  l. Wilkosz,  ME.  High  School  Counselor's  Conference  at  SSU  -­‐  presented  with  Biology  Department  

discuss  options  for  health  care  professions  m. Wolcott,  K.  VoiceThread  -­‐  Preliminary  Report  of  Study  for  Use  in  Online  Nursing  Research  

Course.  Poster  for  SST  Faculty  Research  Day.  (May  2017).  n. Wolcott,  K.  Online  Teaching  Workshop,  Use  of  VoiceThread  to  create  a  space  for  engagement  

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(January  2017).  o. Wolcott,  K.  Digital  Critical  Project  Report  -­‐  Use  of  VoiceThread  in  online  nursing  research  course.  

(April  2017)  p. Wolcott,  K.  Moral  Distress  among  ICU  Nurses  and  Palliative  Care  in  the  ICU,  Sigma  Theta  Tau  

Research  Talk.  9. Physics  &  Astronomy  a. Cominsky,  L.  Invited  talks:  

i. Newport,  RI  (2016)  Exploring  Gravitational  Waves  in  the  Classroom,  invited  talk  at  the  Gordon  Research  and  Education  Conference  (June  6,  2016)  

ii. Santa  Rosa,  CA  Learning  by  Making,  invited  talk  at  reMake  Education  conference  (Aug  4,  2016)  

iii. Santa  Rosa,  CA  Spacetime  Symphony:  Gravitational  Waves  from  Merging  Black  Holes,  invited  talk  to  Sonoma  County  Amateur  Astronomers  (Sept  14,  2016)  

iv. San  Francisco,  CA  Spacetime  Symphony:  Gravitational  Waves  from  Merging  Black  Holes,  invited  talk  to  San  Francisco  Amateur  Astronomers  (Sept  20,  2016)  https://slideslive.com/38898414/spacetime-­‐symphony-­‐gravitational-­‐waves-­‐from-­‐merging-­‐black-­‐holes    

v. Rohnert  Park,  CA  (2016)  Science  of  War  (and  Peace),    invited  lecture  in  the  War  and  Peace  seminar  series,  Sonoma  State  University  (Sept  27,  2016)    

vi. Los  Altos  Hills,  CA  (2016)  Spacetime  Symphony:  Gravitational  Waves  from  Merging  Black  Holes.  Invited  lecture  in  the  Silicon  Valley  Lecture  Series  (Nov  2,  2016)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbiCbBXVD-­‐U&list=PLeZsNwyz9KyG5zY2GTzrBGgul55f_cNnL  

vii. Spacetime  Symphony:  APOD  and  Gravitational  Waves.  Cominsky,  Lynn  R.,  Simonnet,  Aurore  and  the  LIGO-­‐Virgo  Scientific  Collaboration,  American  Astronomical  Society,  Invited  lecture  in  special  APOD  session,  AAS  Meeting  #229,  id.421.04,  2017AAS...22942104C  (1/2017)  

viii. Boston,  MA  (2017)  Exploring  Gravitational  Waves  in  the  Classroom.  Invited  talk  at  the  AAAS  meeting  in  the  Communicating  the  Wonder  and  Excitement  of  LIGO.  session  (Feb  19,  2017)    

ix. Santa  Barbara  (2017)  Exploring  Gravitational  Waves  in  the  Classroom.  Invited  talk  at  the  Kavli  Institute  for  Theoretical  Physics  (Mar  25,  2017)  

b. Cominsky,  L.  Conference  contributions:  i. NASA’s  Universe  of  Learning:  Engaging  Learners  in  Discovery,  Smith,  Denise  A.,  Lestition,  

Kathleen,  Squires,  Gordon,  Greene,  Michael  T.,  Cominsky,  Lynn  R.,  and  Eisenhamer,  Bonnie,  and  the  Universe  of  Learning  Team,  American  Astronomical  Society,  AAS  Meeting  #228,  id.112.04,  2016AAS¦22811204S  (6/2016)  

ii. NASA's  Universe  of  Learning:  Engaging  Learners  in  Discovery.  Meinke,  Bonnie  K.,  Smith,  Denise  A.,  Lestition,  Kathleen,  Squires,  Gordon,  Greene,  Michael  T.,  Cominsky,  Lynn  R.,  and  the  Universe  of  Learning  Team,  DPS  meeting  #48,  id  #406.09,  2016DPS....4840609M  (10/2016)  

iii. NASA’s  Universe  of  Learning:  Connecting  Scientists,  Educators,  and  Learners.  Smith,  Denise  A.;  Lestition,  Kathleen;  Squires,  Gordon  K.;  Greene,  W.  M.;  Biferno,  Anya  A.;  Cominsky,  Lynn  R.;  Goodman,  Irene;  Walker,  Allyson;  Universe  of  Learning  Team,  American  Astronomical  Society,  AAS  Meeting  #229,  id.411.04,  2017AAS...22941104S  (1/2017)  

c. Qualls,  J.  "Grand  Opening  of  SSU  Makerspace  with  3D  Printing  and  Laser  Cutter  Workshop:  Give  

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Shape  to  Your  Imagination!"  -­‐  2017  Investiture  d. Severson,  S.  "Building  Support  with  your  Departmental  Colleagues,"  Invited  Panel  Presentation,  

2017  PhysTEC  Annual  Conference,  Atlanta  GA.  e. Severson,  S.  "Science  and  Society"  -­‐  a  presentation  in  the  "What  Physicists  Do"  public  lecture  

series.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CBjl8iXXYI  f. Severson,  S.  "Volcanic  Moons,  Planet  Transits,  and  the  SSU  Observatory"  -­‐  Faculty  Research  

Exposition  Poster.  g. Targett,  T.  Public  presentation,  Marin  Science  Seminar,  Myths  of  Astronomy.  (40  attendees)  h. Targett,  T.  Public  presentation,  Bay  Area  Sceptics  event,  Myths  of  Astronomy.  (40  attendees)  i. Targett,  T.  Public  presentation,  Atheist  Community  of  San  Jose  event,  Myths  of  Astronomy.  (80)  j. Targett,  T.  Roseland  University  Prep,  Myths  of  Astronomy  (20  attendees)  

E. NEW  FUNDING  AWARDED  IN  2016-­‐17  1. New  Campus/School-­‐based  Funding  Awards  (Internal)  

a. 2016-­‐17  Faculty  SOURCE  awards  to  13  faculty  Bentley,  Cohen,  Cushman,  Crocker,  Lin  (Biology),  Shi  (Physics  &  Astronomy),  Anfinson  (Geology),  Negru,  Perri,  Su  (Chemistry),  Farahmand  (ES),  Sokmen,  Sollanek  (Kinesiology);  2016-­‐17  Student  SOURCE  awards  to  31  students  working  with  Science  &  Tech  faculty.  

b. KORET  Awards  were  given  to  11  faculty  in  Science  &  Technology  (Biology  (Cushman,  Geist,  Girman);  Chemistry  (Perri,  Negru,  Works);  Engineering  (Hamel-­‐Bissell);  Geology  (Anfinson);  Physics  &  Astronomy  (Cominsky);  Kinesiology  (Morimoto,  Sokmen);  with  4  undergraduates    

c. 2016  Summer  RSCAP  Fellowship  awards  to  Dowdall  (Math  &  Statistics),  Place  (Biology),  Sharrett  (Chemistry),  and  Targett  (Physics  &  Astronomy)  

d. 2017  Summer  RSCAP  Fellowship  awards  to  Gill  (CS),  Anfinson  (Geology),  Sollanek  (Kines)  e. 2016-­‐17  RSCAP  Mini-­‐grants  awarded  to  Lares  (Chemistry),  Farahmand  (ES),  and  Cohen  (Bio)  f. 2017-­‐18  RSCAP  Mini-­‐grants  awarded  to  Carlton  (Kinesiology),  Farmer  (Chemistry),  and  

Zippay  (Biology)  g. Summer  High  School  Internship  Program  (SHIP)  2016    –  10  faculty  (Cominsky,  Gill,  Decker,  

Qualls,  Lares,  Perri,  Roberts,  Shi,  Sökmen,  Zippay)  served  as  research  mentors  for  the  Sci  &  Tech  SHIP  (http://www.sonoma.edu/scitech/hs/2016/);  working  with  19  Sonoma  County  young  scientists.  

h. Sci  &  Tech  Professional  Development  Committee  awarded  $45,000  of  support  to  40  different  tenure  track  faculty.  

i. Dean's  Summer  2016  Research  Awards  –  5  awards  ($3,000  stipend  each)  to  Sci  &  Tech  faculty  Anfinson  (Geology),  Gill  (CS),  Lares  (Chemistry),  Qualls  and  Shi  (Physics  &  Astronomy);  support  for  5  summer  student  research  assistant  "Rising  Stars."  

j. Dean's  Summer  2017  Research  Awards  –  4  awards  ($2,000  stipend  each)  to  Sci  &  Tech  faculty  Cohen  (Biology),  Gill  (CS),  Negru  (Chemistry)  and  Shi  (Physics  &  Astronomy);  support  for  6  summer  student  research  assistant  "Rising  Stars."  

k. Other  internal  awards:  •          2016  Steve  Norwick  Awards:  Bentley  (Biology;  Measuring  ecosystem  sensitivity  to  

drought  at  the  Obsorn  Preserve  as  part  of  the  global  monitoring  project,  Drought-­‐Net),  Girman  (Biology;  two  projects:  1)  Effects  of  cattle  grazing  on  grassland  vertebrate  communities  on  Sonoma  Mountain,  2)  Effects  of  water  quality  on  mate  choice  in  3  species  of  newts),  Hamel-­‐Bissell  (ES;  A  drone-­‐mounted  optical  imaging  system  for  hyperspectral  analyses  of  Osborn  Preserve  habitats),  Rank  (Biology;  Assessing  the  spread  of  Sudden  Oak  Death  in  the  Copeland  Creek  watershed)  

•          Spring  2017  WATERS  Collaborative  Awards  –  Cohen  (Biology),  Farahmand  (ES),  Girman  

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(Biology),  Perri  (Chemistry),  Torok  (Biology)  •          Sustainability  in  the  Classroom  Grant,  Anfinson  (pending),  GEOL  311  course  redesign  

2. New  External  Funding  Awards  

a. School  level  i. Stauffer,  L.  The  Regents  of  the  University  of  California/National  Science  Foundation:  

"Transforming  College  Teaching:  Statewide  Implementation  of  the  Faculty  Learning  Program  to  Improve  STEM  Undergraduate  Teaching  and  Learning,"  $97,562.  

b. Biology  i. Bentley,  L.  

a) 2017-­‐2020  National  Environment  Research  Council  (NERC)  Standard  Grant,  Understanding  tree  architecture,  form,  and  function  in  the  tropics  £800,000  (co-­‐PI;  University  of  Oxford).  

b) Li-­‐COR  LEEF  grant  (to  help  purchase  equipment)  ii. Rank,  N.  Wenner-­‐Gren  Foundation,  Sweden.  Genes  associated  with  thermal  

adaptation  in  a  montane  leaf  beetle.  $80,000  c. Chemistry  

i. Farmer,  S.  Received  $50,000  from  the  California  AB  798  College  Textbook  Affordability  project.    Collaboration  with  the  SSU  faculty  center.  

ii. Works,  C.    RUI:  Mechanistic  Investigation  of  Photochemical  Products  from  Iron-­‐Iron  Hydrogenase  Model  Compounds;  Insight  into  the  Catalytic  Generation  and  Activation  of  Molecular  Hydrogen.  NSF  funded,  $180,000.  

iii. Works,  C.  Course  Redesign  with  Technology,  Supplemental  Instruction  in  Chemistry,  Chancellor's  Office,  CSU,  $18,000.  

d. Geology  i. Anfinson,  O.    

a) 2017  Pending-­‐  NSF  Proposal:  Co-­‐PI,  MRI:  Acquisition  of  a  Variable  Pressure  Scanning  Electron  Microscope  with  integrated  EBSD,  EDS,  WDS,  and  CL.  Lead  PI-­‐  Matty  Mookerjee  (Sonoma  State  University)  ($605,897).  

b) 2017  The  Research  Council  of  Norway-­‐  INTPART:  Co-­‐PI,  Changes  at  the  Top  of  the  World  through  Volcanism  and  Plate  Tectonics:  Norwegian-­‐Russian-­‐North  American  Arctic  research  and  education.  Lead  PI  Carmen  Gaina  (University  of  Oslo)  ($5,680,000  NOK  ($669,000  USD))  

c) 2016  Arizona  State  University  funding  from  NSF  grant  for  student  analytical  support  (4  students,  $2400)  

ii. Mookerjee,  M.  While  it  has  not  been  funded  yet,  in  2016  we  were  informed  that  our  project:  NSF-­‐EarthCube-­‐Capabilities:  EarthCube  Data  Infrastructure:  Collaborative  Proposal:  "A  unified  experimental-­‐natural  digital  data  system  for  cataloging  and  analysis  of  rock  microstructures"  was  "being  held"  by  NSF  in  hopes  of  finding  funds  potentially  as  a  "pilot  project."  

e. Math  &  Stats  

i. Math  Teachers'  Circle  Seed  Grant,  American  Institute  of  Mathematics,  $2000  

f. Nursing  i. Kelly,  M.  EES  Recognition  and  Course  Release  for  2017-­‐18    ii. Kelly,  M.  Secured  IRA  funds  for  Nursing  Simulation  8,000$/yr  iii. Wilkosz,  ME.  CVS  Health  Foundation  Scholarship  Grant  -­‐  $5000  

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g. Physics  &  Astronomy  i. Qualls,  J.  PI:  STEM  Education  Through  Sophomore  Innovation,  L.  Cominsky,  Co-­‐PI,  

$584,705,  NSF  Improving  Undergraduate  STEM  Education  (IUSE),  2016  –  2019.  ii. Qualls,  J.  CO-­‐PI:  CSU  Maker  Initiative  $100,000    Chevron  through  CO  

F. CONTINUED  FUNDING  

1. School  level  a. Stauffer,  L.  The  Regents  of  the  University  of  California:  "MESA  Engineering  Program  MEP,"  

award  extended  until  June  30,  2017;  additional  funding  of  $10,000  for  a  total  of  $30,000  2. Biology  a. Bentley,  L.  2015-­‐2018  National  Science  Foundation  Grant:  Collaborative  Research:  Developing  

integrated  trait-­‐based  scaling  theory  to  predict  community  change  and  forest  function  in  light  of  global  change.  $540,000  total  (co-­‐PI;  $354K  Univ.  of  Arizona/SSU).  

b. Crocker,  D.  2015.  Office  of  Naval  Research  -­‐  Molecular  indicators  of  chronic  stress  in  a  model  pinniped  -­‐  the  northern  elephant  seal.  $586,453  (6/2015-­‐7/2018).  

c. Rank,  N.  2015-­‐18.  NSF.  Division  of  Integrated  Organismal  Systems.    Physiological  and  genetic  basis  of  responses  to  winter  in  a  Sierra  willow  leaf  beetle.  Collaborative  proposal  with  C.  Williams  of  UC-­‐Berkeley;  coPIs  J.  Stillman  (UC-­‐Berkeley),  N.E.  Rank  and  E.P.  Dahlhoff.  $750,102  (total  amount  of  award,  most  to  Berkeley)  

d. Rank,  N.  2015-­‐18.  NSF.  Division  of  Integrated  Organismal  Systems.    Adaptive  significance  of  genomic  variation  in  a  montane  insect.  Collaborative  Proposal  with  E.P.  Dahlhoff,  Santa  Clara  University,  $843,224    (total  amount  of  award)  

3. Geology  a. Mookerjee,  M.  NSF-­‐EAR-­‐TECTONICS:  Structural  Geology  and  Tectonics  Forum  at  Sonoma  State  

University,  Rohnert  Park,  CA.  Funded:  $16,517  4. Kinesiology  a. Sollanek,  K.  Project  title:  Trials  to  assess  the  beverage  hydration  index  of  oral  rehydration  

solutions.  Funding  agency:  Entrinsic  Health  Solutions,  LLC  (Enterade®).  Funding:  Total  costs  $25,000.  Details:  Verbal  agreement  regarding  the  monetary  value  was  sent  from  the  company  on  February  10,  2016.  Contract  was  signed  between  Company  and  SSU  on  December  22,  2016.        

5. Math  &  Stats  a. Brannen,  S.  LSAMP,  NSF  &  CO,  $40,000  b. The  California  Mathematics  Project:  North  Coast,  a  collaboration  between  the  Mathematics  and  

Statistics  Department,  the  SSU  School  of  Education,  and  the  Sonoma  County  Office  of  Education,  continues  to  work  with  districts  throughout  the  north  coast  region  to  provide  teacher  professional  development  in  mathematics.  2016-­‐17  grant  activity  includes  regular  annual  Math  Project  funding  of  $50,000,  plus  a  3-­‐year  California  Math-­‐Science  Partnership  grant  to  the  Santa  Rosa  City  Schools  for  $1.8  million  ($600,000  in  2016-­‐17,  including  $277,000  to  SSU,  P.I.  Ben  Ford,  Co-­‐P.I.  Brigitte  Lahme,  Content  Development:  Carol  Keig).    

6. Nursing  a. Wilkosz,  ME.  Song  Brown  $185,000;  Proposal  co-­‐authored  by  J.  Rose.  b. Wilkosz,  ME.  Song  Brown  Special  Projects  $66,000  7. Physics  &  Astronomy  a. June  2015,  Fermi  and  Swift  Communications  and  Outreach,  NASA,  L.  Cominsky,  Principal  

Investigator,  $300,000  for  6/1/2015-­‐5/31/2018  b. October  2015,  Rising  Data:  Flight  Project  Curriculum  for  Community  College  Students,  NASA  

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Minority  University  Research  and  Education  Program  Community  College  Curriculum  Improvement,  E.  Quealy,  Principal  Investigator  (Napa  Valley  College),  L.  Cominsky  Co-­‐investigator,  $749,922  total  for  three  years,  including  $268,645  to  SSU.  

c. January  2016,  NASA’s  Universe  of  Learning,  NASA  Science  Mission  Directorate  Cooperative  Agreement,  D.  Smith,  Principal  Investigator  (Space  Telescope  Science  Institute),  L.  Cominsky  Co-­‐investigator,  $1,564,824  to  SSU  for  five  years.  

d. April  2016,  EdgeCube:  A  1U  Global  Monitor  for  Earth's  Ecosystem,  SMD  and  SpaceGrant,  L.  Cominsky  Principal  Investigator,  $200,000  for  two  years.  

e. Severson,  S.  "Building  the  Sonoma  State  University  Physics  Teacher  Pipeline",  PhysTEC  Teacher  Recruitment  grant  (PhysTEC  $29,889).  Program  to  increase  the  number  of  High  School  Physics  Teachers,  focused  on  recruitment  effort.  

G. PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT  ACTIVITIES  

1. School  level  

a. SSU  Open  Educational  Summer  Teaching  Institute,  May  23;  13  SST  faculty  participated.  

2. Biology  a. Bentley,  L.:  

i. Moodle  QuickStart  workshop  (Fall  2016)  ii. Faculty  center  STEM  Faculty  learning  program  (Spring  2017/Fall  2017)  iii. Faculty  center  ACUE  course  (Fall  2016)  iv. SSU  Open  Educational  Resources  Summer  Teaching  Institute  

b. Guilford,  J.  Participated  in  the  ACUE  Faculty  Development  Teaching  Excellence  training  through  the  Faculty  Center.  

c. Rank,  N.:  i. Administers  the  Biological  diversity  outreach  program  for  the  Biology  department.    ii. Helped  organize  the  Biology  Alumni  Gathering  in  April  2016  

3. Chemistry  a. Negru,  B.:  

i. OER  Faculty  Center  Summer  Institute  ii. SSU  STEM  Faculty  Learning  Program  (Spring  2017/Fall  2017)  

4. Computer  Science  a. Gill,  G.  Certificate  in  Effective  College  Instruction  by  Association  of  College  and  University  

Educators  (ACUE)  online  courses  5. Engineering  Science  a. Decker,  D.  Organized  and  participated  in  a  3D  Design  workshop  and  a  3D  Printing  workshop.  b. Hamel-­‐Bissell.  ACUE,  SSU  STEM.  6. Geology  a. Anfinson,  O.:  

i. Session  Chair-­‐  American  Geophysical  Union  National  Conference,  Emerging  trends,  novel  applications,  and  applied  studies  in  detrital  geochronology,  Session  ID:  13132  (2016)  

ii. Participant-­‐  Structural  Geology  and  Tectonics  Forum,  Sonoma  State  University  (2016)  iii. Participant-­‐  Circum  Arctic  Structural  Evolution  Conference,  Hannover,  Germany  (2017)  

b. Mookerjee,  M.:  i. Participated  in  a  UNAVCO-­‐sponsored  workshop  entitled:  "Hooking  undergraduates  into  

geophysics  data  and  methods  through  societally  important  issues,"  Dec  2016.  

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ii. Participant  on  the  field  trip  "Active  Tectonics  of  the  North  Coast"  with  leaders:  Carol  Prentice  and  Steve  DeLong  (USGS),  Aug  2016.  

iii. Participant  in  short  course  "Statistical  Treatment  of  Structural  Geology  Data"  with  leaders:  Josh  Davis,  Sarah  Titus,  and  Basil  Tikoff,  Aug  2016.  

7. Kinesiology  a. Blanquie,  S.  CANVAS  workshop  at  SRJC,  Moodle  Workshop  at  SRJC,  and  CEU's  from  National  

Athletic  Trainer's  Association  b. Carlton,  E.  Completed  course  Mindful  Educator  Essentials  through  Mindful  Schools  c. Sokmen,  B.:  

i. American  College  of  Sports  Medicine  annual  conference  May  30,  2017,  Denver,  CO.      ii. Southwest  Chapter  of  the  American  College  of  Sports  Medicine  Conference,  Oct,  2016.  

d. Sollanek,  K.:  i. Will  be  attending  the  14th  Annual  International  Society  of  Sports  Nutrition  (ISSN)  

Conference  and  Expo,  June  22-­‐24,  2017,  Phoenix,  AZ.      ii. Attended  the  California  Physical  Therapy  Association  (CAPT)  seminar  "Bridging  the  Gap  

Between  Function  and  Athletic  Performance,"  Nov  5,  2016,  Santa  Rosa,  CA.      iii. Attended  the  Southwest  Chapter  of  the  American  College  of  Sports  Medicine  

Conference,  October  21-­‐22,  2016,  Costa  Mesa,  CA.    iv. Attended  the  CrossFit®  Level  1  Certification  Course,  Oct  15-­‐16,  2016,  Stockton  CA.    v. Participated  in  the  Association  of  College  and  University  Educators  (ACUE)  Course  in  

Effective  Teaching  Practices,  through  the  Faculty  Center,  Fall  2016.      vi. Participated  in  "SSU  Advising  Tools  Workshop," April  7th,  2017.      

8. Mathematics  &  Statistics  a. Fall  2016  and  Spring  2017  Pedagogy  Workshops,  Math  and  Stats  Department,  SSU  b. Brannen,  S.  Developmental  Math  Workshop,  SSU,  May  25-­‐26,  2017  c. Byrne,  M.:  

i. Conference  on  calculus  in  the  undergraduate  curriculum  with  S.  Tiwari,  Minneapolis,  June  2016  

ii. RUME  with  a  View  conference,  include  workshop  on  equity  research,  Fall  2016  iii. ACUE  faculty  development  program  through  SSU's  faculty  center,  Fall  2016  iv. Faculty  Center  Faculty  Learning  Program  on  Transforming  STEM  Teaching,  Spring  2017  v. Equity  working  group  at  annual  RUME  conference,  Spring  2017  

d. Dowdall,  N.:  Arts  Integration  Workshop,  SSU,  Fall  2016  e. Ford,  B.  and  Nick  Dowdall:  Inquiry  Based  Learning  Workshop,  San  Luis  Obispo,  June  2016  f. Lahme,  B.:  MAA  Instructional  Resources  Guide  Writing  Team,  2016  g. Shott,  M.  Participation  in  a  Mini-­‐Course  on  the  "Modeling-­‐First"  approach  to  teaching  

differential  equations  at  the  MAA/AMS  Joint  Mathematics  Meetings.  9. Nursing  a. Brunk,  T.  Attended  pediatric  conference  in  May  b. Kelly,  M.  Faculty  Retreat  Facilitator  c. Kelly,  M.  Facilitator,  Retreat  for  Faculty  Center  Staff  d. Kindy,  D.:  

i. 2/17:  CSU:  Preventing  discrimination  and  Harassment  ii. 2/16/17:  Dr.  Ross  Greene;  Understanding  and  Helping  Kids  with  Social,  Emotional  and  

Behavioral  Challenges  iii. 1/20/17:  Safe  Zone  Training  

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iv. 11/28/17:    Vosaic  Sim  and  role  play  e. Napoli,  R.    

i. Completed  all  requirements  &  Passed  the  International  Board  Certified  Lactation  Consultant  (IBCLC)  Exam  

ii. Received  Certification  from  Association  of  Women's  Health  &  Neonatal  Nurses  as  Certified  Intermediate  Fetal  Monitor  Instructor  

iii. Completed  the  National  Student  Nurses  Association  (NSNA)  Leadership  University  Advisor  Certificate  Program.  

f. Rose,  J.  California  Association  for  Nurse  Practitioners  40th  Annual  Conference  g. Rose,  J.  Practiced  as  a  Family  Nurse  Practitioner  at  SSU  Student  Health  Center  h. Wolcott,  K.:  

i. Completed  ACUE  Teaching  Strategies  course  through  Faculty  Center  -­‐  Fall  &  Spring  semester.  

ii. Attended  Medical  Cannabis  day-­‐long  workshop  on  campus.  iii. Attended  Advising  How-­‐To  for  faculty  to  learn  the  ARR.  iv. Attended  "Safe  Zone"  LGBTQ  Ally  training    v. Participated  in  Curriculum  Revision  Retreat  for  CNECM  program  

10. Physics  &  Astronomy  a. Qualls,  J.  STEM  California:  Maker  Conference  (2016)  b. Severson,  S.  2017  PhysTEC  Annual  Conference.  The  nation's  largest  conference  on  physics  

teacher  preparation.  c. Severson,  S.  2017  Open  Educational  Resources  Summer  Institute  

H. TEACHING,  SCHOLARSHIP,  AND/OR  SERVICE  COLLABORATIONS  

1. Biology  a. Bentley,  L.  Started/completed  a  research  project  in  my  lab  with  7  undergrad  students  and  one  

post-­‐doc  (Spring  2017).  b. Cohen,  M.  Participating  on  an  ad  hoc  committee  to  investigate  introducing  composting  to  SSU.  c. Guilford,  J.  Took  nine  students  to  the  Water  Resource  and  Policy  Initiates  Conference  in  San  

Jose  in  April  as  part  of  the  Water  Research  Internship.    The  Water  Research  Internship,  offered  through  the  CEI,  involved  mentoring  students  as  we  answered  a  research  question  posed  by  the  Sonoma  County  Water  Agency.  

d. Pillai,  M.  Manuscript  review,  CSUPERB  proposal  review.  e. Rank,  N.    

i. Science  120  teaching  collaboration.    ii. Research  collaborations  with  Santa  Clara  University,  Stockholm  University,  and  UC  

Berkeley.  iii. Donated  isolates  of  the  organism  that  causes  sudden  oak  death  to  a  laboratory  at  UC  

Davis  for  further  genetic  analysis.  f. St.  John,  W.  Service  learning  opportunity  for  Entomology  students:  

i. Using  the  protocols  developed  during  the  Fall  2016,  Restoration  Ecology  course,  worked  with  a  group  7  students  to  survey  benthic  macro  invertebrates  in  Copeland  Creek    

ii. Copeland  Creek  Riparian  Restoration  (WATERS  Collaboration):  iii. Working  closely  with  Caroline  Christian,  two  ENSP  students,  Craig  Dawson,  and  Claudia  

Luke,  completed  first  stages  of  restoration  of  the  south  side  of  Copeland  Creek  on  campus,  between  the  ETC  and  the  campus  lakes.  Helped  organize  and  host  three  volunteer  days,  in  collaboration  with  the  Watershed  Stewards  Program  (WSP;  part  of  AmeriCorps).    

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iv. Hosted  students  from  the  Hanna  Boys  Center  in  both  Biology  115  and  ENSP  200  lectures.    

v. Education  Class  Project:  Criminal  Justice  major's  "issue"  project;  interviewed  on  the  subject  of  teaching  evolution  and  creation  in  schools.  

g. Torok,  T:  i. Thesis  Committee  member  -­‐  Justine  Gray,  SSU  ii. Biology  Department  Colloquium  host  (twice  Fall  2016  and  once  Spring  2017)  

2. Chemistry  a. Negru,  B.  Started  the  SST  Research  Support  Group;  met  every  Wednesday  afternoon  and  

supported  students  in  their  research  projects  with  demos,  workshops,  and  moral  support.  3. Computer  Science  a. Gill,  G.  Project  evaluator  :  Synopsys-­‐Sonoma  County  STEAM  showcase  b. Ravikumar,  B.  Member,  Program  Committee,  Conference  on  Implementation  and  Application  of  

Automata,  2017,  August  2017,  Paris,  France.  4. Engineering  Science  a. Hamel-­‐Bissell,  B.  Faculty  mentor  for  residential  education,  presented  to  high  school  counselors  

for  admissions  and  recruitment  5. Geology  a. Anfinson,  O.:  

i. Referee-­‐  Basin  Research  (n=1,  2017)  ii. Referee-­‐  American  Chemical  Society  RFP  (n=1,  2017)  iii. Referee-­‐  Geological  Society  of  America  Books  (2017)  iv. Referee-­‐  The  sedimentology  of  detrital  thermochronology-­‐Chapter  7  (2017)  v. Referee-­‐  Journal  of  the  Geological  Society  of  London  (n=1,  2016)  vi. Referee-­‐  American  Journal  of  Science  (n=1,  2016)  vii. Current  Membership-­‐  Geological  Society  of  America,  American  Geophysical  Union,  

International  Association  of  Sedimentologists,  American  Association  of  Petroleum  Geologists,  North  American  Geoscience  Teachers  

b. James,  M.J.  Started  a  collaborative  program  with  the  Department  of  English  at  SSU  called  "Writing  with  Geologists  in  the  Desert"  to  combine  the  sciences  and  the  humanities,  to  provide  an  opportunity  to  write  in  an  inspirational  geologic  setting  in  the  Death  Valley  area  and  in  western  Nevada;  so  far,  one  English  professor  has  participated,  Dr.  Chingling  Wo  in  Fall  2016.  

c. Mookerjee,  M.:  i. Strain  and  Vorticity  Analysis  of  Mid-­‐Crustal  Rocks  Exhumed  Along  the  Denali  Fault  in  the  

Eastern  Alaska  Range.    Collaborator:  Sarah  Roeske,  UC  Davis  ii. EarthCube  Data  Infrastructure:  Collaborative  Proposal:  A  unified  experimental-­‐natural  

digital  data  system  for  analysis  of  rock  microstructures.  Collaborators:  Julie  Newman,  Texas  A&M;  Phil  Skemer,  Washington  Univ.;  Gurman  Gill,  SSU;  Basil  Tikoff,  UW,  Madison;  Yolanda  Gil,  USC;  Lee  Alison,  AZ  Geological  Survey;  Doug  Walker,  U  of  Kansas;  Chris  Marone,  Penn.  State.  

iii. Will  start  a  collaboration  with  Farid  Farahmand  (Engineering  Science,  SSU),  if  NSF  proposal,  "Analog  modeling  of  fault  asperity  kinematics  using  a  modified  squeeze-­‐box  design  and  wax  media"  gets  funded.  

iv. Computational  Analysis  of  Geologic  Strain.  Students:  Terris  Becker  (Math  &  Stats.  Dept.),  Adrian  Smith  (Comp.  Sci.  Dept.)  

v. Wax  Analog  Modeling  of  Fault  Deformation.  Students:  Daniel  Martin  and  Taylor  Acosta  

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(Geology  Dept.)  vi. Using  the  Structure  From  Motion  (SfM)  algorithm  to  3D  models  of  Geological  outcrops.  

Students:  Brandon  Carroll  and  Sonny  Hutchinson  (Geology  Dept.)  vii. Electron  Backscatter  Diffraction  (EBSD)  Analysis.  Students:  Nikki  Asi  and  Gabrielle  Flores  

(Geology  Dept.)  viii. Masters  Thesis  Committee  Member  for:  

1. Laura  Tait,  2016,  MS  in  Earth  and  Planetary  Sciences,  UC  Davis  2. Phil  Hanes,  2017,  MA  in  Cultural  Resource  Management,  SSU  

ix. iSamples  Steering  Committee  Member  (The  internet  of  Samples  in  the  Earth  Sciences)  x. Steering  Committee  Member  for  two  proposed  projects:  EarthCube  RCN:  EC-­‐GAS:  

EarthCube  Community  Geospatial  Applications  for  Science  and  "EC3O"  which  is  a  variation  on  my  initial  EarthCube  proposal:  "EC3-­‐  Earth-­‐Centered  Communication  on  Cyberinfrastructure"  

6. Kinesiology  a. Blanquie,  S.  Working  with  Santa  Rosa  Junior  College  colleague  on  Concussions  and  MTBI  b. Carlton,  E.  Mindfulness  Project.  This  is  an  ongoing  relationship  between  SSU  and  the  Petaluma  

school  district,  specifically  the  South  County  Consortium,  to  have  SSU  undergraduates  provide  Mindfulness  lessons  to  K-­‐12  students.  

c. Sokmen,  B.  Advisor  for  our  KIN  Club,  SSU  climbing  club,  and  SSU  women’s  soccer  club.  d. Sollanek,  K.  As  the  faculty  advisor,  brought  the  3  WINS  Fitness  program  to  SSU.  This  program  

originated  at  CSU  Northridge.  3  WINS  is  a  community-­‐based  fitness  program  that  has  SSU’s  KIN  students  leading  free  group  exercise  classes  at  the  Rohnert  Park  Community  Center.  Start  Date:  April  2017.      

7. Mathematics  &  Statistics  a. Brannen,  S.  Began  designing  new  stretch  developmental  math  courses  with  department  faculty  b. Byrne,  M.  Launched  Wine  Country  Math  Teachers'  Circle  with  Ben  Ford  and  local  teachers  –  

meet  monthly  to  work  on  engaging  mathematics  problems  –  will  kick  off  in  July  2017.  8. Nursing  a. Brunk,  T:  

i. SAY  organization,  working  to  collaborate  with  this  agency  currently.  ii. Santa  Rosa  High  School  football  program,  mentor  students/keep  stats  iii. SHIP  review  of  applications,  mentor  one  student  iv. Piner  High  school,  nursing  orientation  with  students  v. Food  drive  with  St.  Rose  School,  volunteer  with  students  to  package  potato's  vi. ACE  panel  speaker  vii. Safe  zone  training  

b. Kelly,  M.  Faculty  Facilitator  with  Faculty  Center  in  newly  developed  Online  Teaching  and  Learning  Institute.  

c. Kindy,  D.  i. 5/4/17:  Symposium  of  Research  and  Creativity,  sponsored  student  (Lee    Reinertsen)  

poster  Sustainable  Compassionate  Community  Farm  ii. 12/7/16:  Sponsor  for  Graduate  FNP  Student  Research  Poster  Symposium  in  

collaboration  with  post-­‐licensure  research  posters    iii. Ongoing:  Advisory  Board  and  Treasurer  for  Sustainable  Compassionate  Community  

Farm  (now  CAASI  Farm)  -­‐  development  of  therapeutic  community  for  those  with  ongoing  mental  health  challenges  

pg.  21    

iv. Mentoring  new  faculty  for  psychiatric  mental  health  nursing  permanent  position  -­‐  a  wonderful  new  faculty  member!  

d. Napoli,  R.    i. With  Maternal  Child  Adolescent  Health  Advisory  Committee,  completed  and  submitted  

committee  recommendation  document  to  Sonoma  County  Board  of  Supervisors  including  topics;  Reproductive  Health  Care  for  vulnerable  population,  Adverse  Childhood  Experiences,  Mental  Health,  Alcohol  and  other  drugs,  and  Early  Learning.  

ii. Teaching  a  lesson  to  students  at  Children's  School,  topic  on  hand  washing.    iii. In  Collaboration  with  pre-­‐licensure  first  semester  faculty  restructured  incoming  nursing  

student  orientation.  Split  into  2  orientations  (May  &  August)  to  ensure  requirements  are  accurately  communicated,  including  organization  of  all  student  resources  representative,  Elsevier,  ATI,  Nursing  Central,  CNA  Requirements,  Nursing  Skills  orientation,  Castlebranch  requirements:  background  checks,  drug  screens,  BLS  and  immunizations  requirements.    

iv. Aided  in  development  of  website  for  ordering  uniforms.    v. In  collaboration  with  department  coordinators  restructured  Nursing  Application  and  

subsequent  welcome  (Acceptance)  letter  with  contract.    vi. Restructured  ATI  policy  for  ATI  Comprehensive  Exam  with  Kathleen  Rockett/Co-­‐

Instructor  for  Nursing  414  to  set  benchmarks  for  achievement  and  higher  benchmarks  further  National  scored  percentage  of  passing  Nclex.  With  policy  change  50%  of  current  cohort  passed  Comprehensive  Exam  at  higher  benchmark.      

e. Ritter,  B.  Board  member  for  California  Association  of  Nurse  Practitioners  North  Bay  Chapter.  Work  as  FNP  in  community  clinic  in  rural  setting  which  provides  access  to  care  including  the  underserved.  

f. Rockett,  K.  Mentored  a  Windsor  High  school  student  interested  in  nursing.  Total  45  hours.  g. Rose,  J.  Served  as  the  Faculty  Mentor  for  the  Wellness-­‐themed  campus  dormitories.  Faculty  

Mentor  for  Wellness  Residence  Life.  h. Skidmoore,  L.  Continue  to  supervise  FNP  students  in  a  homeless  clinic  at  Brookwood  in  Santa  

Rosa  every  Saturday.    Added  guest  lectures  to  Nursing  509  on  hearing  loss  and  elder  abuse.  i. Wilkosz,  M.E.:  

i. Collaborating  with  kinesiology  providing  workshop  related  to  Heart  Health  for  Presidential  Inauguration.  

ii. Expanding  your  Horizons  iii. Piner  High  School  STEM  Project  iv. Presidential  Inauguration  Ceremony  v. Mi  Futero  Event  at  SRJC  vi. TRIO  presentation  

j. Wolcott,  K:  i. Collaborated  with  Dr.  David  McCuen  and  FNP  professors  to  facilitate  a  lecture  and  

discussion  on  current  politics  relating  to  health  care  for  students  in  Nursing  410,  three  sections,  and  FNP  students.  

ii. Collaborated  with  nursing  faculty  to  provide  a  mock-­‐interview  experience  for  nursing  students.  

iii. Participated  in  Seawolf  Day  -­‐  to  represent  nursing  and  answer  questions  from  prospective  students.  

iv. Facilitated  in  Student  Research  poster  presentations  in  December  2016  9. Physics  &  Astronomy  

pg.  22    

a. Qualls,  J:  i. Sci  120/  Sci  220/  Phy  102  (Physics  of  Martial  Arts  couples  with  Phil  120  Philosophy  of  

Martial  Arts)  -­‐  Creation  of  SSU  innovation  lab.  ii. Science  220  development  with  permanent  GE  E  status.  

b. Severson,  S.:  i. Organize  SSU  Department  of  Physics  &  Astronomy  lecture  series  What  Physicists  Do�  

(~12  talks  per  semester),  serving  students  and  the  public.  http://www.phys-­‐astro.sonoma.edu/wpd  

ii. Organize  and  conduct  SSU  Observatory’s  Viewing  Nights  (~  4  public  and  ~  3  course  events  per  semester),  serving  students  and  the  public.  

iii. Organized  meetings  with  our  local  PhysTEC  (Physics  Teacher  Education  Coalition)  group,  including  faculty,  students  and  local  teachers.  

iv. Assist  in  the  organization  of  the  SSU  Department  of  Physics  &  Astronomy  Senior  Capstone  Seminar,  with  additional  bi-­‐weekly  preparation  meetings  with  students.  

v. Organization  of  open  house  and  presentation  at  Seawolf  Decision  Day.  vi. Presentation  for  the  Piner  High  School  student  SSU  visit.  

I. MAJOR  SERVICE  CONTRIBUTIONS  (e.g.,  committee  memberships,  organization  of  special  events,  new  program  design,  new  course  design)  1. Biology  a. Bentley,  L.:  

i. New  course  design  for  BIOL  350  (Fall/Spring  2017).  ii. Elected  to  a  SST  Elections  committee  for  Fall  2017  iii. Elected  to  serve  as  Biology  Dept.  Web  Manager  (Spring  2017  onwards)  

b. Cohen,  M:  i. Various  departmental  committees;  Enterprise  Board  member  and  Audit  Subcommittee  

member.  ii. Chair  of  Eden  Graduate  Award  Committee,  29th  Annual  CSU  Biotechnology  Symposium.  

Santa  Clara,  CA.  January  5-­‐7,  2017.  c. Crocker,  D.  National  Academies  of  Science,  Engineering  and  Medicine:  Committee  On  The  

Assessment  Of  The  Cumulative  Effects  Of  Anthropogenic  Stressors  On  Marine  Mammals  d. Pillai,  M.  At-­‐Large  Academic  Senator,  School  curriculum  committee,  Physics  &  Astronomy  RTP  

committee.  e. Rank,  N.:  

i. EPC  until  June  2016  ii. University  Studies  Curriculum  Committee  until  June  2018.  Chair  spring  2017  

f. St.  John,  W.  A  consulting  member  of  the  Outreach/Education/Development  Committee  in  the  Biology  department  as  of  May,  2017.  

g. Torok,  T.  ASM.  h. Whitkus,  R.:  

i. Member  of  Writing/Editing  Team  -­‐  SSU  WASC  2017  Institutional  Report  ii. SST  representative  to  CSU  Meta-­‐Majors  and  Integrated  Courses  of  Study  Conference,  

Jan.  25,  2017  -­‐  San  Francisco  iii. SST  representative  to  AP  Regional  Science  Symposium,  April  21,  2017  -­‐  San  Francisco  

2. Chemistry  a. Farmer,  S.  Became  a  member  of  the  SSU  Ad  Hoc  Open  Educational  Resources  Group  b. Lillig,  J.  Developed  and  offered  a  new  Writing  Intensive  Course  in  Spring  2017  (CHEM  496)  that  

incorporated  a  community  service  project  on  vaccine  education.      

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c. Negru,  B.  Developed  a  new  experiment  for  the  general  chemistry  undergraduate  lab  that  uses  the  wings  of  blue  morpho  butterflies  to  teach  students  about  nanotechnology  (more  specifically  super  hydrophobicity  and  structural  coloration).  

3. Engineering  Science  a. Hamel-­‐Bissell,  B.  President's  diversity  council,  SST  curriculum  committee,  Vice  President  of  

Stanford  Pride  4. Geology  a. Anfinson,  O.:  

i. Elected  Member-­‐  Dispute  Resolutions  Board  (2017-­‐Present)  ii. Chair-­‐Unmanned  Aviation  Systems  Board  (2016-­‐present)  iii. Member-­‐  Radiation  Safety  Committee  (2015-­‐Present)    iv. Member-­‐  Copeland  Creek  Committee  (2016-­‐present)  v. Member-­‐  Geology  Department  Tenure  Track  Search  Committee  (2017)  

b. James,  M.:  i. Chair,  tenure-­‐track  search  committee  Fall  2016-­‐Spring  2017,  hired  Dr.  Laura  Waters.  ii. Chair,  Department  of  Geology  iii. SST  Curriculum  Committee  iv. Academic  Senate  (elected  to  full  3-­‐year  term)  v. GE  Subcommittee  (elected  to  full  2-­‐year  term)  vi. SST  Professional  Development  Committee  

c. Mookerjee,  M:  i. Organized  the  2016  Biennial  Structural  Geology  and  Tectonics  Forum  at  SSU  (7  oral  

sessions,  6  poster  sessions,  8  field  trips,  and  5  short  courses).    ii. Taught  1-­‐day  short  course  on  Introduction  to  Electron  Backscatter  Diffraction  (EBSD):  

sample  preparation  and  analysis.�      iii. Leads  a  field  trip  for  community  members:  Northern  San  Andreas  Fault  Deformation,  

Point  Arena.  iv. Academic  Senate,  SST  Curriculum  Committee,  Acting  Chair  of  the  Geology  Department  

during  current  chair's  sabbatical,  Chemical  Hygiene  Committee,  SSU  Preserves  Ambassador  Committee,  Geology  Department  Faculty  Search  Committee,  Chair  of  Geology  Department  RTP  Committee  

5. Kinesiology  a. Blanquie,  S.  New  Course  Design  at  Santa  Rosa  Junior  College.  PASS  Committee  member  b. Carlton,  E.  Served  on  the  search  committee  for  the  Associate  Vice  President  for  Faculty  Affairs;  

Faculty  Rights  chair  for  the  California  Faculty  Association.  c. Sokmen,  B.:  

i. Served  as  a  chair  for  the  Graduate  Studies  Subcommittee  ii. Served  as  Department  of  Kinesiology  Graduate  Coordinator    iii. Member  of  SSU’s  Institutional  Review  Board  (IRB)  Committee  iv. Member  of  SSU’s  Senate  University  Program  Review  Subcommittee  (UPRS)  v. Member  of  SSU  Senate  Diversity  Subcommittee  (SDS)    vi. Member  of  Health  Professions  Advisory  Program  (HPAC)  

d. Sollanek,  K.:  i. A  member  of  the  search  committee  for  the  AVP  of  Marketing  and  Communications  

(started  Summer  2016;  postponed  to  be  completed  Summer  2017).    ii. A  member  of  the  Academic  Freedom  Subcommitee  (AFS).    

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iii. A  member  of  the  Kinesiology  Fitness  Center  Redesign  Committee  e. Winter,  S.    

i. SSU  National  Collegiate  Athletic  Association  Faculty  Athletic  Representative  ii. Chair  Faculty  Standards  and  Affairs  Committee  iii. SST  Professional  Development  Committee  iv. SST  Curriculum  Committee  

6. Mathematics  &  Statistics  a. Developmental  Math  Reform  

The  department  obtained  funding  through  the  graduation  initiative  (GI2025)  to  develop  the  curriculum  for  and  run  pilot  sections  for  four  new  stretch  courses.  We  are  in  the  process  of  to  (eventually)  replace  all  remedial  math  courses  with  4  types  of  GE  stretch  courses.  

   Math  131A/B  Finite  Math  for  Business  Math  150A/B  Transformational  Geometry  Math  161A/B  Functions  and  Rates  of  Change  Math  165A/B  Data  Visualization  and  Analysis  

   The  two-­‐semester  sequences  will  allow  students  to  satisfy  their  remedial  math  requirement  and  their  GE  B4  requirement  simultaneously,  with  all  6-­‐8-­‐units  in  the  sequence  (3-­‐4  units  per  semester)  counting  towards  the  120  unit  requirement  for  graduation.    In  some  cases  this  will  shorten  students'  time  to  graduation.    An  added  benefit  is  that  students  will  not  experience  the  stigma  of  being  placed  in  a  remedial  mathematics  class  (and  the  attendant  stereotype  threat  that  further  depresses  performance).      Teams  of  instructors  are  starting  to  develop  materials  for  the  courses,  supported  by  PD  workshops  and  through  collaborations  over  the  summer.  

b. Simulation  and  Bootstrapping  in  Elementary  Statistics  (Coordinators:  Herring  and  Newman)  The  department  continues  to  offer  professional  development  workshops  for  statistics  instructors  to  learn  about  the  effective  use  of  simulation  and  bootstrapping  methods  in  teaching  elementary  statistics  (Math  165).  In  2016/17  all  sections  of  Math  165  used  the  new  curriculum  and  the  instructors  were  supported  in  the  adoption  process  through  mentoring  by  Susan  Herring  and  Elaine  Newman  

c. Brannen,  S.  Member  of  Academic  Senate  and  Academic  Senate  Executive  Committee,  chaired  SST  Curriculum  Committee  (Fall  2016),  Putnam  Exam  advisor,  Pi  Mu  Epsilon  advisor,  Ballet  Folklorico  advisor,  Provost  Search  Committee  

d. Byrne,  M:  i. Member  of  the  Math  and  Stats  Department's  developmental  math  task  force;  ii. Co-­‐organizer  of  the  Northern  California  Undergraduate  Mathematics  Conference;  iii. Member  of  tenure-­‐track  hiring  committee  

d. Ford,  B.  chair  of  the  faculty,  presidential  selection  committee,  GE  subcommittee,  URTP  committee,  MAA  Committee  on  the  Mathematical  Education  of  Teachers  Newman,  E.,  SSU  CFA  president,  presidential  selection  committee,  VP  finance  search  committee  

e. Herring,  S.  SST  Assessment  Coordinator,  ES  search  committee    f. Lahme,  B.  MAA  Committee  on  the  Teaching  of  Undergraduate  Mathematics,  Chair  of  the  SST  

curriculum  committee    g. Shott,  M:  

i. SST  representative  to  the  Student  Affairs  Committee  

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ii. SST  representative  to  the  Graduation  Initiative  Group  iii. Department  Scheduling  Committee  iv. Chair  of  the  SST  Professional  Development  Committee  v. Volunteer  Coordinator  for  Sonoma  County's  "Expanding  Your  Horizons"  STEM  workshop  

for  middle  school  students  vi. Co-­‐organizer  for  the  2017  Northern  California  Undergraduate  Mathematics  Conference  

hosted  at  Sonoma  State  in  March  2017  7. Nursing  a. Kelly,  M:  

i. Dispute  Resolution  Board  ii. SST  Elections  iii. Department  RTP  iv. Department  Search  v. Advisory  Boards  -­‐  MCC,  SRJC,  COM  Nursing  Programs  vi. Post  Lic  Director  vii. Led  Post-­‐Lic  Curriculum  Revision  

b. Kindy,  D:  i. Summer  17:    redesigning  Nurs  560,  Research  and  Theory  in  Primary  Care  ii. Winter  16:    Partial  redesign  of  Nurs  304  written  assignment  

c. Napoli,  R.    i. Department:  Baccalaureate  Council,  Faculty  Council    ii. University:  Housing  Committee  iii. Nursing  Club  Faculty  Advisor:  the  club  has  wanted  to  get  involved  in  helping  with  the  

student  pantry  on  campus.    Housing  Committee  has  been  working  to  get  pantry  up  and  running  to  allow  for  student  resources;  Nursing  Club  will  partner  with  Associated  Students  to  staff  and  help  run  pantry  once  open  and  available  for  SSU    students.      

iv. Sub-­‐Committee  to  develop  Financial  Literacy  program  for  University,  foundational  steps  to  develop  financial  literacy  education  plan.    

v. Community:  Maternal/Child  Adolescent  Health  Advisory  Board  (Sonoma  County).  vi. Organized  special  event  on  campus  for  Petaluma  High  School  HOSA  Group  (40  student):  

for  students  interested  in  a  career  in  healthcare,  visited  campus  and  heard  about  opportunities  in  Nursing,  Kinesiology  and  Health  Professions  Advisory  Program  to  learn  about  other  opportunities  in  healthcare.    Murali  Pillai,  Bulent  Sokmem  and  Mary  Ellen  Wilkosz  spoke  as  guest  speakers  to  the  group.  

d. Ritter,  B.  FNP  team  meetings:  course  content  contributions  pertaining  to  clinical  reasoning  e. Rose,  J:  

i. Curriculum  Committee  member  ii. Expanding  Horizons  Workshop  Leader  iii. Cali  Calmecac  Language  Institute  volunteer  

f. Skidmoore,  L.  contributed  to  new  general  evaluation  criteria  for  clinical  courses  g. Wilkosz,  M.E.  IRB,  Academic  Senate,  Grad  Studies  Subcommittee,  Tenure  Track  Search  

Committee,  Department  RTP  committee,  SEIE  Curriculum  Committee,  Director  FNP  Program,  Director  Pre-­‐Licensure  Program,  Coordinate  the  Transition  to  Practice  Program  with  Dr.  Napoli.  

h. Wolcott,  K.:  i. Member  of  Professional  Development  Committee  for  SST  ii. Research  Consultant  for  Sutter  Santa  Rosa  Regional  Hospital  Research  Committee.  iii. Board  Member  for  Sigma  Theta  Tau,  Lambda  Gamma  -­‐  Nursing  Honor  Society  

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iv. Investiture  -­‐  collaborated  with  nursing  faculty  to  present  student  projects  in  community.  8. Physics  &  Astronomy  a. Cominsky,  L:  

i. External  Reviewer,  Cal  Poly  San  Luis  Obispo  Physics  Department,  February  2017  ii. External  Reviewer,  San  Jose  State  Physics  Department,  November  2016  iii. University  RTP  (continuing)  iv. SSU  Academic  Foundation  board  (continuing)  v. Board  of  Directors,  Astronomical  Society  of  the  Pacific,  2016  -­‐  2019  vi. AAAS/PHYS  division  Executive  Committee  member,  2015  â€“  2018  

b. Qualls,  J:  i. SST  Director  of  Academic  Planning  and  Resources  ii. Science  Symposium  -­‐  Organizer    iii. SST  Curriculum  Committee    iv. Engineering  Faculty  Search  Committee  v. USCC  Committee  (Chair  Fall  2017)  vi. WASC  Core  Competency  Assessment  -­‐  Critical  Thinking/Information  Literacy  vii. WASC  Core  Competency  Assessment  -­‐  Quantitative  Reasoning  viii. RTP  Committees  (Thomas  Targett/Brendan  Hamel-­‐Bissell/Rita  Premo/Matty  Mookerjee)  ix. Sonoma  County  Economic  Development  Board  Forecast  Exhibitor  Food  &  Beverage  

Manufacturing  Student/Industry  Symposium  –  Organizer  c. Severson,  S:  

i. Member  of  the  School  of  Science  and  Technology  Professional  Development  Committee  ii. Member  of  SSU  Structure  and  Functions  subcommittee  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  

the  Academic  Senate  iii. Lead  the  BS-­‐Astrophysics  program  design  through  the  School  Curriculum  committee  and  

Dean  review  process,  will  continue  to  EPC  in  the  fall.  iv. Completed  a  submission  for  the  Institutional  Report  for  our  WASC  reaccreditation  

effort,  including  material  for  the  Meaning,  Quality  and  Integrity  of  the  Degree  (MQID)  section.  

v. Completed  submission  to  make  ASTR  305  a  Writing-­‐Intensive  Course.  This  was  accepted  and  Dr.  Targett  will  teach  this  course  as  a  WIC  in  the  fall.  

d. Targett,  T:  i. Secretary  to  the  SSU  Faculty  Senate;  elected  voting  member  at  weekly  Senate/Ex-­‐com  

meetings  ii. Junior  Faculty  Representative,  CFA  SSU  chapter  iii. Physics  and  Astronomy  representative  to  the  SST  curriculum  committee  iv. Revised  2017  Commencement  Planning  Committees  (university  wide  &  school  level)  v. Faculty  advisor,  Sonoma  State  eSports  group  (140  student  members)  vi. Faculty  advisor,  SSU  Society  of  Physics  Students  (30  student  members  vii. Organizer  and  docent,  SSU  Public  Observing  Nights  (4  per  semester)  viii. Expert speaker  at  SSU  new  faculty  welcome  event  ix. Presentation  at  Dinner  with  the  Profs,  Living-­‐Learning  Community  SSU  (20  attendees)  x. Faculty  editor  for  W.  W.  Norton  &  Company  textbook  Understanding  Our  Universe  3rd  

edition,  provided  feedback  for  2  chapters  ($300  honorarium)  xi. Local  SSU  faculty  liaison  for  Sacramento  State  online  particle  physics  course  xii. Re-­‐designed  ASTR-­‐231  Lab-­‐E  &  Lab-­‐EE  (Orders  of  Magnitude  1  &  2)  exercises  

J. ADDITIONAL  IMPORTANT  ACCOMPLISHMENTS  

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1. School  level  a. Women  In  Tech  Initiative  effort  to  support  and  encourage  female  students  pursuing  degrees  in  

Computer  Science,  Engineering  Science,  and  Physics;  led  by  Dr.  Sara  Kassis.    i. Create  an  App  Workshops  –  led  by  student  instructors;  held  in  Fall  2016  and  Spring  2017  ii. Hosted  showing  of  the  documentary  CODE:  Debugging  the  Gender  Gap  in  March  2017;  

followed  by  panel  discussion.  iii. SMUD  Solar  Regatta  –  team  competed  in  self-­‐constructed,  solar-­‐powered  boat  race  

competition  in  Sacramento;  team  was  awarded  4  trophies:  Judge's  Choice,  Student's  Choice,  Slalom  Race  Winner  and  Best  Competitor  Award.  

b. Science  &  Tech  participated  and  exhibited  at  the  2016  SACNAS  National  Diversity  in  STEM  Conference  in  Long  Beach,  October  2016;  SACNAS  is  an  organization  dedicated  to  fostering  the  success  of  Chicano/Hispanic  and  Native  American  scientists;  Conference  programming  is  tailored  to  support  undergraduate  and  graduate  students,  postdoctoral  researchers,  and  career  professionals.  Over  3,800  students  and  professionals  attended.  Lauren  Morimoto  (Kinesiology  and  Directory  of  Diversity  and  Inclusive  Excellence)  represented  SSU  along  with  Science  &  Technology  Alumnus  John  Michael  Vincent  Coralde  and  Chemistry  faculty  member  Monica  Lares.  Collaborative  planning  process  with  Cyndie  Morozumi  (Campus  Life)  and  Tammy  Kenber  (Human  Resources).  

c. April  2017  Computer  Science/School  of  Science  &  Technology  joined  Academic  Alliance  of  the  National  Center  for  Women  &  Information  Technology  (NCWIT);  led  by  Mark  Gondree  (CS)  

d. SSU’s  Observatory  is  currently  being  renovated  and  is  slated  to  reopen  on  September  8,  2017  with  a  ribbon  cutting  ceremony  and  the  first  public  viewing  night  of  the  season.  The  Observatory,  maintained  and  manned  by  the  Physics  &  Astronomy  Department,  has  been  in  operation  for  41  years  hosting  astronomy  classes,  faculty  and  student  research,  and  free  public  viewing  nights.  

e. Held  First  STEM  Diversity  Celebration,  Sept.  20,  2016,  a  collaboration  of  MESA  (Carolyn  Peruta),  EOP,  United  for  Success,  McNair  Scholars,  LSAMP,  and  the  School  of  Science  &  Technology  

f. Science  &  Technology  provided  demonstration  table  at  the  2017  Sonoma  County  Economic  Development  Board  Spring  Economic  Forecast  Meeting;  gave  400+  attendees  a  chance  to  see  what  SSU  is  doing  in  a  tangible  way,  April  2017.  

g. Food  &  Beverage  Industry  Symposium,  April  27,  2017,  Sonoma  County  Fairgrounds;  partnership  with  Sonoma  County  Career  Technical  Education  (CTE)  Foundation;  Jeremy  Qualls  led  collaboration.  

h. SST  Continued  STEM  Certificate  Pathway  project  with  Piner  High  and  Santa  Rosa  Schools  including  fall  kick-­‐off  event  at  Piner  High  and  spring  visit  to  SSU  Science  &  Tech.  Also  facilitated  faculty  mentorship  of  Piner  student  projects  culminating  at  the  Piner  High  STEM  Showcase,  May.  

i. The  School  of  Science  and  Technology  participated  in  the  North  Bay  Discovery  Day  at  Sonoma  County  Fairgrounds  in  October  2016.  SST  hosted  the  Walk  Through  the  Watershed  exhibit  and  the  Engineering  Science  Department  hosted  a  robotics  exhibit.  This  year  there  were  over  15,000  visitors  (see  http://www.northbayscience.org  for  more  information).  SST  has  participated  since  the  inaugural  event  in  2011.  

j. The  Expanding  Your  Horizons  (EYH)  Conference  was  held  on  the  SRJC  campus  in  April.  EYH  seeks  to  nurture  girls’  interest  in  math  and  science  and  to  encourage  them  to  expand  their  career  visions  to  include  STEM  based  careers.  SST  faculty  and  staff  fill  critical  roles  in  the  conference  including  organization  (facilities,  web  services,  volunteer  coordination,  etc.)  and  workshop  leaders.  Dean  Stauffer  serves  on  the  EYH  Board  of  Directors.  

k. CSU  Council  on  Ocean  Affairs,  Science  and  Technology  (COAST)  Representatives  –  Crocker,  D.,  

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Place,  S.,  (faculty  representatives)  and  Stauffer,  L.  (administrative).  l. CSU  Program  for  Education  and  Research  in  Biotechnology  (CSUPERB)  Representatives  –  

Farahmand,  F.,  Lillig,  J.,  Lin,  J.,  and  Pillai,  M.  (Faculty  Consensus  Group),  Stauffer,  L.  and  Lillig,  J.  (Strategic  Planning  Council).  

m. 2016  Excellence  in  Teaching  Award  to  Lauren  Morimoto,  Kinesiology  n. 2017  Presidents  Award  for  Excellence  in  Scholarship  to  Dan  Crocker,  Biology;  2016  President's  

Award  for  Excellence  in  Scholarship  to  Lynn  Cominsky,  Physics  &  Astronomy  and  Suzanne  Rivoire,  Computer  Science.  

o. Offered  two  new  physics  laboratories  (PHYS  102):  Physics  in  the  Kitchen  and  Physics  of  Martial  Arts  (taught  with  coupled  Philosophy  course).  

p. Family  Weekend,  Sat,  Oct  15,  2016  ;  Discovery  in  Science  &  Technology:  Student  Research  Showcase  

q. Seawolf  Decision  Day,  April  2017;  all  Science  &  Tech  Departments  hosted  visiting  students  with  open  laboratories,  demonstrations,  tours,  and  presentations.  

r. Hayward  Public  Schools  Campus  Visit  –  Science  &  Tech  hosted  150+  10th  grade  students;  department  demonstrations  and  tours.  

s. Hosted  Cal  Poly  for  an  informational  meeting  covering  their  Masters  of  Professional  Studies  in  Dairy  Technology  program,  Friday,  Sept  16.  

2. Biology  a. St.  John,  W.  Blogging  about  SSU  events  and  science  education:  www.teacuprex.com.  3. Chemistry  a. Chemistry  of  Beer  lecture  by  Dr.  Charles  Bamforth,  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  UC  Davis,  Sept  26,  

2016,  5:30pm,  Ballroom  A,  following  by  reception  and  beer  tasting  6:30-­‐8:30  in  the  grand  ballroom.  About  125  attended.  

b. Negru,  B.  Research  group  successfully  constructed  a  high-­‐resolution  localized  surface  plasmon  sensing  apparatus  to  study  gold  nanoparticle  substrates  and  the  wings  of  iridescent  butterflies.  

4. Computer  Science  a. Ravikumar,  B.  Editor,  International  Journal  of  the  Foundations  of  Computer  Science.  5. Engineering  Science  a. Decker,  D.  Led  CSUPERB  I-­‐CORPS  team  to  first  place  against  a  dozen  or  more  other  CSU  teams  in  

the  I-­‐CORPS  Biotechnology  challenge.  In  addition  to  funds  received  during  the  challenge,  the  I-­‐CORPS  team  is  eligible  to  apply  for  $50,000  in  follow-­‐up  funding.  In  addition  to  the  efforts  of  our  four  undergraduate  student  team  members,  we  appreciate  the  guidance  of  Professor  Farid  Farahmand  and  an  industry  advisor,  Pocket  Radar  CEO  Chris  Stewart.  

b. The  ES  Department  participated  and  contributed  to  several  student  events  this  year:  i. Sonoma  County  Make-­‐A-­‐Thon,  March  4,  2017;  20  electrical  engineering  students  

participated.  ii. SSU  Phi  Beta  Delta  International  Research  Contest,  three  teams  1)  Switch  Electric  

Vehicle  Inverted  with  2  students,  2)  Water  Monitoring  System  with  2  students,  and  3)  Data  Harvesting  with  3  students.  

iii. Global  Humanitarian  Technology  Conference,  Oct  2017,  students  partnered  with  faculty  Farahmand  and  Halle  on  two  projects:  1)  Epilepsy  First  Aid,  and  2)  Data  Harvester.  

iv. Smart  City  Conference,  June  2017  v. Math  Conference,  three  student  presenters,  Mar  25,  2017  

6. Geology  

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a. Anfinson,  O.  Undergraduate  Research  Students  Advised-­‐  (n=9):  i. Elijah  Messinger  (BS),  Victoria  Simaneau  (BS),  Justin  Casaus  (BS),  and  Anthony  Gamboa  

(BS)-­‐  (GEOL  495)-­‐  Depositional  Ages  and  Provenance  of  Franciscan  Strata,  Angel  Island  State  Park  and  Mt.  Tamalpais,  CA  

ii. Maddison  Leffler  (BA),  James  Peoples  (BS),  and  Mayerline  Rico  (BS)-­‐  (GEOL  495)-­‐  Determining  the  Origin  of  the  Sur  Series  within  the  Salinian  Terrane,  California  

iii. Maureen  Redmond  (BS)-­‐  (GEOL  426-­‐Senior  Thesis  Detrital  zircon  U-­‐Pb  geochronology  provides  constraints  on  the  depositional  age  of  Sur  Series  metasediments  within  the  Salinian  Terrane,  California  

iv. Kaitlyn  Fleming  (BS)-­‐  (GEOL  426-­‐Senior  Thesis)  Insight  on  the  origin  of  the  Sur  Series  within  the  Salinian  Terrane,  California  evaluated  through  petrography,  zircon  LA-­‐ICPMS  U-­‐Pb  geochronology,  and  Hf  isotopes  

b. Mookerjee,  M.  Submitted  two  NSF  proposals  in  January  (still  pending):  "Analog  modeling  of  fault  asperity  kinematics  using  a  modified  squeeze-­‐box  design  and  wax  media"  and  "MRI:  SSU  Acquisition  of  a  Variable  Pressure  Scanning  Electron  Microscope  with  integrated  EBSD,  EDS,  WDS,  and  CL."  

6. Kinesiology  a. Carlton,  E.  Eight  years  ago  created  the  pre-­‐Occupational  Therapy  concentration  (listed  as  

Interdisciplinary)  in  the  Kinesiology  major.  Each  year  the  major  has  grown  and  now  25%  of  our  majors  are  in  the  concentration.  I  personally  advise  the  80+  students  and  our  graduates  have  been  very  successful  in  being  accepted  into  OT  Masters  and  Doctoral  programs.  

b. Sokmen,  B.  Serving  as  chair  of  three  master's  committees  and  serving  on  several  as  a  committee  member.  

c. Sollanek,  K.:  i. Served  as  a  reviewer  for  the  journal  Medicine  &  Science  in  Sports  &  Exercise;  Reviewed  

one  manuscript  during  the  2016-­‐2017  academic  year.    ii. Served  as  a  reviewer  for  the  journal  The  Journal  of  Sports  Medicine  &  Physical  Fitness;  

Reviewed  five  manuscripts  during  the  2016-­‐2017  academic  year.    iii. Serving  as  chair  of  one  graduate  student’s  thesis  project  committee  and  serving  on  

several  other  students  committees  as  a  member.  d. Winter,  S:  

i. California  Athletic  Trainers  Association  Symposium  Committee  Member  ii. California  Athletic  Trainers  Association  Managing  Board  Parliamentarian  iii. California  Athletic  Trainers  Association  Approved  Provider  Liaison  to  Board  of  

Certification  for  Athletic  Trainers  iv. California  Athletic  Trainers  Association  Award  Chair  

7. Mathematics  &  Statistics  a. 2017  Northern  California  Undergraduate  Math  Conference:  This  year’s  conference  featured  24  

talks  by  undergraduates  from  12  universities  and  colleges.  Around  150  students  and  faculty  attended  the  conference.  The  conference  was  funded  by  the  MAA  Golden  Section,  Pi  Mu  Epsilon,  SST,  SSU  Academic  Affairs,  and  the  Math  and  Stats  Department.  (Organizers:  Martha  Shott,  Martha  Byrne,  Brigitte  Lahme,  Math  club,  Pi  Mu  Epsilon)  

b. Students  and  faculty  teams  went  to  several  conferences,  e.g.  State  of  Jefferson  Mathematics  Congress  at  Whiskeytown  Lake  and  the  MAA  Section  Meeting  at  Santa  Clara  University,  Northern  California  Undergraduate  Mathematics  Conference  at  SSU.  

c. Putnam  Exam  (approximately  10  participants/year,  December)  6-­‐hour  national  exam  for  undergraduate  mathematics  majors,  one  student  received  10  points,  the  highest  SSU  score  in  at  

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least  4  years.  (Faculty  advisor:  Sam  Brannen)  d. Math  Modeling  Competition  (3  3-­‐student  teams/year,  February)  4-­‐day  competition  where  

student  teams  develop  a  model  for  an  applied  mathematics  problem  and  submit  a  mathematical  paper  outlining  their  approach  and  solution.  2  teams  received  the  designation  “successful  participant”,  one  team  received  designation  “honorable  mention”  (Faculty  advisor:  Martha  Shott)  

e. Brannen,  S:  f. Two  SSU  LSAMP  students  were  selected  to  a  10-­‐week  REU  in  Uzbekistan,  another  to  a  summer  

research  expedition  in  Costa  Rica.    g. Three  SSU  LSAMP  students  were  selected  to  the  Bridge  to  the  Doctorate  program  at  CSULA  

($32,000  per  year  plus  tuition  and  fees).  8. Nursing  a. Nursing  pre-­‐licensure  program  received  accreditation  from  the  California  Board  of  Registered  

Nursing  (BRN).    b. Kelly,  M:  

i. Mentoring  new  faculty  -­‐  5  ii. Maintaining  and  forging  new  community  partnerships  with  health  agencies    iii. Ongoing  collaboration  with  5  service  area  colleges  iv. Worked  with  new  AVP  Academics  and  Registrar’s  office  to  streamline  advising  and  

improve  degree  completion  on  time  rates.  c. Kindy,  D.  A  big  thanks  for  the  Spring  17  Grad  Student  Poster  award  in  Nursing  for  Tina  Nixon  and  

crew!  d. Napoli,  R:  

i. Faculty  Advisor  for  the  Nursing  Club,  attended  three  conferences  with  current  pre-­‐nursing  and  current  juniors  and  senior  nursing  students.  

ii. Attended  California  Nursing  Student  Association  (CNSA)  Northern  CA  Membership  Meeting  (Summer  2016),  Annual  State  Convention-­‐  CNSA  in  Visalia  CA,  at  this  meeting  one  of  our  current  nursing  students  was  elected  to  the  State  Board  of  Directors-­‐  Community  Health  Director,  Sonoma  State  Nursing  Students  acted  as  delegates  and  voted  on  legislative  resolutions  for  recommendations  in  nursing  education    (Fall  2016).  

iii. Annual  Convention  for  National  Student  Nursing  Association  (NSNA)  held  in  Dallas,  Texas,  Sonoma  State  Nursing  Students  served  as  Delegates  at  the  National  Convention  and  current  nursing  student  who  was  elected  to  State  Board  Position  attended  as  delegate  and  California  State  Board  Member.  

iv. Coordinator  of  Summer  Transition  to  Practice  Program  through  Extended  Education.  e. Ritter,  B.  Facilitator  for  Cardiology  speaker  for  FNP  EKG  Seminar  f. Rockett,  K.  Continues  to  work  in  the  clinical  arena  one  12  hour  shift  per  week  as  well  as  every  

3rd  weekend;  Staff  RN  IV  I  lead/facilitate  the  Evidence  Based  Research  Committee  which  meets  monthly;  active  on  unit  with  supporting  2  short  research  projects  improving  our  patient  satisfaction  scores.  

g. Rose,  J.  Volunteered  at  Cali  Calmecac  Language  Academy.  h. Wilkosz,  ME.  Mentoring  4  (soon  to  be  5)  new  tenure  track  faculty  members  9. Physics  &  Astronomy  a. Cominsky,  L:  

i. Frank  J.  Malina  Astronautics  Medal,  International  Astronautics  Federation,  April  2017  ii. Team  awards:  

1. Gruber  Prize  in  Cosmology  to  Rai  Weiss,  Kip  Thorne  and  Ronald  Drever  and  the  

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LIGO  Scientific  Collaboration  2016  2. Breakthrough  Prize  in  Physics  to  Rai  Weiss,  Kip  Thorne  and  Ronald  Drever  and  

the  LIGO  Scientific  Collaboration  2016  b. Qualls,  J:  

i. Santa  Rosa  Chamber  of  Commerce  Excellence  in  Education  Award,  August  2016.  ii. California  Teaching  Standards  and  CBEST  evaluator.  iii. North  Bay  Make-­‐a-­‐Thon  SSU  Representative  Organizer  iv. SSU  Lifelong  Learning  science  club  speaker  v. Hosted  Adam  Savage  at  the  GMC  vi. Nominated  for  SSU  Excellence  in  Teaching  Award  

c. Severson,  S.  Engaged  in  an  ongoing  effort  to  replace  and  enhance  our  observatory  facilities  on  campus.  In  the  last  year  we  replaced  the  building,  moved  the  telescopes  to  the  department  for  refurbishment,  and  completed  electrical,  networking  and  landscaping  improvements  to  the  observatory.